Top 10 Best Disney Songs of All Time, Ranked

Last updated November 11th 2023

Which are the best Disney songs of all time? See if your favorites made the cut in our top 10 G.O.A.T. list, ranked!


Top 10 Disney Songs

There's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you hear a childhood favorite Disney movie song, whether it's a romantic ballad or a toe-tapping tune.

Choosing the greatest among the many songs in the Disney animated canon was no easy task, but following the criteria below, we managed to narrow them down to the 10 best of the best: the most praiseworthy, prize-winning, popular Disney songs of all time, ranked!

Criteria: award nominations and wins; accolades; performance on the U.S. Billboard charts; and commercial success



The Top 10 Best Disney Songs


10
Someday My Prince Will Come
Snow White

Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Music and lyrics by: Frank Churchill and Larry Morey

Song sung by: Adriana Casselotti as Snow White

Accolades: Listed at #19 in 'AFI's 100 Greatest Songs in Film History'

Worthy of note: Many versions were performed by renowned artists, including Miles Davis, Lena Horne, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock

Someday My Prince Will Come lyrics



9
You'll Be in My Heart
Kala, Tarzan

Movie: Tarzan

Music and lyrics by: Phil Collins

Song sung by: Glenn Close (as Kala) and Phil Collins

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; nominated for the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'

Charts: Spent 19 (non-consecutive) weeks at #1 on Billboard's 'Adult Contemporary' chart in 1999

RIAA certification: Certified Gold (sold 500,000 units in the U.S.)

You'll Be in My Heart lyrics



8
We Don't Talk About Bruno
Bruno

Movie: Encanto

Music and lyrics by: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Song sung by: Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto cast

Awards: The song was not submitted for award nominations; Dos Oruguitas was submitted instead.

Charts and success: The song reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and Global 200, which is based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world. It was certified 4× platinum in the United States, having sold over 4 million units, and became Billboard's highest-charting Disney song in 26 years.

We Don't Talk About Bruno lyrics



7
Under the Sea
Sebastian

Movie: The Little Mermaid

Music and lyrics by: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

Song sung by: Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian

Performed in the Broadway musical by: Tituss Burgess

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'

RIAA certification: Certified 2× platinum (sold 2,000,000 units in the U.S.)

Under the Sea lyrics



6
Colors of the Wind
Pocahontas, John Smith

Movie: Pocahontas

Music and lyrics by: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Song sung by: Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas

End title sung by: Vanessa Williams

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'

Charts: Listed at #31 on Billboard's 'Year-End Top 100' in 1995; peaked at #4 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 1995

RIAA certification: The Judy Kuhn version was certified Platinum (sold 1,000,000 units in the U.S.); the Vanessa Williams version was certified Gold (sold 500,000 units in the U.S.)

Colors of the Wind lyrics



5
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Simba, Nala

Movie: The Lion King

Music and lyrics by: Elton John and Tim Rice

Song sung by: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Kristle Edwards, Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky

End credit version sung by: Elton John

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; nominated for the Grammy Award for 'Best Song of the Year'

Charts: Listed at #18 on Billboard's 'Year-End Top 100' in 1994; peaked at #4 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 1994

RIAA certification: Certified Platinum (sold 1,000,000 units in the U.S.)

Can You Feel the Love Tonight lyrics



4
Beauty and the Beast
Belle, Beast

Movie: Beauty and the Beast

Music and lyrics by: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

Song sung by: Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts

End title sung by: Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'; nominated for the Grammy Award for 'Best Song of the Year'

Accolades: Listed at #62 in AFI's '100 Greatest Songs in Film History'

Charts: Listed at #64 on Billboard's 'Year-End Top 100' in 1992; peaked at #9 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 1992

RIAA certification: The Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson version was certified Gold (sold 500,000 units in the U.S.); the Ariana Grande and John Legend version from the live-action adaptation was certified platinum (sold 1,000,000 units in the U.S.)

Beauty and the Beast theme song lyrics



3
A Whole New World
Aladdin, Jasmine

Movie: Aladdin

Music and lyrics by: Alan Menken and Tim Rice

Song sung by: Brad Kane as Aladdin and Lea Salonga as Jasmine

End title sung by: Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle

Broadway adaptation sung by: Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'

Charts: Listed at #18 on Billboard's 'Year-End Top 100' in 1993; peaked at #1 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 1993; listed at #17 in Billboard's 'Top 100 Adult Contemporary Songs Ever'

RIAA certification: The Brad Kane and Lea Salonga version was certified 2× platinum (sold 2,000,000 units in the U.S.)

A Whole New World lyrics



2
Let it Go
Elsa

Movie: Frozen

Music and lyrics by: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Song sung by: Idina Menzel as Elsa

Pop version sung by: Demi Lovato

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'; nominated for the Golden Globe Award for 'Best Original Song'; won the Grammy Award for 'Best Song Written for Visual Media'

Charts: Listed at #21 on Billboard's 'Year-End Top 100' in 2014; peaked at #5 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 2014

RIAA certification: The Idina Menzel version was certified 9× platinum (sold 9,000,000 units in the U.S.); the Demi Lovato version was certified 2× platinum (sold 2,000,000 units in the U.S.)

Global sales: The Idina Menzel version was listed at #5 on the top 10 list of digital singles sales in 2014.

Let it Go lyrics



1
When You Wish Upon a Star
Scene from Pinocchio

Movie: Pinocchio

Music and lyrics by: Leigh Harline and Ned Washington

Song sung by: Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket

Awards: Won the Academy Award for 'Best Original Song'

Accolades: Listed at #7 on AFI's '100 Greatest Songs in Film History'; chosen as one of the 25 sound recordings considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important..." by the National Recording Preservation Board in 2009

Charts: Version recorded by Dion & the Belmonts peaked at #30 on Billboard's 'Hot 100' in 1960

Prevalence in media: Featured as the opening theme song to the Wonderful World of Disney; featured during the opening sequence in Walt Disney Pictures movies, accompanying the castle logo

RIAA certification: Certified Gold (sold 500,000 units in the U.S.)

When You Wish Upon a Star lyrics



Here is our ranking of the top 10 best Disney songs of all time:

  1. Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White)
  2. You'll Be in My Heart (Tarzan)
  3. We Don't Talk About Bruno (Encanto)
  4. Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)
  5. Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)
  6. Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)
  7. Beauty and the Beast
  8. A Whole New World (Aladdin)
  9. Let it Go (Frozen)
  10. When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)


Honourable mentions:


The Circle of Life (The Lion King)
Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)
Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)
Into the Unknown (Frozen 2)
The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)
How Far I'll Go (Moana)


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