Top 10 Disney Songs

Last updated April 1st 2023

Who doesn't love Disney music? There's nothing quite like the feeling you get when you hear a song from a Disney childhood favorite, 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 10.

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

Without further ado, here are the Top 10 Best Disney Songs of all time, ranked by Disneyclips.com:


10
Someday My Prince Will Come

Snow White

Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Music and lyrics by: Frank Churchill and Larry Morey

Performed 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

Performed in the animated movie 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

You'll Be in My Heart lyrics



8
We Don't Talk About Bruno

Bruno

Movie: Encanto

Music and lyrics by: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Performed 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 double platinum in the United States, having sold over 2 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

Performed in the animated movie 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'

Under the Sea lyrics



6
Colors of the Wind

Pocahontas, John Smith

Movie: Pocahontas

Music and lyrics by: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz

Performed in the animated movie by: Judy Kuhn as Pocahontas

End title performed 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: Certified Gold (has 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

Performed in the animated movie by: Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Kristle Edwards, Joseph Williams and Sally Dworsky

End credit version performed 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 Gold (has sold 500,000 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

Performed in the animated movie by: Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts

End title performed 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: Certified Gold (has sold 500,000 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

Performed in the animated movie by: Brad Kane as Aladdin and Lea Salonga as Jasmine

End title performed by: Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle

Broadway adaptation performed 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: Certified Gold (has sold 500,000 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

Performed in the animated movie by: Idina Menzel as Elsa

Pop version performed 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 has been certified 8x platinum (has sold 3,500,000 units in the U.S.); Demi Lovato version has been certified platinum (has sold 1,000,000 units in the U.S.)

Global sales: Idina Menzel version listed at #5 on the top 10 list of digital singles sales in 2014, with 10.9 million total sales

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

Performed in the animated movie 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

When You Wish Upon a Star lyrics



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