Favorite "Entire town singing" Songs?- Page 2

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:23pm

Billy Elliott has several:

The Stars Look Down
Solidarity
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
Once We Were King

And one of my all-time favorites:

The Vaults of Heaven from Whistle Down the Wind

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:39pm

Oh! And how could I forget the sublime Old Red Hills of Home and It Don't Make Sense from Parade? Two of the most stunning numbers I've seen on stage.

[jrb]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:51pm

Not particularly enamoured with it, but "Who will buy" from Oliver certainly counts.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 2:54pm

wells fargo Wagon-The Music Man
Slap that bass-Crazy for you
Tradition-Fiddler on the Roof
Belle-beauty and the beast
The telephone hour-Bye Bye Birdie
another opening of another show- Kiss me kate
ever after-Into the Woods

[MrSweetNAwful]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:05pm

I second Downtown from Little Shop and One Day More from Les Miz.
Downtown has got to be my favorite group number of all time.

[strelimyn]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 4:09pm

Put On Your Sunday Clothes.

[kyleorlando]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 5:40pm

Merano from Chess
Land of Our Fathers from Martin Guerre
The Prince Is Giving A Ball from Cinderella
Tell Me It's Not True from Blood Brothers
Garlic from Dance of the Vampires

Updated On: 7/9/08 at 05:40 PM

[sondheimfan2]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 5:45pm

Dogpatch, USA from Li'l Abner (Hey, what not?)

[B3TA07]

Posted: 7/9/08 at 7:01pm

"Happiest Town in Town."

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:40am

Say A Prayer from Dance of the Vampires
Starker als wir sind from Tanz der Vampire

And now here comes the twist:

They're the same damn song.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 12:56pm

"The Miracle Song" and "Simple" - ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
(incidentally, SIMPLE is one of my all-time favorite showtunes)

[Timmer]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:47pm

I recently saw Kander and Ebb's "The Visit" ad "Yellow Shoes" is a great number.

[HeightOfNonchalance]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:54pm

Yankee Doodles are Coming to Town, from Carmelina.

[Chance]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 2:56pm

Merano from Chess.

[philly03]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 5:36pm

"Madame Guillotine" - Scarlet Pimpernel (mostly SP1?)
"Belle"
"One Day More"

[ProducerJeff]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 8:39pm

"Tradition" from Fiddler
"I've Got Rhythm" from Crazy For You

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:14pm

I agree that "One Day More" is good, but I can't believe that no one has mentioned "At the End of the Day" from Les Miserables. The start of the chorus of that song, when all of the townspeople are singing and facing the audience, always gives me goosebumps.

[zooxanthellae]

Posted: 8/4/08 at 11:22pm

God, That's Good - Sweeney Todd
Skid Row (Downtown) - Little Shop of Horrors
A New Argentina - Evita (sort of an "entire town singing" song)
Christopher Street - Wonderful Town

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 8/5/08 at 2:32am

Mountain Town from The South Park Movie :O)

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 1:14am

Bump!

[Paul W. Thompson]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 3:02am

Call me crazy, but the first thing that popped into my head was that "Yahoo, doray, fahoo, foray" number from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Go figure. :)

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 4:34am

Not necessarily my favorite, but the first thing that came to mind (especially with the word choice of 'town') is "Blame Canada" from the South Park movie. Crass perhaps, but hey it was even nominated for a freaking Oscar.

EDITED TO ADD: lol didn't realize the film itself had been suggested already. But not this song so it still counts.
Updated On: 2/24/09 at 04:34 AM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 7:49am

"I'm Getting Married in the Morning" My Fair Lady.

[sbflyfan]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 8:20am

My all-time favorite is "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from Hello Dolly.

Pet peeve though: I know it's expensive, but if you don't have a train, don't have the ensemble line up and walk around like a train... just looks dreadful. Especially if the female ensemble members are twirling their umbrellas like train wheels. Gah.

And I know it's not an original song but I liked the whole town singing "Can't Help Falling In Love" at the Act 1 finale of "All Shook Up."

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 2/24/09 at 10:07am

I agree with all that's been said, but I'll add:
"That Kind of a Neighborhood" from SATURDAY NIGHT.