[Wondergirl]

I thought this forum was a little quiet, so I decided to post another opinion thing.
What are your five favourite songs from A chorus Line?

my are:
1. Surpise Suprise
2. At the Ballet
3. Nothing
4. Dance 10, looks 3
5. One

[Sara]

It's way too hard for me to pick only 5...but here they are in no particular order!:
Dance, 10; Looks, 3
At the Ballet
The Montage
Nothing
Sing

[SupremeDiva]

Surprise, Surprise is only in the movie fyi

I'd have to say mine are

At The Ballet (Movie version because of Vicki Frederick)
What I Did for Love (Broadway version)
Hello 12, hello 13, hello love Montage (broadway)
One (Movie)
Music in the Mirror (Broadway)

[Elena]

Yeah, I was gonna say...what's "Surprise Surprise"? I gotta see this movie...

Oh, so hard to pick just five! They're all great. But hmm...I'll go with...

1. "The Music and the Mirror" - the instrumental is just incredible!

2. "At the Ballet" - (tie) - partial to this since I was Sheila

3. "Nothing" (tie)

4. "What I Did For Love"

5. tie - the scat section of "Montage - Part 4" (right before "Gimme the Ball")
tie - "Introduction to Sing!" - this is the underscoring that plays while Kristine and Al have their dialogue - and if you've ever played in an ACL pit, you know that it's the funniest thing ever!

OK, enough of my ramblng.

[elizjneel]

Here are mine:

What I did for love
Nothing
Dance 10 looks 3
At the ballet
One

[tj88keys]

What I Did For Love
Dance 10 Look 3
Everything Was Beautiful...
I Can Do That
One

TJ

[SupremeDiva]

[stagegirl]

hm...what a tough one! in no certain order:

what I did for love
at the ballet
dance 10, looks 3
I hope I get it
hello 12, hello 13, hello love montage

[EnriqueTheatreFan]

My 5 top favorite songs from "A Chorus Line" are:

1.) "The Music and the Mirror" and "I Hope I Get It" (Entire opening sequence) tie at number one. I simply cannot choose which of these two songs are my favorite. It's funny cause these are not really typical songs. They are more instrumental than anything, but that's why I love them. They are two of the most thrilling and showstopping moments in musical theatre history, in my humble opinion.

2.) "At the Ballet" is just one of those songs that completely encaptures the audiences focus and attention, with it's bittersweet and expressive underlying score.

3.) "And" is an honest and true expression of the nervous mind-racing we all experience when we are waiting our turn to be put on the "spot". Though not a popular favorite and not even on the cast album, it's charm and musical distinct expressivness has won me over.

4.) "Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen" is in itself an art. It's incredible and mindblowing approach in presentation is to my standards, pure perfection. It's like pressing the fast forward button on your VCR done on stage, except you don't get a whole mess of clutter nor get overwhelmed by this musical montage. It has virtually achieved to fast forward a long and deeply emotional series of monolougues without compromising it's core emotional individuality.

5.) "Nothing" is effectively integrated into "Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen". This song's sucess relies heavily on the very actress whom performs it, whether on stage, or on a cast recording. And we all know that Broadway original, Priscilla Lopez' rendition reigns supreme. I have never been "surprised" by the outcome of a song's message as with this one. It starts off as a fun and deeply engaging story, and ends with a deeply personal and emotional "revelation". On top of all that, it's one of the most fun songs to sing along to that I've ever heard.

I know this post originally only asked for 5 favorites, but I would like to note that it was very difficult for me to not include "What I Did For Love" in this list, since it really is one of the most beautiful and melodic songs in the show. It clearly cements each diverse character into one, one who's passion has overtaken their total being in the face of inevitable rejection, hardships, and struggle in the world of dance.

My two Cents,
-Enrique =)

[HillBilly]

1. dance 10 looks 3... come on we all know what it really should be called!
2. I Can do that- doesn't it just you wanna start doing buffalos?
3. I Hope I Get It- we've all been there!
4. Sing!- LOL i still laugh everytime i hear it
5. Nothing- I could never be ice cream very well either
~Laura

[musicalstar]

1- Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen (Gimme the ball, gimme the ball, gimme the ball, yeah! I love that part! and- Surprise! Mom and Dad were doing it... sh*t, made it through high school without growing t*ts! <-- family friendly forum over here! )

2- I Hope I Get It (I can identify with it too well, especially, "God, I really blew it! I really blew it!")

3- Music and the Mirror (excellent music, and I love the lyrics)

4- Nothing (We've all had drama teachers like Mr. Karp!)

5- Sing! (That's MY life song! )

[TeazerBwayStar]

Top songs...TOO HARD! I'd have to say the Nothing, Hello 12, and At the Ballet are my favorites....the rest are all tied!

[roxygurl156]

how can you guys pick!!!??? They're all so wonderful!!! I love them all!!!!

[Carmen]

My top five are( in no real order, except that I love at the ballet the most, lol)

1. The Montage
2. Dance 10, Looks 3
3. At the Ballet
4. Sing
5.What I did for love

[Louis]

In no particular order: "And," "Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen," "Nothing," "Dance: Ten, Looks: Three" and "At the Ballet."

[Musicalproalmost]

going from 5-1, 1 being the best:

5. Nothing
4. At the Ballet
3. One (Of Course)
2. I Can Do That
1. What I Did for Love

[Brittannie06]

My five favorites are:
1. The Music and the Mirror
2. Dance: Ten Looks: Three
3.Nothing
4. Opening/God I hope I get it
5. I Can Do That

[Triplethreat1187]

My favorites are as follows:

1. "Music and the Mirror"(yeah Brittannie06!!)
2. "At the Ballet"
3. "Openine/God I Hope I Get it"
4. "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen..."(the best is the part before 'Gimme the Ball' when they all sing overtop one another...ya know..."A Diapragm")
5. "Dance:10, Looks:3"

[Kendall]

1. Surprise, Surprise Even if it is just in the movie it is the best song in that film.
2. Dance 10, Looks 3
3. I can do that
I only like those ones!
I don't like "At the Ballet" Only Sheila can sing and Maggie makes that horrible noise. "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen" makes me kinda embarrassed especially when Maggie smiling about changes "up above"........

[javertsw]

Mine:
1. At The Ballet- I love this song, especially the 'Doo doo doo doo etc'
2. One- Gotta love it!
3. Sing!- like musicalstar said, its just my song!
4. I hope I get it- I like the music, and you can relate to it
5. What I did for love- lovely tune

[Azelma]

Dance 10 looks 3
Nothing
The Music and the Mirror
What I did for Love
I hope I get it

[bizzylizzy86]

I'd have to say...
1. One
2. I hope I get it
3. Nothing
4. Sing!
5. Music and the Mirror

[DanceGoddess85]

1. What I Did For Love
2. At The Ballet
3. Dance Ten; Looks Three
4. Hello Twelve; Hello Thirteen
5. Nothing

[vitagirllucy]

1. What I did for Love
2. Opening/God, I hope I get it
3. At the Ballet
4. Nothing
5. One

[Intothewoods4]

In the order that I like them:

1. At The Ballet
2. Dance: 10; Looks: 3
3. I Hope I Get It
4. Nothing
5. I Can Do That

Harper

[JulieJordan]

In no particular order:

1. At the Ballet
2. What I did For Love (I think this is the most beautiful song)
3. Nothing
4. Dance Ten, Looks Three
5. One

I love the music for 'A Chorus Line,' but I don't like the film very much as they cut out 'Sing' (it's such a cute song!), most of 'Hello Twelve...' and Michael Douglas is sooooo miscast.

[musicalmjk]

I was in the show and can't pick a favorite they all are so good, in any list you have to include One,.

i like everything from when the light go up step, kick kick leap kick touch again until the final ONE is shouted and the lights go down

[MagPie]

1. I hope I get it
2. Dance 10 Looks 3
3. What I did for love
4. I can do that
5. Hello twelve Hello thirteen

easy

[Broadwaybaby16]

Hmmm...this is a hard one. Not so much narrowing down the five but putting them in order from 1 to 5. I guess it would be:

1. At The Ballet.
2. Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love.
3. What I Did For Love
4. The Music And The Mirror.
5. Dance: 10; Looks: 3

[musicalmjk]

Music and the Mirror, Montage (the whole montage), Hope I get it, What I did for love, Finale

[MBoy]

At the Ballet, Tits and Ass, Music and the Mirror, Finale, and I Can Do That

[dramarose88]

1. Let me dance for you
2. what i did for love
3. tits and ass
4. at the ballet
5. one

[Master Thespian]

1. One (Finale)
2. At the Ballet
3. Hello 12 medley
4. I Hope I Get It
5. What I Did for Love

[RainbowJude]

What are your five favourite songs from [url=http://www.geocities.com/JoeCable1996/chorusline.html]A Chorus Line?

1. "Nothing"
2. "Dance: Ten, Looks: 3"
3. "At the Ballet"
4. "I Can Do That"
5. "What I Did For Love"

I think the first two are great character numbers, the third does a good job of tying three individual character narratives together and the last number, although too generic to be truly impressive, is a good idea for looking at what drives this group of people to make the choices they make.

Later days
David

[belleboi80]

[Sammy_beck]

Wow! This is hard becuase there are so many good songs in A Chorus Line. My top five would have to be:
1. Dance Ten, Looks Three
2. Nothing
3. Hello 12, Hello 13, Hello Love
4. I Can Do That
5. I Hope I Get It

[thebeautyisClara]

Hmm...

1. What I Did for Love
2. Montage (all parts)
3. Nothing
4. At the Ballet
5. I Hope I Get It

[A Wop Bam Boom!]

There all very similar its easy to tell the favs! mine are:

What i did for love

One

Nothing

Looks 10 dance 3 and...

Sing

[bwayblonde21]

I like

1. Dance Ten; Looks Three
2. Nothing
3. One
4. What I Did For Love
5. At the Ballet

[stlgurl702]

1. Nothing
2. At the Ballet
3. One
4. I Hope I Get It
5. Dance 10 Looks 3

[musicluvr77]

SO SO hard to choose....

1. What I Did For Love
2. At the Ballet
3. Hello 12, Hello 13
4. Dance: 10, Looks: 3
5. I Can Do That

I actually can't STAND One...after awhile it annoys the hell out of me.

[audreydarling]

I agree..its a difficult choice!

I would say (in no particular order)

"Nothing"
"The Music and the Mirror"
"What I did for Love" (stage)
"At the Ballet"
"Dance 10; looks 3"..bucause it is so hysterical!

I've only seen the movie, which was ok..but I was sad that they took out MATM and gave WIDFL to Cassie..I'm seeing it onstage soonmg! can't wait!

[rava_gurl777]

what i did for love
sing (i sung this!! i CAN sing though it was only acting LOL)
at the ballet
nothing
dance 10 looks 3

[phantom_nut]

I love all the songs, but here are some top favorites, in no particular order:
1. Nothing
2. What I Did for Love
3. At the Ballet
4. One
5. I Hope I Get It

"And" also goes in there, somewhere, by the way. I know you just asked for 5, but I really like it, too.

[trebleclefjordan]

I'd say
1. At the Ballet
2. Nothing
3. One (reprise)/ Finale (because the reprise has the second overlapping part)
4. Montage Part 2 (I love all the montages but this one is SO the best just because of the way that one girl sings in the orig. Broadway version "Dance for Grandma! Dance for Grandma!"
5. .....Sing! and I Hope I Get It are tied here. I had forgotten them! (I'm sorry.)

[Sean]

1. Nothing
2. Dance 10, Looks 3
3. I Can Do That
4. Gimmie the Ball
5. At The Ballet

[milkywhite24601]

Nothing
At the Ballet
One
I Can Do That
I Hope I Get it

[crluvalotbear]

1. dance ten, looks three...my favorite person in the world (my show choreographer and ex boyfriend's mom-- who is like a mother to me) used to sing this song for her broadway auditions. it's just so much fun to dance around to...tons of fun to sing...
2. hello twelve, hello thirteen, hello love...i can't explain it. just sooo good!
3. i can do that...it's a toe tapper
4. what i did for love...great song to sing
5. one...a boy i dated said this song reminded him of me

[shakalakababy]

1. At the Ballet (absolute favorite)
2. Dance 10 looks 3
3. I can do that
4. Nothing
5.One

[bwaylover_1315]

no particular order

1. Dance Ten, Looks Three
2. At the Ballet
3. Nothing
4. Goodbye Twelve, Hello Thirteen
5. Sing!

[MunkuSwarley]

1 - What I Did For Love (FAVORITE)
2 - I Can Do That (Dream role, would be favorite if WIDFL weren't so awesome)
3 - At the Ballet
4 - Dance: 10, Looks: 3
5 - Music and the Mirror

[Anno_Domini]

1. "One (reprise)" - can anyone say "showstopper"

2. "I Hope I Get It" - as it has been said before, we've all been there. Plus, I love that driving instrumental melody.

3. "At The Ballet" - need I say more

4. "What I Did For Love" - beautiful number to wrap up the drama before they all hit the stage.

5. "The Music and the Mirror" - wonderful instrumentals

[pennypingleton1994]

Hmmmm......hard to choose.

1. Montage- Gimme the Ball
2. Dance 10, Looks 3
3. What I Did For Love
4. Nothing
5. At the Ballet