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

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

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)

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.

Here are mine:

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

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

TJ

That would be "At The Ballet"

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

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 =)

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

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! )

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!