What's your favorite Disney song?✨

Congrats on commemorating your "coming out" as a straight woman by ranking literally every single dad you see as a DILF 😭

I vote for "Heterosexual Choir" to be an OFFICIAL musical term from now on!

“im adopting aspects of heterosexual culture. i love billy joel” made me laugh out loud thank you

I'm glad for including reprises, Jaffar's reprise of Prince Ali is great.

A girl worth fighting for gets more points for me because of the tonal shift. From the song being cut off to the destroyed village, it’s so strong

This video is instantly iconic. The hot dads, the extensive use of the word b**ch... truly goddess-tier Disney content. 👍👍

Marlene's "no bitch, we are ranking every single Disney song" in her incredible gentle and amazing voice. We have no choice but to ascend.

52:42 I get that "I'm still here" is dependent on each persons musical taste. I think what makes it hit so hard is the emotional power of its placement in the movie. Especially the part when Jim's father leaves and Jim running with the song ramping up, then Silver appears on screen beckoning to Jim, just tugs on my heart every time. It sounds like a classic misunderstood teen song from the 2000's and I am here for it.

Agreed with most points but I gotta say the Bells of Notre Dame and Out There always seem to give me chills. Maybe its the emotional intensity of both those songs?

huge disney fan here. i loved this ranking and i applaud you for taking on this challenge - but "i see the light" and "i'll make a man out of you" definitely deserved better...the tangled lantern scene is spectacular and one of the most beautiful scenes in all of disney and i'll make a man out of you is simply iconic, especially donny osmond's voice, imo!

I'm a lesbian, but I've always found the "heterosexual choirs" kind of soothing. Especially having grown up with the older films on VHS. It's interesting to see how badly some age

Marlene please, I implore you. You have to make a video definitively ranking all of Disney's hot dads.

I love your voice so much. It's soothing

I found the “heterossexual chorus” phenomena you mentioned multiple times to be fascinating. Even as a child, upon watching older Disney films, as the chorus came in, I often felt overwhelmed by it, as if the film was making a statement and sort of leaving me out of it. Kind of hitting me in the head with “don’t be fooled, this film was made by straight people for straight people; you’re not a part of this and you’ll never be; enjoy the film!” before opening the curtains. I really thought this was an irrational impulse on my part (as my feelings and thoughts are so often delegitimized as a queer viewer), so I was shocked when you vindicated these almost repressed feelings I had. It’s pretty obvious how Disney films (especially old ones) are built on a foundation of heteronormativity, leaving out those who don’t fit into that mold, but I feel like it’s still something not discussed about nearly enough - especially when it comes to identifying specific recurring elements which, purposefully or not, reinforce this heteronormative image (like the heterosexual chorus). I’d love it if you ever decide to make an entire video on the subject !

Waiting on a Miracle is my favorite Encanto song bc it is so emotionally effective for me. I've spent a lot of my life dealing with depression and anxiety, especially of the social variety, so I feel so hard for Mirabel's struggle to find her spot in her community and family and wearing herself so thin trying so hard despite everyone around her seeming to be fine without her. It just hits where I feel it most. Plus, Stephanie Beatriz apparently recorded it while she was literally IN LABOR and like I have the most respect for that, it is not easy to sing when you're in pain, never mind THAT MUCH pain

Wow! My respect to you, Marlene. This was one mountain of an undertaking! And really fun to watch, too. Sure there were some misses (Pink Elephants as others have already pointed out) but you dove headfirst into this and came out swinging. Bravo. It was fun just to hear you do quick little reviews of each songs, and it is always a joy to hear you talk about Disney music, so these 75 minutes went by quickly. Also, would I love to see more? Hell yeah! Disney TV-shows next, please. Both the theme-songs (DuckTales is S-tier. Both the original and especially the 2017 version) and individual songs from the shows (like "Fat Cat's Stomp" from Rescue Rangers for example) would be interesting to hear your opinion on.

Sooooo fun fact about Waiting On A Miracle: it’s a way more apt title than you’d expect because the voice actress and singing voice for Mirabel, Stephanie Beatriz, was pregnant when she recorded the song, and during the recording of the song, she went into labor, unbeknownst to the rest of the cast and crew, and when she finished, she had her baby the following day. So yeah, she sang Waiting On A Miracle while she literally was waiting on her own miracle.

I'm gonna give you a kiss on the mouth (platonically) for ranking Once Upon a Time in New York City in S tier because you are RIGHT

If Deleted songs were in the mix, I think Snuff Out the Light (villain song by Yzma) would be an easy S tier

Was really hoping you were gonna give "la la lu" from lady and the tramp a chance because it always makes me cry from how soft and sweet the song is, its always been an under rated Disney song for me

The hill that I will forever and always die on is that Ralph Breaks the Internet should’ve been called Ralph Wrecks the Internet

Oh I'm excited to see more of this series. Ranking videos are always fun! Especially when you got to a few songs I love and your like "Eh, not my thing" or "that's weird" and I audibly gasped and put my hand over my heart in mock offense. lol So glad you talked about the "Mother Knows Best" reprise. It is. SO GOOD. I love how the reprise is darker and moreso Mother Gothel's true villian song. I think any kid that has grown up with an overbearing, sheltering, or manipulative parent can really relate to both versions of these songs. The tiny mirco-aggressions from the first song turn into a full blown villain song when you try to step out on your own. And it's one of the most realistic portrayals Disney has done of an abusive parental figure. Anyway, It's an amazing reprise.

“We know how far she’s gonna go. She goes really far. So good for her” is the official description of that Moana song now, I asked Lin-Manuel himself

I always loved Mad Madam Mim. It’s perfectly over the top. The actress performs it to an absolute fever pitch of screams. I can’t think of any song like it.

Oh god I forgot What Made the Red Man Red existed. Which is funny considering my dad HATED Peter Pan and complained if he was ever around and I watched it and said me watching it was a "betrayal." Took me an embarassing amount of time to realize it was cuz he's Cherokee and didn't like 1: the representation 2: his mixed child seeing said representation

Would love to see another video sometime addressing all the songs in sequel films. Lion King 2 had such a slapping soundtrack

I didn't expect to be as defensive of "Let Me Be Good To You," as I am. It may just be that that's one of the songs I put on while fantasizing about being a drag queen.

Whoa your voice is so pretty! I love the conviction and confidence you have when talking about this, you can really see you know a lot about the topic

this video was weirdly hypnotic. I'm sick at home, and usually i'm listening to political stuff that gets me apoplectic. this is soothing and delightful. you're becoming one of those creators who i can listen to all day and not get bored.

This is Aristocats and Skumps slander 😔 That being said, I recognize my early/dark ages bias. Lovely list and I love the more lighthearted content in addition to the analysis videos. Keep up the great work!

you absolute madwoman, you did it, hell yeah edit: wow i cant believe you'd put what is a baby in d tier smh my head

The amount of patience and will it takes to do this is incredible

Only outright mistake is not having Hellfire/heaven's light from Hunchback is S tier. This is a hill I will die on.

the lack of goofy movie representation in this tier list is so upsetting, on open road, stand out, after today, and nobody else but you are right there 😭

I'm surprised you didn't break out a whole new tier at What Makes the Red Man Red called the Yikes! tier. Many Disney songs belong on the Yikes! tier.

I adore how your voice sounds in both the old and new styles but that slight drift between the two in 'Riff raff, street rat' just made me blush from how lovely it was. I wish I could sing that well but I'm so shy about my own voice can't even seem to get a line out for fun

Man, Red Man tears me apart so much. Because I LOVE old school men's choirs and their harmonies, but... The lyrics.

Fully agree with you, Alan Menken and Howard Ashman are the best musical pairing! I got scared when you nearly put kiss the girl in A tier too 😅

I was fine with all of these until you put Little Wonders at C 😂😭 All jokes aside I think the song needs more credit than it gets. I think the lyrics have an amazing message and I think Rob Thomas did an amazing job singing the song. I remember when my mom got married again she used this song at her wedding. Truly a beautiful song.

Thank you for taking one for the team and doing this, lmao. It's definitely got me thinking more about my opinions on Disney music (Idk what my favorite disney song overall is but as a kid it was definitely Be Our Guest). If you do more of these I would particularly love to hear your opinions on songs from the disney parks (the official album of epcot center is am absolute banger)

I love you but I can never forgive you for your takes on the Hunchback soundtrack. You have made an enemy this day. (Jk jk, love the video! Even if you're wrong about Out There and Heaven's Light/Hellfire not being S tier.)

Interesting that some of these Disney dads Marlene is into look kind of like her husband. 🤔 At least I think so. I was really excited for this video to come out, and I enjoyed it a lot! My personal tip-top of S tier is probably "Belle (Reprise)" but of course I also love "Beauty and the Beast."

I literally started watching this at 3 am, and an hour and a bit later - here I am! This was a joy :) Apart from not giving all the Hunchback of Notre Dame & Pocahontas songs Top Tier S, I agreed with everything else! Great video x

My younger sister and I recently rewatched Lady And The Tramp and she had to leave partway through because she started crying from the song La La Lou. Her nicknames is Lou and my mom used to sing that to her

Girl, you deserve an award for this! I'm so here for it. I may have to make one myself (although it will never live up to yours :))

Oh man. I think you did a pretty great job with this tier list. Almost all of your rankings seem fair in my book, though I think Out There and Honor To Us All are severely underrated. Not S-tier at all, but definite A-tier for Out There and maybe A/B-tier for Honor to Us All. Idk how to explain why but they're very impactful for what they serve, I think, and are interesting compositions.

I was so ready to fight her when she said that she didn't like The Sword in The Stone but then I remembered that the main reason why I love that movie is because I had gender envy for Arthur, and I don't really remember anything else from the movie.

This was so much fun to watch I suggest ranking the music from DCOMS and the animated tv shows and a ranking on just villain songs

Please do more casual videos, as another trans girl listening your calming voice sing and talk makes me feel so relaxed

Can't wait for the songs from Kim Possible to make an appearance eventually I think the only thing I felt strongly about in your video was the Aristocats because it's a big part of my childhood and then the hot dads segments because we have very different taste lmao. I couldn't really disagree about any of the songs in the first half because I didn't remember any of them. Now I want to go on a Disney binge because I forget about a lot of these movies. I'm guessing there will be a separate video for sequels like The Little Mermaid 2 and King of Thieves.

As for me, I use go refer to that kind of choir as "30's/40's/50's Disney choir" when it appears in other songs. My 8 best songs are: 1. Bare neccesities from Jungle Book (Classic jazz!) 2. Everybody wants to be a cat from Aristocats (Likewise!) 3. Phony King of England from Robin Hood (My favourite scene from my favourite "old time" Disney movie) 4. Little black raincloud from The many adventures of Winnie the pooh (Such a soft melody, like a lullaby💖) 5. Best of friends from The fix and the hound (Another soft melody, and a fine message) 6. Part of that world from Little Mermaid (I can totally relate!) 7. Belle from Beauty and the beast (Likewise again!) 8. Let it go from Frozen (Of course🙂) My 3 worst ones: 1. What makes the red man red from Peter Pan (I hope Disney feels really ashamed about that one!) 2. I love to laugh from Mary Poppins (Way too much happiness even for me - It scares the 💩 out of me!😨) 3. Les Poissons from Little Mermaid (Feels more Looney Tunes than Disney too me if you know what I mean. It almost makes me want to be a vegan! )

I just gotta say you look stunning, I love your hairstyle, and that dress/shirt is really cute Hope you have a great day

Wow I have never watched a video of this length without checking to see how far I was in. But somehow you entertained my ADHD brain the PERFECT amount where I never even noticed over an hour had gone by. So thank you so much for this

I love this video. I especially understand your struggle with songs that do their job but don't stand out. It is kind of like Foley where its purpose is to not be noticeable. That is a special talent that so many of these composers have. I would love more of this. If you need to take a break or find this format stressful, I am fine just having this video.

This is such a treat to end the holiday weekend on. Thank you!!

i think if they wanted to make Lady and the Tramp Spaghetti, they should cook one very long noodle and plate the dish so that both ends stick out so you can slurp your way to the middle with a beloved partner

I’m very new to your channel (this is the first video of yours I’m watching) but I’m gonna be coming back for the sole fact that your voice is incredibly pleasant and lovely to listen to. I also LOVE that you’re doing *every single song*. Respect!!!

Waiting on a Miricle and Dos Origuitas are both S teir EASILY. Stellar songs

this was a great video and i would definitely love to see more!! :D

Wow, you really did it! I don't know if it would make a difference for a theoretical "Ranking cut Disney songs" video, but a lot of music was written for Alice in Wonderland that was never used. The official piano/vocal/guitar sheet music book even includes cut music and lyrics for many of the songs. For instance, "How D'ye Do and Shake Hands" has *nine* verses, but they have zero relevance to the movie's plot so I understand why they were cut. What's heard in the movie is just the refrain. Also "The Second Star to the Right" was repurposed from a song written for Alice called "Beyond the Laughing Sky" (...but you probably already knew that, as a Disney music aficionada). P.S. Love your unabashedly blunt attitude in this video, and your recognition of the hot dads. I think you missed "Pink Elephants on Parade"? P.P.S. You also missed "Mine, Mine, Mine," and the credits version of "Colors of the Wind" since you mentioned ranking those separately. I'm anticipating the ranking of "If I Never Knew You" in follow-up video...but now I will cease mentioning any further omissions to avoid being a nuisance. 😅

Added to watch later 😁 Random thought (not sure if this has been covered before in another video, point me that way if so) but I absolutely love your sense of style and fashion. If it's not rude to ask where does it come from, what inspires you?

Fun fact about Frozen: It was Disney's oldest Development Hell Project. Originally written as Disney's The Snow Queen in 1936, it remained dormant for years (even after Walt passed obviously). Some time in the 2000s, it was pulled out and hand drawn animation stills of it were worked on making it what was originally going to be a Bette Midler musical that never came to be.

Love "World's greatest criminal mind is an S or people will unsubscribe." Gotta champion that bisexual horror prince. Also Mine from Pocahontas. Another slip but there is time. I concur that Disney dads needs a tier list too.

In Sweden we hear some of these songs every Christmas. They have several little shorts cut together that airs 15 every Christmas eve and it has become a big tradition ❤

So glad to have a new video from you! 😊

This is amazing and I can tell you spent a lot of time preparing for this. If you have time to do the music from the disney straight-to-home sequels, I'd definitely watch that too. Despite having a rep for being inferior to their predecessors, they do have some good music and I'd enjoy to hear your thoughts

Your voice is so nice! absolutly lovely and a joy to listen to 🥰

Congratulations on making it through that massive list!

This is such a blast to watch,, I would love to see this be a continuous series, of course because I love hearing you talk about disney movie but also because I want to see you talk about the other winnie the pooh movies that aren't part of the walt disney official catalogue. plus I think this is just a really fun way to learn more disney songs - i didn't even know that theres a finding nemo musical so I am excited to hear your thoughts about the music!

Marlene, respectfully, Thomas O'Malley cat deserves higher. It's the perfect Disney song to listen to while multitasking and while it might not be the most ineresting, it reminds me of a lazy summer afternoon. It's at least B tier, if not A.

"it's just a very weird song about a train...but like b!tch what else do you need?" are words to live by

Love that video. It IS the best take on ranking every song!

I absolutely LOVE this. As a huge Disney music nerd this is amazing. If you plan on continuing the series, you should do Disney Channel/Jr/XD! Seriously love this so much and hope you continue it to cover everything (cause there's so much as you know)

There’s a deleted scene from Pocahontas with a duet from Pocahontas and John Smith called If I Never Knew You. It’s a beautiful fully animated scene, apparently they cut it because it didn’t connect with younger audiences. I think the song is gorgeous, and I’m curious where you’d rank it. (I can take it if you rank it low haha 😆)

What a great and extensive ranking. I think I had more nostalgia for the dark ages Disney songs due to my age. Otherwise I agree with so much of your ranking.

The entire section on The Little Mermaid was so solid, I am right there with you 😍 Howard Ashman is the GOAT, there is no one better than Ashman and Menken absolutely!!!! Part of Your World and it’s reprise are like a super-S for me like they need a tier of their own for me, the impact those songs have had on my life is immeasurable, I’ve literally written a thesis on it. Also if you look at the sheet music for Poor Unfortunate Souls I believe there’s a tempo marking that says “A la Kurt Weill”, which I’m obsessed with, very much Pirate Jenny vibes from Die Dreigroschenoper. I also did get to see Harvey Fierstein as Ursula and it very much gave Divine vibes, I think Howard would’ve loved it, I was liviiiiiing!!!

Such a fun video; I would love to see the theme park song tier list! The theme park songs are some of my all time favorites from Disney.

Your voice is so soothing and lovely to listen to !!

Ey I didn’t recognize you at first, it’s been a while since I’ve been here. I know I’m very late, but congrats on coming out, Marlene! I definitely haven’t seen anyone rank EVERY Disney song, definitely takes a lot of dedication :)

I love finding random hour long content like this in my suggestions. This is incredible I have no regrets

Just discovered your channel and what a doozy this video was! Really appreciate the dedication :) Re: Frozen 2, I know that "Into the Unknown" was the big marketing "Let it Go"-style song and all that, but I always thought that "Show Yourself" was A) musically more interesting and emotionally resonant, and B) works WAY better as the "Let it Go" song for that movie. Anyway, time to go watch the rest of your videos lol

ahhhh this set up thooo??? absolutely GORGEOUS

I cannot wait for your Disney parks song rankings!

Omg yessss! Also I love your voice ✨

love these kinds of videos

Loved this, I'm definitevly gonna make my own!

Wow! This had to be an astounding amount of prep! I must admit that I booed out loud when you put "Thomas O'Malley" in D, but that's okay. We all have our own favorites. My S-Tier Disney movie songs include: "The Bare Necessities" "When You Wish Upon a Star" "Once Upon a Dream" "Bella Notte" "Part of Your World" "The Bells of Notre Dame" "Gaston" "I Won't Say I'm in Love" "A Whole New World" "Three Caballeros" "Proud Corazon" (yes, fine I guess this is Pixar) "I See the Light" I hope you'll rank the parks songs too!

Actually according to 2 Disney movies there were some songs that weren't in the movie but they ended up on the soundtrack. And the 2 deleted songs are Never Smile at a Crocodile from Peter Pan (but you can hear the instrumental of it in the movie) and A Step in the right Direction from Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

1:01:38 - "Winner Song" ("Pooh wins the honey pot!") is on the soundtrack, it pops in and out of the score track "Eeyore Needs His Tail / Winner Song".

Thank you for dunking down Song of the Roustabouts. I think it's worse than Elephants Fly. I mean, that number is still incredibly racist, but the one thing it has over Roustabouts is that it's at least trying to put the crows in a more positive position (as completely misguided as it is for their portrayal), as opposed to being outright dehumanising. I love Alice's soundtrack so oof in the chat to me for that lol. Love The intro and Golden Afternoon. I do get how it can be exhausting with the chorus template being so prominent though (even if I love that too lol). I have such a different opinion on the renaissance and modern Disney films , wow didn't realise my tastes were that different. Especially my hatred of Frozen 2, sorry.

Can’t wait for the next video, so funny and enjoyable

i keep coming back to this video, it's become such a comfort for me. her voice, her personality, the nostalgia of disney music, the satisfaction of sorting things into a tier list.... it's got it all

Hi Marlene! I don’t know if you remember me at all, but I’m glad I could stop by to see you doing well, enjoying and making music, living your best life. Lovely video.

god I love your look today. Its so familiar and comfortable. I mean like- you look like my favorite music teacher in school haha.

Loved this tierlist! This also made me wonder how many specific songs have a history behind them?

Just finished the video; it's very fun to be reminded of so many songs I don't usually think about!

I stayed up just to watch this whole video when I have college classes tomorrow, but it was worth it haha You justified so many of my underrated faves like "Mother Knows Best (Reprise)". Literally was obsessed with it for a month. Can't wait to see this series continue and hopefully get to see some Coco songs (I'm a firm believer that the entire movie is so much better in Spanish, including every single one of the songs lol)

This was so much fun. The hour just flew by

My Tier Ranking for my favorite film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame: S Tier: The Bells of Notre Dame, Out There, Topsy Turvy, God Help the Outcasts, Hellfire A Tier: Heaven's Light, The Bells of Notre Dame (Reprise), Someday B Tier: Heaven's Light (Reprise), The Court of Miracles C Tier: A Guy Like You, God Help the Outcasts (Bette Midler)