This is going to be a pretty hard task, but I'm going to try to narrow down my top 10 favorite songs in all of South Park, using this list as a guide! To make things easier on myself, I'll only include original songs.
1.) La Resistance
It was really tough to narrow my top picks down, but I genuinely do
think La Resistance is one of the most well-written songs in all of
South Park, if not THE best. The way it effortlessly intertwines all of
the movie's previous songs into an engaging, climactic medley shows that
Matt and Trey are actually talented musicians, a fact that they'd show
again later in further musical productions, like The Book of Mormon. The
nods to Les Mis also make this song unreasonably hype for a South
Park song of all things. It has no business being this good!!!
2.) Put It Down
(content warning: threats of suicide)
REALLLY hard choice for me here. Almost tied with La Resistance, but I
had to relent and give the top spot to the older song. Absolute
perfection from the moment it begins to the moment it ends. I highly
recommend watching the
clip
from the episode for full effect. Genuinely catchy, layers of
comedy, extremely memorable, perfect song.
3.) San Diego
(link)
(sorry, all the clips were copyright claimed)
I HATEEE how catchy this is. It's so funny............... Honestly, I
think all of these first four songs are tied for number one in my heart.
This was #4 at first but I kicked Mountain Town down another slot because Jackin'
It In San Diego can't be beat. GENUINELY so good. I can't stop listening
to it once it starts. The green screen effect in the real clip ends me.
4.) Mountain Town
SUCH a good opening number. It sets up every part of the plot in such a
frickin funny and catchy way, and I love listening to it on its own or
to start off the album. You have to admit these guys know how to write
musicals!!! My favorite lines are "Oh, what a picture perfect child /
Just like Jesus, he's tender and mild / He'd wear a smile while he wore
a thorny crown!" and "(mumbling) / That's right!"
5.) Blame Canada
For any non- South Park fans that stumbled upon this page, it's very
important to me that you know that this song was nominated for an Oscar
for Best Original Song in 2000. (It didn't win, but still, how badass is
that.) This song is a real winner. It's simple but effective. I love the
commentary on people's unwillingness to admit their own faults and their
desire to find a scapegoat, and beyond all that, it's another fun song
to listen and sing along to.
6.) Make Bullying Kill Itself
(content warning: slight joking about suicide)
(link)
This is another winning song, honestly - the lyrics are so god damn
funny. This is actually from the same episode that San Diego is from!
Weird how both of these songs are copyrighted so heavily... Anyway, that
episode's another one of my favorites, and these two songs are a big
part of why. For a random bonus
here is the Japanese dub of this song that I stumbled upon
accidentally while trying to find a version I could embed here.
7.) Push (Feeling Good On A Wednesday) ft. Sia
This was actually #8 at first, but I bumped it up a spot after listening to it
again. It has a kind of comfy feeling to it, because it's from one of my
absolute favorite episodes (S18E3, The Cissy). It's still a funny song,
especially the scene in the episode when Randy shows it to Stan, but
then add in the fact that they actually got Sia to sing it (??? how
honestly) and the montage in the episode with Stan
questioning his gender identity after he learns that not everybody is
cis, and I realized I like it more than I thought.
8.) What Would Brian Boitano Do?
This song is so cozy and dorky. I love it a lot, especially how they
kind of mess up the weird high note on "aaaannyyYYBOOOoOodyyyy--" and
they transition so fast and sloppily into the next line. Peak content
from my lads.
9.) I'm Super
One of my favorite songs from the movie, actually - which isn't saying
much, because they're all really good - but it's this low on the list
because I really only listen to it when I listen to the whole soundtrack
at once. I still love the energy to it, though.
10.) Let's Fighting Love
I cannot count the hours of my life I
have spent with this stupidass song stuck in my head. It's the perfect
length, just short enough that the joke doesn't get stale, and to this day
I still lose it at "daijobu, WE DO IT ALL THE TIME!!" A true classic.
Give Life a Try
(content warning: threats of suicide)
The ONLY reason this song didn't make it into the top 10 is because Eric
gets an even more fire verse inside of Put It Down. That being said,
this one is still insanely good on its own. The absolute silence at 1:10
with the backing vocals still going on kills me every time.
Kyle's Mom's a Bitch
Putting this one on here because the scene in the movie genuinely is
really funny (I really wish the soundtrack version kept Kyle's "shut
your fucking mouth, Cartman!" line), but it's not a song for easy
listening, and the racist montage in the middle pretty much ruins it for
me.
Princess Kenny Theme
While I adore Princess Kenny with my whole heart, and her theme song is
a joke/motif that really hits well, it doesn't have a lot of lasting
power. The "making fun of anime songs" appeal is already covered pretty
much perfectly by Let's Fighting Love. However, I had to include it in
the honorable mentions so that I could tell you (if you were not already
aware) that it was based on the
opening to an anime adaption of an eroge called Princess Lover,
which is a fact that makes me laugh every time I think about it.