Panto Songs
Part of the Panto fun is all the singing and dancing! Below we've compiled a list of songs suitable for all sorts of occasions as well as some great numbers for your Goodies, Baddies and Uglies!
Choosing the right songs for your pantomime is one of the most enjoyable parts of the production process, and one of the most important. A well-placed number can bring a scene to life, reveal a character, or lift an audience at exactly the moment they need it.
The list below is drawn from our scripts and from years of production experience. Songs are grouped by the job they do in the show rather than by genre or era, and many include notes about which scripts they suit particularly well. Use the links to explore our pantomime scripts and find the right fit for your cast.
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Opening Numbers
Start the show with a bang! A great opening number is fun, upbeat and gets everyone in the mood!
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Waterloo - ABBA
Tubthumping - Chumbawamba (Great opening number in Pinocchio)
Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams (Brilliant as an opening number in Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (Great for Alice In Wonderland)
Happy Days Theme Song - Pratt and McClain
December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon
September - Earth, Wind & Fire (Works well in Snow White)
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
Ob-la-di Ob-la-dah - The Beatles (A great opener for Jack and the Beanstalk)
Shotgun - George Ezra
Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars
Good Feeling - Flo Rida
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves (Perfect to begin Rapunzel)
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
Love Songs
Some say it with flowers, pantomime characters say it by singing. These panto songs can make great duets as well.
You’re The One That I Want - Grease
Can’t Help Falling In Love (With You) - Elvis Presley (Brilliant for Dick and Alice in Dick Whittington)
Someone To Love - Queen
Don’t Leave Me This Way - The Communards
She’s So Lovely - Scouting for Girls
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel (Ideal for Aladdin and Ensemble in Aladdin)
Gimme All Your Lovin’ - ZZ Top
Your Song - Elton John
Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
I’ve Just Seen A Face - The Beatles (Great for Cinderella and the Prince in Cinderella)
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
All Of Me - John Legend
You're Timeless To Me - Hairspray! (Perfect for King Roland and Queenie in Sleeping Beauty)
Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Elton John (Perfect in Beauty and the Beast)
Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift (feat. Ed Sheeran)
I Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls (Particularly suited to the love scene in The Little Mermaid)
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole (Also brilliant in Cinderella)
Baddie Songs
A well chosen villain song will make your audience realise how despicably evil they actually are! Boo! Hiss!
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones (Ideal for Abanazar in Aladdin)
Bad Guys - Bugsy Malone (Good for Fairy Solid, Cat and Fox in Pinocchio)
Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett (Great for Stinkworth and the Ensemble in Hansel and Gretel)
Rockstar - Nickelback
My Name - Oliver! (Musical) (Perfect for Captain Hook in Peter Pan)
Don’t Stop Me Now - Queen
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Show (Perfect for the Queen of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland)
She's a Maniac - Michael Sembello
Maneater - Hall and Oats (Ideal for Griselda in Hansel and Gretel)
Spooky, Scary Skeletons - Andrew Gold
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
Highway to Hell - AC/DC (Ideal for the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood)
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
One Way Or Another - Blondie (Great for the Wicked Queen in Snow White, or Madame Meanie in Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Pirate King - Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (Great for Captain Hook in Peter Pan)
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Dame Songs
Picking a good song for your Dame will make the audience love them and leave them in stitches! Great as duets for the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella too!
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Man! I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain (Great for Dame Wilma Scarlett in Robin Hood)
Hot Stuff - Donna Summers (Great for Dame Dotty in Beauty and the Beast)
Single Ladies - Beyonce (Brilliant for the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella)
Wannabe - Spice Girls
9 To 5 - Dolly Parton (Great for Dame Trot in Jack and the Beanstalk)
You Can Leave Your Hat On - Randy Newman
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair - South Pacific (Great for Betty Beehive in Rapunzel)
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
Big Spender - Sweet Charity (Musical)
Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls
Material Girl - Madonna (Fantastic for Widow Twankey in Aladdin)
Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Oops! I Did It Again - Britney Spears
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves - Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin (Brilliant in Cinderella)
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
Love Machine - Girls Aloud (Hilarious for Dame Smee in Peter Pan)
When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt
(I Don’t Care) I Love It - Icona Pop
Friendship Songs
Friends that sing together, stay together. Sometimes the best camaraderie is a good old sing-song!
I’ll Be There For You - The Remembrants
You’ve Got A Friend In Me - Randy Newman (Toy Story)
Count On Me - Bruno Mars
With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles (Works well in Hansel and Gretel)
Shake it Off - Taylor Swift
I’d Do Anything - Oliver!
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA (Great in the Little Mermaid)
Friendship - Judy Garland
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mammas and Pappas
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python (Brilliant in Alice In Wonderland)
I’ll Be There - Jackson 5
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Shine - Take That (Great in Pinocchio)
Consider Yourself - Oliver! (Musical) (Fantastic for a group welcome scene; suits the Merry Men in Robin Hood)
Magic Songs
Sometimes you need a little more to bring the magic. A well chosen pantomime song will get the audience truly under your spell.
It’s A Kind of Magic - Queen
Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin’ Spoonful (Brilliant in Rapunzel)
I Put A Spell On You - Screaming Jay Hawkins (Ideal for Malignia in Beauty and The Beast)
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
24K Magic - Bruno Mars
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police (Great for Fairies in Sleeping Beauty)
Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
Black Magic - Little Mix
Defying Gravity - Wicked
Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better - Annie Get Your Gun (Musical) (Brilliant for the Fairies in Pinocchio)
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Adventure Songs
Nothing kicks off an adventure like a rousing song. Adventure songs can be used to great effect either side of the interval.
In The Navy - Village People (Fantastic to start Act Two in Peter Pan)
Surfin’ USA - Beach Boys (Great in the Little Mermaid)
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles (Perfect in Jack and The Beanstalk)
Its A Long Way To The Top - AC/DC (Brilliant to end Act One in the Little Mermaid)
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Headlong - Queen (Excellent before the interval in Pinocchio)
Greatest Day - Take That (Great for the circus company in Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
Go West - Village People (Fantastic for the Merry Men in Robin Hood)
Reach - S Club 7 (Great to end Act One in Aladdin)
Day Tripper - The Beatles
High Hopes - Frank Sinatra
When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean (Great to close Act One in Hansel and Gretel)
Money Songs
Some have lots and others have little. Rich or poor there’s something about the sound of money that makes you sing.
Money Money Money - ABBA (Perfect for the money troubles in Jack and the Beanstalk)
If I Were A Rich Man - Fiddler On The Roof (Musical)
Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong
If I Had A Million Dollars - Barenaked Ladies (Great in Beauty and The Beast)
Rich - Maren Morris
The Money Song - Monty Python
Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
Money (Makes The World Go Round) - Cabaret (Musical) (Fantastic for Widow Twankey in Aladdin)
I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc
Bills - LunchMoney Lewis
For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Money - Pink Floyd
Celebration Songs
The story is complete and all is well. Everybody can sing and dance to celebrate. Perfect for your finale.
We Are The Champions - Queen (Excellent for the finale of Alice in Wonderland)
Crazy Crazy Nights - Kiss
Happy - Pharell Williams
Everybody Needs Somebody - The Blues Brothers (Brilliant to end Peter Pan)
Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck (Great for the finale of Dick Whittington)
Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Flash Bang Wallop - Half A Sixpence (Musical)
From Now On - The Greatest Showman (Perfect for Goldilocks and the Three Bears)
Dancing Queen - ABBA (Perfect for the finale of Rapunzel)
Venus - Shocking Blue
Dancing in the Street - David Bowie and Mick Jagger
Celebration - Kool and the Gang (Perfect for the finale of the Little Mermaid)
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) - Stevie Wonder (Great to end Snow White)
We Go Together - Grease (Musical)
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Miscellaneous Songs
There are all sorts of occasions that need songs in pantomime. Here are a few personal favourites that always go down a treat.
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr
Raining Men - The Weather Girls (Works well to end Act One in Snow White)
Knights Of The Round Table - Monty Python
These Boots Are Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra
I Want To Break Free - Queen (Great for Rapunzel)
Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (Good for Stinkworth in Hansel and Gretel)
YMCA - Village People
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
When I Grow Up - Matilda (Musical) (Perfect for Alice in Alice In Wonderland)
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme - ABBA
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler
When I'm 64 - The Beatles (Great for King Roland and Queenie in Sleeping Beauty)
Loathing - Wicked (Musical) (Brilliant for Robin and Marian in Robin Hood)
Master Of The House - Les Miserables (Musical)
When I Grow Up - Matilda (Musical) (Ideal in Pinocchio)
Pinocchio’s Boogie - Rick Schulman
Let’s Face the Music and Dance - Irving Berlin (Perfect for Frank and Sammy in Dick Whittington)
Wake Up Boo - The Boo Radleys (Great to start Act Two in Sleeping Beauty)
If I Were Not Upon The Stage - Panto Traditional
Audience Participation Songs
If you’re going to get the audience to join in then you'll need to pick something with a catchy chorus they all know! These Song Sheet numbers get everyone singing loud and raising the roof!
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Hey Baby - DJ Otis
Witch Doctor - David Seville/Cartoons
Livin’ On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
Rockin’ All Over The World - Status Quo (Also great before/after the interval in Dick Whittington)
Is This The Way To Amarillo - Tony Christie
Mamma Mia - ABBA
We Will Rock You - Queen
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
American Pie - Don Mclean
I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Traditional
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