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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0AiN8vrn9Y "Be Prepared"] from ''[[The Lion King]]''. Just to drive the point home, the chorus of hyenas backing Scar through this song up march in formation at one point, in a manner [[Putting on the Reich|based on footage of a real-world Nazi rally]]. Furthermore, most Villain Songs involve the villain's evil laughter at the end. This one trumps them all, with not just Scar and his [[Terrible Trio]] laughing, but about 200 OTHER hyenas joining in with them.

** And the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWm87HkaYdE German version].

* In the sequel, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJGqxf86cZs My Lullaby]" takes up this role.

** Versions of ''My Lullaby'' in other languages arguably outdo the original as well, especially in the cruelty department. Just listen to the beautiful voice of ''pure hatred'':

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX6ycBbIw0I German version]

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zww6KEtdQI0 Russian version]

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajZDtqkKVR0 Hebrew version].

*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixBc6ffdW8E Dutch version]. Has the added scare-bonus of Zira sharing a voice actress with [[The Little Mermaid|Ursula]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_FguEpJ3fo "Prince Ali] [[Dark Reprise|(Reprise)"]] from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''. In fact, there were 5 separate songs made for Jafar and all but one were cut. ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vXZncjGvk Humiliate the Boy]'' where Jafar [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|does what the title suggests]] (cut for being too caustic). ''My Time Has Come'' where Jafar recounts how hideous his life has been and how he is going to make everyone else miserable (cut for being too slow and introspective). ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7YbpeIvQSw Why Me]'' was basically the same as ''My Time Has Come'' (cut because the directors felt it didn't advance the story enough, they also wanted something with a big chorus). And ''My Finest Hour'' where Jafar pulls the earth into a ball and bats it around with the Genie (cut because the directors decided it was too late in the movie for an extended showstopper for the villain). Instead, the "Prince Ali (Reprise)" is a trim ditty that makes dramatic sense with Jafar turning Aladdin's entrance song into a sweet revenge where the sorcerer revels in having the upper hand.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYyO44U2BQ4 "You're Only Second-Rate"] from the sequel. Same villain, too.

** Bonus point that we got [[Large Ham|Vincent Price]] voicing the "very large mouse" himself. And that [[Word of God|he said himself]] that he really enjoyed the role.

** Even more points because he personally said he was flattered; those songs were specifically written for him.

* ''[[The Jungle Book (Disney film)|The Jungle Book]]'':

** Kaa's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ILPl5FQaM "Trust In Me"].

*** In the movie, he had one sung line. And it ''has'' to count as a [[Villain Song]], [http://youtu.be/dHenV6qzX_M so awesome is that line and delivery].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsRDfiVP4eM "Gaston"], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f3hFq2crOo "Gaston (Reprise)"], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCENkwPiuU0 "The Mob Song"] in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''

** The musical version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLLrONF9ct8 "Gaston (Reprise)"] includes a few new lines at the end, which involve Lefou and Gaston [[Card-Carrying Villain|singing about how devious and evil he is]], flat-out stating that he knows how terrible his actions are, but that he doesn't care so long as he gets his way.

{{quote|'''Gaston:''' Yes I'm endlessly, wildly resourceful...

** It's also a bonus in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNeNGkGtv68 Australian version] because he's played by Hugh Jackman (who played Wolverine in the ''[[X-Men]]'' movies).

*** The original version of The Gaston song has the additional part at the end where Lefou tries to spell Gaston's name but gives up.

** Comes complete with [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]! Order now and get free [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]!

** It was subtle enough that most kids didn't get it until they were older, though the image of Esmeralda in the fireplace and the monks in red cowls were ample [[Nightmare Fuel]] nonetheless.

** To compensate for her [[Cut Song]] in the movie, Yzma gets [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1G40piqy0 Yzmopolis] in ''[[The Emperor's New School|The Emperors New School]]''. Later, she gets a dueling song in the [[Musical Episode]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANV9XNwfE4 "Mad Madame Mim"] from ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL4V_Hq1hEE "Brimstone and Treacle"], again from the new ''Mary Poppins'', where the Banks' ''second'' nanny, Miss Andrews, explains her philosophy that brimstone and treacle with a good dose of tyranny is the best way to govern children. (Note that there is also a [[Dark Reprise]] in which Mary comes back, sets Miss Andrews' pet lark free from its cage and there is a showdown between two singing nannies which results in Miss Andrews having a taste of her very own [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq3Oq0YD8p8 brimstone and treacle] as well as being forced into a giant birdcage and sent [[Dragged Off to Hell|down below]].)

** As Disney's first take on ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' didn't have a clear villain, it would seem to be exempt from this rule, but "Fidelity Fiduciary Bank" gives it a try anyhow. Mr. Banks and his bosses at the bank are the closest thing ''Mary Poppins'' has to a villain until his [[Heel Face Turn]]; he is against Mary Poppins herself, fun, and compassion because they interfere with order.

* And, of course, one of the first ones! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDT72gekojw Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee!] [[Pinocchio (Disney film)|An Actor's Life For Me!]] Also a major [[Ear Worm]].

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2Pt5Gyiv50 "Fee Fi Fo Fum"] from ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]''.

* ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'':

** Fat Cat's "The Best Of Everything" from the [[Five Episode Pilot]] "To The Rescue". Not to be outdone by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbabBrBhGfo "The Fat Cat Stomp"], initially performed by Chip and Dale in drag in "Adventures In Squirrelsitting", but later reprised by Fat Cat himself in the next scene.

** Irweena Allen ("Risky Beesness") has her own song, too ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soBxoR3YUg0&t=5m30s "You're The Best Bee For Me"]), and Sewernose de Bergerac ("A Case of Stage Blight") joins the Pirates of Peejama performance. In fact, not even the Coo-Koo Cola jingle ("The Case of the Cola Cult") remains untouched by villains.

* In the four-part ''[[Tale Spin]]'' pilot, Don Karnage reminds his Air Pirate underlings of what they do with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZtTjMRxWRM "Sky Pirates"].

* The ''Hallowishes'' show during Halloween at [[Disney Theme Parks]] is made up of several Villain Songs, a few [["The Villain Sucks" Song|The Villain Sucks Songs]], and a few songs that aren't either, but are close enough.

** There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3VmwODZkVU "A Pirates Life For Me"] on the "Pirates of the Carribean" ride, basically just the pirates singing about what they do.

* "You're Nothing But a Nothing" from ''The Flying Mouse''.

* Near the beginning of ''[[The Aristocats]]'', Edgar the butler can actually be heard singing "Rock A Bye, Baby" while pouring his mistress' sleeping pills into the cats' milk so that they will all fall asleep, therefore allowing him to kidnap them all and leave them all for dead in the French countryside. But then a pair of dogs attack him...

* ''[[Hocus Pocus (film)|Hocus Pocus]]'' has two! First is Bette Midler's [[Big Bad]] Winifred singing the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|show stopping]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDidHzwYu3E "I Put A Spell On You"], with bonus for actually hypnotizing everyone within earshot. Second is Sarah Jessica Parker singing the haunting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsda4GJuzcQ "Come Little Children"], bewitching all the children of Salem to their deaths Pied Piper style.

* "The Elegant Captain Hook" from ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]''.

** Actually, that was not to be the original song in the movie. There was originally intended to be another song in a different style, that [[Cut Song|got cut]], called "The Pirate Song".