The Top Ten: Glee Songs List

10. Empire State of Mind

This incredible song, number ten on the glee songs list,  was featured in the second season of Glee in September 2010. The show itself was called “Audition” and Empire State of Mind was the first song that was performed on that show.  The members of the glee club decide to start singing to a crowd of teenagers at their high school in the courtyard and no one is expecting it!

9. Poker Face

Poker Face was one of the most popular songs to be featured on Glee, part of that being because its writer, Lady Gaga, was so popular at the time. The glee club performed the song recently after Gaga had released it, so it was still high on the charts at the time. The show was performed in this show as a duet between mother and daughter, and was featured in the June 2010 show.

8. Singing in the Rain- Umbrella

A New Version of a Classic on the Glee Songs List

Another extremely popular song was the version of Singing in the Rain/ Umbrella that was performed by the Glee club teacher, played by Matthew Morrison, and a visiting, temporary substitute that was played by none other than Gwyneth Paltrow. This song combined the classic and original with the new, hip Umbrella by Rhianna, and got rave reviews from being featured in the episode, the Substitute.

7. Get it Right

Get it Right was featured in the March 2011 that focused on singing original music. Typically, Glee cast members sing cover songs, so this was the first opportunity to feature music the crowd was unaware of, but it still became a hit.

6. Total Eclipse of the Heart

One of the greatest ballads,  just sixth on the glee songs list,  and best love songs of all time, Total Eclipse of the Heart, was done during the May 2010 show where the shows main character finds a new love interest. The cast of Glee sang this song to close the show, which was all about ‘bad’ songs or songs with a bad reputation.

5. Toxic

The song Toxic, by Britney Spears, was a huge hit for the cast of Glee. It was performed in a show entitled Brittany/ Britney where a cast member embodies Spears, and even their teacher sang on the stage with them to perform this tune at an assembly.

4. Forget You

The second song in the glee songs list performed by Gwyneth Paltrow, Forget You was another hit that was still on the charts when Glee decided to perform it. It was a cleaner version of a song with a much riskier title by Cee Lo Green in November 2010.

3. Teenage Dream

Teenage Dream is the first song in the list performed by the opposing glee club, who are led by a Glee cast members new love interest, Blaine. Blaine takes the lead on this song that is backed by the all male club at a different high school.

2. Loser Like Me

Loser Like Me was in the March 2011 episode entitled Original Song. This was another new song that had not been previously recorded, which was a big hit with Glee fans. It chronicled the mistreatment of the glee club at their high school by other students and teachers.

Number One on the Glee Songs List..

1.  Don’t Stop Believin

This song is still the number one most popular song ever done by the Glee cast, and it was one of the first way back in season 1, in June 2009. This leader on the glee songs list was in the very first episode of Glee and has been the theme song for the show all along.