All of Captain Hook's songs in Peter Pan, especially when performed by Cyril Ritchard.
Two superb comic songs with brilliant lyrics by E.Y. Harburg: "Never Be-Devil the Devil," and "Never Trust a Vigin," both performed by Cyril Ritchard.
From The Roar of the Greasepaint-The Smell of the Crowd: "A Wonderful Day Like Today," "Things to Remember," " Where Would You Be Without Me" all performed by Cyril Ritchard.
"Fiasco" in Coco is not the greatest song, but it gives the villain a chance to pull out all the stops. Rene Auberjonois scored a great success with it, and won a Tony Award. And in the York Theatre revival a few years back, David Turner did a great job with it.
Molasses to Rum" from 1776, because it implicates the "heroes", if you will, as culprits. Uncomfortable but important to consider, and electrifying to behold when done well. Not to mention stylistically the most daring song in the score.
Yes. This was my first thought. What a chilling song!
Some of my other favorites are “Evil Woman” (Xanadu) and “Poor Unfortunate Souls” (Little Mermaid).
The 2nd Act Reprise of "Rebecca" from the show of the same name. Dracula's "The Longer I Live"... not as a story element, but for the sheer sound of it. It's beautiful. On a wholly different note, I cannot *not* join in on "The Soviet Machine" from Chess.
The Seven Deadly Virtues - Camelot This Jesus Must Die - JCS Dog Eat Dog - Les Misérables Lonely Room - Oklahoma! Reviewing the Situation - Oliver! Where Will You Stand When the Flood Comes? - Parade Spread a Little Sunshine - Pippin Mea Culpa - Sweeney Todd Cool, Cool, Considerate Men - 1776
Was I Wazir - Kismet Bon Voyage - Candide To keep my love alive - A Connecticut Yankee This is not over yet - A Very Potter Sequel Guys like Potter - A Very Potter Sequel What you feel - Buffy: Once More With Feeling Tell me - Marie Christine Assassins (the entire thing)
Answering some previous posts, and adding other thoughts:
Reviewing the Situation - Oliver!-- is a great song, although I have a hard time treating Fagin as the villain. He's funny and he does feed a bunch of homeless kids. I think the villain in Oliver is Bill Sykes, rather than Fagin.
Heffalumps and Woozles- Winnie the Pooh -- what a GREAT song. I didn't recall any villains in the short movie, however.
"Stars", "Soliloquy" from Les Miserables -- I think Javert is indeed the villain in Les Mis; Thenardier, although an utterly revolting character, is too silly to be completely villainous. I'm crazy about his "Master of the House," and "Thenardier Waltz," however -- especially the reprise, where he sings, "This one is broke, that's one's a Jew, this one is queer, but what can you do?" As an aside, the odious Thenardier seems more accepting of gay people than are most members of the Republican party.
"Mary Poppins" -- Stage production: "Brimstone and Treacle."
Also, "Poor Fool He makes me Laugh," is sung by Carlotta in the "Phantom of the Opera." I don't see her as the villain, but as more of a comic foil. If the Phantom himself is a villain, my favorite Phantom song AS VILLAIN rather than unrequited lover is "Down Once More." (My favorite song in the universe is the love song "MOTN," where the Phantom doesn't sound very villainous at all.)
Another great villainous protagonist song, which happens to be hilarious, is "Have a Little Priest," from "Sweeney Todd."
My favorites: You'll be a dentist from Little shop of horrors Those were the good old days from Damn yankees Hellfire from Hunchback (film) Gaston and its reprise from Beauty and the beast The Soviet machine
And regarding Javert - I can't think of anything he does that is villainous. He is chasing a criminal who escaped parole. Is he tragically determined to the point of not being able to adapt to life's gray areas or let small things go? Absolutely. But that makes him unable to function in real life, not evil. In the story, he functions as antagonist rather than villain.
"Stars", "Soliloquy" from Les Miserables -- I think Javert is indeed the villain in Les Mis; Thenardier, although an utterly revolting character, is too silly to be completely villainous. I'm crazy about his "Master of the House," and "Thenardier Waltz," however -- especially the reprise, where he sings, "This one is broke, that's one's a Jew, this one is queer, but what can you do?" As an aside, the odious Thenardier seems more accepting of gay people than are most members of the Republican party.
In the novel, Thenardier is actually portrayed as the true villain. At the end of the novel, he becomes involved in the slave trade. Thenardier is basically portrayed as everything that's wrong with humanity. He's not as overly threatening as Javert, but he's threatening in his own way. And whereas Javert is working off of a moral compass or what he deems as one, Thenardier is only out for himself.
Something that fascinates (and, frankly, kind of irks) me about the musical is how they took this character and made him likeable just by giving him some funny songs.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!