10 Best Disney Villain Songs

8. "The Mob Song" - Beauty And The Beast

"The Mob Song" is unnervingly realistic. We can feel Belle's hopelessness as she and her father are overwhelmed by the villagers and locked into their own basement. The song marks a shift in Gaston, and it is a shift that will lead to his ultimate demise. His mission changes from wooing Belle to killing the Beast.

With his popularity up against the dubiousness of Maurice's and Belle's reputations (as well as the image of the heartbroken Beast roaring in the magic mirror), the villagers are easily incited into a mob, complete with pitchforks and torches. None of them had even known of the Beast's existence until a few moments earlier, but they are all swiftly convinced that the Beast would surely ravage the village, focusing on the women and children. We actually witness the baseless rumors passing from villager to villager.

This is also one of the most explicitly violent Disney songs. Gaston openly announces his intentions to decapitate the Beast and keep his head as a trophy; the villagers sing of their guns, knives, and bows; everyone enthusiastically proclaims that they want the Beast dead.

Most villainous lines: "Hear him roar, see him foam, but we're not coming home 'til he's dead. Good and dead! Kill the Beast!"

 
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