10 Best Musical Numbers In Steven Universe

Steven Universe is a series known for its message of diversity, inclusion and love - but more than anything, it's known for its great music.

With five seasons, a movie and a miniseries, this Emmy nominated classic of contemporary animation has given us not just a great story with memorable characters but a plethora of funny, heartfelt, dramatic and empowering musical numbers that will stick with the audience for years to come.

With such a rich selection to choose from, it's worth selecting which songs are the best of the best - songs that take us through a variety of emotional peaks and valleys. And before you say anything; yes, this has excluded the intro and outro songs. Both are great, but here the focus is on full musical numbers inside the main instalments of the series.

But it isn't solely about how good these songs are, because far too many of them are just too good. As such, it's not just about how good a given song is, but also how that musical number stands out as a complete package.

These ten musical numbers are the ones that make a decidedly lasting impression, and which never seem to get old.

Starting off this list is an oldie but a goodie from way back in season one. This may not be the most emotional or dramatic of songs, but it is one of the funnier ones, from the episode Giant Woman. It's very reflective of the mostly lighthearted tone of the early episodes, in which Steven's biggest problems are things like wanting to see a fusion happen.

In the episode, Steven has learned about fusion for the first time, and he desperately wants to see Amethyst and Pearl combine into a giant woman. However, they are reluctant to become Opal just to humour him, with pearl saying that fusion is only for emergencies.

The musical number is about how much Steven wants to see their transformation. But it's also about Amethyst and Pearl not getting along and irritating each other, which incidentally is the actual reason that they won't fuse.

This is silly, innocent season one Steven at his most ridiculous, and most wonderful.