Chick Flicks

Whether it's a "girls' night out" or a quiet evening at home lounging in your pj's, chick flicks make you want to laugh, cry, scream, and even dream. These movies' songs let you relive those magical moments and inspire you to create some of your own — so celebrate everlasting love as the ship goes down with Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", and dream of gentlemanly officers with Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes' "Up Where We Belong".

Travolta gets bitten by the love bug, in Next Steps.

Like your favourite old toy animals, these Chick Flick picks will cheer you up when you're down — and they're better for your teeth than chocolate. Footloose produced a couple of belters in its title track (forever linked to the sight of Kevin Bacon swinging, Tarzan-like, on a chain) and Deniece Williams's dance-round-the-living-room classic, "Let's Hear It for the Boy", while Grease took John Travolta to the upper limits of his vocal range with "Sandy".

Like a bygone page from your teenage diary, these nearly forgotten Chick Flick selections will always be special, like your first crush. Beyoncé and Jamie Foxx tap into that whirlpool of loved-up intensity with "When I First Saw You" from Dreamgirls while Madonna delivers a first-rate Lloyd Webber hanky moment from Evita with "You Must Love Me". Once the waterworks have stopped, boogie with your girlfriends to ABBA's 17-forever anthem, "Dancing Queen".

Everyone loves a good old, dependable chick flick — it's the perfect excuse to blub like a lawn sprinkler, feel like you're dancing on air, eat an entire tub of ice cream while dressed in pajamas, have a satisfying drool over Costner/Swayze/DiCaprio when he (inevitably) peels off his sweat-dampened shirt, and — best of all — sing along to the tunes that seem capture all of the above. These Chick Flick favourites are as sweet and special as a first kiss, hotter than sauna full of dirty dancers, and better for the soul than a great big mug of steaming hot cocoa.