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   Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Every Song in Once More With Feeling, Ranked   
      
   A memorable episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Season 6's Once More With   
   Feeling, the musical episode. Let's see how the main songs rank.   
      
   BY HEATHER FRANKLAND   
   DEC 20, 2019   
      
      
   A memorable episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is Season 6's "Once More   
   With Feeling," the musical episode. At the end of Season 5, Buffy sacrificed   
   herself for her sister, Dawn, and her friends. Season 6 shows her friends   
   and Dawn having difficulties living without her; on top of this Willow is   
   convinced that Buffy is in some hell dimension. Using dark magic, Willow   
   brings her back to life. However, her return isn't all hugs and rainbows.   
      
      
   The musical episode serves as a way to reveal what most of the characters   
   are hiding, so we are ranking them based on that, the musicality of the   
   song, and the fun (or drama) of each one. We're limiting it to the main   
   songs, so sorry mustard guy, but the "They Got the Mustard, Out!" won't be   
   on this list.   
      
      
      
   11   
   Dawn's Ballet/What You Feel (aka That's What It's All About)   
      
   Dawn is captured by Sweet, the musical demon. She begins her song as more of   
   a dance, moving around and away from the demon-heads. Then Sweet comes out   
   and explains what is going to happen in song. His big reveal is information,   
   not anything emotional.   
      
   What makes this scene brilliant is its parallels to an old 1980s film,   
   Legend, where the heroine is seduced by the devil and a dress. It also   
   begins in a dance and ends in a dress. However, it is considerably scarier.   
      
      
   10   
   Where Do We Go From Here   
      
   This is the group sing-a-long that happens at the end of the episode after   
   Buffy's big reveal. After knowing these hidden secrets, can they all work   
   together as they always did? Even Spike is in the sing-a-long until he   
   realizes that he doesn't have to be. Buffy eventually leaves as well. It's   
   an upbeat sounding song about a fracture in their friendship, and while it   
   is good--it is more forgettable than others on this list.   
      
      
   9   
   Under Your Spell   
      
   Now, Amber Benson's (Tara) voice is a dream. It's clear in this episode that   
   certain actors are very gifted singers like her. Other actors worked hard to   
   sing, but it's easy to tell that singing didn't come as naturally to them.   
      
   This is a love song from Tara about how she feels with Willow. It's pretty,   
   sweet, and clever. The way that Benson pauses when she sings, "You make me   
   complete," tells the viewer a little inside information. However, the big   
   reveal hasn't happened yet in this song. We'll save that for the duet.   
      
      
   8   
   I'll Never Tell   
      
   Anya and Xander have a seemingly upbeat song about their relationship.   
   However, both (but especially Xander) are having doubts about the   
   relationship. This is revealed through singing and dancing. The way the   
   scene is shot, neither character is aware of what the other one sang,   
   meaning that it isn't a big reveal yet.   
      
      
   7   
   Standing In The Way   
      
   Cue Buffy's training montage where it's clear that she's going through the   
   motions. During her training, Giles questions himself if he should stay.   
   He's worried that he's not helping her but standing in her way. Anthony Head   
   (Giles) is such a gifted singer, and this self-reflection is something that   
   Giles would do. Right now, it is a question. Later on, in the duet, it   
   becomes more of a certainty.   
      
      
   6   
   I've Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together   
      
   This medley of three different songs is wonderful. The first song, "I've Got   
   a Theory," adds humor to their process of trying to figure out what this   
   musical demon is doing, and who it is.   
      
   Anya adds even more needed humor when she thinks that bunnies (what she   
   fears most) could be behind it all. This results in a full-out rock ballad,   
   "What's with all the carrots, what do they need such good eyesight for   
   anyway? Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!"   
      
        [Just before Anya began her Bunnies solo, Tara was about to give her   
   theory, but was interrupted. I always wondered what it was.]   
      
   Then they move on to a touching song began by Buffy, "If We're Together."   
   Buffy sings, "What can't we face if we're together. What's in this place   
   that we can't weather." The others join in later. Buffy even quips at one   
   point, "It's do or die. Hey, I've died twice." In this song, we can tell   
   that Giles is thinking that this is the old Buffy back, and maybe there is   
   hope after all. Maybe he can stay.   
      
       [I don't know why, but I always felt that "Hey, I died twice" would have   
   sounded better than "I've died twice."]   
      
      
   5   
   Walk Through The Fire   
      
   This is one of the songs where we get a little more insight into Buffy's   
   state of mind. The others have left her alone to get Dawn, and although   
   she's going to save her sister, she's still going through the motions. She   
   sings about how she walks through the fire, but it doesn't burn her. She's   
   numb, but she wants to return to her feelings as she sings, "I want the fire   
   back."   
      
      
   4   
   Under Your Spell/Standing In the Way Reprise   
      
   And now, one of the most beautiful duets and reveals! Tara discovers that   
   she was quite literally under Willow's spell as Willow made her forget their   
   fight. Heartbroken, she sings, "I've been through hell. Willow, don't you   
   see, there'll be nothing left of me." Seeing as Tara's mind was invaded by   
   Glory in Season 5, and her own family tried to harm her, she has indeed been   
   through hell.   
      
   Giles sings about how he needs to leave Buffy, whom he regards as a   
   daughter. Both characters come to that conclusion--they need to leave their   
   loved ones. Giles and Tara achingly belt out, "I wish I could stay." The   
   message is a big reveal and bittersweet. But what also makes this song   
   higher on the list is that Benson and Head's voices work so well together.   
      
      
   3   
   Rest In Peace   
      
   Spike gets his moment to rock-out, giving actor James Marsters the chance to   
   showcase his music and singing chops. It makes sense that Spike's solo song   
   wouldn't be a soft love ballad or a cheery musical dance number. There is   
   no, "They got the mustard out!" for him.   
      
   "Rest in Peace" shows his split feelings. On one hand, he sings to Buffy,   
   "Let me rest in peace. Let me take my love and bury it six feet deep." Then,   
   on the other hand, his voice gets soft as he talks about following her and   
   how he's willing to do anything for her. At one both tender and angry   
      
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