Mike’s Favorite Original Songs of the Decade: #32 – “Over the Love,” from The Great Gatsby

32. “Over the Love,” from The Great Gatsby

This is the best song in Gatsby. It’s not even close for me. It’s just beautifully written and orchestrated and sung. You really feel the longing for the characters to one another. It’s more Daisy, of course, but still, it’s there. Everything that’s unsaid between the two of them is all in this song. Florence just has the absolute perfect voice for this. Her voice absolutely soars in this. When I think of this movie and the music in it, this is the song I go to. It’s such a powerful entity.