Hit songs forever linked to movie scenes

robeiae · Oct 10, 2010

There are some songs that--when I hear them--I automatically think of a movie that used them. I don't mean songs written to be in the movie, but rather songs that were hits in their own right, before they were used.

For instance:

Stayin' Alive by the BeeGees--I can't be the only one that can only think of the scene in Airplane! when I hear this song, can I?

One Tin Soldier by Coven--the end or beginning of Billy Jack.

Got some more? Let's hear 'em.

mellymel · Oct 10, 2010

Eye of the Tiger--Rocky
The Time of my Life, Hungry Eyes--Dirty Dancing
Danger Zone, Take My Breath Away--Top Gun
Give My Regards to Broadway--Bring it On
Don't You--Breakfast Club

To name a few

LGwenn · Oct 10, 2010

Unchained Melody-- Ghost
Footloose-
What A Feeling- Flashdance
In Your Eyes- Say Anything

Silver King · Oct 10, 2010

Not a hit song, but when I hear The End by The Doors, I can't help but think of Apocalypse Now and how well it works in that film.

poetinahat · Oct 10, 2010

Oh Yeah, by Yello - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
You Can Leave Your Hat On, by Joe Cocker - 9 1/2 Weeks
Hip Priest, by The Fall - Silence of the Lambs
Shout, by Otis Day and the Knights - Animal House
Louie Louie, by The Kingsmen - ibid.

robeiae · Oct 10, 2010

Silver King said:
Not a hit song, but when I hear The End by The Doors, I can't help but think of Apocalypse Now and how well it works in that film.

Not a hit a song?!?! Not a hit song?!?! Why, I oughta...

robeiae · Oct 10, 2010

poetinahat said:
Oh Yeah, by Yello - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I gotta admit, I think of The Secret Of My Success when I hear that...

willietheshakes · Oct 10, 2010

Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf) -- Easy Rider
99 Luftballons -- Gross Pointe Blank

poetinahat · Oct 10, 2010

robeiae said:
I gotta admit, I think of The Secret Of My Success when I hear that...

Well, really, it makes me think of Duff Man. :e2shrug:

robeiae · Oct 10, 2010

willietheshakes said:
99 Luftballons -- Gross Pointe Blank

I would have been with you there, but then Watchmen came out...

SirOtter · Oct 10, 2010

Herman's Hermits' 'I'm Into Something Good' - The Naked Gun

LGwenn · Oct 10, 2010

Caught in the middle with you- Reservoir Dogs

milly · Oct 10, 2010

"Whiter Shade of Pale" and "You Can't Always Get what you Want" - The Big Chill
"Moon River"-Breakfast at Tiffany's
"Time is on my Side"- Fallen
"Sweet Caroline"- Beautiful Girls

Williebee · Oct 10, 2010

Actually, the one that is tied to Gross Pointe Blank for me is "Blister in the Sun"

LOG · Oct 10, 2010

My heart will go on -- Titanic.
I see you -- Avatar (The song itself is iffy, but it and the movie are very iconic in my mind.)

JohnnyGottaKeyboard · Oct 10, 2010

Maybe its an age thing... Chariots of Fire, Vangelis, Film of the same name.

blacbird · Oct 10, 2010

"Singin' in the Rain", A Clockwork Orange.

Cyia · Oct 10, 2010

blacbird said:
"Singin' in the Rain", A Clockwork Orange.

Or, you know, Singin' in the Rain: the movie.

poetinahat · Oct 10, 2010

Silver King said:
Not a hit song, but when I hear The End by The Doors, I can't help but think of Apocalypse Now and how well it works in that film.

From the same film, I thought Satisfaction by the Stones was memorable - hot Mekong surfin' action!

willietheshakes · Oct 11, 2010

milly said:
"Whiter Shade of Pale" and "You Can't Always Get what you Want" - The Big Chill
"Moon River"-Breakfast at Tiffany's
"Time is on my Side"- Fallen
"Sweet Caroline"- Beautiful Girls

I'll see your Big Chill and raise you
"Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Like a Rolling Stone (live with The Band)" -- New York Stories (Life Lessons)

Diana Hignutt · Oct 11, 2010

Watchmen etched two songs in my memory together with the movie:

Hallaluh (not spelled right, I'm sure--it's too early for spelling things right) when Night Owl and Silk Spectre, well you know...

All Along the Watch Tower - when Night Owl and Rorshach are closing in on the villains' South Pole lair.

robeiae · Oct 11, 2010

LGwenn said:
Caught in the middle with you- Reservoir Dogs

Oh yeah. Most definitely.

Wayne K · Oct 11, 2010

Freebird from Devil's Rejects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZarAaCCv_Y

robeiae · Oct 11, 2010

Williebee said:
Actually, the one that is tied to Gross Pointe Blank for me is "Blister in the Sun"

For me, it's Rudie Can't Fail.

Perks · Oct 11, 2010

American Girl, by Tom Petty, for poor Catherine Martin in 'Silence of the Lambs'.

Hit songs forever linked to movie scenes

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Megalops Erectus

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Gentleman. Scholar. Bastard.

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Il Cavaliere Marino

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seeing sparks

Capeless, wingless, & yet I fly.

Lagrangian

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Rewriting My Destiny

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Gentleman. Scholar. Bastard.

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Touch and go

Touch and go

delicate #!&@*#! flower