# An Opposite Question re: Soundtrack in a Movie or TV Episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284 "2010-04-25T06:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/1 "2010-04-25T06:46:50Z")
The usual question is “what was that music playing in such and such thing”. My question is the opposite. I recall Green Day’s _Good Riddance (I hope you had the time of your life)_ being used particularly well in some TV episode or movie, but damned if I remember where I heard it. Is there some way to search for soundtrack credits? What say you, Dopers? ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/2 "2010-04-25T06:51:55Z")
I remember it being used in some kind of Seinfeld retrospective thing (it was like a clip show, it might have been one of the last episodes). I also remember a female doctor on E.R. singing it at a memorial ceremony for a dead child. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/3 "2010-04-25T06:58:40Z")
…but to answer the question you actually asked, sometimes wikipedia will include information like that. In fact the Seinfeld episode is mentioned on the wiki page for that song. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/4 "2010-04-25T07:05:54Z")
It was the second-last episode of Seinfeld, The Clip Show, which was broadcast with the final episode. As mentioned it was also used on ER but I remember the song becoming quite a huge hit after appearing in Seinfeld and would bet that’s the show most people associate with it. Seinfeld is my favourite show of all time and I may or may not have shed a tear during the song, please don’t tell anyone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/5 "2010-04-25T07:11:16Z")
It looks like IMDB also has some information on Green Day music appearing in film and television: > **[Green Day | Music Artist, Actor, Composer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1554564/)** > > Known for: Shoot 'Em Up, Sex Tape, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me I just saw that Seinfeld episode again recently. It was quite effective. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-opposite-question-re-soundtrack-in-a-movie-or-tv-episode/537284/6 "2010-04-26T03:39:06Z")
Songs have wiki pages now? Anyway, it probably was the Seinfeld episode I was thinking of.