# Memorable Closing Credit Songs (Films) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781 "2001-10-01T16:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/41 "2001-10-02T15:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spoke- \* **Twilight Zone - The Movie** ends with a Creedence Clearwater Revival song. Was it “Bad Moon Rising?” I think it was “Midnight Special.” I know the scene: John Lithgow is all trussed up in a straight jacket and put into an ambulance. Dan Ackroyd is the driver, and pops a casette in the tape player. Lithgow smiles and says, “I LOVE Creedence” just before Ackroyd says, “You want to see something REALLY scary?” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/42 "2001-10-02T15:26:47Z")
That’s Vera Lynn doing “We’ll Meet Again” at the close of “Dr. Strangelove.” If you’ve listened to “The Wall” you’ll remember the song “Vera” - “Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?” “We’ll Meet Again” was very big in England during WWII. “Oh La La,” by the Faces, closed “Rushmore” IIRC. That one worked pretty well. Did “Rock Around The Clock” play over the credits to “Blackboard Jungle?” If so, that takes the cake. That blew the lid off the whole damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/43 "2001-10-02T15:28:58Z")
“Sympathy for the Devil,” Guns n’ Roses, _Interview with the Vampire_–it was such a perfect choice to end the movie on an evilly triumphant note as the revived Lestat drives off with the newly bitten Christian Slater. “Miss Misery” from _Good Will Hunting_–Mournful tune appropriate for the end. “That’s the Hell of It” from _Phantom of the Paradise_ “Good for nothing, bad in bed Nobody loved you, you’re better off dead”–Great stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/44 "2001-10-02T15:31:43Z")
I was profoundly moved by the closing song for **The Professional** - Sting’s _The Shape of my Heart_. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/45 "2001-10-02T15:36:50Z")
Oh and as an added thought - I’ve always thought Depeche Mode’s _Little 15_ would be another perfect ending song for that movie… ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/46 "2001-10-05T21:50:48Z")
I’m kind of ashamed to admit this. Have you seen **Legally Blonde**? It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be… and at the end, there was a song that really got my toes a-tappin’. **Perfect Day** , by Hoku. Yes, Hoku- whose last name is Ho. (Heck, if my last name was Ho, I think I’d drop it, too.) As in DON Ho. **Tiny Bubbles** Don Ho. She’s his daughter. She’s also a babe. Britney ain’t got nothin’ on Hoku. [sub]God I’m so embarrassed.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/47 "2001-10-05T23:44:13Z")
Heh. At the end of “Rock Star”, they played “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/48 "2001-10-05T23:59:48Z")
Neil Young’s performance at the end of “Philidelphia” nearly brought me to tears! (and i’m a tough-guy-non-crying-type-he-man-thing) the michael mcdonald song at the end of the south park movie is funny enough to make you wet yourself if you pay attention to the words we’ll met again at the end of dr. strangelove is classic get right back (very cheesy song, i know) at the end of slapshot leaves you feeling like things may just work out for the poor charlestown chiefs (i love that movie-- strother martin immitating someone jerkin off can make you laugh at a funeral!) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/49 "2001-10-06T00:18:17Z")
_Julia_ by the Eurythmics at the end of _ **1984** _. I have to choke back tears everytime I hear it. ---
**Author:** ![cw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@cw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cw)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/50 "2001-10-06T00:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ballybay \* > \*\*“Paint It, Black” at the end of _Full Metal Jacket_ \*\* Most definately, and also Guns and Roses “you could be mine” from Terminator 2. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/51 "2001-10-06T02:57:41Z")
Originally posted by glee > [@](#): > > I liked that Bryan Adams number\* at the end of ‘Prince of Thieves’. That was **(Everything I Do) I Do It For You** Sorry it took more than 5 minutes, but it’s a Friday night.😉 ---
**Author:** ![scampering\_gremlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@scampering\_gremlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scampering_gremlin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/52 "2001-10-06T03:19:37Z")
Two that still haunt me after so many years: _Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466_, 2nd movement at the end of _Amadeus_ and the Cat Stevens tune that closes _Harold and Maude_. Anybody know the name of that last song? ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_O.Pinion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/839c29/32.png) [@Frank\_O.Pinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_O.Pinion)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/53 "2001-10-06T20:07:49Z")
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life at the end of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian. ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/54 "2001-10-07T05:51:19Z")
I have a few: “Kiss From A Rose” by Seal, from **Batman Returns** “It’s My Life” by Wendy O. Williams from **Reform School Grls** “A Love Before Time”, both the cello solo by Yo-Yo-Ma and the pop version by Coco Dee, from, what was that film? Oh yes: **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon** ---
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/55 "2001-10-07T07:06:15Z")
The credits song for 1984 was more memorable for me than the film. Julia from that Eurythmics lady. (Second time today I’ve needed that name and been unable to remember it.) ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/56 "2001-10-07T07:19:16Z")
A third vote for ALOTBSOL from Brian. BTW they sung that at Graham Chapman’s funeral. I will add: Jailhouse Rock (The Blues Brothers) Let It Snow (Die Hard 1 and 2–what a contrast to the rest of the movies!) All Together Now (Yellow Submarine) ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/57 "2001-10-07T09:09:39Z")
A couple of favourites: **"I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)"** at the end (I’m pretty sure it was over the credits) of **High Fidelity**. I never thought I’d buy a Stevie Wonder record, but after hearing that, I had to track down **Talking Book** , and I love it, so that was one film that made me branch out in my music tastes. Also, Arleta’s **Mia Fora Thimame** from the **Praise** film was a beautiful way to end a kinda downer of a film, and for Dirty Three fans, it was a chance to hear the song that they rewrote as **I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me**. ---
**Author:** ![FisherQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@FisherQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FisherQueen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/58 "2001-10-07T22:24:50Z")
Well, the OP says ‘good,’ but the title just says ‘memorable,’ so I’ll chime in with the memorable end-credits song that sprang to my mind when I read the title. “The Princess Bride.” If the song has a name, I don’t care to know it, but they take that lovely love theme that’s been echoing through the whole movie and add to it a gravelly-voiced singer and some of The Worst Lyrics Known to Man. At one point, my college roommates and I could sing the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/59 "2001-10-07T22:43:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ignatzmouse \* > \*\*The credits song for 1984 was more memorable for me than the film. Julia from that Eurythmics lady. (Second time today I’ve needed that name and been unable to remember it.) \*\* Annie Lennox. ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781/60 "2001-10-07T22:45:20Z")
The song at the end of _Philedelphia_. This is one of very few movies that I have actually cried in, and I thought the ending song with the home video of him as a child just highlighted the incredible waste of a beautiful life that AIDS is. Does anybody know what song this was? P.S. - the Eurythmics lady’s name is Annie Lennox 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-closing-credit-songs-films/84781.md?page=4)