# Movies Named After Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826 "2006-02-10T05:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/21 "2006-02-10T20:11:28Z")
**American Pie** and I assume **Walk the Line** is either the title of or a line from a Johnny Cash song. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/22 "2006-02-10T20:25:13Z")
[The Pompatus of Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117357/) Crap, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/23 "2006-02-10T20:37:34Z")
**Blue Velvet** is a clear example of a good move (nonmusical) named after a song. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/24 "2006-02-10T21:43:51Z")
**Sea of Love** ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/25 "2006-02-10T21:51:14Z")
Fame? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/26 "2006-02-10T22:45:03Z")
> [@Trillionaire](#): > > and I assume **Walk the Line** is either the title of or a line from a Johnny Cash song. Yep. They dropped the “I” from “I Walk the Line” for whatever reason. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/27 "2006-02-10T22:54:39Z")
[Down with Love](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309530/), from the [song written by Harold Arlen](http://movies.about.com/cs/downwithlove/a/downlovemusic.htm), and performed by Judy Garland. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/28 "2006-02-10T23:15:56Z")
**Stand by Me** ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/29 "2006-02-11T03:03:28Z")
Coal Miner’s Daughter (good movie) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/30 "2006-02-11T05:31:07Z")
Oh well…this is a thread I composed in my head over a year ago, but never got around to posting. One stipulation in my envisioned thread was that the song couldn’t have been written _for_ the movie – it had to be obvious that the film took its title from the song. Damn self-slacking… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/31 "2006-02-11T05:35:48Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Oh well…this is a thread I composed in my head over a year ago, but never got around to posting. That happens to me a lot. I have no idea why I’m so timid about starting threads. And I did try to stipulate what you said about the song having nothing to do with the movie. Most of the responses seem to have followed in that vein. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/32 "2006-02-11T07:10:20Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > Fame? The song was written for the movie (and won the Oscar for best song). I liked _Jumping Jack Flash_. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/33 "2006-02-11T18:09:23Z")
_Detroit Rock City_, which I stayed away from. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/34 "2006-02-11T18:22:22Z")
Here’s an obscure one: **Let’s Get Lost** , about the life of Chet Baker. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/35 "2006-02-11T18:22:38Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > My Own Private Idaho I was under the impression that living in one’s own private idaho was one of those phrases like “not playing with a full deck” that was a euphamism about someone being a nutter, so (unless I’m totally wrong, of course) I don’t think that the movie title necessarily comes from the B-52s song. ZJ ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/36 "2006-02-11T19:58:59Z")
**Convoy.** For those unaware, not only is the title from a song, the whole plot is from the same song. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/37 "2006-02-11T23:18:43Z")
**A Midnight Clear** **Standing In The Shadow of Motown** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/38 "2006-02-11T23:20:05Z")
And a new one just out: **Heart of Gold** , a concert flick about Neil Young. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/39 "2006-02-12T01:36:06Z")
**Just Like Heaven** ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826/40 "2006-02-12T02:37:10Z")
Perhaps the best example : **Pretty in Pink**. Good song, never saw the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-named-after-songs/343826.md?page=3)