# Original songs from (non-musical) movies that are part of the plot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234 "2015-08-07T12:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/21 "2015-08-07T16:57:42Z")
Just thought of another one: “The Morning After” was written for _The Poseidon Adventure_ and performed (or lip-synched) by Carol Lynley for a rehearsal as well as the New Year’s Eve party. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/22 "2015-08-07T17:04:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Original, written-specifically-for-the-movie songs from movies that AREN’T traditional song-and-dance musicals (a la _Singin’ In the Rain_) that are in some way integral to the plot. On a technicality, there’s _Can You Read My Mind_ from SUPERMAN. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/23 "2015-08-07T18:41:04Z")
The songs from **Three Amigos**. Wonderful homages / parodies of singing-cowboy era songs that were written for the movie. Three Amigos Theme My Little Buttercup Blue Shadows ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/24 "2015-08-07T19:29:25Z")
“Baby, Can You Dig Your Man?” from _Stephen King’s The Stand._ “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from _Monty Python’s Life of Brian._ “Stuck in the Middle With You” from _Reservoir Dogs_, which is playing on the radio during the torture scene. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/25 "2015-08-07T20:10:11Z")
The Oscar-winning “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from _Hustle & Flow_ and the Oscar-nominated “Beautiful Maria of My Soul” from _The Mambo Kings_. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/26 "2015-08-07T20:24:51Z")
_Streets of Fire_ closes with the lead actress singing “Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young”, written by Jim Steinman for the film. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/27 "2015-08-07T20:28:37Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > _Streets of Fire_ closes with the lead actress singing “Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young”, written by Jim Steinman for the film. “The lead actress” = smoking hot 19 year old Diane Lane \<3 ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/28 "2015-08-07T20:29:56Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > “The lead actress” = smoking hot 19 year old Diane Lane \<3 It’s been a long time since I saw the film (I mostly remember it as being a straight role for Rick Moranis), but I do remember she was hot. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/29 "2015-08-07T20:38:16Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > _Streets of Fire_ closes with the lead actress singing “Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young”, written by Jim Steinman for the film. “Nowhere Fast” and “I Can Dream About You”, from the same movie, are also pretty integral to the plot, and I came here specifically to mention that movie. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/30 "2015-08-07T21:16:23Z")
“Bedazzled” sung by Peter Cooke Rebels are we from sleeper Gonna see miss Liza from Take the money and run ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/31 "2015-08-07T21:21:44Z")
**The Michigan Rag** from _One Froggy Evening_ ---
**Author:** ![ruh-roh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ruh-roh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruh-roh)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/32 "2015-08-07T21:38:59Z")
Nat ‘King’ Cole and Stubby Kaye filling in the story between parts in Cat Ballou. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/33 "2015-08-07T21:42:38Z")
[“Miss Celie’s Blues”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsvK8WCPj1Y) from _The Color Purple_ Would “Moon River” from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ count? The lyrics aren’t important, but the song advances the plot. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/34 "2015-08-07T22:15:00Z")
“Man of Constant Sorrow,” from **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/35 "2015-08-07T23:07:10Z")
“Throw the Jew down the Well” in _ **Borat** _. “Love Power” and “Prisoners of Love” in _ **The Producers** _ (“Springtime for Hitler” has already been mentioned). “Sweetheart Tree” and “He Shouldn’t-a, Hadn’t-a, Oughtn’t-a Swang on Me” from _ **The Great Race** _. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/36 "2015-08-07T23:09:48Z")
“The Power Of Love” in BACK TO THE FUTURE. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/37 "2015-08-07T23:12:05Z")
How much of the music in _ **Saturday Night Fever** _ was written specifically for the movie? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/38 "2015-08-07T23:15:16Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > “Stuck in the Middle With You” from _Reservoir Dogs_, which is playing on the radio during the torture scene. That song came out 30 years prior to the movie. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/39 "2015-08-07T23:23:51Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > “Man of Constant Sorrow,” from **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** That’s traditional. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/40 "2015-08-07T23:46:44Z")
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