# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/41 "2015-08-08T03:26:09Z")
Bing-Bong’s song from _Inside Out_. OK, so it isn’t much of a song (oddly enough, it sounds like something a little kid would write), but it’s certainly integral to the plot. ---
**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 8, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/42 "2015-08-08T04:20:50Z")
The Cantina music in the original _ **Star Wars** _. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/43 "2015-08-08T04:45:05Z")
“Swinging on a Star” from _Going My Way_. And also “Going My Way,” although that one didn’t impress the record studio execs in the movie. But the royalties from “Swinging on a Star” saved the church. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/44 "2015-08-09T21:26:39Z")
“The Wizard of Speed and Time” from the movie of the same name. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/45 "2015-08-10T00:37:40Z")
“[Babysitting Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6n9ZVIuQP4)” from **Adventures in Babysitting.** (Link goes to the music video version; the movie just showed them performing on stage). ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/46 "2015-08-10T17:53:58Z")
[“A Taste For Love”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd5lMDkvzvI) and [“Dracula’s Lament”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5ZtwbzUFZE) from **Forgetting Sarah Marshall** ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/47 "2015-08-10T20:09:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Bing-Bong’s song from _Inside Out_. OK, so it isn’t much of a song (oddly enough, it sounds like something a little kid would write), but it’s certainly integral to the plot. Thanks for making me cry, you MONSTER! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/48 "2015-08-10T20:11:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > “[Babysitting Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6n9ZVIuQP4)” from **Adventures in Babysitting.** > > (Link goes to the music video version; the movie just showed them performing on stage). Nobody gets out of here unless they sing the blues. Wow. Talk about a movie I hadn’t thought of in a long time! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/49 "2015-08-10T21:32:03Z")
I’m going to say _Footloose_ from the 1980s movie. I don’t think the cast are supposed to be singing the song, but I’m pretty sure I caught a couple of them mouthing the words in one or two shots. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/50 "2015-08-10T22:18:49Z")
[“Cold One”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI2vkopgVXA) from _Ricki and the Flash_. Essentially, the lead character’s _mea culpa_ to her family. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/51 "2015-08-10T22:23:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Bing-Bong’s song from _Inside Out_. OK, so it isn’t much of a song (oddly enough, it sounds like something a little kid would write), but it’s certainly integral to the plot. Not quite integral to the plot but … the [gum jingle earworm.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHArCl_fPm0) Please don’t shoot me. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/52 "2015-08-11T02:26:46Z")
[Baa Baa Barbershop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzi4RBvxDc) is a charming little interlude (with some plot importance) in **Shaun the Sheep.** ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/53 "2015-08-11T02:39:31Z")
Would Galaxy Glue from The Incredible Shrinking Woman count? ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/54 "2015-08-11T13:14:10Z")
The very forgettable movie **Euro Trip** contains the song _Scotty doesn’t know_ sung by Matt Damon is his greatest cameo ever. A pity I can’t link youtube from work. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/55 "2015-08-11T14:37:04Z")
> [@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. Sung by the cast (or at least lip-synced) is a good indicator. > [@OneCentStamp](#): > > “Man of Constant Sorrow,” from **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** > [@koeeoaddi](#): > > That’s traditional. I wouldn’t consider **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** a traditional musical. But maybe I’m in the minority on this. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/56 "2015-08-11T14:40:06Z")
I’ll add _ **Que Sera, Sera** _ sung by Doris Day in Hitchcock’s **The Man Who Knew Too Much**. It was very integral to the plot. Also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/57 "2015-08-11T14:50:26Z")
After further investigation, while I still wouldn’t consider O’ Brother Where Art Thou, a traditional musical, _ **Man of Constant Sorrow** _ was not an original song for the movie, but written in 1913, some 87 years before the movie was made. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/58 "2015-08-11T14:51:31Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I wouldn’t consider **O Brother, Where Art Thou?** a traditional musical. But maybe I’m in the minority on this. I presume **koeeoaddi** ’s response doesn’t refer to the underlined clause but the first phrase in **DCnDC** ’s excerpted post: original and written for the movie. “Man of Constant Sorrow” isn’t original to the movie as it’s a traditional or folk song. [Wiki entry on the song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_Constant_Sorrow) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/59 "2015-08-13T13:31:09Z")
While thinking of this category, you must remember this movie: Casablanca ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234/60 "2015-08-13T14:37:30Z")
“Children of Piraeus” from **Never On Sunday** “Yea Ho Little Fish, Don’t Cry, Don’t Cry” from **Captains Courageous** “Brave Sir Robin” from **Monty Python and the Holy Grail** “Leaning” (or “Lean on Jesus,” Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish), **Night of the Hunter** “Dueling Banjos,” **Deliverance** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-songs-from-non-musical-movies-that-are-part-of-the-plot/727234.md?page=4)