# Songs about film and motion pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854 "2014-01-15T05:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/21 "2014-01-15T15:11:30Z")
There’s No Business like Show Business ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/22 "2014-01-15T15:16:12Z")
[You Oughta Be in Pictures](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjRxJxak4qA) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/23 "2014-01-15T15:17:09Z")
I think **Video Killed The Radio Star** counts. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/24 "2014-01-15T15:21:46Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > There’s No Business like Show Business No mention of movies there – the time frame for **Annie Get Your Gun** was before movies existed. “[My Brother Makes Noises for the Talkies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONQddNgUEvo)” by the Bonzo Dog Band “Hooray for Hollywood” is all about moviemaking. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/25 "2014-01-15T15:37:50Z")
“I’ve Seen That Movie Too” - Elton John (and Bernie Taupin) “Peg” - Steely Dan “Pictures of Lily” - The Who “Centerfold” - J. Geils Band “I’ll Wait” - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/26 "2014-01-15T15:40:09Z")
[Hey a Movie!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ip4rfxii3U) ---
**Author:** ![lew\_cody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e274bd/32.png) [@lew\_cody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lew_cody)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/27 "2014-01-15T15:41:10Z")
“Take Your Girlie to the Movies” (1919) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYJg9b6gJI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJYJg9b6gJI) “At the Moving Picture Ball” (1920) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMvOv-\_AUcc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMvOv-_AUcc) “Ever Since the Movies Learned to Talk” (1928) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cmdlV5gNwg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cmdlV5gNwg) “I Can’t Sleep in the Movies Anymore” (1929) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPAPXFWs38](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbPAPXFWs38) “There’s Always a Happy Ending” (1936) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHjS3COO9E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zHjS3COO9E) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/28 "2014-01-15T15:41:16Z")
Steely Dan - “Show Biz Kids,” though the lyrics aren’t quite cut and dried. On the other hand … > [@buddha\_david](#): > > Steely Dan “Everybody’s Gone to the Movies” … is about the dirty old man next door showing porno to the kids in the neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/29 "2014-01-15T15:45:26Z")
[Wilco - “Kamera”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgZ6KwwiefY) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/30 "2014-01-15T15:53:03Z")
In _Rock On_, David Essex breaks off from describing the prettiest girl he’s ever seen – seen her shake on the movie screen – to mention JAMES DEAN all in capitals just like that. (Speaking of which, how about _We Didn’t Start The Fire_ for quickly slotting Ben-Hur and Lawrence of Arabia and Bridge On The River Kwai into the timeline?) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/31 "2014-01-15T16:57:32Z")
“Key Largo,” Bertie Higgins ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/32 "2014-01-15T19:22:04Z")
Madonna - “Vogue” ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/33 "2014-01-15T21:03:22Z")
“Family Snapshot” by Peter Gabriel (loosely interpreted) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/34 "2014-01-17T03:17:00Z")
Thought of a few more: “Picture This” - Blondie “Makin’ Movies” - Dire Straits “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)” - A Flock of Seagulls Also, while I wasn’t exactly asking for songs about actors & actresses, I’m shocked that “Candle in the Wind” by Elton John hasn’t been mentioned! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/35 "2014-01-17T03:26:44Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > “Makin’ Movies” - Dire Straits The title of the album is **Making Movies**. The song you’re thinking of is “Skateaway.” That’s a great Dire Straits song. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/36 "2014-01-17T03:27:39Z")
[“I Turn My Camera On”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro95Ns58qSE) - Spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/37 "2014-01-17T03:57:46Z")
“Steve McQueen” - Drive-By Truckers (NSFW lyrics!) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tSzUBvwe6kg/hqdefault.jpg "Drive-by Truckers - Steve McQueen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSzUBvwe6kg) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/38 "2014-01-17T04:58:10Z")
“[Stereophonic Sound](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0kHKijb8jI)” from Silk Stockings, sung by Patti Page and Fred Astaire. Written by Cole Porter. It’s a sendup of all the gimmicks that movies were using to draw viewers away from their TV sets. “…If you wanna get the crowds to come around, You gotta have Glorious Technicolor, Breathtaking CinemaScope and Stereophonic Sound.” I think this film had all those things. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/39 "2014-01-17T05:08:01Z")
James Dean-Eagles ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854/40 "2014-01-17T06:03:46Z")
“Love Like the Movies” - The Avett Brothers “Old Pictures” - The Judds [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-film-and-motion-pictures/678854.md?page=1)