# Songs forever associated with movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 27, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637 "2003-11-27T23:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/1 "2003-11-27T23:29:24Z")
Help me name some songs that, for whatever reason, are now forever linked to a movie. For instance, I now can never hear Stealer’s Wheels _Stuck In the Middle With You_ without thinking of the scene in _Reservoir Dogs_. So, excluding songs written specifically for a movie, what other songs always remind you of a movie sene? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/2 "2003-11-27T23:31:45Z")
Do James Bond title themes count? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/3 "2003-11-27T23:32:57Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/4 "2003-11-27T23:38:41Z")
“Ride of the Valkyries”, associated with Apocalypse Now. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/5 "2003-11-27T23:40:19Z")
“_Take My Breath Away_” by the band Berlin will always make me think of that sex scene in _“Top Gun”_. Likely because it was a very formative scene for me in many ways. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/6 "2003-11-27T23:58:10Z")
_Bohemian Rhapsody_ is, of course, associated with **Wayne’s World**. _In Your Eyes_ is assocated with **Say Anything** ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/7 "2003-11-27T23:59:47Z")
_I Had The Time Of My Life_ = **Dirty Dancing** _Don’t You Forget About Me_ = **Breakfast Club** ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/8 "2003-11-28T00:16:27Z")
_Toot, Toot, Tootsie_ sung by Al Jolson in **The Jazz Singer**. _As Time Goes By_ sung by the piano playing drummer, Dooley Wilson in **Casablanca**. _Born to be Wild_ in **Easy Rider**. _Rhapsody in Blue_ played to stunning effect over beautiful black & white montages of New York City in **Manhattan**. The _Lust for Life_ footchase/monologue in **Trainspotting**. _Danny Boy_ during a glorious mobster shoot-out in **Miller’s Crossing**. _Brazil_ in Terry Gilliam’s **Brazil**. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/9 "2003-11-28T00:37:25Z")
_The Power of Love_ by Huey Lewis and the News in **Back to the Future**. _Hip To Be Square_, also by Huey Lewis and the News, in **American Psycho**. _Forever Man_ by Eric Clapton in **SpaceCamp**. _It’s the End of the World As We Know It_ by REM in **Dream a Little Dream**. ---
**Author:** ![Mumboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Mumboo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumboo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/10 "2003-11-28T01:20:04Z")
“Mirror in the Bathroom” and “I Can See Clearly Now” in “Gross Point Blank” ---
**Author:** ![commie\_sho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@commie\_sho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commie_sho)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/11 "2003-11-28T01:23:16Z")
Was “Eye of the Tiger” by Europe written specifically for Rocky? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/12 "2003-11-28T01:32:11Z")
A formerly obscure piece named “Thus Spake Zarathustra” will now forever be identified with the movie “2001”. Ravel’s “Bolero” is now often associated with “10” and Bo Derek “The William Tell Overture” is now thought of as the Lone Ranger theme. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/13 "2003-11-28T01:42:26Z")
Elton John’s “Amoreena” always makes me think of the movie “Dog Day Afternoon”. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/14 "2003-11-28T01:42:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by commie\_sho \* > \*\*Was “Eye of the Tiger” by Europe written specifically for Rocky? \*\* It wasn’t by Europe, but by Survivor. And I think it existed before the movie, but I’m not sure. _This is the end_ by **The Doors** , I’ll always associate with _Apocalypse Now_, in addition to _Ryde of the Valkeries_. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/15 "2003-11-28T01:44:35Z")
“Louie Louie” and Animal House ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/16 "2003-11-28T03:05:17Z")
“To Sir, With Love” - Lulu. Don’t remember the name of the movie, though ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/17 "2003-11-28T04:09:16Z")
‘Singing in the Rain’ for **A Clockwork Orange.** I can still see the scene, despite the acid wash of my cerebal cortex. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/18 "2003-11-28T05:00:48Z")
The first song that popped into my mind was from The Wizard of Oz. o/~ Somewheeere…over the rainbow… That was probably written specifically for the movie, though. So that probably doesn’t count. “Journey of the Sorceror” by the Eagles always makes me think of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy BBC miniseries. That’s probably too much of a stretch, though. How about “Tubular Bells” and the Exorcist? ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/19 "2003-11-28T05:20:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Extraneous \* > \*\*“To Sir, With Love” - Lulu. > > Don’t remember the name of the movie, though \*\* IIRC, that was also the name of the movie 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637/20 "2003-11-28T05:28:12Z")
“Moonchild” by King Crimson will always make me think of Christina Ricci dancing at the bowling alley in _Buffalo '66._ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-forever-associated-with-movies/215637.md?page=2)