# Songs Inspired by movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies, music\
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487 "2020-10-21T12:49:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487/41 "2024-02-16T19:19:00Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> “Citizen Kane” by the Byrds

Most of the lyrics in “The Union Forever” by The White Stripes are quotes from _Citizen Kane_.

“Well, sure I’m C.F.K/But you gotta love me/The cost, no man can say/But you gotta love me.  
Well, I’m sorry but I’m not/Interested in gold mines/Oil wells, shipping or real estate/Yeah, what would I like to have been?/Everything you hate”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487/42 "2024-02-16T19:56:27Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QEx5Kzyb8lU/hqdefault.jpg "chumbawamba georgina") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEx5Kzyb8lU)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487/43 "2024-02-17T04:21:21Z")

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Here’s one for _Magnum Force_

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VP7NsM6YJk8/hqdefault.jpg "Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus Three Ole, Tarantula - A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP7NsM6YJk8)

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**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487/44 "2024-02-17T05:18:21Z")

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Richard Thompson and Peter Filleul scored the 1991 movie “Sweet Talker” for Director Michael Jenkins.

Two years later, Thompson, Filleul, and Tim Finn wrote lyrics for one of the score’s themes and arranged it as a very nice track that appeared on Finn’s 1993 studio album as “Persuasion.” Thompson often performs it live and it has appeared on several of his live albums. It’s a fan favorite.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-inspired-by-movies/923487/45 "2024-02-17T22:50:45Z")

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Given that _The X Files_ has had both television and movie releases, I guess this counts either way:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7FShqXAqGv4/maxresdefault.jpg "Tacocat - "Dana Katherine Scully" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FShqXAqGv4)

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