# Songs made into movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 2, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966 "2001-10-02T13:27:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/21 "2001-10-03T01:14:55Z")

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Roy Orbison’s Pretty Woman and Only the Lonely

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/22 "2001-10-03T14:13:47Z")

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“An American in Paris”  
(not a story song, per se, but still very evocative)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/23 "2001-10-03T14:23:08Z")

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Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue Got Married” was made into a film in 1986.

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**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/24 "2001-10-04T00:33:56Z")

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“Man on the Moon,” by REM, and the Jim Carrey movie. ::is surprised no one mentioned that::

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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/25 "2001-10-04T00:38:15Z")

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There have been at least two **Frankie and Johnny** movies that I know of. One with Elvis and one without. I seem to remember a third, but I am not certain.

Speaking of Elvis, what about **Love Me Tender** and **Jail House Rock**?

I also seem to remember a **Rock Around the Clock** from the late 50s that was not much after the song of the same name.

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**Author:** ![Dale\_The\_Bold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dale\_The\_Bold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_The_Bold)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/26 "2001-10-04T00:51:04Z")

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Only The Lonely

Ghostbusters (okay, that’s cheating)

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-made-into-movies/84966/27 "2001-10-04T01:32:51Z")

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Baby Snakes by Frank Zappa.

The Song was written in 1977-1978, Movie was filmed from the Halloween concert in 1977. Movie was released in 1979. Baby Snakes was not performed live in the movie. The studio version was used.

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