# Songs that make you think of a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185 "2007-01-08T18:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![baileygrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/1 "2007-01-08T18:39:26Z")
Name a song from a movie that wasn’t specifically written for that movie but always makes you think of that movie. Example: American Girl - Tom Petty - Silence of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/2 "2007-01-08T18:46:26Z")
“There She Goes” - Sixpence None the Richer - _So I Married an Axe Murderer_ ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/3 "2007-01-08T18:50:11Z")
“Tiny Dancer”, Elton John - _Almost Famous_ ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/4 "2007-01-08T19:21:34Z")
Neutron Dance - Beverly Hills Cop Take My Breath Away - Top Gun Let’s Hear It For the Boy - Footloose Jingle Bell Rock - Lethal Weapon ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/5 "2007-01-08T19:23:06Z")
Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” - _Say Anything_ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/6 "2007-01-08T19:40:18Z")
Simple Minds - “Don’t You Forget About Me” - _The Breakfast Club_ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/7 "2007-01-08T20:52:56Z")
I honestly can’t recall the name of the song right now - but it played under the closing credits of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And reminds me of that movie. Also, Twist and Shout reminds me of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/8 "2007-01-08T21:06:57Z")
“Stand by Me” - _Stand By Me_. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/9 "2007-01-08T21:12:07Z")
Stuck in the Middle with You = Reservoir Dogs ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/10 "2007-01-08T22:02:42Z")
Of course there have been tons of classical music that have been associated with movies . . . way too many to list here, but we can start with everything from _Fantasia._ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/11 "2007-01-08T22:11:16Z")
The Cardigans, “The Bluest Eyes in Texas” - _Boys Don’t Cry_ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/12 "2007-01-08T22:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=CandidGamera] I honestly can’t recall the name of the song right now - but it played under the closing credits of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And reminds me of that movie. [/QUOTE] “Oh Yeah” by Yello ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/13 "2007-01-08T22:42:38Z")
_Mama Told Me Not to Come_, by Three Dog Night; _Driver’s Seat_, by Sniff ‘n’ The Tears; and _Sister Christian_, by Night Ranger all make me think of _Boogie Nights_. (I even add firecracker sounds to _Sister Christian_.) ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/14 "2007-01-08T23:03:22Z")
Singin’ in the Rain - **A Clockwork Orange**. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita - **Manhunter**. The End - **Apocalypse Now**. Somebody’s Baby and Moving in Stereo - both remind me of **Fast Times at Ridgemont High**. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/15 "2007-01-08T23:26:46Z")
The instrumental part of _Layla_ by Derek and the Dominos in **Goodfellas**. _Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon_ by Urge Overkill in **Pulp Fiction** (Honorable Mention to Dick Dale’s _Miserlou_ in the same movie). and from the I know it has been done to death file… _Carmina Burana_ in **Excalibur** when Arthur leads the charge through the cherry trees. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/16 "2007-01-08T23:56:22Z")
And of course, _Doo Wah Diddy_ has got _Stripes_ written all over it… ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/17 "2007-01-09T00:22:37Z")
“Stayin’ Alive”, The Bee Gees - _Airplane_ (or _Flying High_, as we know it here). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/18 "2007-01-09T00:25:23Z")
“Invincible” Legend of Billie Jean ---
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_“Tubular Bells”_ – **The Exorcist** _“Also Sprach Zarathustra”_ and _“The Blue Danube”_ – **2001:A Space Oddessy** “The Thieving Magpie” – **A Clockwork Orange** ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/20 "2007-01-09T00:52:22Z")
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