# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/21 "2007-01-09T01:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=Kizarvexius] Simple Minds - “Don’t You Forget About Me” - _The Breakfast Club_ [/QUOTE] But that song was written specifically for the movie, so it doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/22 "2007-01-09T01:38:29Z")
Bohemian Rhapsody. I don’t think _I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing_ was written for _Armageddon_. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/23 "2007-01-09T01:48:14Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] I don’t think _I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing_ was written for _Armageddon_. [/QUOTE] I think it was. _Paranoid_ by Black Sabbath will always remind me of _The Stoned Age_. So will _Don’t Fear the Reaper_ by BOC, and a few other songs for that matter. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/24 "2007-01-09T02:14:30Z")
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for _Die Hard_. “Burning Down the House” always makes me think of the scene in _Revenge of the Nerds_ where the jocks’ house burns down. I will always associate “Don’t Fear the Reaper” with the TV miniseries of Stephen King’s _The Stand_. And while it may not be exactly what the OP is looking for, we can’t forget Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Richie Valens’ “La Bamba,” and Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire.” ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/25 "2007-01-09T02:23:28Z")
Alice in Chains’ “Got Me Wrong” always reminds me of Clerks. As well it should, since the rights to it cost more than the movie did. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/26 "2007-01-09T02:40:25Z")
You Sexy Thing/Hot Chocolate _Boogie Nights_ ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/27 "2007-01-09T02:41:40Z")
Woops! Correction You Sexy Thing- _Full Monty_ ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/28 "2007-01-09T03:17:20Z")
“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” - **Real Genius** Every single song in **Moulin Rouge!** reminds me of that movie, even, maybe especially, songs that I hated or scorned prior to the movie. Never thought hearing “Silly Love Songs” would make me smile in rememberance. I think it might have been written specifically for the movie, but “Live To Tell” always reminds me of **At Close Range**. It had to have been written for the movie. It’s one of the most perfect meldings of song lyrics and movie plots I know of. If it was written for the movie, it should have been nominated for an Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/29 "2007-01-09T05:07:16Z")
Unchained Melody - Ghost ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/30 "2007-01-09T05:11:02Z")
BOC’s _Veteran of The Psychic Wars_ -Heavy Metal ---
**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 9, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/31 "2007-01-09T05:13:50Z")
Barber’s \*Adagio – \ ***Platoon.** Mozart’s \*Piano Concerto in C, k467 – \ ***Elvira Madigan.** Rachmaninoff’s \*Piano Concerto #3 – \ ***Shine.** Puccini’s \*Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” - \*\*\*A Room with a View \*\*and **Prizzi’s Honor.** Giordano’s \*Andrea Chénier: “La Mamma morta” - \ ***Philadelphia.** ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/32 "2007-01-09T05:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] “There She Goes” - Sixpence None the Richer - _So I Married an Axe Murderer_ [/QUOTE] Oh for crying out loud, Sixpence None the Richer’s version was a lame, sad-sac cover of the original by the La’s. Man, I was 7 years old when they’re debut album came out (1990), and even I knew that. Sixpence probably didn’t even get that the song is about heroin (“racing through my brain,” “pulsing in my vein” “no one else can heal my pain”), just thought it was a cute love song. Nevertheless, I do agree, the song always reminds me of _So I Married an Axe Murderer_, which is good cause I like that flick a lot. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/33 "2007-01-09T05:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=H3Knuckles] \ they’re \ [/QUOTE] **Gaudere** ’s law strikes again! :smack: Oh well, it’s my karma for coming off like such an a-hole. I just really didn’t like their cover, so I felt compelled to credit the true version (which is the one in the movie). Also, I have to agree with a lot of these listings. That is, the one’s that weren’t written for the movies, or where the movie was written around the song. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/34 "2007-01-09T06:35:39Z")
“We’ll Meet Again” Dr. Stranglove “Peter Gunn Theme” Blues Brothers “Fur Elise” Charlie Brown. (Actually, Schroder.) “Who are You?” CSI I know that the last two are TV shows, but I just had to add them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/35 "2007-01-09T09:04:39Z")
[QUOTE=H3Knuckles] Oh for crying out loud, Sixpence None the Richer’s version was a lame, sad-sac cover of the original by the La’s. Man, I was 7 years old when they’re debut album came out (1990), and even I knew that. Sixpence probably didn’t even get that the song is about heroin (“racing through my brain,” “pulsing in my vein” “no one else can heal my pain”), just thought it was a cute love song. Nevertheless, I do agree, the song always reminds me of _So I Married an Axe Murderer_, which is good cause I like that flick a lot. [/QUOTE] For accuracy’s sake, the version actually used in the movie is by neither The La’s nor Sixpence None The Richer but instead a cover by the The Boo Radleys. “Hip Priest” by The Fall –\> _Silence of the Lambs_ “Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worrying 'Bout That Girl” by The Kinks –\> _Rushmore_ “The Crying Game” by Dave Berry –\> _The Crying Game_ “You’re Gonna Miss Me” by The 13th Floor Elevators –\> _High Fidelity_ “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush –\> _She’s Having a Baby_ “Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard” by Paul Simon –\> _The Royal Tennenbaums_ “Mile End” by Pulp –\> _Trainspotting_ “In Dreams” by Roy Orbison –\> _Blue Velvet_ “As Tears Go By” by Marianne Faithfull –\> _Made in USA_ (the Godard film) “Ooh La La” by The Faces –\> _Rushmore_ ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/36 "2007-01-09T09:38:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lisa-go-Blind] “This Woman’s Work” by Kate Bush –\> _She’s Having a Baby_ [/QUOTE] That was written specifically for the movie. John Hughes sent her the scene where Kevin Bacon was waiting in the hospital waiting room and she wrote the song for it. In retrospect, it’s amazing she did that. Unless my brain is too tired and I’m forgetting something, the only other music she’s ever written for hire was “Be Kind To My Mistakes” for the Oliver Reed movie **Castaway** (not to be confused with the Tom Hanks movie **Cast Away** ) and a series of short musical cues for Fruitopia commercials. ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/37 "2007-01-09T09:38:55Z")
Blondie’s “Atomic” always reminds me of **Trainspotting** and “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” always reminds me of **The Blues Brothers**. Powderfinger’s “These Days” is synonymous with the movie **Two Hands** (an early Heath Ledger movie). ---
**Author:** ![BigDummy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@BigDummy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDummy)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/38 "2007-01-09T14:36:33Z")
Currently, “Aquarius / Let the Sun Shine in” makes me think of **The 40 Year Old Virgin** as much as the movie it was in before. That may fade with time. “The Sound of Silence” makes me think of **Kingpin**. I love that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/39 "2007-01-09T16:00:20Z")
I always associate the Rolling Stones’ ‘Monkey Man’ with Goodfellas, where Ray Liotta’s driving around in a paranoid amphetamine daze - it’s better in the film, because without the visuals you can’t help noticing the terrible lyrics…“I’m a cold Italian pizza, I could use a lemon squeezer”… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/40 "2007-01-09T16:43:35Z")
Yes to American Girl, Stuck in the Middle with You, You Sexy Thing, and anything off Dirty Dancing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185.md?page=3)