# Songs that make you think of a movie

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/41 "2007-01-09T18:47:21Z")

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“Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by the Police always makes me think of _Oleanna_ even though one has nothing to do with the other (other than being vaguely related by subject matter).

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**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/42 "2007-01-09T18:54:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Equipoise]  
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.  
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Wow, I did not know that (obviously). It just seemed too strange to imagine Kate Bush writing such a lovely song for a John Hughes movie.

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**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/43 "2007-01-09T19:06:43Z")

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Paint it Black - Full Metal Jacket  
Let’s Get it on - High Fidelity (Jack Black sings it in the movie but when I hear any version, I think of High Fidelity)

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**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/44 "2007-01-09T19:08:36Z")

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Speaking of Jack Black, “Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes” from **Shallow Hal**.

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**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/45 "2007-01-09T19:25:51Z")

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Everytime I hear _Sussudio_ by Phil Collins, I think of _American Psycho_. I’m pretty sure Phil Collins in general has weird, violent undertones for me now.

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-make-you-think-of-a-movie/387185/46 "2007-01-09T19:27:22Z")

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[ul]  
[li] **Unchained Melody** - _Ghost_[/li][li] **Jingle Bell Rock** - _Lethal Weapon_[/li][li] **Twist and Shout** - _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_[/li][li] **Iko Iko** - _Rain Man_[/li][li] **Bohemian Rhapsody** - _Wayne’s World_[/li][/ul]

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