# Songs that refer to movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358 "2010-01-10T03:32:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358/1 "2010-01-10T03:32:32Z")

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Was talking with a friend about Modest Mouse’s song “Dashboard” which has the lyrics:

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> The dashboard melted, but we still had the radio

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This is an obvious reference to “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.”

The only other songs we could think of which refer to movies were:

“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Deep Blue Something  
“Coming 2 America” by Ludacris

Anyone got more?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358/2 "2010-01-10T03:35:34Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to Cafe Society.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358/3 "2010-01-10T03:56:55Z")

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Pete writes about watching **Rumble Fish** in _After The Fire_:

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> I saw Matt Dillon in black and white  
> There ain’t no colour in memories  
> He rode his brother’s Harley across the TV  
> While I was laughing at Dom deLuise

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-refer-to-movies/524358/4 "2010-01-10T04:26:22Z")

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