# What song seems to appear most in pop culture? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224 "2008-07-03T19:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/21 "2008-07-04T04:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] “Chukka-chukka…Ooooh yeah…” What the hell is that song called, and who is responsible for it? [/QUOTE] [“Oh Yeah”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Yeah_%28Yello_song%29), by Yello ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/22 "2008-07-04T04:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] [“Oh Yeah”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Yeah_%28Yello_song%29), by Yello [/QUOTE] Ah, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/23 "2008-07-04T17:25:49Z")
“What I Like About You”, by the Romantics. Guaranteed to be part of some ad campaign somewhere in the world at any give time. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/24 "2008-07-04T17:30:43Z")
Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo… or the (semi-logical) Plagal Sequence/chord progression it follows at least. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JdxkVQy7QLM/hqdefault.jpg "Pachelbel Rant") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM) Seriously though, I agree with “All-Star” and “What I Like About You.” You cannot escape them. _Evil Laugh_ ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/25 "2008-07-04T17:36:36Z")
Missed Edit: [QUOTE=Argent Towers] I feel like every SINGLE trailer for an “epic” historical movie uses the _exact same Choir music_ - the choir usually comes in when there’s a really long overhead shot of a huge battle sequence. When will they quit with these goddamn cliches? [/QUOTE] You’re probably thinking of Movement 13 of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World), commonly referred to as O Fortuna, which amusingly enough would only accurately refer to the first movement (O Fortuna, velut Luna translated as O Fortune, variable as the moon), which only includes the distinct choir chating a slightly dissonant OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO FOOOOOORTUUUUUUNA which the 13th movement has also, but the movement O Fortuna itself only consists of that small section and has an attacca (continue on without pause) marking leading into the much less recognizable (but still wicked awesome) Fortune plango vulnera (I lament Fortune’s blows). ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/26 "2008-07-04T18:24:09Z")
What’s that one with the falsetto that goes “Woo hooo - woo-hoo hooo”? It’s often included in commercials where people are shown having goofy mishaps. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/27 "2008-07-04T21:53:42Z")
[QUOTE=sqweels] What’s that one with the falsetto that goes “Woo hooo - woo-hoo hooo”? It’s often included in commercials where people are shown having goofy mishaps. [/QUOTE] “Woo Hoo” by The 5-6-7-8s Kill Bill was the first time I heard it…but Vonage uses it in their spots as well as a few other companies. ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/28 "2008-07-05T04:25:14Z")
My nomination for most heard song in TV in the past year: Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten S^G ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/29 "2008-07-05T04:28:41Z")
I liked the fact that a phone company (AT&T?) used “Better All The Time” by the Beatles in their commercials, while editing out the refrain that sings “It can’t get much worse”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/30 "2008-07-05T06:13:12Z")
I would nominate “I Can See Clearly Now (The Rain is Gone)” simply because every recording artist in the world has done a version of this song. Every one. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/31 "2008-07-05T06:35:57Z")
In recent years, Lux Aeterna ([youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKLpJtvzlEI), it really starts picking up around 3:10) and Clubbed to Death ([youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq4akUZr8c)) seem very overused, even if they are good songs. They are first associated with _Requiem for a Dream_ and _The Matrix_ respectively. I think I might have mentioned this before. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/32 "2008-07-06T01:08:51Z")
As for non-classical, I have to second Hallelujah. According to wiki it’s been used in: Basquiat Shrek Lord of War House, M.D. The L Word the O.C. The West Wing Scrubs Without a Trace Cold Case Criminal Minds ER The Shield Nip/Tuck Crossing Jordan Rescue Me LAX Lost Roswell Ugly Betty Numb3rs One Tree Hill Third Watch **And** several other movies and shows I’ve never even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/33 "2008-07-06T05:26:38Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] Oh, speaking of cartoons, there’s Grieg’s Morning Mood, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture, and Mysterioso Pizzicato. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget Khachaturian’s [_Sabre Dance_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFWaauGPCs), as well as [Offenbach’s \*Can-Can \*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVr2x5mVLZ4) from _Orpheus in the Underworld_. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/34 "2008-07-06T16:00:57Z")
[QUOTE=Indistinguishable] [“Oh Yeah”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Yeah_%28Yello_song%29), by Yello [/QUOTE] Heard it just last night. Man those guys, who had a career which was otherwise decidedly uncommercial, must keep laughing all the way to the bank each time they sign over the rights. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/35 "2008-07-06T16:49:12Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] Heard it just last night. Man those guys, who had a career which was otherwise decidedly uncommercial, must keep laughing all the way to the bank each time they sign over the rights. [/QUOTE] I had no idea what you were talking about until [I pulled the song up on youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q7FFjUpVLg), i thought this was from a commercial. I had no idea it was a song Re overused songs anything by ZZ Top when the characters are getting ready to do something adventurous. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/36 "2008-07-08T21:28:44Z")
I’d say, if it is any movie / tv show about the 60’s, you’re gonna hear “Everybody Get Together” or “For What It’s Worth.” ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-seems-to-appear-most-in-pop-culture/455224/37 "2008-07-08T21:53:04Z")
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