# Which long forgotten 70's song will pop up next in a mainstream movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 5, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783 "2017-04-05T00:23:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/21 "2017-04-05T13:49:10Z")
If [The Night Chicago Died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-L0NpaErkk) hasn’t already been used some crime thriller, it really needs to be. The siren sound in the beginning and the drum beat just scream to be the background music for a raid. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/22 "2017-04-05T13:57:29Z")
I’m not sure if it’s late 60s, or early 70s, but the Seekers “I’ll Never Find Another You” is just begging for a chic flick montage. They had a big hit with “Georgy Girl,” which was a movie theme song. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/23 "2017-04-05T14:13:22Z")
[Ball of Confusion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5YnHI2N54) - Temptations. As an aside, I always wished I could dance with the suave smooth cool that these guys did. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/24 "2017-04-05T14:36:00Z")
Warren Zevon’s due for a generational rediscovery, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/25 "2017-04-05T15:09:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **Love Train** , by The O’Jays. > > Someone has already made a very cool [video](https://youtu.be/9w6p4gYHd-E) to go along with it. I thought you were going to link to[this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tge2Xldemo4). My vote: Muskrat Love. Good opening credits song. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/26 "2017-04-05T16:22:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Drug-fuelled sex scene-- Fly Robin, Fly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPdG4DA42g) > > [Arming up for the big fight – Slade’s Cum On Feel The Noize.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTEGxVDHpGU) > > [First date, kids having fun, retirement home residents looking sad and eating pudding-- Your Momma Don’t Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTu4yQH8KBs) > > [Aced that job interview! Snagged that date! Buying a bunch of new, cool stuff-- Stevie Wonder’s Sir Duke.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6fPN5aQVDI) > > O.K. I’ll stop now. No! Don’t stop! These are wahsome! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/27 "2017-04-05T16:28:46Z")
The OP missed ‘Ballroom Blitz’ used in the marketing for ‘Suicide Squad’, sadly. It’s an interesting conundrum. The song needs to be somewhat obscure but not so much that no one will perk up when they here it. It’s got to pull nostalgia without being part of the usual canon. One can’t use ‘Walk this Way’ or ‘Born to Run’ in this sense. One hit wonders are best. Someone has to figure out a use for ‘Run Joey Run’. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/28 "2017-04-05T18:18:53Z")
[Thunder island - Jay Ferguson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEKZJp-x-Dc) One of my old favorites. [Hold You Head Up - Argent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpMFcae9rI) Just heard in earlier today while shopping at the hardware store. Great tune. [The Five Stair Steps - Ooh Child](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrotsEzgEpg) Song always brings a happy tear to my eye. [OOH CHILD The Five Stairsteps - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrotsEzgEpg) ( another attempt at link before edit runs out) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/29 "2017-04-05T19:37:31Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > The Staples Singers “I’ll Take You There” is an excellent song. Wasn’t this in a movie already? _Children of a Lesser God._ – Slight hijack: I would love to meet the marketing _genius_ who decided to use, for _Boogie Nights_ - a docudrama about the porn industry - “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/30 "2017-04-05T20:22:32Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > If [The Night Chicago Died](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-L0NpaErkk) hasn’t already been used some crime thriller, it really needs to be. The siren sound in the beginning and the drum beat just scream to be the background music for a raid. Referenced by Jack Black in [High Fidelity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJky_gAGpTc) ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/31 "2017-04-05T20:36:03Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > [Thunder island - Jay Ferguson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEKZJp-x-Dc) One of my old favorites. > [Hold You Head Up - Argent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpMFcae9rI) Just heard in earlier today while shopping at the hardware store. Great tune. > > [The Five Stair Steps - Ooh Child](http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrotsEzgEpg) Song always brings a happy tear to my eye. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrotsEzgEpg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrotsEzgEpg) ( another attempt at link before edit runs out) The last was used well in **Guardians of the Galaxy**. “Dance off, Bro!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/32 "2017-04-05T20:48:19Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Slight hijack: I would love to meet the marketing _genius_ who decided to use, for _Boogie Nights_ - a docudrama about the porn industry - “Mama Told Me Not to Come.” Best ever was an episode of _Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me_; after a story about someone at an airport security checkpoint putting their baby on the belt for the x-ray scanner they played a bit of……_Carry On Wayward Son_. I did not hear that show, only read about it here. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/33 "2017-04-05T21:49:15Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > I could name a lot more of them if I took the time, but off the top of my head (and a little research): > > “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Suede in Guardians of the Galaxy This was actually the second resurrection of the song. The first one was when it was on the _Reservoir Dogs_ soundtrack. I personally want some fun and funky songs to get a boost. Sly and The Family Stone should get some love with [Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BP2KlPD4U&list=RDN5BP2KlPD4U). I’d also like somebody to use [Killer Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSQwI3rDETk) in a cool way. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/34 "2017-04-05T22:13:19Z")
I nominate April Wine’s cover of [“Bad Side of the Moon”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK5VlKLrwgI) for “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3”. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/35 "2017-04-05T22:15:43Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > This was actually the second resurrection of the song. The first one was when it was on the _Reservoir Dogs_ soundtrack. > > I personally want some fun and funky songs to get a boost. Sly and The Family Stone should get some love with [Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5BP2KlPD4U&list=RDN5BP2KlPD4U). I’d also like somebody to use [Killer Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSQwI3rDETk) in a cool way. I’d like Killer Queen in a Black Mirror episode. Also good for Black Mirror (sorry, not a movie but these are now in my head): [Hot Butter’s Popcorn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBYjZTdrJlA), Anything by Kraftwerk. [Trans Europe Express](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMVokT5e0zs) is a ‘deeper’ cut than Numbers, I think. Is Cerrone’s [Supernature](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgGK4qBTwpw) too obvious? I mean, the video could be a Black Mirror episode all by itself. I apologize again. Next time it’ll be movies, I swear! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/36 "2017-04-05T22:39:39Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > _Children of a Lesser God._ _Children of a Lesser god_ came out it 1986. “I’ll Take You There” was only 14 years old then, which I guess technically made it an oldie, but you still hear Nirvana in bars. A cover of “I’ll Take You There” made it to #1 on the R&B chart in 1991. I would say it’s overdue. And BTW, wow. _Children of a Lesser god_ is 31 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/37 "2017-04-05T22:47:28Z")
> [@](#): > > dada2fish …\*\* The Five Stair Steps - Ooh Child Song\*\* always brings a happy tear to my eye. This was used quite effectively in Boys n’ the Hood. Not positive it was the original artist, but I think it was. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/38 "2017-04-05T23:21:03Z")
I remember _O-o-h Child_ from _Over the Edge_, a movie sufficiently old that the song could be resurrected with no lingering effect. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/39 "2017-04-06T00:55:54Z")
Hard to think of a scene involving Chris Pratt that wouldn’t be better with **The Gap Band’s You Dropped a Bomb on Me** : [The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17lkdqoLt44) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783/40 "2017-04-06T00:56:01Z")
I nominate [It’s a Shame](https://youtu.be/WoZP18U5VyY), by The Spinners, [Sweet City Woman](https://youtu.be/0IRjl3SWC2U), by The Stampeders and [Use Me](https://youtu.be/EZldnP0lhHA), by Bill Withers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783.md?page=3)