# Your top-3 needle drops in movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 29, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703 "2020-02-29T14:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/21 "2020-02-29T16:40:25Z")
Just remembered “I Got You Babe” from _Groundhog Day_. It took me forever to realize that this song was the Universe taunting Phil. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/22 "2020-02-29T16:48:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Does something like “[Let’s Get It On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzl_l5gC5is)” in _High Fidelity_ suit the spirit of the OP? For some reason, the music scene I most remember from High Fidelity is the [Dry the Rain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPLjyvPkBU) scene. Probably because it reminds me of a pretty-much bygone era where hearing a song at a record store was a not uncommon way of discovering a new artist. ---
**Author:** ![breezman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@breezman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breezman)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/23 "2020-02-29T20:41:50Z")
“Crazy on You” in The Virgin Suicides. ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/24 "2020-02-29T22:00:26Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Just going with one because it’s a _literal_ needle drop. > > (Ain't Too Proud to Beg-Big Chill) Don’t forget Karen playing, “You Cant Always Get What You Want”, at the funeral, or the boy singing, “Joy to the World”, in the bathtub. Do those count? ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/25 "2020-02-29T23:01:28Z")
“Born to be Wild” - _Easy Rider_ “Immigrant Song” - _Thor: Ragnarok_ “A Blossom Fell” (sung by Nat “King” Cole ) in _Badlands_ or “Tra La La Song” (a.k.a. The Banana Splits theme) in _Kick-Ass_ ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/26 "2020-02-29T23:02:40Z")
Duplicate, yet I only hit submit once. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/27 "2020-03-01T00:55:40Z")
“Don’t Be Shy” in Harold and Maude. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/28 "2020-03-01T01:27:04Z")
> [@breezman](#): > > “Crazy on You” in The Virgin Suicides. “Crazy on You” in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/29 "2020-03-01T04:14:00Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > “Don’t Be Shy” in Harold and Maude. Isn’t there another early Cat Stevens… yeah, “If You Want To Be Free, Be Free…” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/30 "2020-03-01T04:50:02Z")
1. [Ace Rothstein watching Ginger walk across the casino floor with “Love is Strange” playing is the top needle-drop moment for me,](https://youtu.be/Rew1-JDdFpk?t=110) from _Casino_. Her swagger, his stare, that music. Perfection. 2. [“You Never Can Tell” from _Pulp Fiction_.](https://youtu.be/WSLMN6g_Od4?t=85) I can’t hear this song without thinking about Travolta and Thurman dancing. 3. [2 Live Crew’s “Hoochie Mama” in _Friday_.](https://youtu.be/8hKrJIeuvIg?t=13) ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/31 "2020-03-01T11:31:38Z")
[Sarabande](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS-kmF2iFMs): Barry Lyndon [Beethoven’s 9th](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQCQRLA05AA): A Clockwork Orange (NSFW) [Adagio for Strings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEv3zzKyiFQ): Platoon ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/32 "2020-03-01T11:38:37Z")
One stands out above all others, if I understand the point correctly – “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” by The Delfonics , in “Jackie Brown” ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/33 "2020-03-01T12:55:03Z")
The Pixies’ “Where is my mind”, at the very end of _Fight Club._ ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/34 "2020-03-01T13:13:39Z")
Every time I hear Free Bird, I think of this scene… The ending from The Devil's Rejects. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/35 "2020-03-01T14:38:31Z")
“The End,” Apocalypse Now “You Never Can Tell,” Pulp Fiction “Tequila,” Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/36 "2020-03-01T14:48:02Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1. The needle drop has to be to a _song_ (or piece of classical music, for you pendants). It cannot be part of the soundtrack. So, for example, “The Emperor’s theme during this part of SW…” is out, but “The opening measures from Mozart’s 25th symphony at the beginning of Amadeus…” is in. I don’t get this distinction. Maybe The Emperor was into Holst’s _The Planets_. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/37 "2020-03-01T14:48:36Z")
An all-Coen list. 1. Just Dropped In - _The Big Lebowski_ 2. Man of Constant Sorrow - _O Brother Where Art Thou?_ 3. Danny Boy - _Miller’s Crossing_ ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/38 "2020-03-01T20:41:22Z")
Does Alice’s Restaurant in - uh - Alice’s Restaurant count? j ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/39 "2020-03-01T20:53:10Z")
“I Got A Name”, in _Django Unchained_. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703/40 "2020-03-01T22:48:26Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “I Got A Name”, in _Django Unchained_. I second that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703.md?page=3)