"Going Back To Cali" from Less Than Zero
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:52 (twelve years ago) link
"Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile?
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
A bunch of Elvis songs, not just themes but also stuff like "Return To Sender" & "Wooden Heart".
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 July 2011 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
was gonna suggest beyonce's 'check on it' from that pink panther thing but i guess it didn't end up on the soundtrack? didnt see the movie but the video had hella steve martin fr sure
― bear, bear, bear, Sunday, 17 July 2011 08:05 (twelve years ago) link
"We Have All the Time in the World" from On Her Majesty's Secret Service
― ledge, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
The song was not registered in the music rating charts in the UK when first released, only becoming well known 25 years later, as part of a Guinness beer commercial after My Bloody Valentine chose to cover it for charity.
cannot parse leap from guinness to mbv
― ledge, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
Maria McKee, "Show Me Heaven" - Days of Thunder, right?
― Tim F, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
Think "Unchained Melody" wins this.
― Stevie T, Sunday, 17 July 2011 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
― Stevie T, Sunday, July 17, 2011 10:45 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
There are songs like I Only Have Eyes For you that I think began in 1920s or 30s films or stageshows that are much better known in later versions. There's a history of stageshow songs becoming adopted into the folk canon too. think that broadens the remit of the question though.
& yeah, think Unchained Melody dates back quite a way to early film musicals or beyond doesn't it?
― Stevolende, Sunday, 17 July 2011 10:24 (twelve years ago) link
Do You Know Where You're Going To? - Theme from Mahogany
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
Rock Me Amadeus
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
B-Real, Coolio, Method Man, LL Cool J And Busta Rhymes - Hit Em High (from Space Jam)
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
'Together in Electric Dreams' from, uh, Electric Dreams.
Came here to post this. I didn't even know it was from a movie until a couple of weeks ago when I was playing it doing the washing up and my wife came out and was like "why are you playing the theme song from Electric Dreams?"
― Operation Pooting (Colonel Poo), Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
Ha! I always knew it was from a film, but had to go look up what that film was called, despite it actually being in the name of the song.
Gold Diggers of 1933 has been a film school staple for decades, esp. for the climactic "Forgotten Man" number.
While I do agree that Gold Diggers of 1933 remains a famous film, particularly for people who attend 'film school', I think that there needs to be a bit of an ironing out of the thread concept before dismissing this suggestion. Because as I read it, there is no question that the song 'We're in the Money' is about 1000x as famous as the film, and thus is perfectly valid. However, if you want to go for "songs that are still famous even though nobody remembers the film", that is a different matter.
― emil.y, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm, does Morricone's main theme from "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" count? Obv. linked to the film, but seems to get used in adverts / comedy sketches etc as a signifier of westerns / shootouts etc. Everyone knows the music, but does everyone know the film? (talking about normal people here, not ilxors)
― /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\etc (Matt #2), Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
I would say yes, the film is pretty much as famous as the music. People riff on the concept, the aesthetic, the title all the time. It's definitely still well within the public consciousness. Even if one edged out the other, 'eclipsed' would not be the word here.
― emil.y, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
Dr Dre - Keep Their Heads Ringin'
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" from the Dr. Doolittle soundtrack
Also, "Try Again" from Romeo Must Die
― Number None, Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Sunday, 17 July 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
No! Theme song for a prison drama called Unchained, and it's, um, just let me fetch my wikipedia, 1955. First thing that came into my head for this.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
What's New Pussycat?
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
"Rock Around The Clock"
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
'I Believe I Can Fly' from Space Jam
i think this is the first one of these in my memory that i'd forgotten was anything to do with, you know, cartoon animals
the best i can come up with is the music the muppets used for the 'ma na ma na doo doo d'doo doo' bit
― thomp, Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
Actually too bad it (the movie, that is) isn't remembered more fondly. It's a great movie, and a great soundtrack along with it.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 17 July 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" -- originally single before Batman Forever but that's when it became big― Mordy, Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:45 PM (Yesterday)
― Mordy, Saturday, July 16, 2011 6:45 PM (Yesterday)
The pop edit of Jewel's "Foolish Games" as well.
― Breezy Summer Jam (MintIce), Sunday, 17 July 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
"live and let die"?
it's not like the movie is completely forgotten, but...
― messiahwannabe, Sunday, 17 July 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Play Misty for Me isn't forgotten--probably no Eastwood film post-Leone is--but Roberta Flack's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" has certainly eclipsed it in terms of familiarity.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 July 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
there is no question that the song 'We're in the Money' is about 1000x as famous as the film, and thus is perfectly valid. However, if you want to go for "songs that are still famous even though nobody remembers the film", that is a different matter.
But "eclipsed" in the thread title refers only to the latter reading, no? "As famous as" means the song has not eclipsed the film. Also, why the scare quotes around "film school"?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
Piero Umiliani, originally from some Swedish porno I can't remember the name of- I'd definitely say that counts.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
id argue 'theme from new york, new york'
― so brycey (history mayne), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
wait, is someone arguing that Golddiggers of 1933 is relatively as well known as "We're in the Money," a song used in countless tv ads?
― sarahel, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but it's kevin thingy bodega, he's mental
― so brycey (history mayne), Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ "kevin thingy bodega" - autocorrect or classic history mayne?
― sarahel, Sunday, 17 July 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
also knows more about film than anyone here
― corey, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
but probably to someone less acquainted with film history the song would seem more popular
― corey, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iAX0qyF9KU4/S1c8K63dbLI/AAAAAAAAAaA/jCGz3dLU854/s400/R-1063410-1217694094.jpeg
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
but probably to someone less acquainted with film history the song would seem more popular― corey, Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:05 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
― corey, Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:05 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
no... the song's fame has clearly eclipsed that of the movie, it is crazy to suggest otherwise
― so brycey (history mayne), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
"Nature Boy" from The Boy With Green Hair
― Scorsese's Trabi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
'A Kind Of Magic' from Highlander?
― scraping wheatus off the wheel (NickB), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" maybe? Of course there is an obvious reason it's better remembered than the film it's from
― Number None, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
"Green Dolphin Street" from film of the same name
― Scorsese's Trabi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
The Kinks, "God's Children," "The Way Love Used To Be," "Willesden Green," all from the soundtrack to Percy. Has anyone even seen that film?
("fame" in this case being relative)
― shake it, shake it, sugary pee (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
i've seen bits of it, late at night.
― dave lool (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
No, never seen it.
― Scorsese's Trabi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Do the Right Thing and "Fight the Power" is a draw--probably inseparable for a lot of people.
― clemenza, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
― corey, Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
Dusty Springfield "The Look Of Love"
(originally written for the Casino Royale spoof)
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Sunday, 17 July 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Also on the Bacharach/David tip, "A House Is Not A Home".
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 17 July 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
Rock Me Amadeus― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:21 (9 hours ago)
― Siegbran, Sunday, 17 July 2011 12:21 (9 hours ago)
..except that it was only inspired by "Amadeus" and didn't appear anywhere in the movie (which is actually a little unusual imo!)
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Sunday, 17 July 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
wait "nature boy" was from a movie? huh. well, that wins.
we have all the time in the world is a good one, even though OHMSS is the best bond film with the best john barry cues.
carry on.
― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 17 July 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
"I Can Dream About You" from <i>Streets of Fire</i>
― SlimAndSlam, Friday, 17 March 2017 11:09 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, wrong brackets.
"I can Dream About You" from Streets of Fire
― SlimAndSlam, Friday, 17 March 2017 11:10 (seven years ago) link
"Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" from At the Circus
Dylan's "Things Have Changed" from Wonder Boys
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 March 2017 13:28 (seven years ago) link
Roger Daltrey: Quicksilver Lightning
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 March 2017 13:51 (seven years ago) link
I'm kidding about Roger Daltrey song, but not about this:
Lisa Loeb: Stay
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 17 March 2017 13:53 (seven years ago) link
"All Star" from Shrek and Mystery Men ?????
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
So I guess this is going to be another thread where 90% of the answers range between unconvincing and wrong? Lots of these songs were released before the movie mentioned, and lots of other are inextricably linked to the movie.
You know on Amazon where people answer questions about a product ("Does it support bluetooth?") with things like "Sorry, I haven't received mine yet, so I don't know". Whelp, if you don't have an answer, you don't have to enter one.
― enochroot, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:13 (seven years ago) link
I think Que Sera, Sera has been the best answer so far, that scene actually felt really incongruous when I eventually saw The Man Who Knew Too Much.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Lots of these songs were released before the movie mentioned, and lots of other are inextricably linked to the movie.
was gonna say. and to note that a famous film song is no longer so linked does not prove that it has "eclipsed" the movie's fame.
― The sandwiches looked quite dank. (contenderizer), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
I feel like All Star's connection to Mystery Men is often forgotten, but it's connection to Shrek is very strong in its meme-ification.
― MarkoP, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
Yeah imo there's a lot of rong here mostly in the category of claiming films are forgotten when they're wildly popular, but maybe the other problem is ppl interpreting it as 'songs where the public has forgotten the song and movie were linked,' which might be where we're getting all the arbitrarily-tacked-on hits that aren't in any sense the film theme or whatever. In practice most folks rarely know that a song comes from a particular film in the first place unless it's super obvious like Men in Black or the video makes a big big deal out of it. Thread is most interesting when it's films that have completely vanished from people's miinds, and songs that have never fallen out of favor, imo.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
can't imagine anyone anywhere has rescreened buddy's song any time in the last decade or so but chesney hawkes' 'one and only' still haunts the airwaves of uk commercial radio
― not even my mate ross king sniffed out this hot gossip (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
yea probably should've mentioned, Mystery Men is what I think fits the thread
people don't really remember this but the video was a tie-in to the movie, hell Ben Stiller is front and center in the first scene, and it's not just clips from the film either. then it got picked up in another, much more popular film, and seems to have even outlived that
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:36 (seven years ago) link
David Essex, "Silver Dream Machine"
― heaven parker (anagram), Friday, 17 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link