Iconic Pop Songs from Movies

[G-type | 2,482]

I was going to try to post videos for all of them.. but it's too many!

Edited February 6 by G-type

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

What? No Holiday Road? 

 

[RH | 4,903]

We need an other.  My three are 

• Power of Love (Huey Lewis & the News) - Back to the Future
• Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) - Rocky III
• Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship) - Mannequin 

 

[G-type | 2,482]

3 minutes ago, RH said:

We need an other. 

updated the poll

[Reed Rothchild | 9,533]

• Power of Love
• Purple Rain
• Other (fuck, I dunno... I Can Dream About You from Streets of Fire or Flashdance What a Feeling or something)

[Tabonga | 2,318]

 

[G-type | 2,482]

26 minutes ago, Tabonga said:

 

I don't know if a song I've never heard of before would be considered "iconic"

[TDIRunner | 2,740]

This is a very tough choice.  

Also, where is Ninja Rap?  

Edited February 6 by TDIRunner

[Tabonga | 2,318]

43 minutes ago, G-type said:

I don't know if a song I've never heard of before would be considered "iconic"

Quite likely before your time - but it charted fairly well IIRC.  Although initially classed as disco it was actually one of the progenitors of Hi-NRG.  I suspect just about anyone of my generation would instantly recognize it from even a few seconds even if they had not seen the movie.  The movie was generally well received and did well at the box office.

 

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

Couple not mentioned:

Axel F from Beverly Hills Cop

Mortal fucking Kombat! - The Immortals

[Tabonga | 2,318]

This one is an oddity - the Gene Pitney song "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is (rightfully) identified with the classic western of the same name although it was not in the film.  It was written for the film but due to miscommunication didn't get recorded in time - in any event it could only have been used in the closing credits since it revealed the ending of the movie.  The song was released about a week after the film was and rode to the number 4 slot on Billboard's Top 100.

[G-type | 2,482]

My goal was not to create a comprehensive list, but to make poll of everyone’s top 3… I think I got a lot of the biggest hits, obviously not all of them…

[G-type | 2,482]

5 hours ago, Tabonga said:

Quite likely before your time - but it charted fairly well IIRC.  Although initially classed as disco it was actually one of the progenitors of Hi-NRG.  I suspect just about anyone of my generation would instantly recognize it from even a few seconds even if they had not seen the movie.  The movie was generally well received and did well at the box office.

 

Looks like it reached #33 on the charts.

 Pitchfork magazine said “It's impossible to overstate, let alone list, the amount of composers and films who've ripped off 'Chase'.

[ZeldaFreak | 3,600]

For me, of that list, it's Eye of the Tiger, Danger Zone, & Ghostbusters (though Power of Love is also up there, had trouble deciding between that one and Ghostbusters.)

[ZeldaFreak | 3,600]

At first I thought this was about iconic pop songs IN movies, not FROM movies, so for a second there @G-type I was gonna ask if you liked Huey Lewis and the News

(That would be my actual #3 if that one counted, haha.)

[Reed Rothchild | 9,533]

Spoiler alert, since I want it on the record that I was planning this before this thread, but a very imminent song debate is Push it To the Limit and You're the Best 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,533]

2 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said:

At first I thought this was about iconic pop songs IN movies, not FROM movies, so for a second there @G-type I was gonna ask if you liked Huey Lewis and the News

(That would be my actual #3 if that one counted, haha.)

Patrick is such an idiot.  Sports is so much better than Fore.  Makes me angry just thinking about it!

[Link | 2,712]

These aren't necessarily my favorites on the list, but the ones I think most stand out as symbolic of their movies.

Don't You Forget About Me
Eye of the Tiger
Ghostbusters

Honorable mentions to Danger Zone and Purple Rain.

[Tabonga | 2,318]

I don't know if I could come up with a top three - too much stuff to choose from.  One monster that would be there though would be the theme to ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."  The soundtrack album was on various album charts for a long time.  The single (which was actually a cover) did even better on various singles charts.

 

[wongojack | 215]

I picked from those listed, but also thought of

• Glory of Love, Peter Cetera - Karate Kid II
• Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman <- bit of a cheat

 

And then there's

• King of Wishful Thinking, Go West - Pretty Woman

Which comes with the hilarious parody video done by Fallon and Rudd:  

 

Edited February 7 by wongojack

[Reed Rothchild | 9,533]

Love that one

[Estil | 1,265]

Does it have to be pop?  Like this song that was made into a movie!  I really miss the old fashioned story telling songs:

Not so fun fact: The real life Tallahatchie Bridge was burned down by vandals five years later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money,_Mississippi

Edited February 9 by Estil

[wongojack | 215]

Here's another one for those of us born in the 70's - from "Pretty in Pink"

 

[Hammerfestus | 3,846]

Lol.  
 

I went with:

Dangerzone

Eye of the Tiger - this tune takes me right back to those intense sweaty evenings in the wrestling room every time .  The Rocky IV soundtrack has some of my all time favorite workout songs.  Eye of the Tiger is not at the top of the list.  

My Heart Will Go On - Mother F’in Celine Dion had a hell of a voice.  

 

[glazball | 169]

The Goonies R Good Enough by Cyndi Lauper should be on the list!  And maybe Day-O from Beetlejuice.  Bohemian Rhapsody in Wayne's World?  (Are we only including songs made FOR the movie or just notably used in it?)