Top 10 Songs that Gained Popularity Through their Use in Movies

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  • Some of the most iconic songs only reached that level after being showcased in a memorable way in a motion picture. Join www.WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Songs that Gained Popularity Through Their Use in Movies. Check us out at / watchmojo , / watchmojo and / watchmojo . Also, check out our interactive Suggestion Tool at www.WatchMojo.com/suggest :)
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  • @justinfabricius1597
    @justinfabricius1597 6 років тому +2315

    Guardians of the galaxy Soundtrack is one massive example of resurgence of so many songs

    • @bayushizero
      @bayushizero 6 років тому +65

      The entire soundtrack was brilliantly incorporated into the film.
      It's STILL my go-to album when I want to listen to some music.

    • @charlyg4118
      @charlyg4118 6 років тому +12

      and Ready player one too !!!

    • @laceyw8689
      @laceyw8689 5 років тому +4

      Ya, they cheated on that one also.

    • @marziodalmonte1234
      @marziodalmonte1234 5 років тому +1

      Ally McBeal like..

    • @uhhh925
      @uhhh925 5 років тому +2

      Justin Fabricius I love that soundtrack

  • @jgw5491
    @jgw5491 6 років тому +2320

    I think a better title for this video would be "Top 10 Songs that RETURNED to popularity Through Their Use in Movies".

    • @Chasstful
      @Chasstful 6 років тому +19

      Agreed, Mojo top-10 lists are consistently bogus. I've yet to find a very good one, its like they are synthesizing pop culture history for millennials.

    • @squiddymcsquidface3097
      @squiddymcsquidface3097 5 років тому +4

      I don't think millennials like these lists too much either.

    • @csk7041
      @csk7041 5 років тому

      If that would be the title then:
      No.1: Shook Ones- NBA 2K18

    • @vincefreeman4756
      @vincefreeman4756 5 років тому +2

      Other than Tiny Dancer, which was NOT a hit by an stretch, I agree. It's like they had a perfect example in Tiny Dancer, then forced another 9 songs in to make a Top 10 List.

    • @cringeycameraman7732
      @cringeycameraman7732 5 років тому

      Then it would be Afrikaa Bambaa

  • @percivalortega7169
    @percivalortega7169 3 роки тому +925

    Bohemian Rhapsody was, is and will still be famous even without Wayne’s World.

    • @kamilkrupinski1793
      @kamilkrupinski1793 3 роки тому +56

      They are Americans. Noone outside the US ever heard of "Wayne`s World", but they can`t comprehend that.

    • @archiebonnell6794
      @archiebonnell6794 3 роки тому +8

      I’d rather have Wayne’s world than that overrated shit not their best song nor the best song of the genre nor the era

    • @kamilkrupinski1793
      @kamilkrupinski1793 3 роки тому +14

      @@archiebonnell6794 To say something is overrated you need to have ability and right to rate things. You don`t.

    • @T0pViralVideos
      @T0pViralVideos 3 роки тому +1

      Lol obviously

    • @richarddougherty9725
      @richarddougherty9725 3 роки тому +19

      True, but it went back on the charts on Top 40 radio when that movie was in theaters. That is a huge thing, and doesn't happen often.

  • @annettes6355
    @annettes6355 4 роки тому +243

    "A Thousand Miles" from White Chicks when they are riding in the car!

    • @kieranstark7213
      @kieranstark7213 4 роки тому +1

      Oh yeah, that too, don’t forget Crazy in Love in the same movie (and yes... I’ve Age 5 for a kiddie contemporary reference... 😠).

    • @TheStranger513
      @TheStranger513 3 роки тому +6

      @@kieranstark7213 Crazy in Love was already played non stop back then. The video was like number 1 forever. It wouldn't apply in my opinion.

    • @kieranstark7213
      @kieranstark7213 3 роки тому

      Jerrell Simmons Good point.

    • @donnabreedlove6862
      @donnabreedlove6862 3 роки тому +1

      I can't hear that song without thinking about Terry Crews singing.

    • @106andie
      @106andie 2 роки тому

      Definitely!

  • @amber_loves_art
    @amber_loves_art 5 років тому +2648

    I was seriously expecting "All Star" from Shrek to be the first...

    • @killer__rage3296
      @killer__rage3296 5 років тому +15

      Me too

    • @AmmaraSHAH773377
      @AmmaraSHAH773377 5 років тому +64

      Shrek had the best soundtrack
      I need a hero scene was amazing till more so well written and made

    • @dsmith1236
      @dsmith1236 4 роки тому +6

      Amber L. Barracuda by heart should have been on here too.

    • @jonathancastillo9859
      @jonathancastillo9859 4 роки тому +11

      That was actually part of Mistery Men OST, one year earlier, so, that song was already famous before Shrek.

    • @putocelular9375
      @putocelular9375 4 роки тому +5

      It was a hit when released

  • @georgi1310
    @georgi1310 5 років тому +603

    I’m sorry but every time I listen to “I’m gonna be (1000 miles)” I can only think of Marshall in HIMYM, even though it’s a tv show and not a movie

  • @juggler64
    @juggler64 4 роки тому +57

    I was surprised that "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong didn't

    • @HoldenNY22
      @HoldenNY22 3 роки тому +2

      @@brentlofgren-noaafederal7041- I was thinking of Twelve Monkeys. I think Bruce Willis sing that song in that Movie.

  • @caryg1069
    @caryg1069 4 роки тому +43

    The first song I thought of didn't even make the honorables: "My Sharona" from Reality Bites.

  • @dylanbailey1704
    @dylanbailey1704 5 років тому +737

    “Dreams” Fleetwood Mac- Doggface

    • @twistedviewlabs
      @twistedviewlabs 5 років тому +9

      This track was a UK single around the time the movie was being made in 1984. Living in the US though, I figured it was recorded for the movie anyways. Doesn't count

    • @scarbourgeoisie
      @scarbourgeoisie 4 роки тому +14

      Can’t apply. That song was written specifically for the movie at the request of John Hughes.

    • @rachelcole8765
      @rachelcole8765 4 роки тому +1

      A lot of songs especially Time dancer were always popular! So was alot of the music , Bob Seager come on ! The Doors, please !

    • @rufusdisturbed
      @rufusdisturbed 4 роки тому +1

      Some trivia, U2 were supposed to perform the song but declined. Simple Minds grabbed it and the rest is history.

    • @nidasilverblade9452
      @nidasilverblade9452 4 роки тому +5

      @@rufusdisturbed wrong. was not U2 . It was supposed to be Billy Idol, and he declined .

  • @M.S.M.111
    @M.S.M.111 8 років тому +622

    Maybe Americans never heard of Bohemian Rhapsody before Wayne's World, here in Europe it's different

    • @hogsandsooners
      @hogsandsooners 8 років тому +9

      Watch the whole video. This is a list of songs that gained a resurgence based on their being included in a movie. It doesn't matter whether or not they were popular or obscure before their being included in these soundtracks.

    • @deg0ey
      @deg0ey 7 років тому +11

      To be fair, it does seem like that positioning was based on the US market. Bohemian Rhapsody was rereleased in the UK following Freddie Mercury's death in November 1991, reached number 1 (for the second time) in December 1991 and stayed there until mid-January 1992. Hard to say it was in need of much resurgence by the time Wayne's World was released three weeks later.
      That said, the impact of Wayne's World on the song's standing in US popular culture can't be understated and is definitely a big part of its success in North America.

    • @1026timey
      @1026timey 7 років тому

      Tam theman Nah dude I'm one of the other 62 genders. (lo)

    • @tamtheman7145
      @tamtheman7145 7 років тому

      +dj memestar your no funny mate

    • @1026timey
      @1026timey 7 років тому

      Tam theman Common Relax it was a joke man. how was your day?

  • @MayheM_72
    @MayheM_72 3 роки тому +43

    I was thinking Tom Cruise would get another one for Top Gun's "You've Lost That Loving Feeling". Also, another nod for the Rightous Brothers.

  • @andrewesdaile9484
    @andrewesdaile9484 4 роки тому +33

    Johnny B Goode from Back to the Future should pop up on here.

  • @ct_cartoonist53
    @ct_cartoonist53 6 років тому +563

    I think "Johnny B. Goode" should have at least gotten Honorable mention for the movie "Back to the Future"

    • @belgianbacon707
      @belgianbacon707 6 років тому +3

      so true !

    • @captom5545
      @captom5545 6 років тому

      Jeff V. Yeah

    • @richardgreenleaf3259
      @richardgreenleaf3259 6 років тому +10

      Quite a few songs that either deserved honorable mention or to be among the top ten. What I understood was these movies either made the song popular or led to a revival in their popularity. Well, what about Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman"? That was a big hit for Orbison in the '60s and I recall it being all over the place when the movie came out in the '90s. And I also thought about the Temptations "My Girl", again when that movie came out that song saw a lot of play time. "Forrest Gump" would be a great one to find a lot of songs off of.

    • @ct_cartoonist53
      @ct_cartoonist53 6 років тому

      @@richardgreenleaf3259 - After reading your post and thinking about the other movies you mentioned, I realized that you are right. I guess I'm just biased towards Back to the Future, because it's one of my favorite movies. Thanks for the reply.

    • @richardgreenleaf3259
      @richardgreenleaf3259 6 років тому +2

      Nothing wrong with that, it is a good movie. Might point out "Back to the Future" also included "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" by Fess Parker, the Four Aces cover of "Mr. Sandman", and "Earth Angel" preformed by the movies fictional Marvin Berry and the Starlights featuring Marty McFly. Though unlike "Johnny B. Goode" none of these really enjoyed any kind of resurgence in popularity. By contrast I thin "Back to the Future II did include Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and Sammy Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55", both of which were out years before the movie was made.

  • @landenherteux2350
    @landenherteux2350 5 років тому +749

    What about "Fortunate Son" by Credence Clearwater and like every Vietnam movie every made

    • @KB-qk1ic
      @KB-qk1ic 5 років тому +7

      And the tv series "supernatural"

    • @slumchemist880
      @slumchemist880 5 років тому +11

      also white rabbit by jefferson airplane

    • @cheesybeans5304
      @cheesybeans5304 4 роки тому

      Because it wasn't used when America flew to Vietnam..

    • @BitcoinMotorist
      @BitcoinMotorist 4 роки тому +4

      I rediscovered Fortunate Son through Die Hard 4

    • @tcrpgfan
      @tcrpgfan 4 роки тому +1

      @@BitcoinMotorist I knew of Fortunate Son, but the one that really gets to me is the cover done for Bioshock Infinite. There's no instruments, only vocals in a story that has classism as a major theme. And guess what the song is about?

  • @christopherschneider9785
    @christopherschneider9785 4 роки тому +65

    "Sound of Silence" at the end of The Graduate.

    • @nurturewarrior49
      @nurturewarrior49 3 роки тому +2

      I would include several Simon songs from this movie but they probably all are excluded as having been written FOR the movie.

    • @elstonngunn4193
      @elstonngunn4193 3 роки тому +2

      nurturewarrior49 sound of silence was written years before songs like mrs Robinson were written for the movie

    • @johnbrowne3950
      @johnbrowne3950 3 роки тому

      @@nurturewarrior49 April Come She Will was written a year before the movie.

    • @johnbrowne3950
      @johnbrowne3950 3 роки тому

      The Sound of Silence was played during the credits of the opening scene.

    • @timswabb
      @timswabb 3 роки тому

      That song hit number one before The Graduate.

  • @peternancoz3031
    @peternancoz3031 3 роки тому +19

    "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel used in "Say Anything"

  • @Moldeyawsome12
    @Moldeyawsome12 9 років тому +303

    Look at all these great, classic rock songs! Not all that techno crap that is being released now

  • @JerzyCarranza
    @JerzyCarranza 8 років тому +189

    Hello darkness my old friend....

    • @whitedevil2
      @whitedevil2 8 років тому +22

      i've come to watch you pee again

    • @videocomet
      @videocomet 8 років тому +3

      Not so, Chelsea. In fact, none of the S&G songs on the soundtrack were written for the film. The closest to that claim would be "Mrs. Robinson" which was a rewrite of an incomplete song titled "Mrs. Roosevelt." S&G offered this song to director Mike Nichols only after he rejected the two songs that the duo HAD written for the film. Because of this, the song "Mrs. Robinson" was considered ineligible for consideration for an Academy Award. However, the instrumentals on the soundtrack by Dave Grusin were written for the film.

    • @vananderson2895
      @vananderson2895 7 років тому +3

      Actually, The Sound of Silence was released on Simon and Garfunkel's debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., 3 years before The Graduate was released.

    • @harrypottergleestarwarsdis4817
      @harrypottergleestarwarsdis4817 7 років тому

      +Van Anderson true

    • @vincentkrommenhoek7431
      @vincentkrommenhoek7431 7 років тому

      Impressive that you know that...

  • @cireravilob
    @cireravilob 3 роки тому +10

    "In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel released 19 May 1986. and then 3 years later Say Anything comes out and blows the song up.

  • @louisjutras1
    @louisjutras1 4 роки тому +15

    "Stand by me", from the movie of the same name. The song was from Ben E. King.

  • @jasonstiglitz6931
    @jasonstiglitz6931 8 років тому +146

    You could fill this whole list with Tarantino

  • @Clemidreams
    @Clemidreams 8 років тому +4211

    "It (Bohemian Rhapsody) wouldn't be so popular today without that mid-90s movie"
    You're kidding right? Queen is way more famous than this movie!
    EDIT: 4 years later and people are still arguing under my comment... Get a life people 🤣

    • @lievenvanloo6011
      @lievenvanloo6011 8 років тому +205

      I've never even heard of this movie lol.

    • @TomMilleyMusic
      @TomMilleyMusic 8 років тому +173

      um, the members of queen have talked about how that movie made it more popular than ever.

    • @osiris_blanche
      @osiris_blanche 8 років тому +80

      Agreed didn't even remember it was used in this movie. The song itself is legend.

    • @zla360
      @zla360 8 років тому +76

      Bohemian rhapsody has gained about 40 million more views on UA-cam (give or take) based solely off of suicide squad movie trailer. Wayne's world had more impact then you'd think

    • @ThomasJM
      @ThomasJM 8 років тому +38

      they even make a joke about it in the musical we will rock you about it reaching #1 on rock charts twice. bohemian rhapsody also has the distinction of being the only song in history to be knocked off the number one position by a song that's title was a lyric in the song that it knocked off which was mama mia by Abba

  • @normanwhite6677
    @normanwhite6677 3 роки тому +10

    "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," and "Joy to the World" in The Big Chill.

  • @simply8870
    @simply8870 4 роки тому +35

    I’ll always love you - the bodyguard should definitely have been in the list
    That song was huge😍

    • @gabrielesimone1372
      @gabrielesimone1372 2 роки тому

      Yeah, but that version of the song was written for the movie.

  • @KinkyMime
    @KinkyMime 9 років тому +3345

    WHATT!!?? WHERE'S "ALL STAR" BY SMASH MOUTH!? SHREK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @CasualVideoGamer
      @CasualVideoGamer 9 років тому +98

      There was only a two-year difference between All Star's release and Shrek's release. All Star was actually already pretty popular and over-played by the radio stations so Shrek didn't really do too much to "revive" it the way these movies did for their songs mentioned here.

    • @MrColllie
      @MrColllie 9 років тому +33

      All Star by smash mouth i'd say got popular over Mystery Men.

    • @shrub8644
      @shrub8644 9 років тому +7

      HAIL OGRELORD SHREK

    • @wgt3623
      @wgt3623 9 років тому +3

      ***** *facepalm*

    • @sm74a
      @sm74a 9 років тому +14

      What about when All star was featured in Rat Race?

  • @StarGeek
    @StarGeek 9 років тому +120

    Blue Swede's Hooked on a Feeling is pretty much my favorite song because of Guardians of the Galaxy. :D

    • @MrNiceguy3210
      @MrNiceguy3210 9 років тому +21

      StarGeek But the song was already well known and popular. These were songs that hardly got attention before the movies came out.

    • @StarGeek
      @StarGeek 9 років тому +3

      I know, it was in the "runner-ups" category in the video... Did you not see it? I was just saying that I was first introduced to the song because of GOTG, it was still relatively popular before hand, but became MUCH more popular after guardians. :D

    • @XxMrGoldenxX
      @XxMrGoldenxX 9 років тому +11

      StarGeek maybe to uncultured pre-teens lmfaooo. Anyone who has been around for more than 15 years has probably heard that song before the movie.

    • @LeafyRouge
      @LeafyRouge 9 років тому +1

      StarGeek All I have for that song is absolute disgust, I hear that song ALL day at high school, and it drives me up the wall.

    • @IMDRanged
      @IMDRanged 9 років тому +1

      StarGeek Mine's Come and Get Your Love by Redbone for the revealing title card. First time I seen that wide shot with a small dancing Chris Pratt in the far left corner and then the giant Guardians of the Galaxy title appears... I couldn't believe they actually doing this... and also why was this movie so freakin awesome when I was expecting a train wreck.

  • @peterng9786
    @peterng9786 4 роки тому +18

    Unchained Melody and Ghost helped each other to gain popularity. Neither of them could achieved so high in popularity without each other. The pottery scene with this song showed it was phenomena and irreplaceable.

    • @BluesInMySoul
      @BluesInMySoul 3 роки тому

      Unchained Melody was huge in the 60's.

  • @joeyowens1974
    @joeyowens1974 4 роки тому +201

    The Whole Soundtrack to Forrest Gump.

    • @stevielough3933
      @stevielough3933 4 роки тому +3

      yes like the song "Running on empty" by Jackson Browne

    • @dawneckert6622
      @dawneckert6622 4 роки тому +4

      One of my favorite soundtracks of all time

    • @ianashby1449
      @ianashby1449 4 роки тому +2

      Awsome soundtrack

    • @Leatherface123.
      @Leatherface123. 3 роки тому +4

      No free bird was already

    • @Instantkarma98
      @Instantkarma98 3 роки тому

      Agree. I went and bought it as soon as I left the theater.

  • @Magnic_
    @Magnic_ 7 років тому +1402

    There is special place in hell for people who stops Bohemian Rhapsody before it finish by itself.

    • @ConnorNotyerbidness
      @ConnorNotyerbidness 7 років тому +11

      Magnic it pissed me the fuck off when it happened in suicide squad. That was the best thing that got cut out of that movie

    • @NamYagami
      @NamYagami 7 років тому +3

      yeah because nothing else got cut...giggity.

    • @Magnic_
      @Magnic_ 7 років тому +6

      @King Lurch Oh god... and i hopped at least here i won't run on another idiot.

    • @wholock0001
      @wholock0001 7 років тому +19

      you could almost say they have.....
      a devil put aside for them.....

    • @missspentyouth3819
      @missspentyouth3819 7 років тому

      Lloyds advert

  • @mario_sings
    @mario_sings 7 років тому +452

    I wouldn't have known "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton had it not been for White Chicks lol That piano intro is now always recognizable

    • @ReneeDreams
      @ReneeDreams 7 років тому +14

      The song was extremely popular before it was in the White Chicks. I know because it was my favorite song when it came out. The song was everywhere. Then later on it was in White Chicks. I hated that movie and I hated how they used the song. I think the song kind of became a joke thanks to that movie. Most of these songs were already popular before they were in movies...they should change the title.

    • @Salma72899
      @Salma72899 7 років тому +11

      ReneeDreams Lol stfu White Chicks was fucking hilarious where's ur life? you probably have zero sense of humour and tbh i didn't know the song until it was used in the movie White Chicks just like alot of other people.

    • @whickinhoffinmcshmuhffinwi4850
      @whickinhoffinmcshmuhffinwi4850 7 років тому +1

      Salma MT Oi, you're critisizing people ok their internet for their opinion and taste in movies and you're saying THEY don't have a life? right, right, ok.

    • @skydaddy4192
      @skydaddy4192 6 років тому +1

      If it was your favorite song, your opinion doesn't count. Your decision is biased coz you listen to it regularly.

  • @ArchGBUStanton
    @ArchGBUStanton 4 роки тому +8

    This could have easily been a top 100 with SO many songs out there reused for movies that brought life back to them.

  • @MichaelManolagas
    @MichaelManolagas 3 роки тому +6

    I'd have to say that the indisputable champion of a small-time hit song gone insane on film has got to go to "Oh Yeah" by Yellow.
    This song was released by the German band on Elektra records in 1985. It went to #51 on the US Billboard 100 and #36 on the US Dance Chart.
    The next year it was used in the soundtrack of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and then caught cinematic fire that's still burning to this day. The are 82 Film and TV credits for it on IMDb from 1986 through 2021.
    It's also appeared in many TV commercials including a Honda ad with Matthew Broderick that aired during the Superbowl. It even appears in the game Gran Turismo 4.
    The band literally gave up music after it appeared in Ferris Bueller and the writer/singer has amassed a 175 million dollars of wealth from starting the sequencer and sayin "Oh Yeah", Can you say Holy O Yeah?!
    A Sample of Film Appearances
    Planes, Trains & Automobiles
    She's Out of Control
    Not Another Teen Movie
    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
    Opportunity Knocks
    American Pie: The Book of Love
    Spider-Man: Homecoming
    A Sample of TV Appearances
    The Simpsons
    The Office
    South Park
    It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    The Tonight Show
    SNL

  • @bearscookies9645
    @bearscookies9645 9 років тому +68

    Great, now "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is stuck in my head again...

    • @dietfreeman42718
      @dietfreeman42718 9 років тому +7

      But are you the man who walked a 1,000 Miles and fall down at my Door?

    • @edwiniseman4
      @edwiniseman4 9 років тому +2

      TheBeardedRandy Da-da-lat-da!

    • @TheDavemaster300
      @TheDavemaster300 9 років тому

      Good LOL

    • @mandyfrommars8789
      @mandyfrommars8789 9 років тому

      But I like that song.

    • @MrBeard17
      @MrBeard17 9 років тому

      Hated that song from day 1.. I'd likely fast forward through the scene of whatever movie i might find it in.

  • @lansesteiner3563
    @lansesteiner3563 5 років тому +439

    Twist & shout - Beatles (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
    Do you love me - contours (dirt dancing)
    Stand by me - Ben e. King ( stand by me)
    In your eyes - Peter Gabriel (say anything)
    I will always love you - Whitney Houston (bodyguard)

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 5 років тому +13

      Whitney Huston is disqualified because the song was made for the movie

    • @reineh3477
      @reineh3477 5 років тому +46

      @@blaisemacpherson7637 that song is a cover. Dolly Parton did the original 20 years earlier.

    • @myjumpsuittakesmeshigh2022
      @myjumpsuittakesmeshigh2022 5 років тому +9

      Blaise MacPherson yea where did u even hear that lmao it’s dolly partons song 😑😐

    • @ran6057
      @ran6057 5 років тому +24

      but twist and shout was a huge song before ferris bueller

    • @theresaivy7274
      @theresaivy7274 5 років тому +4

      Especially I will always love you by Dolly Parton. It wasn't even a big country hit when she released it. Whitney shots and scored with it.

  • @nicholasdunn7258
    @nicholasdunn7258 4 роки тому +19

    Afternoon Delight or whatever it’s called when Anchorman came out.

    • @BillLaBrie
      @BillLaBrie 3 роки тому

      Big hit in 1976. Big enough to get the band their own network variety show. That’s where David Letterman got his start.
      David Letterman? You know, late night talk show host?

    • @nicholasdunn7258
      @nicholasdunn7258 3 роки тому +1

      @@BillLaBrie lol. Yes I know the talkshow host as most people know him as a talk show host. But the mass amounts of people younger than fucking 44 and 90% of people that have sung that song since anchorman came out only heard it from the movie so miss me with your "let me tell you some useless info that explains the backstory and act like everybody else knew this shit that happened nearly 50 years ago" bullshit. The title says gained popularity through their use in movies and that's exactly what it did. Get fucked

  • @godfroidmichael7059
    @godfroidmichael7059 4 роки тому +31

    Interview with the vampire : Guns N Roses - Sympathy For The Devil (Rolling Stones cover) :)

  • @minigungaming5915
    @minigungaming5915 5 років тому +1600

    Bohemian Rhapsody was already incredibly popular long before Wayne's World even started production

    • @asf-xj6xz
      @asf-xj6xz 5 років тому +31

      Mmmm was it tho?

    • @joshuagarcia2218
      @joshuagarcia2218 5 років тому +49

      Not necessarily, it was one of their biggest flops when first released because it was too long and no one understood what it was about. Not saying it didn't have fans but there were more fans to their other hits as opposed to Bohemian Rhapsody.

    • @mszoomy
      @mszoomy 5 років тому +48

      I disagree. To fans of Queen it was popular but Queen wasn't mainstream. Once the song was featured in the movie however, EVERYBODY knew it and who sang it

    • @dfangirl72
      @dfangirl72 5 років тому +14

      I had a friend didn't even know about queen til Wayne's world

    • @nicholasonciul5770
      @nicholasonciul5770 5 років тому +3

      Chun - Li yeah, of course. It’s one of the biggest songs of all time.

  • @LoN3wOlF5tudi0s
    @LoN3wOlF5tudi0s 8 років тому +130

    Wasn't Bohemian Rhapsody already a smash hit before Wayne's World? I was sure it became an international icon long before. Considering how popular Queen is, it would probably be just as popular today if it wasn't in the movie.

    • @Sou1defiler
      @Sou1defiler 8 років тому +18

      +LoN3wOlF5tudi0s yes but Queen isn't an American band so anything they achieved outside of American music doesn't count. Apparently.

    • @sabrinaray1105
      @sabrinaray1105 8 років тому +1

      it was rebooted to popularity. just like the new Suicide Squad trailer is doing for it AGAIN. they never said it wasn't popular before.

    • @osamayasien9634
      @osamayasien9634 8 років тому +4

      well, because america doesn't know good music until it's too late ..

    • @osamayasien9634
      @osamayasien9634 8 років тому +4

      *you're

    • @terryogilvie7879
      @terryogilvie7879 8 років тому +3

      +LoN3wOlF5tudi0s Since it was released in 1975 (nearly two decades before Wayne's World) it wasn't played much except as a golden oldie. So a renewed interest occurred after the movie. It was cooler than ever IMHO.

  • @undeadarmy19
    @undeadarmy19 3 роки тому +5

    Donnie Darko is 100% the reason why I first listened to "Mad World", and when I hear it I alwasy think about it.
    Unchained Melody is SUCH a great song too.

  • @samj.jaworski3812
    @samj.jaworski3812 3 роки тому +17

    #1 Should have been Good Bye Horses by Q Lazarus in Silence of the Lambs.

  • @cemereffstream7866
    @cemereffstream7866 5 років тому +339

    Eyes of the Tiger ...come one guys!!
    The sng was dead before its reaparence in Rocky

    • @lh6361
      @lh6361 4 роки тому +2

      Cemereff Stream just commenting because that song was number 1 the day I was born 😂

    • @asda.2
      @asda.2 4 роки тому +14

      Cemereff Stream the song was made for rocky 3

    • @barkhaalisha5500
      @barkhaalisha5500 4 роки тому +1

      To be honest.. I heard it in Rocky

    • @masterkaylarommann5469
      @masterkaylarommann5469 4 роки тому +7

      It's not eligible. Great song, but it was written for the movie.
      "Eye of the Tiger" is a song by American rock band Survivor. It was released as a single from their third album of the same name Eye of the Tiger and was also the theme song for the film Rocky III, which was released a day before the single.

    • @ChrisW_Essex
      @ChrisW_Essex 4 роки тому +2

      @@lh6361 same! along with come on Eileen in the UK :D

  • @yasumotonoboru
    @yasumotonoboru 6 років тому +191

    "Singin' in the Rain" - song 1929, movie 1952
    "As Time Goes By" - song 1931, movie "Casablanca" 1942
    "The Sound of Silence" - song 1964, movie "The Graduate" 1967

    • @cypresswillow2591
      @cypresswillow2591 6 років тому

      Thilo Nagano : the famous now meme "The hills are alive of the sound of music"

    • @yasumotonoboru
      @yasumotonoboru 6 років тому +1

      sorry, I don't get it

    • @johnalsop6271
      @johnalsop6271 5 років тому +9

      Singin’ in the Rain, scarily reprised in AClockwork Orange which also used the original over the end credits

    • @fredmila
      @fredmila 5 років тому +2

      Interesting, I did not know that Singing in the rain and As time goes by were older songs. Thanks

    • @stephenkeen5737
      @stephenkeen5737 5 років тому

      thats good to know

  • @vanessaalineschunke7502
    @vanessaalineschunke7502 4 роки тому +36

    "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates , in 500 Days of Summer

  • @HoldenNY22
    @HoldenNY22 4 роки тому +21

    If they included TV- they would have to add- "Carry on My Wayward Son" by Kansas from Supernatural. I think that show really popularized that Song.

    • @bethanydaniel6715
      @bethanydaniel6715 4 роки тому

      Amen!

    • @benjaminmcculloch
      @benjaminmcculloch 4 роки тому

      This song has been popular multiple times... supernatural did not make it popular

    • @marar6379
      @marar6379 3 роки тому

      If they included tv, I think the top spot would be "At This Moment" after its use on Family Ties!

    • @lunchbox420able
      @lunchbox420able 3 роки тому

      Literally heard Carry on WAAAAAYYYYY before Supernatural in the game Guitar Hero.

    • @blenk9607
      @blenk9607 3 роки тому

      Unless you grew up in the 70s

  • @sirmelancholia
    @sirmelancholia 9 років тому +88

    Hooked On A Feeling should have definitely been top 5 on the list. The damn song re-entered the charts nearly 40 years after it was released thanks to the Guardians Of The Galaxy trailer; let alone again when the movie was released.

    • @suspiciousmoon4474
      @suspiciousmoon4474 9 років тому

      I agree.

    • @leokaiba
      @leokaiba 9 років тому

      I too agree

    • @TheKoolace17
      @TheKoolace17 9 років тому

      It's only been out for about a year (Gaurdians of the Galaxy) thus the song hasn't had enough time to make its full impact of rejuvenation. Give it a few more years and its position will likely change.

    • @crdude806
      @crdude806 9 років тому +1

      lol bet 90% of the people that watched that movie dont remeber anything about it. Especially including 20 seconds of 1 song.

    • @TheSuperM101
      @TheSuperM101 9 років тому +2

      rub ber the trailer had it

  • @MelissaNgai
    @MelissaNgai 7 років тому +404

    All Star by Smash Mouth from Shrek was the first song that came to my mind

    • @cwhite6397
      @cwhite6397 7 років тому +2

      it was used BECAUSE of it's popularity

    • @007Zachman
      @007Zachman 7 років тому

      lmao same here!!!

    • @Whiteknuckletrucking
      @Whiteknuckletrucking 7 років тому

      Rat race did that song before shrek

    • @007Zachman
      @007Zachman 7 років тому +4

      Yet what movie does everyone pair All Star with? Which of those two movies made it insanely famous and a timeless classic?

    • @007Zachman
      @007Zachman 7 років тому +1

      THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME

  • @hayley8715
    @hayley8715 Рік тому

    500 miles....I remember dancing to this so many times at party's & it was all over Kavos and Magaluf (back in the day when a 'clubbing' holiday was an essential part of my year), such a feel good!

  • @Katie2986
    @Katie2986 4 роки тому +24

    The End was pretty freaking well known before Apocalypse Now.

    • @aaronmilner2055
      @aaronmilner2055 4 роки тому +2

      Yup not like it came off one of The Doors best selling records

    • @steveneardley7541
      @steveneardley7541 3 роки тому +1

      It was a huge Doors number when it first came out.

  • @jeanvaljeanist
    @jeanvaljeanist 5 років тому +120

    "Tiny Dancer" would have been a classic with or without that movie. Even more so "Bohemian Rhapsody" . In fact , its inclusion, the car-chorus scene, is the highlight of that film.

    • @WorldWarThree
      @WorldWarThree 4 роки тому +2

      Same with The End, and Unchained Melody.

    • @rurikau
      @rurikau 3 роки тому

      Bohemian Rhapsody was included in Waynes World because it is a classic, that is the whole point of the scene

  • @linuskarlsson9449
    @linuskarlsson9449 5 років тому +156

    Mike Myers would never thought that he would later play the guy rejecting the song in a Queen biotopic 24 years later! 😂

    • @beemcc4148
      @beemcc4148 4 роки тому

      What was it??

    • @damioncrowley5631
      @damioncrowley5631 4 роки тому +11

      But you know that's why they wanted him for that humor. Great inside joke

    • @valmarasixnine
      @valmarasixnine 4 роки тому +16

      "what you need is a song that teenagers can get in their cars and bang their heads to, and that song is not Bohemian Rhapsody"....clearly an in joke given that's exactly what they do in Waynes World

  • @naginjuguna5388
    @naginjuguna5388 3 роки тому +8

    Elton John must love Tony Danza very much.
    "Hold me closer Tony Danza" 😂😂😂😂

  • @joeyowens1974
    @joeyowens1974 4 роки тому +8

    When I had FightClub in the DvD Player on Repeat, I would Set the Repeat Loop Point at the End of the Pixies Track in the EndCredits.

  • @echavez6089
    @echavez6089 7 років тому +70

    "Hold me closer Tony Danza!"

    • @TMoneyless
      @TMoneyless 6 років тому

      e Chavez Hold me closer tiny Danzig!

    • @wackymanz9854
      @wackymanz9854 6 років тому

      580me from the misfits?

    • @jeanieolds56
      @jeanieolds56 6 років тому

      Yes! I can’t hear it any other way now! 😂

  • @eliasbengtsson9315
    @eliasbengtsson9315 6 років тому +275

    Stand By Me could at least be as an honorable mention

    • @CouveTJ
      @CouveTJ 6 років тому +4

      You're so right.

    • @fiddleronthecube7835
      @fiddleronthecube7835 6 років тому +4

      Good choice.

    • @moviegirl6677
      @moviegirl6677 6 років тому +2

      That should have been on here for sure. And it re-charted because of the movie.

    • @janhelfers9068
      @janhelfers9068 6 років тому

      i honestly thought at first it would be number one, but then remembered that the full song was only in the credits, and the melody used throughout the movie.

    • @newfoundcontrol07
      @newfoundcontrol07 6 років тому

      I was expecting this somewhere on the actual list.

  • @gererdlyon2347
    @gererdlyon2347 4 роки тому +8

    I Say A Little Prayer For You in My Best Friend's Wedding

  • @fufufoofoo
    @fufufoofoo 4 роки тому

    Best video as for the last months !
    But I have to emphasize that all songs were famous before, the movies gave them an extra new juicy life coil, a new boost.

  • @Cupcub71
    @Cupcub71 5 років тому +1016

    1. Literally every song Tarantino has ever used in a film.
    End of list.

    • @sboloshis1188
      @sboloshis1188 4 роки тому +4

      Derek Patterson was just thinking that.

    • @jamesdb7115
      @jamesdb7115 4 роки тому +9

      Exactly. I tell ya though, for me, just about all those songs in Pulp Fiction I never heard until I watched it for the first time. Now, I instantly think of the movie when one of those songs come on.

    • @romanxxxxyoutube
      @romanxxxxyoutube 4 роки тому +3

      I think we all thought the same

    • @salicemccool9186
      @salicemccool9186 4 роки тому +4

      JD Bennett This is likely due to your age, though? I’m almost certainly (much : / ) older, so have a different take on it. I don’t mean this as a dis. If you remember when “Tiny Dancer” first came out, you don’t think of it in terms of “Almost Famous.”

    • @andrewdavidson6495
      @andrewdavidson6495 4 роки тому +1

      @@salicemccool9186 yes but can you counter the argument made in this video? That it didn't chart so well but then gained much more popularity after this film. That was their criteria.

  • @emilysunshine27
    @emilysunshine27 8 років тому +240

    Correct me if I'm wrong, I feel like Don't You Forget About Me from the Breakfast Club should have at least gotten an honorable mention

    • @FreeHorses123
      @FreeHorses123 8 років тому

      YES!!

    • @QuakerOaths
      @QuakerOaths 8 років тому +24

      No that song was specifically written for the movie so it doesn't fit the bill

    • @ethandavies8227
      @ethandavies8227 8 років тому

      oh shit they "frogot about me"
      yes i know its froget about me i have very little matireal to work with here

    • @emilysunshine27
      @emilysunshine27 8 років тому

      John McClaine thank you! i wasn't sure!

    • @QuakerOaths
      @QuakerOaths 8 років тому

      +Emily no problem. It's an easy mistake

  • @dalegreene3205
    @dalegreene3205 4 роки тому +16

    What about Steppenwolf "Born to Be Wild" Easy Rider

    • @HarryPujols
      @HarryPujols 3 роки тому

      That song was written for the movie.

  • @corthew
    @corthew 4 роки тому +8

    For the record, Tiny dancer was in the movie because it is an icon of its time.
    The movie did not make it more popular...if anything, its inclusion added a sense of nostalgia to the movie that made the movie more popular.

    • @donaldkrone4717
      @donaldkrone4717 3 роки тому +1

      very well said. that is completely correct

  • @drhorribly
    @drhorribly 5 років тому +49

    "Man of constant sorrow" in oh brother where at thou should have been on here

  • @FalconElsa
    @FalconElsa 5 років тому +73

    "Hold me closer Tony Danzaaaaa" Love that song

    • @izeraniel6281
      @izeraniel6281 5 років тому +3

      Elsa Falcon lol phoebe!😂

    • @mrbyzantine0528
      @mrbyzantine0528 4 роки тому

      It's Tiny Dancer.

    • @rbud57
      @rbud57 4 роки тому +1

      @@mrbyzantine0528 - durrrr....

    • @whyarepeoplethewaythattheyare
      @whyarepeoplethewaythattheyare 4 роки тому +3

      No it's "Hold me close, young Tony Danzaaaaa" 😂😂 gotta love Pheebs

    • @HucksPopCultureCafe
      @HucksPopCultureCafe 4 роки тому

      I’m shocked they didn’t make that reference. That was hilarious, and clearly over the heads of a few of the viewers here 😉

  • @pattol666
    @pattol666 3 роки тому

    I forgot the proclaimers in benny and joon , i was like 6 when i seen that movie i loved that song. Movies got me into the music i love today. Thanks fof this video it made me remember all my good times as a kid discovering these great songs and the movies that share them.

  • @filippobiavati8558
    @filippobiavati8558 3 роки тому +8

    “Where is my mind?” should’ve been number 1, also cause Fight Club was the best movie of the list

  • @yuyu-vv6ot
    @yuyu-vv6ot 7 років тому +23

    "I Will Always Love You" The Bodyguard. It was originally by Dolly Parton, made popular when sung by Whitney Houston in the movie.

    • @mikkelferupandersen5341
      @mikkelferupandersen5341 7 років тому

      yuyu2007 right, even made the soundtrack the best selling with 17 million copies sold. If that doesn't fit the criteria, hmmm....

    • @JPDillon
      @JPDillon 6 років тому

      Probably missed the cut as Whitney's version was recorded specifically for the movie. Awesome version, but I like Dolly's better still.

    • @Ceares
      @Ceares 6 років тому +1

      I literally thought I was the only person who preferred Dolly's version. I actually loved the whole soundtrack from Best Little Whorehouse. I loved the soundtrack from the Bodyguard as well, own both of them, but I much preferred I have nothing and Run to you to Whitney's version of I will always love you.

  • @dedehewson2996
    @dedehewson2996 7 років тому +683

    What about Don't you Forget About me by Simple Minds in the movie The Breakfast Club ???

    • @930tomp
      @930tomp 6 років тому +66

      That song was written for the movie. It was originally offered to Billy Idol, who I'm sure regrets turning it down to this day.

    • @Peppers19781978
      @Peppers19781978 6 років тому +3

      Would've been smart considering he was at the height of his popularity at the time

    • @whitewolf9895
      @whitewolf9895 6 років тому

      Dede Hewson too true if thats the song where they dancing on the wall thing. Lol

    • @Mama_Badazh
      @Mama_Badazh 6 років тому

      Tom P He eventually did his own take on the song.

    • @twiztid571
      @twiztid571 6 років тому

      Dede Hewson great song bro but hey they were bound to miss a few ya know? im sure we can all spout off a dozen just off the top of our heads

  • @huibhayehaye
    @huibhayehaye 4 роки тому +2

    'We'll Meet Again' by Vera Lynn during an atomic ending in Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick). Can't think of anything else when I hear that song.

  • @jellekoenes9543
    @jellekoenes9543 7 років тому +31

    where the fuck is all star from the movie shrek by smash mouth should have been number fucking one

  • @pookiegaming75
    @pookiegaming75 8 років тому +1237

    all star through Shrek

    • @jimmy-breeze
      @jimmy-breeze 8 років тому +19

      no that sing was extremely popular before shrek

    • @kaigardiner
      @kaigardiner 8 років тому +32

      +Magic Bagel so were most of the songs in this video

    • @jakerboss3534
      @jakerboss3534 8 років тому +3

      Huge hit single two years before. The other songs that charted before movie release that were on this list were forgotten about (except maybe unchained melody) but still all star topped the billboard pop songs chart (not the Hot 100) in 1999 just two years before Shrek was released

    • @DailyRhum
      @DailyRhum 8 років тому +5

      Through Digimon the Movie

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 8 років тому

      littleBadBOBY no that was another song. That's the Impression That I Get by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (ironic how it was about having an STD)

  • @tanime_man6535
    @tanime_man6535 4 роки тому +3

    10." Where is my mind" By Pixies, Fight Club
    9."Mad World" By Gary Jules, Donnie Dorko
    8."I'm shipping up to bostons" By Dropkick Boston, The Departed
    7. "Tiny Dancer" By Elton John, Almost Famous
    6. " Old time rock and roll" Bob Seger, Risky Business
    5. " The End" By Doors , Apocalypse Now
    4. "Misirlou" By Dick Dale, Pulp Fiction
    3. "Stuck in the middle with you" By Stealers Wheel, Reservoir Dogs
    2. "Unchained Melody" By Righteous Brothers, Ghost
    1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" By Queen, Wayne's world

  • @OtherThanIntendedPurpose
    @OtherThanIntendedPurpose 4 роки тому

    pretty good list, was a little surprised not to see at least an honorable mention for "twist and shout" Ferris Bueller/Beatles .

  • @cdgh99
    @cdgh99 6 років тому +1165

    Wayne's World was probably helped by Bohemian Rhapsody not the other way around.

    • @joefiore2190
      @joefiore2190 6 років тому +11

      That doesn't even make sense.

    • @nourdridi2989
      @nourdridi2989 6 років тому +11

      damn right

    • @Gellarpunk
      @Gellarpunk 5 років тому +9

      @@joefiore2190 how

    • @damonroger3184
      @damonroger3184 5 років тому +39

      That makes no sense whatsoever lol. Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't featured in any of the promotional material for Wayne's World and was only in the movie for a couple minutes. There's no way. On the other hand, the song climbed the charts after the movie came out, lending credence to the idea that the movie helped introduce the song to younger people and increased its popularity even further.

    • @cdgh99
      @cdgh99 5 років тому +7

      It wasn't featured in any of the promotional material yet It's one of the most remembered parts of the movie. The resurgence of the song probably has more to do with the death of Freddie Mercury just months before the movie release.

  • @2112Nightshift
    @2112Nightshift 6 років тому +158

    Um... Tiny Dancer WASN'T huge before 2000?!?! Are you high?!?!?!?

    • @aaronstark5060
      @aaronstark5060 5 років тому +5

      Yeah, that one made me scratch my head as well.

    • @bubmer
      @bubmer 5 років тому +8

      Pretty much all of these songs were hits before they were in movies. This is really just a list of good songs in popular movies.

    • @KealanJamesBrady
      @KealanJamesBrady 5 років тому +5

      Um... statistically it wasn't huge before 2000. It went to 41 in the US charts and wasn't released as a single in the UK. It too a long time to be fully appreciated

    • @theresaivy7274
      @theresaivy7274 5 років тому +2

      Not really. Tiny Dancer wasn't one of Elton John biggest hits until years after it's release.

    • @RJS1974
      @RJS1974 5 років тому +2

      Theresa Ivy Tiny Dancer was an FM album rock favorite in the seventies. It was probably best considered a favorite deep album cut and well known by Elton John fans.

  • @andrewlowden322
    @andrewlowden322 3 роки тому +1

    Hooked on a Feeling was DEFINITELY first revitalized by Reservoir Dogs too; I was in college then and suddenly everyone loved it

  • @teapillarVA
    @teapillarVA 4 роки тому +3

    Not even gonna mention "I Like to Move It Move It?"

  • @e1evenchar1ie69
    @e1evenchar1ie69 7 років тому +44

    I never hear "Stuck in the middle with you" without picturing that scene.

    • @brianquincyscott1955
      @brianquincyscott1955 6 років тому +1

      E1evenChar1ie reservoir dogs

    • @Shinigammi420666
      @Shinigammi420666 6 років тому

      I'm the same way, Reservoir Dogs; to quote Eric Cartman, "warped my fragile little mind" XD

  • @somethingclever4563
    @somethingclever4563 7 років тому +57

    Mad World in Donnie Darko was fn perfection

    • @jen5487
      @jen5487 6 років тому +1

      I was shocked to hear them perform it in Riverdale. Yes, I watch Riverdale...lol

  • @pinkmagicali
    @pinkmagicali 3 роки тому +13

    Mama Mia was a classic hit in its own right and shouldn’t even make the honourable mentions list.

  • @Halfrek_FYI
    @Halfrek_FYI 4 роки тому +1

    -“There She Goes,” The La’s (So I Married An Axe Murderer)
    -“How Soon is Now,” Love Spit Love, original by The Smiths (The Craft, Charmed)
    -“Dangerous Type,” Letters to Cleo, original the Cars (The Craft)
    -“War,” Edwin Starr (Rush Hour)
    -“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Remember the Titians)
    -“Pretty in Pink,” The Psychadelic Furs (Pretty in Pink)
    -“If You Leave,” Orechestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Pretty in Pink)
    -“Love Will Tear Us Apart,” Joy Division (Donnie Darko)
    -“Edge of Seventeen,” Stevie Nicks (School of Rock)

  • @BB13131313
    @BB13131313 9 років тому +187

    You guys had to be there to understand the impact that Wayne's World had on Bohemian Rhapsody.. it's a 1975 hit that became a hit again and topped the charts in 1992.. in the U.S., it was more popular in 1992 than it was in 1975.. that's like a song from 1998 topping today's charts..

    • @BlueAxeRacer
      @BlueAxeRacer 9 років тому +9

      Only because Freddie died at the same time, are you seriously saying most people only knew it because of Wayne's World?

    • @BB13131313
      @BB13131313 9 років тому +30

      BlueAxeRacer yes, a whole generation discovered the song from Wayne's World.. I was 8 in 1992 so there wasn't much of a reason for me and kids my age to know about Bohemian Rhapsody at the time.. I'm not speaking for the generations before me..

    • @MunkyMajic
      @MunkyMajic 9 років тому +1

      BB13131313, this guy/girl speaks the truth

    • @BlueAxeRacer
      @BlueAxeRacer 9 років тому

      You would have known about it anyway. I did.

    • @BB13131313
      @BB13131313 9 років тому +2

      BlueAxeRacer of course I would've discovered it eventually regardless.. but that doesn't change the fact that Wayne's World introduced the song to millions and millions of people..

  • @M.S.M.111
    @M.S.M.111 8 років тому +69

    but the title doesn't say GAINED RESURGENCE it says GAINED POPULARITY and that is INCORRECT for Bohemian Rhapsody, it was voted many times most favorite song in Europe

    • @zoegartham312
      @zoegartham312 8 років тому +4

      Technically though they never said it had to lose popularity or be unpopular first, it just had to gain it... and I can see how including it so iconically in Wayne's World helped expose it to a new generation and thus it "gained" more popularity than it previously had.

    • @harrypottergleestarwarsdis4817
      @harrypottergleestarwarsdis4817 7 років тому

      +Zoe Gartham true

    • @blackjack4681
      @blackjack4681 7 років тому +5

      The intro says these songs only reached 'iconic status' after they'd been in the movies. Bohemian Rhapsody was already there by then.

  • @thebosh7801
    @thebosh7801 3 роки тому

    Take it right back to the beginning guys. Rock around the clock by bill haley and the comets was unheard of until it featured in the opening title of Blackboard Jungle. Now one of the biggest sellers and most recorded tracks ever..

  • @bryanberryman3384
    @bryanberryman3384 3 роки тому +1

    Here’s mine:
    Movie: U Turn(Sean Penn)
    Song: Ring of fire(Jonny Cash)

  • @macdde3865
    @macdde3865 8 років тому +107

    And then there's every song in Guardians of the Galaxy.

    • @macdde3865
      @macdde3865 8 років тому +1

      +Depth's Gaming Channel nvm, watched the honarable mentions

    • @macdde3865
      @macdde3865 8 років тому

      +Depth's Gaming Channel nvm, watched the honarable mentions

    • @pvtrichter8816
      @pvtrichter8816 8 років тому

      +Depth's Gaming Channel I was just thinking that before I came across your comment!!

    • @cacti-goon2995
      @cacti-goon2995 8 років тому +2

      That may the case if you haven't been educated in good music

    • @mayacskn
      @mayacskn 8 років тому +3

      Hmmmmm NO

  • @JamesCraigWhoop
    @JamesCraigWhoop 5 років тому +73

    LA BAMBA 1987 Los Lobos - great remake of the song

    • @bru1sed_v1oletSunny
      @bru1sed_v1oletSunny 4 роки тому

      THIS IS SO TRUE. THAT SONG IS SO POPULAR BECAUSE OF LOS LOBOS.

    • @PeterBuvik
      @PeterBuvik 4 роки тому

      @@bru1sed_v1oletSunny La bamba is mostly popular because its resemblance to Twist And Shout By the beatles

  • @KevyNova
    @KevyNova 4 роки тому +20

    I can’t believe you missed “As Time Goes By” in Casablanca.

  • @jeramey3914
    @jeramey3914 3 роки тому +4

    How "Goodbye Horses" from silence of the lambs didn't at least get an honorable mention is beyond me

  • @sentirionll9894
    @sentirionll9894 6 років тому +34

    Hooked on a feeling was already iconic decades before guardians of the galaxy and was even in Shrek 2 in the 2004. Bohemian Rhapsody was a HUGE hit on the billboards in 1975 when it came out.

    • @nielsjohansen
      @nielsjohansen 6 років тому

      Hooked on a flling was also in Reservior Dogs

    • @camipco
      @camipco 6 років тому +2

      I'd say Reservoir Dogs did more for Hooked on a Feeling than Guardians even.

    • @Rocketsong
      @Rocketsong 6 років тому

      Only in the UK. Elsewhere it didn't even chart until 76, and barely broke the top 10 in the US.

  • @Bernie3000
    @Bernie3000 6 років тому +125

    Where is twist and shout from ferris bueller?

    • @timdub70
      @timdub70 6 років тому +1

      Or Twist and Shout from Back To School? Rodney Dangerfield "sang" part of it.

    • @classicrockfan9669
      @classicrockfan9669 5 років тому

      That song was a cover and already famous

    • @kleverstudios
      @kleverstudios 5 років тому

      Major Trauma That song has always been cool.

  • @evancheng1908
    @evancheng1908 3 роки тому +6

    You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Top Gun!!!

  • @DeTodoUnPoco-li3ul
    @DeTodoUnPoco-li3ul 3 роки тому +1

    Old time rock and roll... my nr 1 in this list. Even ALF danced to it!!

  • @007Zachman
    @007Zachman 7 років тому +63

    This is a crime not having All Star by Smashmouth on here!!! Everyone knows which movie it recieved it's fame from!

    • @Manzona1390
      @Manzona1390 7 років тому +8

      Zach Vasquez that song was popular and well over played before I ever saw it in a movie.

    • @NaseemKhan-pg6rc
      @NaseemKhan-pg6rc 6 років тому +3

      If you're referring to Shrek you're so wrong. Before Shrek it gained recognition in Mystery Men

    • @Mynameisglasgow
      @Mynameisglasgow 6 років тому

      Mystery Men?

  • @akedahllof6718
    @akedahllof6718 5 років тому +68

    Roxette. "It must have been love". When featured in Pretty Woman it went from minor hit in Scandinavia and northern Europe to worldwide megahit.

    • @stephenkeen5737
      @stephenkeen5737 5 років тому +3

      bullshit. I'm from New Zealand and knew Roxette's singles before Pretty Woman came along.

    • @akedahllof6718
      @akedahllof6718 5 років тому +1

      @@stephenkeen5737 Look Sharp came in 1988. That's when Roxette became big outside Scandinavia. "It must have been love" was first released in 1987. I doubt that it was a big hit in New Zealand first time around. I think I could check that out because I believe my girlfriend has a book about Roxette at home. But the point here is not if "IMHBL" was a small hit or a medium size hit big before being featured in Pretty Woman. The point is it became a much bigger hit by being included in the film. It sure did. If you want to disprove that statement you have to work much harder with your argument than what you just did. But please show me dates and sales and hit charts from 1987 and 1988 and compare with dates and sales and hit charts from 1990 and around then and come back and we'll have a further conversation on the matter. /Åke

    • @stephenkeen5737
      @stephenkeen5737 5 років тому

      @@akedahllof6718 whatever. You can look up stats if you want. Nevertheless I was there and it was popular in NZ first time around. Broke up with my first gf when that song was popular. I'm not disagreeing with that fact that it became more popular after being in a movie because that's natural. I'm just disagreeing with your statement that it didn't go international until after the movie.

    • @akedahllof6718
      @akedahllof6718 5 років тому +2

      @@stephenkeen5737 I might be wrong about it not being a hit outside Europe before 1990. Let's not argue about that. Just for the fun I'll pull out my girlfriend's book this evening and try to see if there is anything there about the album Peals of Passion (released in 1986 or possibly in 1987) being popular outside the Nordic countries. I'll just look for it for my own amusement, to expand my own knowledge, not to try to proove any point or anything. Btw I actually watched a concert with Per Gessle (half Roxette) the day before yesterday. He still tours with both old and new songs. I hope to be able to visit NZ one day, it seems to be an wonderful country. Take care buddy. /Åke

    • @krnkrp
      @krnkrp 5 років тому

      @@stephenkeen5737 You're wrong thogh: The song was first released as "It Must Have Been Love (Christmas for the Broken Hearted)" in December 1987. It was composed after EMI Germany asked the duo to "come up with an intelligent Christmas single".[3] It became a top five hit in Sweden,[4] but was not released internationally.

  • @BitcoinMotorist
    @BitcoinMotorist 4 роки тому +5

    Hooked on a Feeling was also in Reservoir Dogs

  • @nicholascook5341
    @nicholascook5341 2 роки тому

    I get chills whenever I hear Hero by Family of the Year because it reminds me of my absolute favorite Boyhood, but I also have only Me, Myself & Irene to thank for me knowing and loving The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down by Ellis Paul.

  • @GlenDrobot
    @GlenDrobot 6 років тому +58

    Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" in "Say Anything"

    • @GreatDarkSpot
      @GreatDarkSpot 6 років тому +1

      Well, but that song came out around the same time as Say Anything.

    • @Vicehead77
      @Vicehead77 5 років тому

      It came out three years earlier!

    • @horrorview
      @horrorview 5 років тому

      I was just going to post that. lol. It came out a few years earlier, sure, but it became a monster hit because of the flick.

    • @theresaivy7274
      @theresaivy7274 5 років тому

      Yeah baby! Oops wrong reference. 😁

  • @StarChyld4
    @StarChyld4 6 років тому +111

    No Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve from Cruel Intentions? Not even a a memorable mention? 😔

    • @orcatwar9810
      @orcatwar9810 6 років тому +8

      and Praise you from fatboy slim

    • @jenniferreed9105
      @jenniferreed9105 6 років тому +2

      The Verve lost all rights to that song and no one wants to touch it, lest they be sued for rights.

    • @JustGimmeAFrakinName
      @JustGimmeAFrakinName 6 років тому +3

      Jennifer Reed To bad too since it really was a great song.

    • @jamesgreenwood8728
      @jamesgreenwood8728 6 років тому +4

      StarChyld4 yeah but cruel intentions was shit....

  • @eastwood1930
    @eastwood1930 4 роки тому +6

    i haven’t seen any of or most of these movies and i knew all these songs...

  • @alexandriamurdock4372
    @alexandriamurdock4372 3 роки тому

    For some reason my mind didn't jump to Dropkick Murphys at all lol My parents have listened to them since they started. Shipping Up to Boston is my father-daughter dance at my wedding this year!

  • @bearscookies9645
    @bearscookies9645 9 років тому +588

    Mamma Mia?! Gained popularity from that movie? Seriously? I know it's a honorable mention, but still...

    • @uskro
      @uskro 9 років тому +22

      Adam Bergstrom Apparently people find to understand that the list is not restricted to obscure tracks, but to tracks that got a surge of popularity because of their presence in a motion picture. I mean, it's not like they say so in the beginning of the video or anything. Let me explain it simpler. It's not a list of indie or unknown tracks that met fame because of a movie. It's just a list of tracks that GAINED (says so even in the title) popularity via their presence in a movie. When you say "I'm gaining speed" you're not referring to the fact that you go from stationary to moving, but that your speed is increasing.

    • @uPenguin
      @uPenguin 9 років тому

      Adam Bergstrom think they were being sarcastic..

    • @LegoKrille
      @LegoKrille 9 років тому +13

      ABBA was big loooong befor mamma Mia the movie.

    • @uztre6789
      @uztre6789 9 років тому +11

      uskro I don't think that the song actually gained popularity through that movie.

    • @uskro
      @uskro 9 років тому

      uztre6789 And you're basing that on? Do you have any sales figures before that time window and during that time window?