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Really? Shame on you! Gaynor! Oh “As long as I know how to love I know I will stay alive!” The most played for as long as the BeeGees! 😮 Not even a mention??
These songs have been and will continue to be played. They are timeless and are better than most of the music today. Just because you guys are swifties doesn't mean good music should be put to rest.
*Long Tall Sally - Little Richards* *Careless Whisper - George Michael* *Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones* *Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses* *I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred* *Dust in the Wind - Kansas* *AND MANY, MANY MORE!!!...*
i get welcome to the jungle, the best use IMO is when it’s used for a team entrance in sports, especially college football. just that alone, proceeded by the home team running out the smoke filled tunnel onto to the field, and/or if it’s a night game, the extra pyro/cannons going off. CSU rams and I also believe Arizona Wildcats use that. chills when it’s one of the better conferences using that.
I remember Old Navy used it for a TV ad for their patriotic tee shirts. People were waving flags to “Some people are born to wave the flag.” They didn’t play much of the rest of the song.
"At Last" by Etta James is also VERY overused in shows, movies and even commercials. It's a nice song but if I hear it one more time used in pretty much the same way, I'm gonna scream.
"I can see clearly now the rain has gone", has the same feel good feeling too. Cant remember who sings it though. Just remember it was in the movie ANTZ when they found insectopia :D
@@starscreamthecruel8026 it was written and performed by Johnny Nash. There've been other renditions by other artists over the years of course. You're right though, it's a beautiful song, very uplifting ❤️❤️❤️
Same! I can’t get enough of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”. 🐇 My favorite movie soundtrack covers are from: Sucker Punch (2011) Matrix Resurrections (2021) Resident Evil Extinction (2007) Alice In Wonderland (2010)
I'm an author and used lyrics to two songs I never heard in movies. I paid Hal Leonard Publishing for the rights to use lyrics from "Love Cats" by The Cure; and "Mass Production" by Iggy Pop.
@@chrisrj9871 Yes! But I used it because it's the ultimate break up song and I'm so surprised it was never used in a film before. (It's like pre-Joy Division). Check out the lyrics: Before you go Do me a favor Give me a number Of a girl almost like you With legs almost like you I'm buried deep in mass production You're not nothing new I like to drive along the freeways See the smokestacks belching Breasts turn bronw So warm and so brown Though I try to die You put me back on the line Oh damn it to hell Back on the line, hell Back on the line Again and again I'm back on the line Again and again And I see my face here And it's there in the mirror And it's up in the air And I'm down on the ground By the way I'm going for cigarettes And since you've gotta go Won't you do me that favor Won't you give me that number Won't you get me that girl Yeah, she's almost like you Yes, she's almost like you And I'm almost like him Yes, I'm almost like him Yes, I'm almost like him Yeah, I'm almost like him
What gets me is it's used in numerous family films despite being about a sexual fetish. People just hear "I like big butts" and think "ha ha, big butts are funny!"
“Life is a Highway,” by Tom Cochrane and later by Rascal Flatts for anytime the characters take a road trip. Ravel’s Bolero used whenever there’s a seduction scene. “Luck Be a Lady,” composed by Frank Loesser. Any time gambling or luck is involved. “I Feel Pretty,” written by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein from the 1957 musical West Side Story. Used in so many movies, T.V. Shows in parodies, for the most part. There are so many classic songs used in film. Thing you have enough to make a part two.
I laughed at "Life is a Highway." On Spotify now there is "Joe Swanson's Ultimate Playlist" with nothing but covers of "Life is a Highway." Joe even tried to argue it was a Christmas song because "It's about Santa going down the highway and delivering presents."
Should have been a top 100 list but to name a few Highway to Hell Dream Weaver Sympathy for the Devil Start me up Iron man Thunderstruck Higher And so many more
Terminator 2 was the first movie that introduced me to Bad to the Bone, and every time I hear it, I always think of that scene. Iron Man 1 and 2 introduced me to AC/DC, and later it would be Supernatural that made fall in love with classic rock and also introduced me to what has now become my favorite song of all time thanks to Supernatural, Carry On Wayward Son. You can't say no to the classics, both movies, TV shows, and songs. Speaking of which, that was so cool hearing Watchmojo lady singing at the end there. Watchmojo and their other channels should do a video of them singing. I would totally watch that.
Ironically, a lot of First Aid/CPR instructors reference that song, if you ever find yourself actually performing chest compressions in an emergency situation.
Another lazy shorthand for "it's the late 1960s" is Time of the season by the Zombies. Also overused: The Power - Snap The Devil Went Down to Georgia (we in the South/hick county signal) There Must be an Angel (Playing with my Heart) - the Eurythmics.
Nine minuets and thirty in I'll list songs I hear too often in films 1. Prety Woman 2. Bad to the bone 3. Dude looks like a lady 4. Im a believer re-recording 5. Born to be wild 6. Here's to you Mrs. Robenson 7. Who let the Dog's Out? 8. we will rock you 9 Its the end of the world and we know it. 10. Just the two of us 11. What if God was one of us? 12 I feel good 13. Saturday Night Feaver 14 New york new york 15 Sugar Rush 16 Macarena 17. Some thing or an other by Barry White 18. Ive had the time of my life 19. Opps I did it again 20 Kung Fu Fighting 21 welcome to the jungle 22. Ave Maria Basically any song connected to the moment in the movie by ONE lyric being SORT OF related
Didn't I blow your mind this time by The Stylistics My Girl by The Temptations Shout by The Isley Brothers California Love by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre No woman don't cry - Bob Marley In Da Club - 50 Cent We are family - The Stable Sisters Give it to me - Rick James
Don't Stop Believin",the unofficial theme song of the 2005 World Series Champions, Chicago White Sox. Steve Perry was even a part of their World Series Rally and parade in downtown Chicago.
Fortunate Son was also in Operation Dumbo Drop, it was the beginning song I believe. Jack Black and Ce-Lo Green did a cover of Kung Fu Fighting as well for Kung Fu Panda. And Walking on Sunshine I heard in Look Who's Talking and Supernatural. lol Speaking of Supernatural...ya'll forgot when Jensen did that iconic Eye of the Tiger gag!!!
Another song that should've been mentioned is in the air tonight by Phil Collins, the song has been used in Miami vice, risky business, the hangover series, the new guy, shameless, suits, paid in full and not to mention several times in family guy
@kamsismith it was used in 2 separate movies that starred 2 former cast members of the Harry Potter series: "Horns," which starred Daniel Radcliffe and "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower", which co-starred Emma Watson
I'm surprised more people just haven't said Frank Sinatra songs: (Specifically) My Way; New York; and Summer Wind (I do like Summer Wind as a Sinatra best) tidbit: Summer Wind was originally a German song performed in 1965. Wayne Newton first recorded English version written by Johnny Mercer. (wikipedia comes in handy sometimes.) hit for Frankie in '66.
It's as if the Filmmakers can't think of any better songs to play over a scene set in wartime Vietnam, so "For What It's Worth" is basically a shorthand.
Filmmakers are somewhat lazy so using a song that immediately indicates to the audience when and where a film is set saves time looking for more original stuff and the rights to some of those songs might be cheap.
(For what it's worth) FWIW is not really an anti war protest song. It was originally written by Stephen Stills in 1966 at the height of the 'Hippie Riot' on Sunset Strip evolving from a 10pm curfew being enforced to keep the growing young music goers from congregating around the other local businesses and crowding the streets. The Whiskey A Go Go and other clubs were being hassled for being too rowdy. Pandora's Box was forced to close by 1967 because of pressure by city officials.. Just thought it was worth mentioning cuz the song is (in a sense?) misused in movies as an anti Vietnam war song. Apparently more than legend has it the main night of protesters included a rebellious Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (Fonda actually handcuffed). Kind of interesting, no?!
"Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes has been used in at least 2 movies I've seen (one I love - One Magic Christmas; one I wasn't crazy about - a Robin Williams movie where he portrayed a priest) - and in both films, it was being performed as karaoke (playing on the radio) while someone was in the shower.
So many great songs!😀Staying Alive,Walkin on Sunshine,U can't touch this,Respect(plays almost always on radio Karolina :) ),Back in Black great song😀We are the Champions😀when wining World Cup,Champions League and many others,Over the Rainbow,Lets Get It On,Kung Fu Fighting,great song😀love it,What a Wonderful World,Hallelujah. Born to Be Wild another great song.All songs are perfect! Great! Nice signing Rebeca😀
You forgot these: - "All Star" by Smash Mouth - "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen - "Jump" by Van Halen - "The Final Countdown" by Europe - "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins - "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time" by Enya
Honorable Mentions: * "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985) - Tears for Fears * "For What It's Worth" (1966) - Buffalo Springfield * "Bohemian Like You" (2000) - The Dandy Warhols * "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) - Rupert Holmes * "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1964) - James Brown
8:06 It wasn't 'The Sopranos' that started the overplaying of "Don't Stop Believin" I think that began on 'Soul Food' when Dr Pruit played it for Teri.
“Staying Alive” by the Beegees should be in more movies/ tv shows, I’ve seen it been played in fighting/gun scenes and “moment” dancing scenes. Really makes it notable.
Credence Clearwater “fortunate son” is the most over used! To me And Leonard cohens “hallelujah” the one that was in watchmen is one of my favorite.. bad to the bone make me think of problem child.
O Fortuna, I’m Never Gonna Dance Again, Take on Me, Ride of the Valkyrie, and probably Time of Your Life by Green Day. That one definitely gets overplayed at graduation season. I’d give an honorable mention to every Christmas song ever written.
ALL OF THESE SONGS ARE SO GOOD, GOLDEN, HEART-RENDING, HARD-DRIVING AND HAUNTING! 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🌇🌇🌇🌇🌇🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! There was also Bimbo Jet's "El Bimbo". That song was a huge hit in Europe in the mid-70s, and first gained the world wide fame after the song was featured in a short anti-war movie made by the Soviet Union called "Polygon (1977)". The United States followed up shortly, and turned that song into the most famous gay tune in the world via Police Academy series of movies.
a few of them are in Guardians of the Galaxy and Forrest Gump (great soundtracks tho ❤) other ideas: Sympathy for the devil, I need a hero, Life is a highway…
American Woman - The Guess Who Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend & Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen There's got to be an Elton John song on there... like I'm Still Standing, Rocket Man or Your Song
I’m tired of every Vietnam protest song in movies, shows, commercials! Fortunate Son, For What’s It’s Worth, Gimme Shelter! Ken Burns is guilty of using those same songs in his Vietnam miniseries! Also GnR’s Welcome to the Jungle, Turtles Happy Together, and John Lennon’s Imagine are songs that are so overplayed that they ruined the songs!
Make your own kind of music by the late Momma and Papa member Cass Elliot. I heard that song in Lost, Dexter, Resurrection, Free Town, and so much more movies and t.v shows.
Amazing Grace is sung a lot of times when someone dies, especially in the middle of nowhere or where they can't get help to them but believe something should be done to recognize the death. Not sure if this counts, since it is almost always being sung by people, not actually played as created by a specific group/person. Also, It's the End of the World As We Know It - REM is used in a good number of apocalyptic movies or shows or as satire within movies or shows.
Yall just made every oldies station program director extremely nervous 🤣🤣🤣 but how y'all forget Purple Haze?!? That's the automatic "our hero is about to make a huge mistake involving drugs and/or alcohol"
Where's "I Like Big Butts And I Cannot Lie"? That was in "Kung Pow: Enter The First", "A Shark Tale", "Yogi Bear" and "Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip"!
Wait! What?? No "We Will Rock You"... "We Are the Champions" should have been way higher and you didn't even show it in "Revenge of the Nerds" ??!! ICONIC
Yellows oh yeah is the first one that I think about, just started watching this list and I'm shocked to think that you could possibly find 28 that are used more often than this one.
There's gotta be other hits to play during fight sequences besides Kung Fu Fighting, whether it be a street fight, a bar room brawl (or the setting's equivalent of such), a martial arts tournament, or whatever calls for physical combat.
Enter Sandman, Metallica. popular use: sports, used as part of the virginia tech hokies entrance, some say once that theme hits, it may cause small earthquakes. also used for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
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Paranoid by Sabbath
Never gonna give you up
Free bird
Chariots of fire theme
Tiny dancer
I really can't stand the song stay alive. Is every single time I hear that song it brings back a bad memory from middle school that I want to forget
Rescue Me
Signed Sealed Delivered
Love It WatchMojo.
Really? Shame on you! Gaynor! Oh “As long as I know how to love I know I will stay alive!” The most played for as long as the BeeGees! 😮 Not even a mention??
These songs have been and will continue to be played. They are timeless and are better than most of the music today. Just because you guys are swifties doesn't mean good music should be put to rest.
*Long Tall Sally - Little Richards*
*Careless Whisper - George Michael*
*Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones*
*Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses*
*I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred*
*Dust in the Wind - Kansas*
*AND MANY, MANY MORE!!!...*
Hands down, Careless Whisper. My vote also.
Money that's what I want by Barrett strong.
i get welcome to the jungle, the best use IMO is when it’s used for a team entrance in sports, especially college football. just that alone, proceeded by the home team running out the smoke filled tunnel onto to the field, and/or if it’s a night game, the extra pyro/cannons going off. CSU rams and I also believe Arizona Wildcats use that. chills when it’s one of the better conferences using that.
Take Me On
What they don’t prepare you for… is the incessant use of “Fortunate Son.”
I just realized your clothes kind of look like the jungle.
I remember Old Navy used it for a TV ad for their patriotic tee shirts. People were waving flags to “Some people are born to wave the flag.” They didn’t play much of the rest of the song.
You know i could swear i heard those trees speek vietnamese
well it is #10 on the list 🤷♀️
Family guy made fun of fortunate son. Quagmire got ptsd from listening to it his whole deployment
Vietnam=Fortunate Son, by Creedence. My friend literally calls it "the Vietnam song"😅
Helicopter scene in the beginning of a Vietnam war movie😂
I first knew it as the song from Live Free Die Hard
Battlefield Vietnam game has it.
There is a switch on all Hueys that plays Fortunate Son when you flip it, or at least that's what I've been told. 😂
It's in Vietnam movie but it's a anti war song about rich kids getting out of service in the military
Honorable mention:
Dream Weaver (Gary Wright): the chorus is used constantly in romantic scenes.
"At Last" by Etta James is also VERY overused in shows, movies and even commercials.
It's a nice song but if I hear it one more time used in pretty much the same way, I'm gonna scream.
At laaaaassstttt
Agreed
It's pretty
Rain Man was the first I remember.
I actually sang it in concert.
...I don't care if they are overused, I love all these golden oldies. "Walking on sunshine" never fails to lift my spirits whenever I hear it playing❤
"I can see clearly now the rain has gone", has the same feel good feeling too. Cant remember who sings it though. Just remember it was in the movie ANTZ when they found insectopia :D
@@starscreamthecruel8026 it was written and performed by Johnny Nash. There've been other renditions by other artists over the years of course. You're right though, it's a beautiful song, very uplifting ❤️❤️❤️
@@kaseywashington-y2k Jimmy Cliff did a great version too.
@@BassPlayerSusan I hadn't listen to his version. Thanks for the recc❤️
Same! I can’t get enough of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit”. 🐇 My favorite movie soundtrack covers are from:
Sucker Punch (2011)
Matrix Resurrections (2021)
Resident Evil Extinction (2007)
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
No Frank Sinatra? I feel like New York and My Way have been overused too many times in media.
I think All-Star from Smashmouth should be on the list. Hear it a lot in movies and TV since the song came out.
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Oh gosh, make it stop! This list is way too accurate!
Whenever I work on projects, I enjoy finding music that breaks the overplayed trend.
I'm an author and used lyrics to two songs I never heard in movies. I paid Hal Leonard Publishing for the rights to use lyrics from "Love Cats" by The Cure; and "Mass Production" by Iggy Pop.
@@BeYounique...Maryanne - "Mass Production" sounds kind of ironic when you think about it!
@@chrisrj9871 Yes! But I used it because it's the ultimate break up song and I'm so surprised it was never used in a film before. (It's like pre-Joy Division).
Check out the lyrics:
Before you go
Do me a favor
Give me a number
Of a girl almost like you
With legs almost like you
I'm buried deep in mass production
You're not nothing new
I like to drive along the freeways
See the smokestacks belching
Breasts turn bronw
So warm and so brown
Though I try to die
You put me back on the line
Oh damn it to hell
Back on the line, hell
Back on the line
Again and again
I'm back on the line
Again and again
And I see my face here
And it's there in the mirror
And it's up in the air
And I'm down on the ground
By the way
I'm going for cigarettes
And since you've gotta go
Won't you do me that favor
Won't you give me that number
Won't you get me that girl
Yeah, she's almost like you
Yes, she's almost like you
And I'm almost like him
Yes, I'm almost like him
Yes, I'm almost like him
Yeah, I'm almost like him
How about "Anarchy X" by Queensryche for a college football/NHL Hockey teams's entrance music?
They played Don’t Stop Believing at my graduation ceremony when I graduated from high school. They didn’t even play Pomp And Circumstance
Sounds like a w
I love journey but i rather have pop and circumstance while I'm graduating good thing it appeared on mine @DominicDiMaria-fq1oh
During the warmup, they played "Another One Bites The Dust" at mine.
that's awesome 💯
Baby Got Back.
There was a time you couldn't see a comedy or a family film without this song showing up.
Yup
Yep.. Till this day too..
@@kenrickkahn agreed
What gets me is it's used in numerous family films despite being about a sexual fetish. People just hear "I like big butts" and think "ha ha, big butts are funny!"
“Life is a Highway,” by Tom Cochrane and later by Rascal Flatts for anytime the characters take a road trip.
Ravel’s Bolero used whenever there’s a seduction scene.
“Luck Be a Lady,” composed by Frank Loesser. Any time gambling or luck is involved.
“I Feel Pretty,” written by Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein from the 1957 musical West Side Story. Used in so many movies, T.V. Shows in parodies, for the most part.
There are so many classic songs used in film. Thing you have enough to make a part two.
I laughed at "Life is a Highway." On Spotify now there is "Joe Swanson's Ultimate Playlist" with nothing but covers of "Life is a Highway."
Joe even tried to argue it was a Christmas song because "It's about Santa going down the highway and delivering presents."
Most of these songs are my absolute favorites! GOATs!
Should have been a top 100 list but to name a few
Highway to Hell
Dream Weaver
Sympathy for the Devil
Start me up
Iron man
Thunderstruck
Higher
And so many more
I am amazed at how many of those songs were in Forrest Gump, yet every time I hear one of those, I instantly think of that classic and great movie
Terminator 2 was the first movie that introduced me to Bad to the Bone, and every time I hear it, I always think of that scene. Iron Man 1 and 2 introduced me to AC/DC, and later it would be Supernatural that made fall in love with classic rock and also introduced me to what has now become my favorite song of all time thanks to Supernatural, Carry On Wayward Son. You can't say no to the classics, both movies, TV shows, and songs. Speaking of which, that was so cool hearing Watchmojo lady singing at the end there. Watchmojo and their other channels should do a video of them singing. I would totally watch that.
It was The Parent Trap that introduced me to Bad to the Bone.
The alvin and the chipmunks “stayin alive” reference was RIGHT THERE!! 😂
Best use of Staying Alive has to be the CPR scene from The Office
Ironically, a lot of First Aid/CPR instructors reference that song, if you ever find yourself actually performing chest compressions in an emergency situation.
@@nativecree1 I came in this thread to make that very comment!
@@nativecree1 That is how I learned it. The instructor said to use to beat of "Staying Alive".
Another lazy shorthand for "it's the late 1960s" is Time of the season by the Zombies.
Also overused: The Power - Snap
The Devil Went Down to Georgia (we in the South/hick county signal)
There Must be an Angel (Playing with my Heart) - the Eurythmics.
Nine minuets and thirty in I'll list songs I hear too often in films
1. Prety Woman
2. Bad to the bone
3. Dude looks like a lady
4. Im a believer re-recording
5. Born to be wild
6. Here's to you Mrs. Robenson
7. Who let the Dog's Out?
8. we will rock you
9 Its the end of the world and we know it.
10. Just the two of us
11. What if God was one of us?
12 I feel good
13. Saturday Night Feaver
14 New york new york
15 Sugar Rush
16 Macarena
17. Some thing or an other by Barry White
18. Ive had the time of my life
19. Opps I did it again
20 Kung Fu Fighting
21 welcome to the jungle
22. Ave Maria
Basically any song connected to the moment in the movie by ONE lyric being SORT OF related
Didn't I blow your mind this time by The Stylistics
My Girl by The Temptations
Shout by The Isley Brothers
California Love by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre
No woman don't cry - Bob Marley
In Da Club - 50 Cent
We are family - The Stable Sisters
Give it to me - Rick James
Don't Stop Believin",the unofficial theme song of the 2005 World Series Champions, Chicago White Sox. Steve Perry was even a part of their World Series Rally and parade in downtown Chicago.
Excellent review and commentary of the emotions that each song portrays. Very well done and they are all great songs.
Fortunate Son was also in Operation Dumbo Drop, it was the beginning song I believe. Jack Black and Ce-Lo Green did a cover of Kung Fu Fighting as well for Kung Fu Panda. And Walking on Sunshine I heard in Look Who's Talking and Supernatural. lol
Speaking of Supernatural...ya'll forgot when Jensen did that iconic Eye of the Tiger gag!!!
Yes ... Charlie in the elevator just dancing away to Walking on Sunshine was funny as hell, and Dean doing Eye of the Tiger had me rollin.
Spot on list, Watchmojo. Well done!👏👏
In my opinion "I need a Hero" is also such overused that it bothers me.
It's not even the best version of the song, the Jennifer Saunders version in Shrek 2.
eh tbf, to me, it is a very enjoyable song even when overused
It peaked in Shrek 2 and hasn’t since
It felt out of place in the Mario movie
Well, they could always replaced it with 'Holding Out For A Hero'.
Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones. Still a great song though.
Definitely heard it in a few. Most recently, John Wick 4.
Another song that should've been mentioned is in the air tonight by Phil Collins, the song has been used in Miami vice, risky business, the hangover series, the new guy, shameless, suits, paid in full and not to mention several times in family guy
You Make My Dreams by Hall and Oates- basically whenever a movie wants a “feel good” moment.
Born to Be Wild by Steppenwolf for sure
While I know the song. I don't remember hearing it in any movies. Mr. Blue Sky would have been #1 for me.
Next do Top 20 Most Overplayed Songs of All Time
"I Got You" by James Brown. I swear every movie from 1997 to 2000 had that in the ad or movie.
I can't believe you left out AllStar by Smashmouth
Seems like I have heard that in so many different shows in its relatively short time since release.
My favorite use of "Staying Alive" is in "Airplane!" (yeah I'm that old)
I love "Heroes" by David Bowie, but I find it to be a tad overused at times.
I don't remember them overusing Heroes, but the one David Bowie song they play to death is Changes, especially in movies.
@kamsismith it was used in 2 separate movies that starred 2 former cast members of the Harry Potter series:
"Horns," which starred Daniel Radcliffe and "The Perks Of Being A Wallflower", which co-starred Emma Watson
I'm surprised more people just haven't said Frank Sinatra songs: (Specifically) My Way; New York; and Summer Wind (I do like Summer Wind as a Sinatra best) tidbit: Summer Wind was originally a German song performed in 1965. Wayne Newton first recorded English version written by Johnny Mercer.
(wikipedia comes in handy sometimes.) hit for Frankie in '66.
It's as if the Filmmakers can't think of any better songs to play over a scene set in wartime Vietnam, so "For What It's Worth" is basically a shorthand.
It's good song tho
Filmmakers are somewhat lazy so using a song that immediately indicates to the audience when and where a film is set saves time looking for more original stuff and the rights to some of those songs might be cheap.
(For what it's worth) FWIW is not really an anti war protest song. It was originally written by Stephen Stills in 1966 at the height of the 'Hippie Riot' on Sunset Strip evolving from a 10pm curfew being enforced to keep the growing young music goers from congregating around the other local businesses and crowding the streets. The Whiskey A Go Go and other clubs were being hassled for being too rowdy. Pandora's Box was forced to close by 1967 because of pressure by city officials..
Just thought it was worth mentioning cuz the song is (in a sense?) misused in movies as an anti Vietnam war song. Apparently more than legend has it the main night of protesters included a rebellious Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda (Fonda actually handcuffed).
Kind of interesting, no?!
Don't Stop Believin' is one of the most overused songs period, not just in movies and TV.
agreed. I could go the rest of my life without hearing that song again and be ok with it
Can't stand it 😂
...Umm, I Need A Hero and Take On Me? Where are they?
yup and Sympathy for the Devil
"Stop! In the Name of Love" by The Supremes has been used in at least 2 movies I've seen (one I love - One Magic Christmas; one I wasn't crazy about - a Robin Williams movie where he portrayed a priest) - and in both films, it was being performed as karaoke (playing on the radio) while someone was in the shower.
So many great songs!😀Staying Alive,Walkin on Sunshine,U can't touch this,Respect(plays almost always on radio Karolina :) ),Back in Black great song😀We are the Champions😀when wining World Cup,Champions League and many others,Over the Rainbow,Lets Get It On,Kung Fu Fighting,great song😀love it,What a Wonderful World,Hallelujah. Born to Be Wild another great song.All songs are perfect! Great! Nice signing Rebeca😀
This vid cut to an ad that played “Mr Blue Sky” No joke!!
You forgot these:
- "All Star" by Smash Mouth
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
- "Jump" by Van Halen
- "The Final Countdown" by Europe
- "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins
- "Orinoco Flow" and "Only Time" by Enya
"Danger Zone" is iconic and will never be considered to be overplayed
I was really expecting Two Princes to be at the top of the list… anytime a movie/tv show needs to establish it’s the 90’s, it immediately starts
Honorable Mentions:
* "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985) - Tears for Fears
* "For What It's Worth" (1966) - Buffalo Springfield
* "Bohemian Like You" (2000) - The Dandy Warhols
* "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) - Rupert Holmes
* "I Got You (I Feel Good)" (1964) - James Brown
8:06 It wasn't 'The Sopranos' that started the overplaying of "Don't Stop Believin" I think that began on 'Soul Food' when Dr Pruit played it for Teri.
We are champions was also played in Mighty Ducks 2
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Thor: Ragnarok used "Immigrant Song" twice
It was also used in "School Of Rock" and used in the opening credits for the English Language version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
It was also used in Shrek the Third when Snow White uses it to summon her animal friends.
So who has dibs on this song anyway, Thor or Wonder Woman?
~Signed, Sealed, Delivered
~Rescue Me
~Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
Live it Up by Mental as Anything
The Funeral by Band of Horses just popped in my head. Heard in the trailer for the movie 127 Hours, and probably many other TV shows. Great song
Lapdance by N.E.R.D. was making its rounds in the early 2000s
I’m having a brain fart. Aside from Daredevil and The Girl Next Door, what else was it in?
That got got so overused I still HATE that song till this day 😫🥲
28:03 And Top Gear Patagonia Special when Richard Hammond puts gas in his Mustang‼️🤣🤣
“Staying Alive” by the Beegees should be in more movies/ tv shows, I’ve seen it been played in fighting/gun scenes and “moment” dancing scenes. Really makes it notable.
I came here to see if Mr Blue Sky would be here, and I was not disappointed. Should in the top ten though.
Loved the use of EWF's September in Babel
Credence Clearwater “fortunate son” is the most over used! To me
And Leonard cohens “hallelujah” the one that was in watchmen is one of my favorite.. bad to the bone make me think of problem child.
I agree with you on a couple like Move It On, but others from Queen, Journey, Survivor and more just keep it coming. Can't get enough.
We Are the Champions is also in Revenge of the Nerds!
30:32 there's also Alexandra Burke's version that was released when she won XFactor UK.
In defense of Shrek using 'Hallelujah', it was pretty much the one that opened the floodgates.
Rebecca singing at the end was awesome haha
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
Walking on Sunshine was my childhood song 😁
I need to make a Spotify play list of these songs. Thanks!
8:42 just had an add with mr blue sky lol
O Fortuna, I’m Never Gonna Dance Again, Take on Me, Ride of the Valkyrie, and probably Time of Your Life by Green Day. That one definitely gets overplayed at graduation season.
I’d give an honorable mention to every Christmas song ever written.
ALL OF THESE SONGS ARE SO GOOD, GOLDEN, HEART-RENDING, HARD-DRIVING AND HAUNTING! 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🌇🌇🌇🌇🌇🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Kickstart my heart by Motley Crue this probably doesn't count but I hear this song quite often in commercials and couple of movies
Thank you for the update, WatchMojo..!! There was also Bimbo Jet's "El Bimbo". That song was a huge hit in Europe in the mid-70s, and first gained the world wide fame after the song was featured in a short anti-war movie made by the Soviet Union called "Polygon (1977)". The United States followed up shortly, and turned that song into the most famous gay tune in the world via Police Academy series of movies.
a few of them are in Guardians of the Galaxy and Forrest Gump (great soundtracks tho ❤)
other ideas: Sympathy for the devil, I need a hero, Life is a highway…
5:07 You missed "Mr. Blue Sky" being used in 'The Invention of Lying' with Ricky Gervais
you forgot the Wild thing by tone loc!
American Woman - The Guess Who
Under Pressure - Queen & David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend & Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
There's got to be an Elton John song on there... like I'm Still Standing, Rocket Man or Your Song
18:34 Thanks for admitting Texas isn't actually "The South".
Whenever I hear Katrina and the Wave, I think of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina
I first heard White Rabbit at the end of season 1 episode 7 down neck of the Sopranos. Still can't get it out of my head.
I’m tired of every Vietnam protest song in movies, shows, commercials! Fortunate Son, For What’s It’s Worth, Gimme Shelter! Ken Burns is guilty of using those same songs in his Vietnam miniseries! Also GnR’s Welcome to the Jungle, Turtles Happy Together, and John Lennon’s Imagine are songs that are so overplayed that they ruined the songs!
4:17
Moe Syzslak: ...White rabbit? Chicks popping mushrooms? This is like the Playboy Mansion!
🎥🎵 So true, I always notice these songs in movies! 🍿🎬
Make your own kind of music by the late Momma and Papa member Cass Elliot. I heard that song in Lost, Dexter, Resurrection, Free Town, and so much more movies and t.v shows.
Where's Lenny Kravitz It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over it was in almost every 90's movie
The refrain from Layla. Since Goodfellas it's like in every mob movie or anything satirizing mob movies.
Amazing Grace is sung a lot of times when someone dies, especially in the middle of nowhere or where they can't get help to them but believe something should be done to recognize the death. Not sure if this counts, since it is almost always being sung by people, not actually played as created by a specific group/person.
Also, It's the End of the World As We Know It - REM is used in a good number of apocalyptic movies or shows or as satire within movies or shows.
Surprised "Welcome to the Jungle" by GnR isn't on this list. My eyes roll back into my head every time I hear it on screen.
Yall just made every oldies station program director extremely nervous 🤣🤣🤣 but how y'all forget Purple Haze?!? That's the automatic "our hero is about to make a huge mistake involving drugs and/or alcohol"
Where's "I Like Big Butts And I Cannot Lie"? That was in "Kung Pow: Enter The First", "A Shark Tale", "Yogi Bear" and "Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip"!
And the trailer for "Sheek".
The song is called Baby Got Back by Sir Mixalot. It’s overused but fun anyway.
We are The Champions was also used in The Mighty Ducks movies
"Groove Is In The Heart" and or "Ice Ice Baby" when there's a 90's flashback
eference in a movie
It’s a travesty to leave out The Super Mario Bros movie for the song “Mr Blue Sky”…
Bohemian Rhapsody???!!!
Wait! What??
No "We Will Rock You"...
"We Are the Champions" should have been way higher and you didn't even show it in "Revenge of the Nerds" ??!!
ICONIC
Without watching, I'm guessing "Bad to the Bone".
That has to be in the Top 5.
Yellows oh yeah is the first one that I think about, just started watching this list and I'm shocked to think that you could possibly find 28 that are used more often than this one.
I absolutely LOVE Jenson Ackles' "Eye of the Tiger" outtake from Supernatural far more than any version including the original.
What a wonderful World was used in an episode of the '90s sitcom Home Improvement when Randy got sick
There's gotta be other hits to play during fight sequences besides Kung Fu Fighting, whether it be a street fight, a bar room brawl (or the setting's equivalent of such), a martial arts tournament, or whatever calls for physical combat.
Ballroom Blitz springs readily to mind.
@@RobScenity I wish that one was used more. Only time I heard it being used for a movie was during a Suicide Squad trailer back in 2016.
9:42 On behalf of the Trolls fandom, you have no idea how much this song means to us.
Enter Sandman, Metallica. popular use: sports, used as part of the virginia tech hokies entrance, some say once that theme hits, it may cause small earthquakes. also used for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Zombie by the Cranberies. Someone watching me, Ray Parker Jr. and I need a hero, Bonnie Tyler.