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 6 лет назад

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

@bayushizero 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

and Ready player one too !!!

@laceyw8689 5 лет назад

Ya, they cheated on that one also.

@marziodalmonte1234 5 лет назад

Ally McBeal like..

@uhhh925 5 лет назад

Justin Fabricius I love that soundtrack

@jgw5491 6 лет назад

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

@Chasstful 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@csk7041 5 лет назад

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

@vincefreeman4756 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

Then it would be Afrikaa Bambaa

@percivalortega7169 3 года назад

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

@kamilkrupinski1793 3 года назад

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

@archiebonnell6794 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

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

@T0pViralVideos 3 года назад

Lol obviously

@richarddougherty9725 3 года назад

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 4 года назад

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

@kieranstark7213 4 года назад

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 3 года назад

@@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 3 года назад

Jerrell Simmons Good point.

@donnabreedlove6862 3 года назад

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

@106andie 2 года назад

Definitely!

@amber_loves_art 5 лет назад

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

@killer__rage3296 5 лет назад

Me too

@AmmaraSHAH773377 4 года назад

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

@dsmith1236 4 года назад

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

@jonathancastillo9859 4 года назад

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

@putocelular9375 4 года назад

It was a hit when released

@georgi1310 5 лет назад

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

@erikak8665 4 года назад

Nope. Benny and Joon for sure.

@lukefreud3862 4 года назад

Jorge me too🤣

@samswizzle55yt77 4 года назад

Marshall do be Vibin tho 😳

@paivimilanovic5266 4 года назад

True

@leismiles3493 3 года назад

Same

@juggler64 4 года назад

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

@HoldenNY22 3 года назад

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

@caryg1069 4 года назад

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

@dylanbailey1704 5 лет назад

“Dreams” Fleetwood Mac- Doggface

@twistedviewlabs 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

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

@rachelcole8765 4 года назад

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

@rufusdisturbed 4 года назад

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

@nidasilverblade9452 4 года назад

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

@M.S.M.111 7 лет назад

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

@hogsandsooners 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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

@tamtheman7145 7 лет назад

+dj memestar your no funny mate

@1026timey 7 лет назад

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

@louisjutras1 4 года назад

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

@jamesweekley1087 3 года назад

Hey! I said that too. Lol

@normanwhite6677 3 года назад

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

@KinkyMime 9 лет назад

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

@CasualVideoGamer 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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

@shrub8644 9 лет назад

HAIL OGRELORD SHREK

@wgt3623 9 лет назад

***** *facepalm*

@sm74a 9 лет назад

What about when All star was featured in Rat Race?

@ct_cartoonist53 6 лет назад

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

@belgianbacon707 6 лет назад

so true !

@captom5545 5 лет назад

Jeff V. Yeah

@richardgreenleaf3259 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

@@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 5 лет назад

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.

@MayheM_72 3 года назад

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.

@cireravilob 3 года назад

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

@Magnic_ 7 лет назад

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

@ConnorNotyerbidness 7 лет назад

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

@YodaMan. 7 лет назад

yeah because nothing else got cut...giggity.

@Magnic_ 7 лет назад

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

@wholock0001 7 лет назад

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

@missspentyouth3819 7 лет назад

Lloyds advert

@jasonstiglitz6931 8 лет назад

You could fill this whole list with Tarantino

@jasonstiglitz6931 8 лет назад

U dont like Tarantino?

@VictorAlvitres 8 лет назад

+Jason Stiglitz Hell yeahhh !!!

@christopherschneider9785 4 года назад

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

@nurturewarrior49 3 года назад

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

@elstonngunn4193 3 года назад

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

@johnbrowne3950 3 года назад

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

@johnbrowne3950 3 года назад

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

@timswabb 3 года назад

That song hit number one before The Graduate.

@andrewesdaile9484 4 года назад

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

@lansesteiner3563 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@reineh3477 5 лет назад

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

@myjumpsuittakesmeshigh2022 5 лет назад

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

@ran6057 5 лет назад

but twist and shout was a huge song before ferris bueller

@theresaivy7274 5 лет назад

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.

@landenherteux2350 5 лет назад

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

@KB-qk1ic 5 лет назад

And the tv series "supernatural"

@slumchemist880 5 лет назад

also white rabbit by jefferson airplane

@cheesybeans5304 4 года назад

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

@BitcoinMotorist 4 года назад

I rediscovered Fortunate Son through Die Hard 4

@tcrpgfan 4 года назад

@@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?

@peterng9786 4 года назад

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 3 года назад

Unchained Melody was huge in the 60's.

@peternancoz3031 3 года назад

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

@rickdavis1015 3 года назад

YES!

@minigungaming5915 5 лет назад

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

@asf-xj6xz 5 лет назад

Mmmm was it tho?

@joshuagarcia2218 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@nicholasonciul5770 5 лет назад

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

@JerzyCarranza 8 лет назад

Hello darkness my old friend....

@whitedevil2 8 лет назад

i've come to watch you pee again

@videocomet 8 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

+Van Anderson true

@vincentkrommenhoek7431 7 лет назад

Impressive that you know that...

@joeyowens1974 4 года назад

The Whole Soundtrack to Forrest Gump.

@stevielough3933 4 года назад

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

@dawneckert6622 4 года назад

One of my favorite soundtracks of all time

@ianashby1449 3 года назад

Awsome soundtrack

@Leatherface123. 3 года назад

No free bird was already

@Instantkarma98 3 года назад

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

@simply8870 4 года назад

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

@gabrielesimone1372 2 года назад

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

@Cupcub71 5 лет назад

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

@sboloshis1188 4 года назад

Derek Patterson was just thinking that.

@jamesdb7115 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

I think we all thought the same

@salicemccool9186 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

@@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.

@Moldeyawsome12 9 лет назад

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

@dark_messiah8183 9 лет назад

Yes

@adamm5203 9 лет назад

Totally agree

@joshbuckley5902 9 лет назад

Do you mean pop and/or dubstep? Because Techno is quite a niche genre.

@DevilhunterGaara1 9 лет назад

I agree with buckley

@kennysienna7042 9 лет назад

Adam M You're an idiot. Look at his picture.

@MichaelManolagas 3 года назад

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

@ArchGBUStanton 3 года назад

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

@Clemidreams 8 лет назад

"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 8 лет назад

I've never even heard of this movie lol.

@TomMilleyMusic 8 лет назад

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

@osiris_blanche 8 лет назад

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

@zla360 8 лет назад

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

@ThomasJM 8 лет назад

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

@StarGeek 9 лет назад

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

@MrNiceguy3210 9 лет назад

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

@StarGeek 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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.

@undeadarmy19 3 года назад

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.

@gererdlyon2347 4 года назад

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

@mario_sings 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 6 лет назад

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

@bearscookies9645 9 лет назад

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

@dietfreeman42718 9 лет назад

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

@edwiniseman4 9 лет назад

TheBeardedRandy Da-da-lat-da!

@TheDavemaster300 9 лет назад

Good LOL

@mandyfrommars8789 9 лет назад

But I like that song.

@MrBeard17 9 лет назад

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

@naginjuguna5388 3 года назад

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

@nicholasdunn7258 4 года назад

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

@BillLaBrie 3 года назад

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 3 года назад

@@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

@linuskarlsson9449 5 лет назад

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

@beemcc4148 4 года назад

What was it??

@damioncrowley5631 4 года назад

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

@valmarasixnine 4 года назад

"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

@eliasbengtsson9315 6 лет назад

Stand By Me could at least be as an honorable mention

@CouveTJ 6 лет назад

You're so right.

@fiddleronthecube7835 6 лет назад

Good choice.

@moviegirl6677 6 лет назад

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

@janhelfers9068 6 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

I was expecting this somewhere on the actual list.

@tanime_man6535 4 года назад

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

@godfroidmichael7059 4 года назад

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

@emilysunshine27 8 лет назад

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 8 лет назад

YES!!

@QuakerOaths 8 лет назад

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

@ethandavies8227 8 лет назад

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

@emilysunshine27 8 лет назад

John McClaine thank you! i wasn't sure!

@QuakerOaths 8 лет назад

+Emily no problem. It's an easy mistake

@yasumotonoboru 6 лет назад

"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 5 лет назад

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

@yasumotonoboru 5 лет назад

sorry, I don't get it

@johnalsop6271 5 лет назад

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

@fredmila 5 лет назад

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

@stephenkeen5737 5 лет назад

thats good to know

@vanessaalineschunke7502 4 года назад

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

@solgoode 3 года назад

YES!!

@Katie2986 4 года назад

The End was pretty freaking well known before Apocalypse Now.

@aaronmilner2055 4 года назад

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

@steveneardley7541 3 года назад

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

@cemereffstream7866 5 лет назад

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

@lh6361 4 года назад

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

@asda.2 4 года назад

Cemereff Stream the song was made for rocky 3

@barkhaalisha5500 4 года назад

To be honest.. I heard it in Rocky

@masterkaylarommann5469 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

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

@sirmelancholia 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

I agree.

@leokaiba 9 лет назад

I too agree

@TheKoolace17 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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

@TheSuperM101 9 лет назад

rub ber the trailer had it

@HoldenNY22 4 года назад

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 4 года назад

Amen!

@benjaminmcculloch 3 года назад

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

@marar6379 3 года назад

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

@lunchbox420able 3 года назад

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

@blenk9607 3 года назад

Unless you grew up in the 70s

@mle6271 4 года назад

"I've had the time of my life" Dirty Dancing "Take my breath away" Top Gun

@aarontodd72 4 года назад

Take my breath away was made for the movie but you lost that love and feeling would be a good one

@ericdaniel323 4 года назад

Both written for the movie. Ineligible.

@MelissaNgai 7 лет назад

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

@cwhite6397 7 лет назад

it was used BECAUSE of it's popularity

@007Zachman 7 лет назад

lmao same here!!!

@Whiteknuckletrucking 7 лет назад

Rat race did that song before shrek

@007Zachman 7 лет назад

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

@007Zachman 7 лет назад

THE WORLD IS GONNA ROLL ME

@echavez6089 7 лет назад

"Hold me closer Tony Danza!"

@TMoneyless 6 лет назад

e Chavez Hold me closer tiny Danzig!

@wackymanz9854 6 лет назад

580me from the misfits?

@jeanieolds56 5 лет назад

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

@samj.jaworski3812 3 года назад

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

@pinkmagicali 3 года назад

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

@mindofzena8447 3 года назад

Agreed

@2112Nightshift 6 лет назад

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

@aaronstark5060 5 лет назад

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

@bubmer 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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

@RJS1974 5 лет назад

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.

@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s 8 лет назад

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 8 лет назад

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

@sabrinaray1105 8 лет назад

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 8 лет назад

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

@osamayasien9634 8 лет назад

*you're

@terryogilvie7879 8 лет назад

+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.

@filippobiavati8558 3 года назад

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

@hayley8715 Год назад

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!

@FalconElsa 5 лет назад

"Hold me closer Tony Danzaaaaa" Love that song

@izeraniel6281 5 лет назад

Elsa Falcon lol phoebe!😂

@mrbyzantine0528 4 года назад

It's Tiny Dancer.

@rbud57 4 года назад

@@mrbyzantine0528 - durrrr....

@whyarepeoplethewaythattheyare 4 года назад

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

@HucksPopCultureCafe 4 года назад

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

@pookiegaming75 8 лет назад

all star through Shrek

@jimmy-breeze 8 лет назад

no that sing was extremely popular before shrek

@kaigardiner 8 лет назад

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

@jakerboss3534 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

Through Digimon the Movie

@GiordanDiodato 7 лет назад

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)

@dalegreene3205 4 года назад

What about Steppenwolf "Born to Be Wild" Easy Rider

@HarryPujols 3 года назад

That song was written for the movie.

@corthew 4 года назад

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 3 года назад

very well said. that is completely correct

@jeanvaljeanist 5 лет назад

"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 4 года назад

Same with The End, and Unchained Melody.

@rurikau 2 года назад

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

@yuyu-vv6ot 7 лет назад

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

@mikkelferupandersen5341 7 лет назад

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

@JPDillon 6 лет назад

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

@Ceares 6 лет назад

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.

@jeramey3914 3 года назад

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

@teapillarVA 4 года назад

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

@jellekoenes9543 7 лет назад

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

@BB13131313 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

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

@BB13131313 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

BB13131313, this guy/girl speaks the truth

@BlueAxeRacer 9 лет назад

You would have known about it anyway. I did.

@BB13131313 9 лет назад

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..

@evancheng1908 3 года назад

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

@KevyNova 4 года назад

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

@marar6379 3 года назад

Good catch!

@M.S.M.111 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

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 7 лет назад

+Zoe Gartham true

@blackjack4681 7 лет назад

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

@cdgh99 6 лет назад

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

@joefiore2190 5 лет назад

That doesn't even make sense.

@nourdridi2989 5 лет назад

damn right

@Gellarpunk 5 лет назад

@@joefiore2190 how

@damonroger3184 5 лет назад

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 5 лет назад

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.

@leeharakas1781 3 года назад

Tiny Dancer was a hit before almost famous. It regained popularity after the movie.

@mrpurple9581 4 года назад

They left out the following: The soundtrack for guardians of the galaxy The soundtrack for reservoir dogs The soundtrack for shrek The soundtrack for Forrest Gump

@idontknowflycasual 3 года назад

Did you watch the video? Guardians and Reservoir Dogs were both mentioned

@macdde3865 8 лет назад

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

@macdde3865 8 лет назад

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

@macdde3865 8 лет назад

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

@pvtrichter8816 8 лет назад

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

@cacti-goon2995 8 лет назад

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

@mayacskn 8 лет назад

Hmmmmm NO

@fluentlyaspec 8 лет назад

"Dude Looks Like a Lady" by Aerosmith. Every time I hear that song, it's instantly Mrs. Doubtfire

@downhomesunset 8 лет назад

Yep

@jasonmetcalfe4695 4 года назад

it was written for that scene in mrs doubtfire though so it wont count here... it's not even credited as an aerosmith song in the credits

@joeyowens1974 4 года назад

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.

@AJGaming-fg8vq 3 года назад

Come and get your love - guardians of the galaxy Eye of the tiger - rocky

@frogdropkicker805 3 года назад

No way. Come and get your love has always been massive.

@AJGaming-fg8vq 3 года назад

@@frogdropkicker805 true but because of guardians of the galaxy it also gained more popularity with a new generation

@bearscookies9645 9 лет назад

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

@uskro 9 лет назад

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 9 лет назад

Adam Bergstrom think they were being sarcastic..

@LegoKrille 9 лет назад

ABBA was big loooong befor mamma Mia the movie.

@uztre6789 9 лет назад

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

@uskro 9 лет назад

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

@dedehewson2996 7 лет назад

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

@930tomp 6 лет назад

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 6 лет назад

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

@whitewolf9895 6 лет назад

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

@Mama_Badazh 6 лет назад

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

@twiztid571 6 лет назад

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

@zerodawn09 3 года назад

ok who couldnt stop themselfs from head banging at the end? i couldnt.

@bridgethanna3046 3 года назад

I love that part! That bit alone was worth the price of admission! Lol

@helenwilliams7065 3 года назад

When The Big Chill was released, it triggered a renewal of interest in classic rock and roll that has continued to this day.

@katy61 2 года назад

My absolute favorite soundtracks eveerrrrr! 😉

@helenwilliams7065 2 года назад

@@katy61 😉😉

@007Zachman 7 лет назад

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

@Manzona1390 7 лет назад

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

@NaseemKhan-pg6rc 6 лет назад

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

@Mynameisglasgow 6 лет назад

Mystery Men?

@e1evenchar1ie69 7 лет назад

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

@brianquincyscott1955 6 лет назад

E1evenChar1ie reservoir dogs

@Shinigammi420666 6 лет назад

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

@Altstark 3 года назад

You def forgot "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" in Kill Bill Vol. 1

@maximumoccupancy 3 года назад

The textbook example of a song gaining popularity after being used in a movie.

@ianashby1449 3 года назад

Everyday buddy holly stand by me we need to talk about kevin

@Shadoefax760 4 года назад

*"Hold me closer Tony Danza"*

@BJBee 3 года назад

Lol. I remember that episode of Friends

@drhorribly 5 лет назад

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

@alise2427 8 лет назад

If it was TV Shows,my number 1 would be Carry On My Wayward Son from Supernatural, definitely.

@geilheitsfall9334 8 лет назад

same

@CrystalChels 8 лет назад

+TheChesireCat LOL. I was just going to say that.

@naomita3103 8 лет назад

+TheChesireCat OH HELL YEAH

@alise2427 8 лет назад

liam_crinkles Carry on my Wayward soooon...

@CountryBoy-lu8qv 8 лет назад

definitely

@diemotte8837 4 года назад

I feel like there's no watch mojo List without Bohemian Rapsody 😅

@fufufoofoo 4 года назад

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.

@juicyju3563 5 лет назад

The complete Guardians of the Galaxy Soundtrack should be on this list.

@makeawishkid2520 5 лет назад

cug truck u on the

@jjmanzano9 4 года назад

Volume 2 also. I loved fox on the run in the trailer.

@MarianaHidden 4 года назад

Yeah

@sirstephen9825 4 года назад

Especially " Go All The Way" on the end credits.

@benjaminmcculloch 3 года назад

Most of those songs were already popular

@Dragonflower 7 лет назад

Bohemian Rhapsody was ALWAYS popular, Wayne's World just introduced this to a new generation. Correct this, WatchMojo.

@mattmac1012 7 лет назад

TheRoseTintedDuke and then reintroduced this year with suicide squad trailer.

@Lia-A-Eastwood 7 лет назад

agreed, totlly.

@HollowDesert 7 лет назад

Matt Maclaughlin Everyone knew it by then.

@HollowDesert 7 лет назад

ScreamingLordByron that's what they said.

@steelparadox 7 лет назад

And thus it increased its popularity...

@pattol666 3 года назад

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.

@sentirionll9894 6 лет назад

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.