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@@MsMojo Forever Young by Journey in Vision Quest always, as well as The Heat is On by Glenn Frey for Beverly Hills Cop. That being said, Patty Labelle and the Pointer Sisters would have to be included as well.
More Honorable Mentions: Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland) - The Wizard of Oz; Que Sera, Sera (Doris Day - The Man Who Knew Too Much; Moon River (Andy Williams) - Breakfast at Tiffany's; Up Where We Belong (Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker) - An Officer and a Gentleman; Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins) - Top Gun; Eye of the Tiger (Survivor) - Rocky II; (I've Had) The Time of My Life (Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes) - Dirty Dancing; I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) - The Bodyguard; Oh Yeah! (Yello) - Ferris Bueller's Day Off *_and_* The Secret of My Success Freebird (Lynard Skynard) - Kingsman, The Secret Service; And though I hate the song now... My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion) - Ttanic
Yeah, I noticed that. I first thought they had "Twist and Shout" (Ferris Bueller) #1. Should have been. Breakfast Club? I don't even remember that scene!
So I ´m not the only one that thinks that? Great. I dont even know some of the songs in the rank - maybe because they are tol old-, while lets say Beetlejuice on the other hand... Btw Nothing Hill, my best friends wedding, pretty woman, shrek, miss congentiality, rat race, electrodance and many other films had also much more iconic songs....
I say a little prayer for you from the movie my best friends wedding. I cannot hear that song without thinking of all of them singing that at the table
"Power of Love" -- Back to the Future "Free Bird" and 1812 Overture -- Kingsmen: The Secret Service "All Star" -- Shrek "Friend Like Me" -- Alladin "You've Got A Friend In Me" -- Toy Story There's plenty more.....I just can't think of them right now.
Never saw Saturday Night Fever but "Stayin' Alive" is linked to the trolls from the 10th Kingdom singing while rowing. It was a great scene. (Them misunderstanding the song was pretty funny too)
Have not seen some of these movies, agree with some others, too, but the top two are SO SPOT ON! And indeed, my right fist bumps the air every. Single. Time 😀
Too many good/memorable songs to pick just one! But I can't hear "Stand By Your Man" without thinking of the Blues Brothers Band's hilarious cover! I WISH that were on the soundtrack!
"Eye of the Tiger"- Rocky III "Power of Love" (Huey Lewis & The News)- Back to the Future "The Touch"- Some would say Boogie Nights, but I'll go with Transformers: The Animated Movie back in 1986. "Heroes" (The Wallflowers)- You could put it in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I would go with the end scene in The Replacements because it encapsulates the overall meaning of the phrase. "I'm A Believer" (Smash Mouth)- Shrek
But "Eye of the Tiger" isn't from a scene. Each of these on this list is a song we can't separate from a particular movie scene. In Rocky III, "Eye of the Tiger" runs through a whole group of scenes, an entire montage of scenes even, including scenes of him training in various settings and circumstances and ultimately finishing that training as it briefly continues on after all of those scenes into yet another scene where he's ready. If there's a MsMojo list of top songs we can't separate from montages of scenes in movies, I bet "Eye of the Tiger" is on it.
I have a Spotify playlist only with songs that I can't separate from movie scenes - Great balls of fire (Top Gun) - Woldn't it be nice (50 first dates) - You make my dreams come true (500 days of Summer) - Dude looks like a lady (Mrs Doubtfire) - Wedding bell blues (My girl) - Johnny B. Goode (Back to the future) - Yeah! (Hitch) - I believe I can fly (Space Jam) - You're so vain (How to lose a guy in 10 days) - I get around (Look who's talking) - That's life (Joker) Among others......
I can easily separate that song from the movie. I don't think of Top Gun when I hear that song. If I ever do, though, I cringe. That scene is cringe. Also, as far as Tom Cruise is concerned, I think the scene in Risky Business of him dancing in nothing but a dress shirt, his underwear, socks, and sunglasses to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock & Roll" is way more indelible and iconic than that Top Gun scene, but then that's probably why Tom Cruise sliding into frame on those socks of his in that very scene is the very first thing we see at the very start of this video.
@@benjaminharman1987 sounds like you missed the point of the scene in Top Gun. Its supposed to be cringy, because it shows off that these fighter pilots are so arrogant and cocky that they think a stunt like that would actually work. It’s the main reason the scene is so memorable and iconic. Also, it is possible for an actor to be associated with more than one song.
I usually think about my grandma's dog Lucky whenever The Banana Boat Song plays because he would howl everytime Harry Bellefonte would hit the high note in the Day-O part! 🤣
The most iconic song now associated explicitly with a movie was written in 1896. "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss, later to be recognizable only as the theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Honorable mention: Soul Bossa Nova, by Quincy Jones, 1962 (aka theme to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)
"Dangerzone" Top Gun "I Swear" Just Friends "Purple Rain" Purple Rain "Wind Beneath My Wings" Beaches "The Sound of Silence" The Graduate "Ride of the Valkyrie" Apocalypse Now "Fight The Power" Do the Right Thing "Cruel Summer" The Karate Kid
@@JaDav40 Great Scene...But that song comes up in the first "Suicide Squad" when Harley Quinn is in jail. Also, it was a big part of the marketing of the 1st trailer. But you took me back to '96 for a minute.
When I hear the song "Oh Yeah" I have 2 movies that come to mind. The first movie is "Secret of My Success" where it was played in the limo and then later when they were doing bedroom roulette. The second movie is "Ferris Buller's Day Off" when Ferris is racing to get home before his mother and sister.
"All Star" and "Accidentally In Love" are connected to Shrek "Kiss Me" from the stairs scene in She's All That "Pretty Woman" from Pretty Woman But most of all...THE TIME OF MY LIFE from the final scene of DIRTY DANCING!!!
"It's The End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M. in the beginning of Independence Day; "Back in Black" by AC/DC in Iron Man. Footloose by Kenny Loggins in Footloose. Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins in Top Gun; "Top Gun Anthem" by Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens. "Power Of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News as well as "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry in Back To The Future. These are just the ones off the top my head whilst watching this video.
If you grew up in the 80s, I think John Hughes had a knack for picking music that matched his films. Sixteen Candles has Wham and The Thompson Twins that I immediately think of the scenes when I hear those songs, same with Psychedelic Furs, from Pretty in Pink, Yello, from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and the remake of People are Strange by Echo and the Bunnymen for The Lostboys
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The gave a hat tip to Tarantino for his ability to pair a scene with music, but they could have populated this whole list with scenes from John Hughes movies.
"Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen in Shaun of the Dead. They beat a zombie with pool cues and try to turn off the lights in time with the beat of the song. First thought when ever I hear the song. Should have been at least honorable mention.
@@bunnytater And here's you being wrong: "Singer-songwriter Previte was the lead singer of the band Franke and the Knockouts. He had success with the song "Sweetheart" in 1981, but by 1986 was without a recording contract. In late 1986 or early 1987, producer and head of Millennium Records, Jimmy Ienner, asked Previte about writing some music for "a little movie called Dirty Dancing". Previte initially turned the request down because he was still trying to get a record deal,[3] and he thought the film was a pornographic film based on the title,[4] but Ienner was persistent, declaring that it would "change his life", and got Previte to write several songs for the film, including "Hungry Eyes", later recorded by singer Eric Carmen, which also became a top 10 hit. Previte wrote the lyrics, and the music was written by John DeNicola and Don Markowitz. He compared writing the song to the writing process of "MacArthur Park". The title was conceived at random while he was traveling down the Garden State Parkway. He suggested that Ienner's pleading inspired the lyric.[5] After getting further approval, Previte, along with DeNicola and Markowitz, created a demo of the song, performing on it himself, along with singer Rachele Cappelli. The demo showcased how the harmonies were to be used, employing a "cold open", or a slow build-up of the song to its finale."
It's especially hard not to separate a song from a movie or movie scene if the song was actually made for that exact movie. Like "Don't you forget about me" was. So for a list such as this, I personally wouldn't count any song that was made for a specific movie.
I love that Tom Cruise improvised the entire "Old Time Rock and Roll" scene, where in the script, it was written as "Joel dances to music." It's a testament to how skilled of an actor he is, he really should have won an Oscar by this stage in his career.
Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" still makes me think of the original Shrek. Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" still makes me think of Strictly Ballroom. And of course, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" still makes me think of BOTH Mannequin films! lol "Get Outta My Dream, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean still makes me think of that movie License to Drive. Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" always makes me think of the original Scream film.
I agree with the comments more than the list. come on! Armageddon- Don't Wannna Miss A Thing!! Purple Rain!! Titanic-My Heart Will Go On. Flashdance- What A Feeling. Grease- You're the One that I Want. Dirty Dancing - Time of My Life Rocky- Eye of the Tiger Blasphemy! 😅🎶
“Wake Me Up Before You Go Go” in Zoolander , “Hungry Eyes” in Dirty Dancing, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” in Footloose, and personally “There She Goes” in ep1 of Gilmore Girls 🤗
The Rockafeller Skank - She's All That Our Lips Are Sealed - Open credits of Fast Times at Ridgemont High Tubular Bells - The Exorcist Bamboléo - Sing La Vie en Rose - Emily in Paris (I figured this current generation may have Edith Piaf)
Fact check: it's not our lips are sealed that plays at the beginning of fast times at ridgemont high. It's we got the beat that plays at the beginning of the movie.
I walked down the aisle to Unchained Melody at my wedding. 😊 I have so many memories of head banging with my dad to Bohemian Rhapsody. And my first “baby” I nannied for, her song was Tiny Dancer, I sang it rocking her to sleep. 😊
I knew that "Unchained Melody" was an older song, but I had no idea that it was originally from a prison film. Upon hearing the lyrics again, it makes a lot of sense.
Beetlejuice movie, and the Tom Cruise scene should’ve been in the top 10. That bass new old time rock ‘n’ roll is iconic in has been parodies so many times. Day-O from Beetlejuice is also iconic.
I’m a 90s kid and I was first introduced to Queen through Wayne’s World. Now at 43 they are still my favorite band with Freddie Mercury being my favorite singer. I have a custom painting of him and I’m planning a tattoo of him so thank you for insisting on that song Mike Myers!❤
Can't Take My Eyes off Of You from 10 Things I Hate About You though I’m more familiar with the Lauryn Hill version, Grease from of course Grease, and In Your Eyes from Say Anything
Preach, love all those songs, though the example from "Say Anything" comes across as a little creepy when you realise that Lloyd has no idea that Diane secretly wants to get back together with him. If she hadn't, then his actions would come across disturbingly as stalking.
I also thought of Time of My Life, Be My Baby, Love is so Strange, and Hungry Eyes from Dirty Dancing though I never understood She’s Like the Wind wasn't as popular as those last four.
Shout - Animal House Burn by the Cure - The Crow Take My Breath Away - Top Gun Danger Zone - Top Gun Black Sheep - Scott Pilgrim Vs the World Oh Yeah - Ferris Bueller
I can't think of "Tutti Frutti" without also thinking of Val Kilmer in Top Secret! Also...every time I hear the National Anthem, can't help also think of Leslie Nielsen singing it in "The Naked Gun."
Your number one is definitely the number one in my book. This was one of the very few movies that really spoke to me. I think that it is because I was the same age as those kids.
"Im deranged" David Bowie - Lost Highway (opening and closing scene) "Lust For Life" Iggy Pop - Trainspotting (openning scene) "Thats Life" - Frank Sinatra - Joker "Bang Bang" Nancy Sinatra - Kill Bill
"A Night at the Roxbury" - (Haddaway - What is Love), "Flashdance" - (Michael Sembello - Maniac), "Dumb & Dumber" - (Inez & Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird), "Chariots of Fire" - (Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire), "Ace Ventura When Nature Calls" - (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), "Grease" - (You're the one that I want"), etc. Lots of great answers below from others too.
I'm kinda in shock that Johnny B Goode from Back to the Future nor Say a little a little prayer for you from My best friend wedding weren't even mentioned.
No. 5: "Wayne's World" was instrumental (no pun intended) in reviving the popularity of the Queen hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" and bringing the song to the 1990's. That said, I agree with No. 1. I can't hear "Don't You Forget About Me" without thinking about "The Breakfast Club".
There's a story about how Freddie Mercury, in the last days of his battle with AIDS, watched the Bohemian Rhapsody scene in Wayne's World at Mike Myers' invitation, and loved it. He and his Queen bandmates thought it captured their brand of humor perfectly.
@@rickposter3534 Why are you telling me that? Seeing that MsMojo has the song ranked No. 1 on their list, maybe you should tell THEM that. It seems they didn't get the memo.
Ms is a total miss on most of these, like #1, hands down, would be "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the scene of Judy Garland singing it in The Wizard of Oz, but it didn't even make this list. Also, I'd replace any of about six or seven of these, all of which I've seen and most of which I've never found that memorable, with Aretha Franklin's "I Say a Little Prayer" and the scene in My Best Friend's Wedding when the entire wedding party and family at the pre-wedding brunch table just spontaneously (and quite hilariously) breaks out in song in middle of the restaurant singing it because I truly can't hear that song anymore without thinking of My Best Friend's Wedding. It's like the two of them got married back in 97 and have been joined at the hip ever since.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, it doesn't seem like they counted songs written specifically for the move, so Somewhere Over the Rainbow wouldn't count.
OOOO YES!! #1 is SOOO AWESOME!! Songs from the movie St. Elmo's Fire are AWESOME too and SO many more 80's movies!! Movie music was BETTER in the 80's than MUSIC in general in the 80's. SOme of it was good though.
Who be making these lists? How is it no mention of Dirty Dancing not on this list?! Instead of honorable mentions, Risky Business should had been on the main list.
Great list!! That scene in Almost Famous is iconic!! Although I would have ditched PeeWee's Tequila and would have added "Goodnight Sweet Heart" - from the movie - Three Men And A Baby
I’m an early 2000s kid who has heard my mom play Bohemian Rhapsody countless times and always bang my head around with the guitar solo. And I have never seen that movie.
I'm a Believer - Shrek. In fact any track on the Shrek OST recording is forever associated with Shrek. Same with any track on the Moulin Rouge OST (ESPECIALLY 'Roxanne', which redefined the tune.)
I really had no idea what you were talking about.... til you showed Heath Ledger in the intro singing "Can't take my eyes off of you". INSTANTLY understood.
All Star from Shrek Dude Looks like a lady from Mrs Doubtfire Johnny B Goode from Back to the Future Hot Stuff from The Full Monty So many missing from this list.
Ray Charles's Shake a Tail in The Blues Brothers. Unbeatable... A Little Prayer in My Best Friend's Wedding, unforgettable. As Time Goes by in Casablanca, classic.
