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[NYCmetsfan]

I'm sitting at this coffee shop and Goodbye Horses by q lazzerus is playing and of course the first thing that pops into my head is buffalo bill dancing around in Silence of the Lambs. I can't separate the two. Are there any other songs that have become almost dependent on the other work for meaning or cultural relevance?

Other Examples:

Stuck in the Middle With You - Reservoir Dogs
In Your Eyes - Say Anything
Oh Yeah- Ferris Bueller


I'm not talking about songs like Bad to the Bone, Gimme Shelters, Born to Be Wild and iconic film songs that have been in everything (though their first use might fit). And songs written for movies are kinda cheating (Stayin' Alive, Don't You (Forget About Me))

 

[Fancy Clown]

Singing in the rain...and the movie is not Singing in the rain

 

[kavanf1]

Don't Stop Believing by Journey in the final scenes of The Sopranos. Can never listen to it now without thinking about that.

Spoilers, obviously:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnT7nYbCSvM

 

[YesManKablaam]

I swear I had never heard Don't Stop Me Now until Shaun of the Dead. Almost feels like it single-handedly made it popular again, despite Queen never being out of fashion.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Don't Stop Believin' by Journey in the final scenes of The Sopranos. Can never listen to it now without thinking about that.

This one is good. It was big before but its become so associated with that its hard to remember what is was before.


I'm trying to think if I can think of any gaming ones but games didn't really use licensed music until recently so there's not much.

 

[peaceiscloser]

Bohemian Rhapsody and Wayne's World
It put the song back on the charts.

What Is Love and A Night at the Roxbury.

MMM WATCHA SAY

 

[Murder. She Wrote]

Apocalypse Now (The Doors - The End)

Amazing intro from one of the best films of all time.

 

[collige]

No one would've cared about Bohemian Rhapsody if it wasn't for Wayne's World.

Also, Where is My Mind in fight Club.

 

[Skyward Sheep]

Supernatural - O Death

Wayne's World - Bohemian Rhapsody. It was a well-known song before, but I think it's thanks to this scene that it received another boost of popularity.

EDIT: Bah, beaten on Wayne's World.

 

[PROh1bited]

Hurdy Gurdy Man in Zodiac. Song has always sounded creepy after seeing that movie.

 

[Skyward Sheep]

All Star in Shrek is also a pretty good example I think.

 

[thoseAREmySHOES]

Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds

Obviously from The Breakfast Club

oh yeah, just remembered Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta - Geto Boyz from Office Space

 

[aBarreras]

Supernatural - O Death

Wayne's World - Bohemian Rhapsody. It was a well-known song before, but I think it's thanks to this scene that it received another boost of popularity.

EDIT: Bah, beaten on Wayne's World.

i think that o death was made for Supernatural so it doesnt count

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

Singing in the rain...and the movie is not Singing in the rain

DISAGREE.

Singin' in the Rain...one of the best movies ever.

 

[captscience]

Apocalypse Now (The Doors - The End)

Amazing intro from one of the best films of all time.

Yes! Also Ride of the Valkyries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKaYOW9zMoY

 

[WEGGLES]

Bohemian Rhapsody and Wayne's World
It put the song back on the charts.

What Is Love and A Night at the Roxbury.

MMM WATCHA SAY

This is the first one that came to mind, really.

 

[weemadarthur]

Ravel's Bolero received a lot of exposure for being in 10.

 

[Jeffolation]

Hurdy Gurdy Man in Zodiac. Song has always sounded creepy after seeing that movie.

Came in to post this. It's chilling.

 

[phanphare]

Soul Bossa Nova by Quincy Jones

just click it, you'll know immediately

 

[Skyward Sheep]

i think that o death was made for Supernatural so it doesnt count

Oh yeah, that was a cover of it made specifically for it. I mean it might kinda count considering it was a folk song before appearing on Supernatural. And it was used in Until Dawn pretty recently.

 

[MattKeil]

Bohemian Rhapsody and Wayne's World
It put the song back on the charts.

Yup, this is the first thing that came to mind. Sorry, Suicide Squad trailer.

 

[Goro Majima]

Peewee Herman - Tequila

I dunno, seemed kinda iconic to me!

 

[kavanf1]

No one would've cared about Bohemian Rhapsody if it wasn't for Wayne's World.

Sarcasm?

 

[Skyward Sheep]

Whenever I hear Johnny B. Goode I always think of the end of Back to the Future as well.

Also I think most of the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack probably qualifies.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Soul Bossa Nova

First was forever altered as the theme song to some Canadian gameshow called Definition... and then forever altered again to become the Austin Powers Theme Song.

As a bonus this also retroactively altered My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style.

EDIT: Beaten!

 

[kavanf1]

Let it Snow by Dean Martin (or Vaughn Monroe, for the version in the film, as Google has just taught me) - always makes me think of Die Hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtezCvY6mc

You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry - from the dancing scene in Pulp Fiction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGblpBpEFNU

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Whenever I hear Johnny B. Goode I always think of the end of Back to the Future as well.

For Gen X and Millenials Probably. Song probably is a bit different for Boombers and Greatest Gen

 

[VeryGooster]

You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling (Top Gun) and Unchained Melody (Ghost) by The Righteous Bros.

 

[boingball]

Breathe me by Sia.

 

[Psychological Intellect]

Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek, I can only laugh when I hear it now.

The OC - Shooting Scene

SNL bit

 

[Reverend Funk]

Goodbye horses

 

[phanphare]

also Yakety Sax as the Benny Hill Theme

 

[gamz]

Graduate the whole Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack. I can't hear Sound of Silence and think of anything else but the movie.

 

[Drazgul]

Tarantino turned The Revels' Comanche from a surf rock classic into an ass rape anthem.

 

[gamz]

Sister Christian - Boogie Nights.

 

[ErnieMcCracken]

Goodfellas.

Layla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6MJIjCJ20

Also Gimme Shelter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDXzEEl8ALk

 

[Hurt and Scared]

Mad world
Donnie Darko

 

[Fix-It Felix. Jr.]

You Don't Own Me will always be the First Wives Club song.

 

[VeryGooster]

I imagine nowadays people hear Night Moves they might think GTA V but I ALWAYS think of Ralph Bakshi's American Pop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiiyq2xrSI0

 

[gamz]

Mad world
Donnie Darko

I think of the Gears of War commercial.

 

[braves01]

Relax - Frankie goes to Hollywood

I know the movie had a remix, but I still think of Zoolander every time.

 

[Cripplegate]

California Dreamin' and Chungking Express

And while Singin' in the Rain is a great film, I'm afraid the song has indeed been permanently fused with A Clockwork Orange in my mind.

 

[Taramoor]

As Time Goes By was all but forgotten until Casablanca came out.

I Will Always Love You was a respectable Dolly Parton song and then The Bodyguard happened.

Wayne's World, obviously.

Love and Marriage was a footnote until Married with Children.

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Unchained Melody - Ghost

I Like to Move It Move It

Kiss From a Rose

Stand by Me

Half of the entire soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy

 

[aBarreras]

I think of the Gears of War commercial.

yeah, even how it ends of devotchka i link it more to Gears than little miss sunshine

 

[TheChamp]

Guardians of The Galaxy the thread

The Martian

 

[SocksAndShoes]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel from Reservoir Dogs.

Nevermind, It's in the OP. Doh.

 

[forgeforsaken]

The Cars - Moving in Stereo: Fast Times at Ridgemont High. You know why.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I can't listen to goodbye horses without getting looks. It's such a good song though.

 

[Cipher Peon]

Personally speaking, the trailer for Suicide Squad changed Bohemian Rhapsody forever for me.

My second favorite song of all time masterfully used in a trailer for one of my most anticipated, if not my absolute most anticipated movie ever. Every time I listen to it I now think of the trailer and made me love the masterpiece EVEN MORE than I already did <3

 

[Nodnol]

'Til I Collapse by Eminem will forever remind me of that MW2 trailer. That was awesome, at the time.

A really crappy (ish) one, is Papa Roach's Last Resort reminding me of the closing scene in Jet Li's The One.

Anyway, the thread wasn't asking for my crappy personal throwbacks.

The Bohemian Rhapsody example is probably the best. It's basically become synonymous with that scene, and vice versa.

Stuck in the Middle by Steelers Wheels is another one, also from Reservoir Dogs, much like Little Green Bag too.

To be fair, most of Tarantino's films use their music in such a way, they kinda become synonymous with their relevant scenes. Jungle Boogey, the Ironside theme, Chuck Berry's You Can Never Tell...