Where Is My Mind by The Pixies in Fight Club
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
The Stand opening scene. All those dead bodies.
Dragonheart theme (skip to 1:40) - It's one of those theme songs that you hear everywhere but the original place.
Queen needs more love.
Who Wants to Live Forever - Highlander
Mars Attacks?
That M.I.A song used in Pineapple Express. Song was over a year old at the time and it received my OK nonstop radio play when the movie came out.OP is asking about songs relying on other media for cultural relevance, a lot of people in this thread seem to be misinterpreting it to "Do any think of a piece of media when you hear X song?". That or they have no idea how culturally relevant a lot of these songs are.
Sound of Silence by Disturbed definitely blew up because of the new Gears commercial. It's been playing on the rock radio stations a bunch ever since around here and the DJs talk about how it just now took off.
I'm actually pretty sure that Defiance did Radioactive first
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
Well, I think that Radioactive was used by like 3 shows from The CW in their 2013-2014 tv schedule.Yeah, I'm sure Imagine Dragons owes its cultural relevance to the CW. It's not like the YouTUbe vid you linked has 500 million views or anything.
Well, I think that Radioactive was used by like 3 shows from The CW in their 2013-2014 tv schedule.
It probably helped Imagine Dragons to get many new fans that year.
Queen needs more love.
Who Wants to Live Forever - Highlander
I feel bad for anyone who loved the "Thousand Miles" song before White Chicks.
My dad and brother once told me that Layla was a perfect rock song until it added the piano ending. Because I had heard it in Goodfellas first in my recollection, I love that part so much.Goodfellas - Layla.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z6MJIjCJ20
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
Wow that actually happened. Still not sure what Raimi was going for there.