Best use of a "popular" song in a movie?

[TXHokie]

The Ride of the Valkyries

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: anxi80
kenny loggins - danger zone (top gun)

no matter what kenny loggins song i hear i think of Footloose

really? even though i mentioned 'danger zone', everytime i think kenny loggins i automatically hear 'its alright' from caddyshack in my head.

 

[Sinsear]

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane in The Game.

Right when Michael Douglas is about as confused as all hell, he comes home to his house and it's all trashed and painted up, that song is playing at it's peak. Perfect match for the song and the feeling in the movie at the time.

 

[trOver]

cant believe no one has said it yet!,

Pixies- Where is my Mind?

Ending of Fight Club, solo kicks in, and they watch the buildings blow up through the windows. Perfect scene.

 

[daniel1113]

Layla in Goodfellas

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

You guys miss the point. Shocking I know. But still, I'd like to point out that the OP is asking for songs that were already popular and THEN appeared in a movie. Danger Zone and Don't You Forget About Me were made for the movies.

 

[lyssword]

The stand- at beginning there is a song "Don't fear the reaper". Yeah but I didn't watch that movie I just like the song lol
And yea, tr0ver, ending of fight club

 

[Coquito]

Van Morrison - Everyone(The Royal Tenenbaums)

 

[Jeeebus]

The CLEAR winner

NSFW (unless your work allows boobies)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High pool scene - Moving in Stereo

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I'd say KMFDM "Juke Joint Jezebel" in Bad Boys during the Club fight scene.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: lyssword
The stand- at beginning there is a song "Don't fear the reaper". Yeah but I didn't watch that movie I just like the song lol
And yea, tr0ver, ending of fight club

Blue Oyster Cult.

That mini-series had great use of a bunch of popular songs during the opening credits. I especially loved "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House.

 

[gsellis]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I'd say KMFDM "Juke Joint Jezebel" in Bad Boys during the Club fight scene.

OP said popular. Only you and I listen to Killer MF Dance Machine.

 

[OOBradm]

Originally posted by: bigrash
Eye of a Tiger by Survivor. They couldn't have picked a better song than that for Rocky

winner

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: daniel1113
Layla in Goodfellas

qft. EVERY time i hear that song i see that part of the movie flash through my head. its weird.

 

[montanafan]

Unchained Melody in Ghost comes to mind.

Edit: And, As Time Goes By in Casablanca

 

[Farang]

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

from Jackie Brown and American Gangster

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: irishScott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9u5cGyqmww

Not really popular, but... :laugh:

and it's a walk off!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNNFbR3ziTY

That's simply awesome.

 

[spacejamz]

officespace - I wanna be a gangsta!!!

and since it is that time of year...that RUN D.M.C song at the beginning of Die Hard...

don't you have any christmas music???

this IS christmas music....

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
You guys miss the point. Shocking I know. But still, I'd like to point out that the OP is asking for songs that were already popular and THEN appeared in a movie. Danger Zone and Don't You Forget About Me were made for the movies.

you cant knock the 'danger zone'! and the op even confirmed 'danger zone' and since the song rocks eight ways from sunday it gets a free pass regardless of the terms and conditions.

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
That mini-series had great use of a bunch of popular songs during the opening credits. I especially loved "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House.

the harold lauder/fran goldsmith scene after he helped her bury her father. great scene and good song to use at that moment.

Originally posted by: Sinsear
White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane in The Game.

Right when Michael Douglas is about as confused as all hell, he comes home to his house and it's all trashed and painted up, that song is playing at it's peak. Perfect match for the song and the feeling in the movie at the time.

i now associate that song with 'fear and loathing in las vegas' where benocio del toro is in the bathtub and he wants johnny depp to throw the radio in when the song reaches its apex.

 

[arrfep]

Not something that will be remembered in 10 years (or even months) but I just saw the remake of Hitcher, and I thought that the scene with Sean Bean chasing after the cops in the old TA with NIN's Closer playing was pretty intense. Excellent song for that sequence.

 

[Zedtom]

The way they used Rufus Wainwright's Hallelujah in the first Shrek movie was really something powerful.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
The CLEAR winner

NSFW (unless your work allows boobies)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High pool scene - Moving in Stereo

/thread

One of my favorite movies, ever.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Tears for fears - Head over Heels
Donnie Darko....Perfect http://youtube.com/watch?v=VWJPa0bvWnM

Faces - Oh la la
Rushmore ....Great

Bob Dylan - The man in me
Big Labowski... http://youtube.com/watch?v=tt0ByaO6xdM

 

[pulse8]

The End (The Doors) - Apocalypse Now
Layla (Derek and the Dominos) - Goodfellas

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: TXHokie
The Ride of the Valkyries

Originally posted by: pulse8
The End (The Doors) - Apocalypse Now

Yes and yes!


Creep in Cyclo was very good. Truly appreciating the clip requires context though. Briefly, the gentleman wearing the light coloured jacket is reluctantly pimping the young woman (still a virgin and more naive than she appears) whom he is falling in love with.