Songfactor's Choice Top 10 Special: Movie Soundtrack Songs

[Lucky]

And thanks for adding my 3rd one!

[MindCrime]

A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night)

Beat It - Michael Jackson (Back to the Future II)

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night)

Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (The Sterile Cuckoo)

Comfortably Numb – Roger Waters / Van Morrison / The Band (The Departed)

Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Top Gun)

Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo (Back To School)

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Rocky III)

Fight the Power – Public Enemy (Do the Right Thing)

Five O’clock World - The Vogues (Good Morning Vietnam)

Foggy Mountain Breakdown — Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys (Bonnie & Clyde)

Get Together - The Youngbloods (Forrest Gump)

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Goodfellas)

Girl Can't Help It, The - Little Richard (The Girl Can't Help It)

Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs (American Graffiti)

Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff (The Harder They Come)

I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

Imperial March — John Williams (The Empire Strikes Back)

It Must Have Been Love - Roxette (Pretty Woman)

Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Goodfellas)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid)

Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

Let's Dance - Chris Montez (Animal House)

Lust for Life - Iggy Pop (Trainspotting)

Midnight Rider - Greg Allman (The Devil's Rejects)

Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

My Sharona - The Knack (Reality Bites)

On the Dark Side - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band (Eddie and The Cruisers)

Paper Planes - M.I.A. Slumdog Millionaire)

Pipeline - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Dick Dale (Back to the Beach)

Raised on the Radio - The Ravyns (Fast Times At Ridgemont High)

Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner (Apocalypse Now)

Save Me — Aimee Mann (Magnolia)

Shaft, Theme from - Isaac Hayes

Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

Shout - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (Vanilla Sky)

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas)

Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

Stand By Me – Ben E. King (Stand By Me)

Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (Reservoir Dogs)

Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall (The Devil Wears Prada)

Summer in The City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Die Hard With A Vengeance)

Super Fly - Curtis Mayfield (Super Fly)

Surrender - Cheap Trick (Over The Edge)

Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Take My Breath Away - Berlin (Top Gun)

Tequila - The Champs (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

To Live and Die in L.A. – Wang Chung (To Live and Die in L.A.)

Train Kept a Rollin' - Yardbirds (Blow Up)

Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (Forrest Gump)

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost)

When Doves Cry - Prince (Purple Rain)

Windmills of Your Mind, The - Noel Harrison (Thomas Crown Affair)

You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra (You Only Live Twice)

Playlist

[Liberal]

The song I nominated was actually Can't Buy Me Love. Oh wait, nvm. Didn't know someone nominated A Hard Day's Night.

Edited May 26, 2011 by Guest

[bazooka]

1. Save Me — Aimee Mann ([smaller]Magnolia[/smaller]) This is not a favorite song of mine outside of the brilliant way it was used in the movie*.

2. Super Fly — Curtis Mayfield ([smaller]Super Fly[/smaller]) Freddie's Dead is another winner!

3. Foggy Mountain Breakdown — Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys ([smaller]Bonnie & Clyde[/smaller])

4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door — Bob Dylan ([smaller]Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid[/smaller] )

5. Stuck In the Middle With You — Stealers Wheel ([smaller]Reservoir Dogs[/smaller]) Some folks just can't listen to this one without 'flashbacks' of the scene where it is used.

6. Imperial March — John Williams ([smaller]The Empire Strikes Back[/smaller]) More a part of the score than a soundtrack 'song', but certainly a hella effective piece.

7. Born To Be Wild — Steppenwolf ([smaller]Easy Rider[/smaller]) To beat the dead horse: I'm not a 'true biker' (nor a martial arts authority), but while Born To Be Wild doesn't necessarily cause me to think of Easy Rider, the vice versa does apply.

8. You Can't Always Get What You Want — The Rolling Stones ([smaller]The Big Chill[/smaller] ) Wish I had time to view a lot of these films over again, but wasn't it the introduction of this song by the characters that made it significant ?

9. The Windmills of Your Mind — Noel Harrison ([smaller]Thomas Crown Affair[/smaller])

10. On the Dark Side — John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band ([smaller]Eddie and The Cruisers[/smaller])

And honorable mentions: Eye of the Tiger, Come Saturday Morning, The Girl Can't Help It, The Harder They Come, Theme from Shaft .

* [smaller] from wikipedia: [/smaller]

"Mann gained greater public recognition in 1999 ... when she contributed eight songs to the soundtrack of (Paul Thomas) Anderson's Magnolia, including the Academy Award and Grammy-nominated song, Save Me. Anderson deliberately worked from Mann's lyrics to create the film's characters and situations."

[edna]

1- Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

2- You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra (You Only Live Twice)

3- Windmills of Your Mind, The - Noel Harrison (Thomas Crown Affair)

4- Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

5- Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (Reservoir Dogs)

6- You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

7- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

8- Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (Fear &

9- Surrender - Cheap Trick (Over The Edge)

10-You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

11-Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff (The Harder They Come)

[RonJonSurfer]

1. A Hard Days Night

2. Super Fly

3. Theme from Shaft

4. Train Kept A Rollin'

5. Pipeline

6. Born To Be Wild

7. Bohemian Rhapsody

8. Tequila

9. Mrs. Robinson

10. Sweet Transvestite

[pinkstones]

1. Five O'Clock World - The Vogues

2. Get Together - The Youngbloods

3. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

4. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

5. Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Band

6. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

7. The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

8. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

9. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band

10. Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

All of these songs could have been #1 votes in a regular TT. Excellent selections all of you!

[Uncle Joe]

1-Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

2-Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

3- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

4-You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

5-Five O’clock World - The Vogues (Good Morning Vietnam)

6-Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs (American Graffiti)

7-Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost)

8-Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

9-Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (The Sterile Cuckoo)

10- Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Goodfellas)

[miamisammy29]

Before I vote, I would just like to clarify that the songs I vote for are not necessarily my favorite songs on the list (as would be the case in a Regular Top Ten). I have used several factors to narrow down my picks. For example: how much I like the song, how much I like the movie, how well the song fits into the movie, how much the song makes me think of that particular movie, and how much the song actually meant to the movie.

And no, I don't believe that the song had to be written specifically for the movie to be a part of this category. However, my Number One pick would contradict my last statement.

1. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel

2. Surrender - Cheap Trick

3. Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson

4. Gimme Shelter - The Stones

5. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Stones

6. Raised On The Radio - Ravyns

7. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

8. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf

9. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

10. Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights

[_Laurie_]

1. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

2. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

3. Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (Forrest Gump)

4. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

5. Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

6. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra (You Only Live Twice)

7. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night)

8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

9. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost)

10 Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

[Shawna]

Before I vote, I would just like to clarify that the songs I vote for are not necessarily my favorite songs on the list (as would be the case in a Regular Top Ten). I have used several factors to narrow down my picks. For example: how much I like the song, how much I like the movie, how well the song fits into the movie, how much the song makes me think of that particular movie, and how much the song actually meant to the movie.

And no, I don't believe that the song had to be written specifically for the movie to be a part of this category.

I concur. And I'd like to add that while I know most of the songs on the list, I didn't know a lot of the movies, so my picks are limited to those movies that I have seen and could attest to how well I thought it was used.

With no further adieu...

1. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Top Gun)

2. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

4. On the Dark Side - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band (Eddie and The Cruisers)

5. Raised on the Radio - The Ravyns (Fast Times At Ridgemont High)

6. Shout - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

7. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall (The Devil Wears Prada)

8. Tequila - The Champs (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

9. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

10. It Must Have Been Love - Roxette (Pretty Woman)

[TheLizard]

1. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

2. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Goodfellas)

3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

4. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

5. Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

6. When Doves Cry - Prince (Purple Rain)

7. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

8. You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

9. Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs (American Graffiti)

10. Summer in The City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Die Hard With A Vengeance)

I also tried to go based off of how well the songs were utilized in movies. And Scorsese is the master of using songs for his films.

[bluesboy]

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

2. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost)

3. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

4. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

5. Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner (Apocalypse Now)

6. Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

7. Shout - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

9. Tequila - The Champs (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

10. Windmills of Your Mind, The - Noel Harrison (Thomas Crown Affair)

[Lea]

1.Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid)

2.Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

3.Summer in The City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Die Hard With A Vengeance)

4.Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

5.You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

6.Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

7.Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

8.Midnight Rider- Greg Allman (The Devil's Rejects)

9.Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

10.You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

[MindCrime]

I concur. And I'd like to add that while I know most of the songs on the list, I didn't know a lot of the movies, so my picks are limited to those movies that I have seen and could attest to how well I thought it was used.

Nice to have you join us Shawna

[Lucky]

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

2. Stand By Me – Ben E. King (Stand By Me)

3. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost)

4. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

5. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

6. Take My Breath Away - Berlin (Top Gun)

7. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

8. Foggy Mountain Breakdown — Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys (Bonnie & Clyde)

9. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

10. Five O’clock World - The Vogues (Good Morning Vietnam)

[MindCrime]

1•Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

2•Unchained Melody - The Rightcheous Brothers (Ghost)

3•Beat It - Michael Jackson (Back to the Future II)

4•Take My Breath Away - Berlin (Top Gun)

5•Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

6•Stand By Me – Ben E King (Stand By Me)

7•Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Rocky III)

8•Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Goodfellas)

9•Comfortably Numb – Roger Waters / Van Morrison / The Band (Departed)

10•Turn Turn Turn - The Byrds (Forrest Gump)

[Carl]

1) Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night)

2) Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

3) I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)

4) Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Top Gun)

5) Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Rocky III)

6) Windmills of Your Mind, The - Noel Harrison (Thomas Crown Affair)

7) My Sharona - The Knack (Reality Bites)

8) Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (Reservoir Dogs)

9) You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill)

10) Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House)

[Dappled]

1. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night)

2. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider)

3. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (Vanilla Sky)

4. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

5. Stand By Me – Ben E. King (Stand By Me)

6. Beat It - Michael Jackson (Back to the Future II)

7. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night)

8. Comfortably Numb – Roger Waters / Van Morrison / The Band (The Departed)

9. Girl Can't Help It, The - Little Richard (The Girl Can't Help It)

10. Save Me — Aimee Mann (Magnolia)

[Yellowsnow]

1.Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate)

2.Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (Reservoir Dogs)

3.Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Goodfellas)

4.Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Goodfellas)

5.Shaft, Theme from - Isaac Hayes

6.Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas)

7.You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction)

8.Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas)

9.Lust for Life - Iggy Pop (Trainspotting)

10.Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World)

[Jenny]

1. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band

2. Danger Zone - Top Gun

3. Eye of The Tiger - Survivor

4. When Doves Cry - Prince

5. Everything I Do... - Bryan Adams

6. Shout - Otis Day & The Knights

7. It Must Have Been Love - Roxette

8. Tequila - The Champs

9. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

10. Imperial March - John Williams

I like almost all the songs that were nominated, but I chose these because I can't think of them without thinking of the movie they were featured in.

Edited May 27, 2011 by Guest

[phil]

1. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff

2. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf - Easy Rider

3. Bohemion Rhapsody - Queen - Wayne's World

4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Dylan

5. A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

6. Ride Of The Valkyries - Wagner - Apocolypse Now

7. Lust For Life - Iggy - Trainspotting

8. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor - Rocky III

9. Jump Into The Fire - Nilsson - Goodfellas

10. Come Saturday Morning - Sandpipers - The Sterile Cuckoo

That was difficult. Great nominations from everyone.

[MindCrime]

Movie Soundtrack Songs

1. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf (Easy Rider) 74

2. Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate) 61

3. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Wayne’s World) 56

4. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Goodfellas) 49

5. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers (Ghost) 44

6. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (The Big Chill) 42

7. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Goodfellas) 34

8. A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night) 30

9. Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate) 29

10. Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins (Top Gun) 26

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11. You Can Never Tell - Chuck Berry (Pulp Fiction) 25

12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) 24

12. Stuck In the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (Reservoir Dogs) 24

14. Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (Rocky III) 21

15. On the Dark Side - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band (Eddie and The Cruisers) 20

15. Stand By Me – Ben E. King (Stand By Me) 20

15. Sweet Transvestite - Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) 20

18. Jump Into The Fire - Harry Nilsson (Goodfellas) 19

19. Shama Lama Ding Dong - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House) 18

19. Super Fly - Curtis Mayfield (Super Fly) 18

21. Five O’clock World - The Vogues (Good Morning Vietnam) 17

22. Windmills of Your Mind, The - Noel Harrison (Thomas Crown Affair) 16

23. Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (A Hard Day's Night) 14

23. Shaft, Theme from - Isaac Hayes 14

23. Shout - Otis Day & the Knights (Animal House) 14

23. You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra (You Only Live Twice) 14

27. Beat It - Michael Jackson (Back to the Future II) 13

28. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) 12

28. I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow – Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) 12

28. Take My Breath Away - Berlin (Top Gun) 12

28. When Doves Cry - Prince (Purple Rain) 12

32. Foggy Mountain Breakdown — Flatt & Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys (Bonnie & Clyde) 11

32. Raised on the Radio - The Ravyns (Fast Times At Ridgemont High) 11

32. Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner (Apocalypse Now) 11

32. Save Me — Aimee Mann (Magnolia) 11

32. Surrender - Cheap Trick (Over The Edge) 11

32. Tequila - The Champs (Pee Wee's Big Adventure) 11

38. Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff (The Harder They Come) 10

39. Get Together - The Youngbloods (Forrest Gump) 9

39. Midnight Rider - Greg Allman (The Devil's Rejects) 9

39. Summer in The City - The Lovin' Spoonful (Die Hard With A Vengeance) 9

39. Turn, Turn, Turn - The Byrds (Forrest Gump) 9

43. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (Vanilla Sky) 8

44. Green Onions - Booker T. and the MGs (American Graffiti) 7

44. Lust for Life - Iggy Pop (Trainspotting) 7

44. Train Kept a Rollin' - Yardbirds (Blow Up) 7

47. Imperial March — John Williams (The Empire Strikes Back) 6

47. Pipeline - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Dick Dale (Back to the Beach) 6

47. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane (Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas) 6

50. Comfortably Numb – Roger Waters / Van Morrison / The Band (The Departed) 5

50. It Must Have Been Love - Roxette (Pretty Woman) 5

52. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo (Back To School) 4

52. My Sharona - The Knack (Reality Bites) 4

52. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall (The Devil Wears Prada) 4

55. Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (The Sterile Cuckoo) 3

56. Girl Can't Help It, The - Little Richard (The Girl Can't Help It) 2

--- Fight the Power – Public Enemy (Do the Right Thing) 0

--- Let's Dance - Chris Montez (Animal House) 0

--- Paper Planes - M.I.A. Slumdog Millionaire) 0

--- To Live and Die in L.A. – Wang Chung (To Live and Die in L.A.) 0

Thank you to all who participated and to Lea for providing the playlist.

[Yellowsnow]

Thank you Kenne and Lea for all the work you've done.

It was a great special.

[_Laurie_]