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So, Bohemian Rhapsody comes on the radio and gets me to thinking...
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:50 am
Posted on 8/15/12 at 5:50 am
Is there another song in a movie that gained as much fame as this one from being in a movie?
Lorne Michaels or whoever owns the rights to Wayne's World should get royalties from that song.
Lorne Michaels or whoever owns the rights to Wayne's World should get royalties from that song.
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Posted on 8/15/12 at 6:08 am to Crimsonpanther13
Well there was this little ole record called "Rock Around The Clock" that flopped on its first release. It was put into a movie called Blackboard Jungle and when last heard from it had sold over 25 million copies...
Posted on 8/15/12 at 6:12 am to Kafka
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It was put into a movie called Blackboard Jungle and when last heard from it had sold over 25 million copies...
Then it became the original theme song for the hit TV series "Happy Days" before it was replaced by that awful theme song.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 6:52 am to Crimsonpanther13
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Is there another song in a movie that gained as much fame as this one from being in a movie?
I'm pretty sure people had heard of Bohemiam Rhapsody before Wayne's World.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:02 am to Crimsonpanther13
quote:uhhh
Is there another song in a movie that gained as much fame as this one from being in a movie?
there are probably hundreds
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:03 am to Crimsonpanther13
Don't Stop Believing exploded after it was in the Sopranos series finale. That song is bigger now than it ever was in the 80's.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:03 am to ProjectP2294
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I'm pretty sure people had heard of Bohemiam Rhapsody before Wayne's World.
Yea this thread is pretty stupid but in his defense it introduced the song more into pop culture and to a younger crowd no doubt making it more popular than it ever had been previously.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:05 am to alajones
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Don't Stop Believing exploded after it was in the Sopranos series finale
so that's what's to blame for that fricking song being revived
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:05 am to ProjectP2294
quote:It definitely had a renaissance. Before Wayne's World, We Will Rock You/We are the Champions and Another One Bites the Dust were the most played Queen hits.
I'm pretty sure people had heard of Bohemiam Rhapsody before Wayne's World.
Hell it inspired a Queen tribute concert on MTV.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:13 am to ProjectP2294
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I'm pretty sure people had heard of Bohemiam Rhapsody before Wayne's World.
Of course, but WW definitely made it popular again.
FWIW, I don't ever remember hearing it before WW.
Per Wiki, after the release of WW, the song went to #2 on the charts and also won Queen an MTV Video Music Award apparently. Also, the sountrack of the movie went #1 because of the popularity of this song.
I'd say that's a pretty solid bump in popularity for an entirely new generation of people.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:16 am to Crimsonpanther13
Up Where We Belong with Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes was written for Officer and a Gentleman and blew up. Won some Academy Awards too.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:17 am to CocomoLSU
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FWIW, I don't ever remember hearing it before WW.
Really? I'm not sure how to feel about that.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:19 am to BluegrassBelle
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was written for Officer and a Gentleman and blew up.
I think the OP means songs not written specifically for a movie or else everyone would just say the Titantic song would win.
I would think "I will always love you" from the Bodygaurd would be up there as well. Dolly Parton originally wrote and sung it but it wasn't until that movie and Whitney singing it that it became a huge hit.
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 7:20 am
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:24 am to stout
Unchained Melody from Ghost could make a case.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:37 am to LSUPERMAN
Damn it feel's good to be a gangster in Office Space
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:38 am to LSUPERMAN
Ghost and every wedding ever.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 7:51 am to BluegrassBelle
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Really? I'm not sure how to feel about that.
I wasn't really into music too much when I was 12. I remember it being "that Wayne's World song." I knew it was an oder Queen song, but wasn't familiar with it before that movie.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 8:23 am to LSUPERMAN
quote:Good example.
Unchained Melody from Ghost could make a case.
I'm with Coc. Before WW I knew nothing of Bohemian Rhapsody and I listened to rock music.
Posted on 8/15/12 at 8:29 am to alajones
Rocky 3 Eye of the Tiger
Posted on 8/15/12 at 8:38 am to Crimsonpanther13
quote:
Is there another song in a movie that gained as much fame as this one from being in a movie?
Eye of the Tiger
Damn, too late.
This post was edited on 8/15/12 at 8:41 am
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