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Name an otherwise mediocre song that gained a lot of notoriety by getting played in movies

Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:21 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:21 pm
I'll offer up
The Cars " Moving in Stereo"

Made extra famous by being played during the infamous Phoebe Cates pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
What say you? Add television as well.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:38 pm to
Bohemian Rhapsody

It was just some forgotten f@g shite from the '70s

Then that Wayne's World crap came out and suddenly it was a masterpiece and Queen was the GOAT instead of some forgotten English kweers
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 8:42 pm to
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the infamous Phoebe Cates pool scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
I think you mean "immortal"
Posted by Tvilletiger
PVB
Member since Oct 2015
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:05 pm to
Danger Zone from Top Gun.
Would not have been the same song without that movie at all.
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:11 pm to
Probably was big without Risky Business, love Seger but this song stinks

Posted by Tangineck
Mandeville
Member since Nov 2017
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 9:23 pm to
Good call, Bob Seger was so embarrassed that he refused a writing credit. That song blows.
Posted by Pisco
Mayfield, Kentucky
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 10:49 pm to
Stuck in the Middle with You from Reservoir Dogs comes to mind.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:24 pm to
quote:

mediocre song
quote:


Stuck in the Middle with You
that's a great song
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45899 posts
Posted on 8/4/25 at 11:57 pm to
St. Elmo's Fire
Posted by LSU Jax
Gator Country Hell
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 12:31 am to
quote:

Bohemian Rhapsody

It was just some forgotten f@g shite from the '70s

Then that Wayne's World crap came out and suddenly it was a masterpiece and Queen was the GOAT instead of some forgotten English kweers



Never change Kafka. Never change.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
69414 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 5:59 am to
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I'll offer up The Cars " Moving in Stereo"


I take that as a personal insult, but I’m a huge cars fan. I think that band is perfect and their self titled debut album The Cars is a masterpiece.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
27894 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:13 am to
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Danger Zone from Top Gun.
Would not have been the same song without that movie at all.

That song wouldn't have existed without the movie, as it was written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock specifically for the movie. The same deal with Take My Breath Away. Neither of these songs are mediocre.
Posted by AUCom96
Alabama
Member since May 2020
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:24 am to
All I'll say is that I liked Bryan Adams for the most part until Robin Hood: Prince of Kansas came out.
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
6673 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 6:35 am to
“Life is a Highway” in the Pixar movie Cars (2006). I feel like that song only became popular because of the movie
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 7:31 am to
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“Life is a Highway”


You couldn't avoid Tom Cochrane's arse for a few months in the early 90s.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 7:41 am to
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“Life is a Highway” in the Pixar movie Cars (2006). I feel like that song only became popular because of the movie

The original sold about two million records for Tom Cochrane in 1991.
This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 7:43 am
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
6673 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 8:32 am to
Thanks for clarifying. I’m younger so I had no clue until today.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 8:33 am to
quote:

The Cars " Moving in Stereo"




is anything but


quote:

mediocre song



Da hell is wrong with you?
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
28019 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 8:35 am to
quote:

Bohemian Rhapsody

It was just some forgotten f@g shite from the '70s




Que? That song was big prior to WW. Are you being sarcastic?
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
1786 posts
Posted on 8/5/25 at 8:36 am to
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I’m younger so I had no clue until today.


Other than that song, you might recognize Tom from his vocals on "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider.
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