THE 41 HOTTEST SONGS FROM A MOVIE
41. Little Miss Sunshine - Rick James - Superfreak (Roca Sound Remix)
Little Miss Sunshine is a comedy drama that stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin. The story is about a family that go on a road trip to take the daughter of the family, Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in Redondo Beach, California. All sorts of mishaps occur on the way to the road trip such as Grandpa Edwin dying from a heroin overdose, the son discovers he cannot join the Air Force because he is color-blind, and the brakes of their mini-van stop working. When Olive reaches the beauty pagaent, she performs a dance to Rick James’ “Super Freak.”
40. Scarface - Paul Engemann - Scarface (Push It To The Limit)
Scarface is a movie about crime that stars Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Montana is a fictional Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida in 1980 and rises in rank to the top of a major mafia. When the movie released, it had mixed reviews. It had graphic violence and strong language through the movie. However, Ebert gave it 4 stars out of 4.
The movie had a follow-up video game called Scarface: The World is Yours. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City made several references to Scarface scenes. Def Jam released an album called Music Inspired by Scarface which features songs from Jay-z, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Cam’ron, Joe Budden, Grandmaster Flash, The L.O.X., and Shyne. HBO’s Entourage also made several references to Scarface when filming episodes about Vincent Chase’s crime movie about Pablo Escobar called Medellin.
One of the theme songs from Scarface was Push It To The Limit.
39. Terminator 2: Judgement Day - George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
Terminator 2: Judgment Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. The movie is about two men that arrive in Los Angeles from the year 2029. The first man is sent to protect John Connor, the future protector of humans that prevent a rise of the machines. When the Terminator arrived in Los Angeles, he was naked and needed clothes in order to blend in with other humans. The Terminator went to a bar to steal clothes, a motorcycle, and a pair of sunglasses. “Bad To The Bone” was the song that was set after The Terminator put on his sunglasses.
38. The Lion King - Elton John - Circle of Life
Disney’s The Lion King took place in the Pride Lands of Africa. Rafiki, a mandrill anoints lion cub Simba as the future King of the jungle. As Simba is growing up, his father Mufasa taught him about the “Circle of Life.” The “Circle of Life” is about the balance affecting all living creatures in the jungle. Elton John sang the theme song of The Lion King.
37. Toy Story - Randy Newman - You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Toy Story is a computer-generated imagery animated comedy that was produced by Pixar and released by Disney. Toy Story made about $356 million worldwide. THe movie is about a cowboy doll losing his appeal to a new toy named Buzz Lightyear. The toy owner’s family move to a new house and accidentally leaves the toys behind. Toy Story was the first movie produced after Disney and Pixar signed a $26 million deal for 3 computer-generated imagery movies.
The introduction of the movie was a song called “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” by Randy Newman.
36. Risky Business - Bob Seger & The Silvery Bullet Band - Old Time Rock and Roll
Risky Business is a comedy film that stars Tom Cruise as a high school student, Joel Goodson that is born to a wealthy family in Chicago. His father wants him to attend Princeton University. When Joel’s parents go on vacation, he dances around in his underwear, raids the liquor cabinet, and drives around in his parents’ Porsche 928.
The dancing scene was parodied in The Guru, Duckman, Arrested Development, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, King of The Hill, Kappa Mikey, Lizzie Mcguire, The Lone Gunmen, The Nanny, NewsRadio, SNL, The Simpsons, South Park, Doug, Saved by the Bell, Veronica Mars, ALF, Scrubs, Married with Children, Mrs. Doubtfire, Never Been Kissed, The Office, and The O.C.
35. Top Gun - Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Top Gun is another movie that stars Tom Cruise as “Maverick.” Maverick is a young Naval aviator that wants to become the top fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School. The movie made $350 million worldwide. In one mission, Maverick and his rival Iceman are chasing a target named Jester. When Iceman bails on the target, Maverick’s jet gets caught in the jet wash. This causes their jet to spin around uncontrollably. As Maverick and his partner, Goose eject from their jet, Goose hits the cockpit canopy and dies on impact.
This incident scars Maverick and he considers leaving the Navy. Maverick turns to another pilot named Viper for advice. Viper reminisced about what it was like flying with Maverick’s father in Vietnam. Maverick decides to stay in the Navy and become a top pilot after hearing the story. Another mission starts shortly after all the pilots graduate and then Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone turns on as they get ready to start the mission.
34. Napoleon Dynamite - Jamiroquai - Canned Heat
Napoleon Dynamite is an independent film that stars Jon Heder as Napoleon. The movie was made on a budget of $400,000 and made $44.5 million. The movie is about a socially inept high school student that lives in Preston, Idaho. Napoleon lives with his brother, Kip and his Grandma along with their pet llama, Tina. Napoleon’s grandmother goes to the sand dunes and gets injured, thus leading to Uncle Rico moving in.
Napoleon meets a new classmate named Pedro Sanchez. Pedro decides to run for class President and decides to have Napoleon act as his campaign manager. Pedro ends up competing directly with popular student Summer Wheatley. In order to win the presidency, a speech has to be made and a talent performance. After Pedro gives his speech, he went back-stage because he was unprepared for a talent act. Napoleon steps in and unexpectedly starts dancing. The name of the tune was Canned Heat by Jamiroquai.
33. The Breakfast Club - Simple Minds - Don’t You Forget About Me
The Breakfast Club is a movie about “coming of age” that stars Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Judd Nelson (John Bender), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson), Emilio Estévez (Andrew Clark), and Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds). The students all go to school at Glenbrook North High School in Shermer, Illinois.
The movie is about 5 students in different cliques that pass time dancing, smoking marijuana, fighting, telling stories, and harassing each other. All of them reveal secrets about themselves and a lot of them revolve around not making the same mistakes as their parents. The students become close and realize that they have a lot in common. Simples Minds made the theme song for The Breakfast Club.
32. Pineapple Express - M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Pineapple Express is a comedy stoner movie that stars Seth Rogen (Dale Denton), James Franco (Saul Silver), Amber Heard (Angie Anderson), Gary Cole (Ted Jones), Rosie Perez (Officer Carol Brazier), and Danny McBride (Red).
Dale is a 25 year old process serving marijuana addict. Dale buys a unique type of marijuana called Pineapple Express from Saul and sits in his car while smoking it. Dale then witnesses a murder, throws his joint out the window and flees the scene. The murderers find the Pineapple Express joint and begin to trace Saul and Dale. The song at the end of the trailer is called Paper Planes by M.I.A. The movie helped M.I.A.’s song reach the Billboard charts and gain popularity. The song was not added on the official soundtrack.
31. Beaches - Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
Beaches is a movie that stars Bette Middler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, Laninie Kazan, Mayim Bialik, and Marcie Leeds. The movie’s theme song by Bette Middler won several Grammys. Beaches is about a singer named CC Bloom (Bette Midler) that hears about distressing news about a loved one and runs away from a rehearsal.
The news was about her friend, Hillary. Because Bloom is unable to get a flight from L.A. to San Francisco, she begins to drive. Bloom then begins to have flashbacks of the beginning of her friendship. The Wind Beneath My Wings was played at Princess Diana’s funeral.
30. Daredevil - Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Daredevil is a movie that stars Ben Affleck (DareDevil/Matt Murdock), Jennifer Garner (Elektra Natchios), Colin Farrell (Bullseye), Michael Clarke Duncan (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin). The movie is about Matt Murdock, a blind attorney for Hell’s Kitchen by day, and becomes Daredevil by night. The film earned about $179 million.
Evanescence, a band from Little Rock, Arkansas, created the songs “Bring Me to Life” and “My Immortal” and they were included in the Daredevil soundtrack.
29. Godzilla - P. Diddy - Come With Me
Godzilla is a film from 1998 that stars Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, and Hank Azaria. The film opens with a montage of nuclear tests taking place in the Pacific Ocean. Years after the nuclear test, a large lizard attacks several ships. The lizard then finds it’s way to New York City.
Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page was featured on the soundtrack. The song sampled Led Zeppelin’s song, Kashmir. The song ends with Godzilla looking at Puff face-to-face. The song was considered one of VH1’s Least Metal Moments. However, we give it credit on the countdown because it is rare when a rapper decides to collaborate with a rocker.
28. Broken Arrow - White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Note: The song is used in the trailer. The trailer is after the Nike commercial which is the first clip in the embedded video. The song was not on the Broken Arrow soundtrack, but it made the movie look badass when it was used in the trailer.
Broken Arrow is an action film that stars John Travolta (Major Vic Deakins) and Christian Slater (Captain Riley Hale). Both are pilots in the U.S. Air Force and the film begins with the two of them boxing. Hale knocks out Deakins. Both pilots are later assigned a mission to ride in a B3 Stealth Bomber with two nuclear missiles on board.
Deakins then draws a gun on Hale with the intention of taking over the nuclear missiles. A struggle ensues and both of the pilots and the nuclear missiles end up ejecting from the plane and into the canyons of Utah. Losing nuclear missiles is code-named “Broken Arrow.” Broken Arrow earned $150 million.
27. City of Angels - Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
City of Angels is a movie that stars Nicolas Cage (Seth) and Meg Ryan (Maggie). Seth is one of many angels that watches over humans and protects them. Seth is responsible for asking people what their favorite part of life is in order to understand humans and help them transition into their next life. Seth is impressed by Maggie’s efforts to try and save a patient during surgery. Soon they fall in love and Seth becomes a human. The movie grossed $200 million.
City of Angels features a song by Alanis Morissette called “Uninvited.” The song was nominated for 3 Grammys and was on ranked #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream in 1998.
26. Reality Bites - Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay (I Missed You)
Reality Bites is a film that stars Ben Stiller, Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo, and Steve Zahn. The movie is about a videographer named Lelaina (Ryder) that is filming a documentary called Reality Bites and it stars her friends Hawke, Garofalo, and Zahn. The film is about recent college graduates in Houston, TX. Lelaina meets Ben Stiller (Michael) when she accidentally throws a cigarette in his convertible causing him to crash. Both of them start to date after that.
Lisa Loeb made a strong for the movie called “Stay (I Missed You).” The song was a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured as one of VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s.
25. She’s All That - Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
She’s All That is a movie that stars Freddie Prize Jr. (Zach Siler), Jodi Lyn O’Keefe (Taylor), Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker (Dean), and Rachael Leigh Cook (Laney Boggs). Taylor dumps Zach after meeting a reality TV star. Zach believes that Taylor is replaceable and his best friend, Dean disagrees. Then they make a bet on whether Zach can make any girl into a prom queen within 6 weeks. Dean picks Laney Boggs, a nerdy art student.
“Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer was a song from the soundtrack. The song reached #2 on the U.S. Hot 100. The song was also featured on Dawson’s Creek, Not Another Teen Movie, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Be Cool, Practical Magic, SNL, The Real World, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives, 7th Heaven, and Daria. The song was also used at Prince Edward’s wedding.
Aziz Ansari, a New York comedian lost a bet and was forced to walk around New York with a stereo blasting a mixtape of the worst songs made by his roommate. Kiss Me was featured in the video.
24. Romeo & Juliet - The Cardigans- Love Fool
Romeo + Juliet is a film from 1996 that stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo) and Claire Danes (Juliet). The movie is based off of Shakespeare’s play. The film was modernized to appearl to a younger audience.
The Cardigans Lovefool was written for the movie. The song climbed to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It also made appearances on 6 other Billboard charts. The song was also used in The Office, Nip Tuck, My Name is Earl, Hot Fuzz, Cruel Intentions, and was used on the graduation episode of Beverly Hills 90210.
23. Beverly Hills Cop 1, 2, 3 - Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
Beverly Hills Cop is an Acadamy Award and winning series that stars Eddie Murphy. The movie made $234 million at the box office and made it the second biggest hit after Ghostbusters. The series is about a Detroit police officer named Axel Foley and his crazy adventures. In the first movie, Axel is chasing after a criminal that is smuggling bearer bonds into the U.S. In the second film, Axel is trying to solve Alphabet Crimes. And in the last movie, Axel foils a currency counterfeit scheme that takes place in an amusement park.
Harold Faltermeyer’s song was used in all three movies. The song topped the charts in 1985 and has been used in remixes ever since. The song was remixed and renamed as the Crazy Frog song. This song has become a brand. It was also used by The Simpsons, The Masters of All Time, King of the Hill, Family Guy, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Walker Texas Ranger, Clerks, PSY, BellaMafia, Vybz Kartel, Kidz Bop, Jurassic Park video game, Prawn to be Wild, Space Chimps, and a Telegu song.
22. Office Space - Geto Boys - Damn It Feels Good To Be a Gangsta
Office Space is a comedy written by Mike Judge. The movie stars Ron Livingston (Peter Gibbons), Jennifer Aniston (Joanna), Gary Cole (Bill Lumbergh), David Herman (Michael Bolton), and Ajay Naidu (Samir Nagheenanajar).
Peter is depressed about his routine job. But one day he visits an occupational hypnotherapist that hypnotizes him into become relaxed and apathetic about his job. The consultants hired at his software company are impressed by his laid back attitude and promotes him to a higher position. After Peter realizes he can do anything he wants at work and not worry about it, the song by The Geto Boys turns on. And Peter starts to feel like a true Gangsta.
21. Hustle & Flow - Three 6 Mafia - It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp
Hustle & Flow is a film directed by Craig Brewer. The movie is about a hustler in Memphis named DJay that aspires to become a rapper. DJay is played by Terrence Howard. DJay is also a drug deal and a pimp with 3 prostitutes working for him. He then buys a keyboard and starts making songs. DJay eventually releases several tracks called Whoop That Trick and It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp. DJay’s prostitutes encourage local DJs to play his music and the songs become a hit.
It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp won an Academy Award and was the second hip hop song to win an Oscar. You’ll find out the first hip hop song to win an Oscar as you keep reading. Any rap song that has the word “Pimp” in it and wins an Oscar deserves to make it to the list.
20. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a Western film that stars Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy) and Robert Redford (The Sundance Kid). Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid are the leaders of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Both of them are planning another bank robbery, but when they return to the Hole-in-the-Wall, they find out that their gang brough in a new leader named Harvey Logan. Logan and Butch get into a knife fight and Butch wins. Logan’s idea was to rob a passenger train instead of banks. Butch makes this idea his own.
Raindrops Keep Falling In My Head became popular from the movie in a scene where Katharine Ross rides on a bike with Butch. The song was also used in Spy Hard, Forrest Gump, Spider-Man 2, The Simpsons, Clerks II, Grey’s Anatomy, and Stars in Their Eyes.
19. He Got Game - Public Enemy - He Got Game
He Got Game is a movie directed by Spike Lee and stars Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. Ray Allen (Jesus Shuttlesworth) is a talented basketball player that is wanted by many top college programs in the nation. Washington’s character is a felon that was temporarily released from the Attica State Prison. Washington was thrown in jail after accidentally killing his wife. The governor is an influential alumni of one of the colleges that Jesus is considering. The governor hopes that Jesus accepts admission into the college that he was thealum of. Ebert gave the movie 3.5 stars.
He Got Game by Public Enemy is the theme song of the movie.
18. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a film from 1991. The movie stars Kevin Costner (Robin Hood), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Maid Marian), Morgan Freeman (Azeem), Christian Slater (will Scarlet), and Alan Rickman (Sheriff of Nottingham). The movie is about how Robin of Locksley was thrown in a dungeon in Jerusalem and escapes. Robin saves the life of Azeem and journeys back to England. The Sheriff of Nottingham murdered Robin’s father and destroyed the Locksley Castle. Robin falls in love with Maid Marian after he steals from English solderies and distributes the wealth to the poor.
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You is the theme song of the movie. It was co-written and performed by Bryan Adams. The song was #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks. The song won a Grammy and was nominated for an Academy Award. The song was covered by a large number of other singers. And the song is used as the slow-dance in a large number of weddings.
17. Flashdance - Michael Sembello - Maniac
Flashdance is a musical and romance movie that stars Jennifer Beals (Alex) and Michael Nouri (Nick Hurley). Alex is an exotic dancer by night in a Pittsburgh bar and steel mill welder by day. Alex’s goal is to go to a dance school at the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance and Repertory. Hurley, the boss of the steel mill falls for Alex when she is dancing at the bar.
Michael Sembello’s Maniac song was the theme song of the movie. Maniac was nominated for an Academy Award. The song was covered by many bands. Chris Farley sang Maniac while being hosed off at a gas station in the movie, Tommy Boy. The song was also used in a 2007 Kia commercial.
16. Rocky III - Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Rocky III stars Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, Mr. T as Clubber Lang, and Hulk Hogan. In the movie, Rocky is already a popular boxer with floods of merchandise named after him. Rocky is about to retire as a statue is built for him, but Lang challenges him to another fight. When Lang and Rocky meet at the fight venue, Lang pushes aside Mickey, accidentally giving him a heart attack. Lang then beats Rocky in the match. Rocky lied to Mickey as he was about to pass away saying that he won the fight.
When Rocky goes to Mickey’s abandoned gym, Apollo Creed confronts him and says that he wants to help train Rocky. Creed wants Rocky to get his “eye of the tiger” back, a fighting, competitive spirit.
Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger turns on in the movie when Rocky is training. Eye of the Tiger became a cult hit. The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks. The song was covered by several artists including DMX, Green Day, and Ice Cube. The song was parodied by Weird Al and was used in a Starbuck’s commercial. The song was also used by Family Guy and The Boondocks.
15. Wayne’s World - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Wayne’s World is a popular sketch from SNL. The movie stars Mike Myers (Wayne Campbell) and Dana Carvey (Garth Algar). Wayne are high school students that run their own home video program. In their own home video program, Wayne and Garth discuss babes and rock bands. Benjamin Caine (Rob Lowe) offers to buy the Wayne’s World show for $10,000 and to keep both of them on a huge salary. Wayne gets fired from his own show and falls in love with a hard rock bass player named Cassandra (Tia Carrere). Benjamin also has an interest in Cassandra and tries to creating a rift between Wayne and Garth.
Bohemian Rhapsody was a song recorded by Queen. The song is a theme song from Wayne’s World. The song was released in 1975 and it’s popularity was revived when being added to the film. The song won the MTV Video Music Award for the Best Video from a film in 1992. Several other bands covered the song such as Axl Rose, Elton John, Weild Al, and The Fugees.
14. Gone in Sixty Seconds - War - Low Rider
Gone in Sixty Seconds is a film that stars Nicolas Cage as Memphis and Giovanni Ribisi. Kip gets in trouble when attempting to steal 50 cars for a crime mob boss. After failing to meet the delivery, the mob boss theatens to kill him. Memphis makes a deal with the mob boss to steal 50 cars within a certain deadline.
Right before Memphis’ gang is about to steal all of the cars, they turn on their motivational song: Low Rider by War. Low Rider was released in 1975 on the album “Why Can’t We Be Friends. The song was also covered by George Clinton, Korn, Cypress Hill, Blues Traveler, ZZ Top, and Barry White. Low Rider was sampled in “Pretty Fly For A White Guy” by Offspring and “Slow Ride” by The Beastie Boys. The song was also used in Cheech and Chong, A Gnome Named Gnorm, Dazed and Confused, Paulie, A Knight’s Tale, Bevery Hils Ninja, The Young Poisoner’s Handbook, and Friday. The song was also used in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, That 70’s Show, and MLB 08. When visiting the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, an inflatable frog sometimes sings Low Rider when appearing in front of the lounge.
13. Doctor Dolittle - Aaliyah - Are U That Somebody?
Dr. Dolittle is a comedy film that stars Eddie Murphy. It’s about a doctor that learns that he can understand and talk to animals. As the Doctor Dolittle begins to realize that he has this ability, many animals start to ask him for medical attention. One of the popular songs from the movie soundtrack is “Are You That Somebody?” by R&B singer, Aaliyah.
“Are You That Somebody?” was written by Steve Garrett and Timbaland. Are You That Somebody? was on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for several weeks. The song was listed as the 387th best song on the 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born by Blender magazine. The song was nominated for a Grammy, a MTV Video Music Award, Soul Train Lady of Soul Award, and a World Music Award.
12. Moulin Rouge! - Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa, Missy Elliott and Pink - Lady Marmalade
Moulin Rouge! is a film from 2001 that stars Ewan McGregor (Christian) and Nicole Kidman (Satine). Christian is a British writer that overlooks the closed-down Moulin Rouge theater production. Christian was writing his biography about his lover, Satine who had since passed away.
Lady Marmalade was the most popular song from the soundtrack of the movie. The song was covered by Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mýa, and Pink. Lady Marmalade was #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks. The music video of the film won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year and Best Video from a Film.
11. Bad Boys I and II - Inner Circle - Bad Boys
Bad Boys I and II are movies that star Martin Lawrence (Marcus Burnett) and Will Smith (Mike Lowrey) as police officers. In the first movie, both Mike and Martin protect a witness named Julie. Julie witnessed a murder that involved a heroin deal. In the second Bad Boys movie, the pair team up once again to prevent an ecstasy dealer from becoming a powerful drug lord.
Inner Circle’s Bad Boys is the theme song for both of the movies. Inner Circle is a band that was started by brothers Ian and Roger Lewis in Jamaica. Their song, Bad Boys was released in 1989 and became a hit. The song was used for the theme song of FOX TV show, COPS.
10. The Matrix - Propellerheads - Spybreak
The Matrix is a movie that stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a computer hacker who finds out that he is the chosen one to rescue humanity from the rise of intelligent machines. The Matrix is a simulated reality constructed in 1999 by the machines who thrive of off human body heat and energy.
In this scene, Neo is fighting henchman in a lobby. Propellerheads’ song Spybreak! became popular from this scene in the movie. The song was also used in The Simpsons and is constantly used as the music for Marvel Comic Heroes at the Universal Islands of Preasure in Orlando, Florida. Any song that is used constantly in an amusement park deserves to be in the top 10.
9. Shaft - Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Shaft is a character that had a TV show series and several movies. The 2000 version of the movie stars Samuel L Jackson as John Shaft, Toni Collette, Busta Rhymes, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright, Mekhi Phifer, and Christian Bale. In the 2000 version of the movie, Shaft is to investigate a racially-driven murder committed by Walter Wade, a real estate tycoon heir.
The theme song by the late Isaac Hayes was released in 1971. The theme was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. The song also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Hayes created the song because he was promised the chance to audition for the lead role. Although he never had the chance to audition, Hayes recorded the track anyway. The song was also references in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Simpsons, Sesame Street, Scrubs, Father Ted, The Wire, and The X-Files.
8. Dangerous Minds - Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise
Dangerous Minds is a drama film from 1995 that stars Michelle Pfeiffer. The film is based on the autobiographical experiences of LouAnne Johnson, a former Marine growing up in the inner-city of East Palo Alto, California. LouAnne Johnson becomes a teacher at Parkmount High School facing students that grew up in the ghetto. Many of her students are involved in gangs and drugs.
Gangsta’s Paradise was a rap song written by Coolio and features L.V. for the film. Coolio won a Grammy and the song was voted the best single of the year by The Village Voice Pazz & Jop. The United World Chart called it the 15th most successful single of all time. Coolio also won the Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996.
7. Space Jam - R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Space Jam is an animated film that stars Michael Jordan. The cast also includes cartoon characters: Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Pepe LePew, Speedy Gonzales, Granny, Lola Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, and the Tazmanian Devil.
The Nerdluck aliens arrive on Earth to captre the Looney Tunes characters and take them to Moron Mountain. Moron Mountain is a place where the Looney Tunes would work at a theme park. Bugs Bunny challenges the aliens to a basketball game. The aliens then steal the basketball talent from Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Muggsy Bogues, Larry Johnson, and Shawn Bradley. Bugs Bunny then gets Michael Jordan to help them win the basketball game.
I Believe I can Fly is the theme song of the movie. The song was #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, won 3 Grammys, and is ranked #406 on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.
6. Batman Forever - Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Batman Forever is a film about the superhero. The film stars Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, and Chris O’Donnell. In this movie, Batman and Robin team up to fight against The Riddler and Two-Face.
“Kiss From A Rose” by Seal was featured on the soundtrack. The song was #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for a week in 1995. The song was covered by Chris Slingh and Jack Black.
5. The Body Guard - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
The Bodyguard is a film that stars Kevin Costner (Frank Farmer) and Whitney Houston (Rachel Marron). Famrer is a professional bodyguard and former Secret Service agent hired to protect Marron. As Farmer protects Marron, the two fall in love. In order to keep their relationship professional, Farmer breaks the affair. After fulfilling his duty, Frank moves on to the next assignment.
I will Always Love You, the theme from the movie is a cover song by Whitney Houston released in 1992. The song sold over 15 million copies and was on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years. The song was also #4 on VH1 Greatest Songs of the 90s and #1 on VH1’s Greatest Love Songs. The original singer was Dolly Parton.
4. 8 Mile - Eminem - Lose Yourself
8 Mile is a drama film released in 2002 that stars Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, and Kim Basinger. The film is about Jimmy “B-Rabbit” Smith struggling to get respect as a white rapper. The movie was filmed in Detroit on Eight Mile Road. B-Rabbit loses several freestyle competitions and ends up having to work at a steel mill plant. At one of the rap battles, B-Rabit meets a girl named Alex and finds himself attracted to her.
After finding his friend, Wink making love to Alex at a radio station, an upset B-Rabbit beats up Wink. Wink’s gang, the Freeworld then go to B-Rabbit’s trailer park home and jump him. The next day, B-Rabbit challenges all of the Freeworld gang members to a rap battle and beats all of them, thus gaining the respect he was looking for.
Lose Yourself is the theme song of the movie. The song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, ranked the #4 in the 100 greatest songs of the past 25 years by VH1, won an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards, and an Oscar.
3. Titanic - Celine Dion - My Heart Goes On
Titanic is a romance film from 1997 that was produced and directed by James Cameron. Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack) and Kate Winslet (Rose) The movie is about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The movie starts with an exploration team that finds a nude photo of a woman wearing the Heart of the Ocean amulet. Rose Calvert at age 101 meets the exploration team, reveals that she is the woman in the picture, and then recalls the story of when she was 17.
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion is the theme song of the movie. The United World Chart ranked the song as the 14th most successful song in music. The song was on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay for 10 weeks. The song won an Academy Award, won 4 Grammys, a Golden Globe Award, a Billboard Music Award, a Blockbuster Entertainment Award, a Billboard Latin Award, and a Japan record Award. The song also won VH1’s 50 Best Movie Songs as #1. Several artists covered the song including New Found Glory, Kenny G, Weird Al, Hadiqa Kiyani, and Yuana Ito.
2. Armageddon - Aerosmith - Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing
Armageddon is a film from 1998 that stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, and Liv Tyler. The movie starts out by a space shuttle struck by thousands of tiny meteoroids in space and several meteors causing damage in New York City. NASA than found out that these meteors are smaller objects breaking apart from one massive meteor heading towards Earth that will impact the Earth in 18 days, thus causing total destruction to the planet. NASA and high government officials determine that the best court of action is to detonate a nuclear warhead inside the asteroid.
NASA brings in Harry Stamper, a famous deepcore driller to do that job. Harry decides to take his crew to the meteor which includes A.J., the boyfriend of his daughter. After several mishaps and the tragic loss of several lives of the crew, the team is able to detonate the bomb in time.
“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” by Aerosmith is the theme song of the movie. The song made it to the top of the Billboard Hot 100. This was the first time that the band was able to accomplish that feat in 28 years. The song was nominated for an Academy Award. This song is the epitome of how there are certain musicians that are passionate about what they do.
1. Grease - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - You’re The One That I Want
Grease is a film that stars John Travolta (Danny Zuko) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy Olsson). The film was released in theaters in 1978. During summer vacation in 1958, Danny and Sandy meet on a beach and fall in love. Sandy is supposed to return to Australia, but her family changes their mind about leaving for Australia. Sandy ends up going to school at Rydell High School as a foreign exchange student and befriends Didi Conn (Frenchy). Frenchy is the leader of The Pink Ladies and Danny is the leader of The T-Birds. Danny and Sandy tell both of their school friend gang about how they met each other.
The Pink Ladies then seek out Danny and try to reunite him with Sandy. Danny tries to protect his image as a cool guy and rejects Sandy’s preppiness. Later, Danny apologizes to Sandy and then makes a move on her. Sandy thinks that Danny is trying to move way too fast and leaves him.
Danny then changes his image to be more preppy in order to get Sandy back. But later he finds out that Sandy is dressed similar to him. “You’re The One I Want” was the closing song of Grease.
The song was a major international hit reaching #1 in many countries. The song was remixed and covered by many bands. The song was #1 in Australia, Canada, Europe, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the U.S. in 1978. This is what makes this song #1 on this list.
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brent
October 24th, 2008 at 8:48 pmwhat the hell is the theme of this list?? ‘hottest’ could mean a few different things i guess- sexy songs, spicy dance songs, or just badass hip hop beat songs, etc… But this list has completely random songs that would never in any way better categorized together. dude you dont have to make a list that tallies up to forty f*n one spots, make it a little more particular. and i HAVE to say that the 1 song that should be on this list is not- ‘Take my breath away’ from Top Gun. geez, try again there sport
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Ike
October 25th, 2008 at 11:26 amI have to agree with brent. I believe by “hottest” they mean the most popular and even then they got it wrong.
A) City of Angels - Iris by Goo Goo Dolls, that song was written SPECIFICALLY for that movie and was jipped from being on the billboard chart because “a single was never released”. when it did it still made it in the top 10 (#9 even) which is beyond good.
whats more impressive about Iris is its staying power. Not only was it a great song when it came out, but it STILL gets radio air time, as opposed to alanis’ song which never gets air time…
B) take my breath away was DEFINITELY the song everyone remembers from Top Gun, Danger Zone was good, but you can’t hear take my breath away w/o thinking top gun.
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Anonymous
October 26th, 2008 at 11:32 amIf you guys don’t like his lists, shut the fuck up about it, they’re not MAKING anyone come back to this site.
You’re not being “critics” you’re being assholes.
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matt
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 pmwhere is “time of my life” from dirty dancing
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playdead
December 31st, 2008 at 8:55 pmwhere the hell is “Mad World” by Gary Jules!?
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somguy
February 28th, 2009 at 12:01 amWhat about the Ghost “Unchained Melody” song?
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Anonymous
May 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pmAnyone know the song playing in the club scene in this clip it plays at 1:14:
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Janna
May 24th, 2009 at 4:12 pmyou guys are sad. like pathetic even if you let these lists get to you. their someones opinion hoping you agree, so like calm down would yeah?
