21 Movies Whose Original Songs Completely Outshined the Movie
As much as film is a visual medium, the song playing during a scene can be just as vital as what’s happening on screen. Who can imagine Titanic without “My Heart Will Go On”? Or The Graduate without “Mrs. Robinson”? Or Billy Madison without that song about having anymore gum? On the flip side, can you imagine “My Heart Will Go On” without Titanic? That’s not the case for a lot of songs that have become comically divorced from their launching pad.
“One that comes to mind is “Scotty Doesn’t Know,” the Lustra song used for the movie Eurotrip,” Redditor David1258 told r/Movies. “Lustra’s song has an iconic guitar riff and is fairly well known worldwide, but not many people remember that movie.”
They then asked, “What’s a song made for a movie that ended up surpassing the film itself in popularity?” This is what their fellow Redditors had to say on the matter…
Despicable Me 2
Batman Forever
Against All Odds
One Night in Heaven
Vision Quest
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Children of Troubled Times
Reality Bites
Maximum Overdrive
Cocktail
The Lemon Drop Kid
Meet Me in St. Louis
Unchained
Mystery Men
What’s New Pussycat?
City of Angels
Dangerous Minds
Mannequin
She’s Having a Baby
Trolls
Chariots of Fire
