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The 100 Most Featured Movie Songs. Below you can find the list of the 100 most featured movie songs, sorted by their number of appearances in a movie. Overplayed? Nosalgic? Euphoric? You be the judge... #1. Push It. Salt-N-Pepa. heard in. 19 movies. Fatherhood. 2021. The King of Staten Island. 2020. What Men Want. 2019. Booksmart. 2019. Second Act.
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- All Saints - 'Pure Shores' (The Beach) All Saints - Pure Shores (Official Music Video) A huge UK number one single in 2000, All Saints recorded the main theme tune to this Leonardo DiCaprio film.
- Wilson Phillips - 'Hold On' (Bridesmaids) Wilson Phillips Wedding Performance | Bridesmaids | Screen Bites. In one of cinema's most rousing endings, the 2011 comedy Bridesmaids gave a new lease of life to 1990's biggest hit from American trio Wilson Phillips.
- Tom Petty - 'Free Fallin'' (Jerry Maguire) Tom Cruise singing (Jerry Maguire, 1996) We love this moment where Tom Cruise's titular character in Jerry Maguire finally has a bit of good news, and sings out his feelings while listening to this Tom Petty classic on the radio.
- Sixpence None the Richer - 'Kiss Me' (She's All That) She's All That • Kiss Me • Sixpence None the Richer. While not written specifically for the teen romcom, 'Kiss Me' was used as the film's main theme, and gave it a brand new lease of life.
100 Greatest Movie Songs of All Time - Best Movie Soundtracks. Play all. Shuffle. 1. Wiz Khalifa - See You Again ft. Charlie Puth [Official Video] Furious 7 Soundtrack. •. 6.2B views • 8 years...
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- Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes, "Up Where We Belong" in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (three weeks), Peak Date: 11/6/82. Cocker & Warnes recorded this rock ballad for the Richard Gere/Debra Winger romantic drama.
- Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft" in 'Shaft' Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (two weeks), Peak Date: 11/20/71. More than half a century after its release, the theme song to the classic blaxploitation film Shaft still sounds funky, fresh and unstoppable.
- Whitney Houston, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" in 'Exhale' Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (one week), Peak Date: 11/25/95. Babyface wrote this soulful ballad for Houston to sing in her second feature film, Waiting to Exhale.
- Bobby McFerrin, "Don't Worry Be Happy" in 'Cocktail' Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 (two weeks), Peak Date: 9/24/88. McFerrin penned this good-natured song that urged people not to sweat the small stuff.
Apr 9, 2023 · The Best Movie Songs of All Time What makes for a great song moment? The songs on this list all range in genre and style. Some are classical pieces while others are modern pop songs from the movie’s release. It is important to recognize that a memorable song moment is more than just plopping some music over a scene.
Aug 9, 2021 · Stacker collected the best movie songs spanning 100 years of film, according to data from the American Film Industry's 100 Years Project. Visuals may be essential for film, but music completes the experience.
There's no song like "Over the Rainbow." Kansas farm girl Dorothy Gale's wistful ditty in "The Wizard of Oz" led the American Film Institute's list of 100 best movie songs Tuesday, followed by "As Time Goes By" from "Casablanca" and the title tune from "Singin' in the Rain."