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Five songs that correspond with scenes from "Romeo and Juliet" include "A Time for Us" by Andy Williams for Act I, Scene 5; "Marry Me" by Train for Act II, Scene 2; "Til Death Do Us Part" by Kait ...
- “Romeo And Juliet” By Dire Straits. With so many songs written about Romeo and Juliet, one by Dire Straits leads our list. “Romeo and Juliet” was released in 1980 from their album Making Movies.
- “Love Story” By Taylor Swift. In our next song, “Love Story,” Taylor Swift draws inspiration from Romeo and Juliet’s tale but with a more optimistic narrative.
- “Juliet” By Robin Gibb. Like the classic tale, Robin Gibb‘s “Juliet” explores the theme of forbidden love. Gibbs portrays himself as a modern-day Romeo, enamored by a wealthy girl he considers his Juliet.
- “Romeo Had Juliette” By Lou Reed. Another reinterpretation of the classic Romeo and Juliet is Lou Reed‘s “Romeo Had Juliette.” Released in 1989, the song is set against the backdrop of a gritty urban landscape.
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Aug 21, 2021 · Here is every song on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack and the scenes in which they appear. “Pretty Piece of Flesh” by One Inch Punch - The Montague boys sing “Pretty Piece of Flesh” during the film’s opening scene when they confront the Capulets at a gas station. “Talk Show Host” by Radiohead - “Talk Show Host” plays during ...
- “Happy Ending” by Elvis Presley
- “Round and Round” by Ratt
- “Romeo Had Juliette” by Lou Reed
- “Fire” by The Pointer Sisters
- “Not Romeo Not Juliet” by Bryan Adams
- “Love Story” by Taylor Swift
- “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult
- “Cinema Show” by Genesis
- “(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet” by The Reflections
- “Romeo and Juliet” by Dire Straits
This deep cut from the king of rock ‘n’ roll comes from his 1963 film starring vehicle It Happened at the World’s Fair and is performed during the movie’s final scene. The song (written by Bob Weisman and Sid Wayne) actually ignores the common romantic reinterpretation of the Shakespeare play and uses its actual tragic essence (“Our love story gets...
This number #12 single from 1984 was one of the earliest major hits in the Eighties sub-genre which would come to be known as “hair metal,” and also probably one of the best. Lyrically, no songs in that genre were exactly, well, Shakespeare sonnets, and the words to this one don’t really make a whole lot of sense in general. The one mention of the ...
Did New York City rock innovator Lou Reed change the traditional spelling of “Juliet” on this song for copyright reasons? Nah (all of Shakespeare’s works have been public domain for centuries). Rather, continuing his own tradition of creating songs based on gritty urban reality, this take on the famous couple fromLou Reed’s 1989 album New York re-i...
A few of the lyrics to this 1978 #2 hit by the Pointer Sisters written by Bruce Springsteenhave probably not aged well in the #MeToo era (“Your pullin’ me close/I just say no/I say I don’t like it/But you know I’m a liar”). This is also another example of Romeo and Juliet being not only pretty much just name-dropped, but also having a share space w...
Another deep cut from a classic rocker, this song from Bryan Adams’ 2004 album Room Service actually uses the idealized interpretation of Shakespeare’s famous couple as the “perfect lovers” to contrast the feelings of the boy and the girl in the song who realize and accept that they are who they are (“He ain’t pretty,” “She’s all skinny like a ciga...
The twenty-first century’s reining pop princess did her own take on Romeo and Juliet on this track which originally appeared on her 2008 album Fearless. The song is told from the perspective of “Juliet” (logically enough) but definitely understates the tragic aspect of the original Shakespeare work, as in this song the worst the couple really has t...
Possibly the best-known song on our list, long-running New York rockers Blue Oyster Cult enjoyed their only US Top 20 hit with “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” in 1976. The song has largely been interpreted – and in turn, criticized – as being about a suicide pact between a teenage couple, who partially use Romeo and Juliet as the inspiration for taking t...
One more classic rock deep cut, this one from the early days of Genesis (1973) re-imagines Romeo and Juliet as a modern couple who are a pair of young British adult professionals. The two never technically “meet” in the song, as each of the first two verses focuses on them separately as they prepare to ultimately get together for a date (she puts o...
There’ve been at least a half-dozen recording groups called the Reflections (including a current metalcore band from the Twin Cities), but this vocal ensemble from Detroit scored their only major hit in 1964 with the #6 single “(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet.” As the parenthetical in the song’s title would suggest, the Shakespeare characters here are...
This track from Dire Straits which originally appears on their 1980 album Making Movies also re-imagines Romeo and Juliet as being in the modern day, at least as far as we can tell from some of the references in the song (TV, streetlights, the 1963 hit “My Boyfriend’s Back” by the Angels). Though also not quite the tragedy that the original play is...
Romeo and Juliet is a love story; therefore, a great deal of love songs could be defended as an appropriate song for the play. It's more fun if you try and pick some songs that aren't love songs.
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Aug 2, 2023 · Dive into a world of music that’s spun from the threads of the most enduring love story ever told. Here are 20 timeless songs about the legendary lovers, Romeo and Juliet. For star-crossed lovers and music enthusiasts alike!
