Most obscure song that became synonymous with a movie

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8:27p, 6/13/26
The silence of the lambs is one of my favorite movies of all time, and the Q Lazzarus song "good bye horses" absolutely makes the scene with Buffalo Bill dancing in the mirror. The movie wouldn't be the same without it.

Q Lazzarus never had a hit, the only reason this was included in the movie is that she played it for Johnathan Demme while she was driving him in her cab in NYC. The song never charted, and she never made any money off of it other than the initial payment for usage in the movie.







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8:35p, 6/13/26
The Cups song in Pitch Perfect
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8:51p, 6/13/26
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Song for Kill Bill
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10:41p, 6/13/26
The first or last songs in Napoleon Dynamite?
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11:13p, 6/13/26
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11:39p, 6/13/26
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Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon in Pulp Fiction. The original Neil Diamond version is not obscure, but the Urge Overkill cover is only known because Tarantino included it in the movie.
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12:19a, 6/14/26
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Surprise no quick mention for Stuck in the Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs. Somewhat random song, and I think if you've seen the movie it's hard to disassociate the song from it.
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12:31a, 6/14/26
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Would be hard for me to think of any examples with "obscure" songs associated with movies but dang there's plenty of recognizable ones I will ALWAYS associate with films I've seen….

Bad to the Bones - T2
Tequila - The Sandlot / TMNT (original)
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Home Alone 2
All-Star - Shrek
How Do I Live - Con-Air

Just to name a few….
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In reply to Chipotlemonger • 12:34a, 6/14/26
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Chipotlemonger said:
Surprise no quick mention for Stuck in the Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs. Somewhat random song, and I think if you've seen the movie it's hard to disassociate the song from it.


That song wasn't obscure though. It was pretty well known before the movie.
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In reply to Bruce Almighty • 7:58a, 6/14/26
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Bruce Almighty said:
Chipotlemonger said:
Surprise no quick mention for Stuck in the Middle With You in Reservoir Dogs. Somewhat random song, and I think if you've seen the movie it's hard to disassociate the song from it.


That song wasn't obscure though. It was pretty well known before the movie.


That makes sense. I'm unfamiliar with the band but it looks like this was their only hit. Hard for a one hit wonder song to be obscure. I retract my suggestion!
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In reply to jokershady • 8:13a, 6/14/26
jokershady said:
Would be hard for me to think of any examples with "obscure" songs associated with movies but dang there's plenty of recognizable ones I will ALWAYS associate with films I've seen….

Bad to the Bones - T2
Tequila - The Sandlot / TMNT (original)
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Home Alone 2
All-Star - Shrek
How Do I Live - Con-Air

Just to name a few….


Tequila - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
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8:17a, 6/14/26
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In 2005-ish midway through my years at A&M, Garden State was huge, and nobody had heard The Shins. "New Slang" couldn't be separated from the film.

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8:27a, 6/14/26
'Burning Bridges'. Kellys Heros. eot?
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In reply to citizenkane06 • 9:42a, 6/14/26
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citizenkane06 said:
In 2005-ish midway through my years at A&M, Garden State was huge, and nobody had heard The Shins. "New Slang" couldn't be separated from the film.


You gotta hear this one
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In reply to PatAg • 10:08a, 6/14/26
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It'll change your life!
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12:03p, 6/14/26
The Wayward Wind by Tex Ritter in Varsity Blues.
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12:10p, 6/14/26
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Pat Benatar, We Belong

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1:58p, 6/14/26
Wings - Love Take Me Down (to the Streets)
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In reply to Cliff.Booth • 3:40p, 6/14/26
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Cliff.Booth said:
The Wayward Wind by Tex Ritter in Varsity Blues.


Gogi Grant originally sang and made the song "The Wayward Wind" famous. Written by Herb Newman and Stanley Lebowsky, her 1956 recording hit #1 on the Billboard charts and famously bumped Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" from the top spot.
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In reply to toucan82 • 4:40p, 6/14/26
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toucan82 said:
Wings - Love Take Me Down (to the Streets)

I had literally never heard that song and didn't know it existed until Role Models. I thought it was a joke throughout the movie.

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4:41p, 6/14/26
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Stereophonic's song Maybe Tomorrow for the movie Crash.
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In reply to Belton Ag • 6:12p, 6/14/26
Many people make that mistake

Probably my favorite example of the Mandela effect
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6:36p, 6/14/26
I remember this song got somewhat popular after Juno came out. RIP Ellen Page.
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In reply to Belton Ag • 6:41p, 6/14/26
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Belton Ag said:
toucan82 said:
Wings - Love Take Me Down (to the Streets)

I had literally never heard that song and didn't know it existed until Role Models. I thought it was a joke throughout the movie.



It's not a wings song, it was made up for the movie.
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7:13p, 6/14/26
Lunatic Fringe (by Red Rider) from Vision Quest
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7:36p, 6/14/26
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Oh Yeah by Yello from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (just hit the 40th anniversary of its release)
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7:02a, 6/15/26
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Without a doubt the Cars' "Moving in Stereo" from the infamous Phoebe Cates pool scene in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

Album cut, not released as a single in the U.S., not included on the movie soundtrack. But for people of a certain age, hearing that song brings back one single memory.
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1:53p, 6/15/26
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This may only be for me, but Van Morrison - Everyone over the closing scene in The Royal Tenenbaums.

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2:20p, 6/15/26
How can you not think of Star Lord when you hear this song?

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2:23p, 6/15/26
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The Coen's could populate this list pretty fully.

I love the way they find obscure gems and bring them to life in their movies.

Way Out There by Carter Burwell is a perfect example. It cracks me up every dang time!



Just about every song in O Brother Where Art Thou, but most particularly Man of Constant Sorrow.

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2:40p, 6/15/26
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Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds - The Breakfast Club
-Random mostly unknown band from Scotland
-Supposedly doesn't sound like any of their other sutff (though I don't know anything else by them)
-Singer hated the song and didn't want to do it
-Never included on any album of theirs
-The most defining song from one of the most defining movies of the 80s
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In reply to TX AG 88 • 3:10p, 6/15/26
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You are correct on the Coen brothers mention.

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3:10p, 6/15/26
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Armageddon - Don't want to miss a thing

I have always hated that scene, so I have always hated that song.

Edit, I guess that wasn't an obscure song. My mind drifted after reading some of the other comments and forgot the premise.
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In reply to AgTrip • 3:13p, 6/15/26
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The song wasn't obscure though. It was a top 5 hit in the 70s.
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