Saturday, August 20, 2005

Recycled Movie Songs

If you have kids and let them watch television, you've probably heard Smash Mouths' "All Star" a few million times. Some songs get on the Hollywood playlist and keep going for decades. Most of these come from Richard Roeper's 10 Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed and Other Surprising Movie Lists but I added a few I remembered.

James Brown "(I Got You) I Feel Good"
Exit Wounds (2001)
Good Morning Vietnam (1987)
Isn't She Great (2000)
Juwanna Mann (2002)
K-9 (1989)
Mr. Jones (1993)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
Showtime (2002)
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
White Men Can't Jump (1992)

Smash Mouth "All Star"
Digimon
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Rat Race (2001)
Shrek (2001)

George Thorogood and the Destroyers "Bad to the Bone"
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Christine (1983)
Problem Child
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive"
Beyond Silence (1996)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
First Wives Club (1996)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
In & Out (1997)
Man on the Moon (1999)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
The Replacements (2000)

Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride"
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Go (1999)
The Limey (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Outside Providence (1999)

Snap! "The Power"
The Simpsons
Bruce Almighty (?) in previews
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
Hudson Hawk (2001)
Three Kings (1999)
Under Siege (1992)

Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2"
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Bedazzled (2000)
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Duets (2000)
The Full Monty (1997)
Like Mike (2002)
Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
The Replacements (2000)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Sugar and Spice (2001)

Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky"
Angel Baby (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Contact (1997)
The Fan (1996)
Household Saints (1993)
Maid to Order (1987)
Miami Blues (1990)
My Name is Joe (1998)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Saving Grace (2000)
A Simple Plan (1998)
Superstar (1999)
The War (1994)
Wayne's World 2 (1993)

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