THE 41 HOTTEST SONGS FROM A MOVIE
41. Little Miss Sunshine – Rick James – Superfreak (Roca Sound Remix)
Little Miss Sunshine is a comedy drama that stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin. The story is about a family that go on a road trip to take the daughter of the family, Olive to the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant in Redondo Beach, California. All sorts of mishaps occur on the way to the road trip such as Grandpa Edwin dying from a heroin overdose, the son discovers he cannot join the Air Force because he is color-blind, and the brakes of their mini-van stop working. When Olive reaches the beauty pagaent, she performs a dance to Rick James’ “Super Freak.”
40. Scarface – Paul Engemann – Scarface (Push It To The Limit)
Scarface is a movie about crime that stars Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Montana is a fictional Cuban refugee who arrives in Florida in 1980 and rises in rank to the top of a major mafia. When the movie released, it had mixed reviews. It had graphic violence and strong language through the movie. However, Ebert gave it 4 stars out of 4.
The movie had a follow-up video game called Scarface: The World is Yours. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City made several references to Scarface scenes. Def Jam released an album called Music Inspired by Scarface which features songs from Jay-z, Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Cam’ron, Joe Budden, Grandmaster Flash, The L.O.X., and Shyne. HBO’s Entourage also made several references to Scarface when filming episodes about Vincent Chase’s crime movie about Pablo Escobar called Medellin.
One of the theme songs from Scarface was Push It To The Limit.
39. Terminator 2: Judgement Day – George Thorogood and the Destroyers – Bad To The Bone
Terminator 2: Judgment Day stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator. The movie is about two men that arrive in Los Angeles from the year 2029. The first man is sent to protect John Connor, the future protector of humans that prevent a rise of the machines. When the Terminator arrived in Los Angeles, he was naked and needed clothes in order to blend in with other humans. The Terminator went to a bar to steal clothes, a motorcycle, and a pair of sunglasses. “Bad To The Bone” was the song that was set after The Terminator put on his sunglasses.
38. The Lion King – Elton John – Circle of Life
Disney’s The Lion King took place in the Pride Lands of Africa. Rafiki, a mandrill anoints lion cub Simba as the future King of the jungle. As Simba is growing up, his father Mufasa taught him about the “Circle of Life.” The “Circle of Life” is about the balance affecting all living creatures in the jungle. Elton John sang the theme song of The Lion King.
37. Toy Story – Randy Newman – You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Toy Story is a computer-generated imagery animated comedy that was produced by Pixar and released by Disney. Toy Story made about $356 million worldwide. THe movie is about a cowboy doll losing his appeal to a new toy named Buzz Lightyear. The toy owner’s family move to a new house and accidentally leaves the toys behind. Toy Story was the first movie produced after Disney and Pixar signed a $26 million deal for 3 computer-generated imagery movies.
The introduction of the movie was a song called “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” by Randy Newman.
36. Risky Business – Bob Seger & The Silvery Bullet Band – Old Time Rock and Roll
Risky Business is a comedy film that stars Tom Cruise as a high school student, Joel Goodson that is born to a wealthy family in Chicago. His father wants him to attend Princeton University. When Joel’s parents go on vacation, he dances around in his underwear, raids the liquor cabinet, and drives around in his parents’ Porsche 928.
The dancing scene was parodied in The Guru, Duckman, Arrested Development, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, King of The Hill, Kappa Mikey, Lizzie Mcguire, The Lone Gunmen, The Nanny, NewsRadio, SNL, The Simpsons, South Park, Doug, Saved by the Bell, Veronica Mars, ALF, Scrubs, Married with Children, Mrs. Doubtfire, Never Been Kissed, The Office, and The O.C.
35. Top Gun – Kenny Loggins – Danger Zone
Top Gun is another movie that stars Tom Cruise as “Maverick.” Maverick is a young Naval aviator that wants to become the top fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School. The movie made $350 million worldwide. In one mission, Maverick and his rival Iceman are chasing a target named Jester. When Iceman bails on the target, Maverick’s jet gets caught in the jet wash. This causes their jet to spin around uncontrollably. As Maverick and his partner, Goose eject from their jet, Goose hits the cockpit canopy and dies on impact.
This incident scars Maverick and he considers leaving the Navy. Maverick turns to another pilot named Viper for advice. Viper reminisced about what it was like flying with Maverick’s father in Vietnam. Maverick decides to stay in the Navy and become a top pilot after hearing the story. Another mission starts shortly after all the pilots graduate and then Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone turns on as they get ready to start the mission.
34. Napoleon Dynamite – Jamiroquai – Canned Heat
Napoleon Dynamite is an independent film that stars Jon Heder as Napoleon. The movie was made on a budget of $400,000 and made $44.5 million. The movie is about a socially inept high school student that lives in Preston, Idaho. Napoleon lives with his brother, Kip and his Grandma along with their pet llama, Tina. Napoleon’s grandmother goes to the sand dunes and gets injured, thus leading to Uncle Rico moving in.
Napoleon meets a new classmate named Pedro Sanchez. Pedro decides to run for class President and decides to have Napoleon act as his campaign manager. Pedro ends up competing directly with popular student Summer Wheatley. In order to win the presidency, a speech has to be made and a talent performance. After Pedro gives his speech, he went back-stage because he was unprepared for a talent act. Napoleon steps in and unexpectedly starts dancing. The name of the tune was Canned Heat by Jamiroquai.
33. The Breakfast Club – Simple Minds – Don’t You Forget About Me
The Breakfast Club is a movie about “coming of age” that stars Molly Ringwald (Claire Standish), Judd Nelson (John Bender), Anthony Michael Hall (Brian Johnson), Emilio Estévez (Andrew Clark), and Ally Sheedy (Allison Reynolds). The students all go to school at Glenbrook North High School in Shermer, Illinois.
The movie is about 5 students in different cliques that pass time dancing, smoking marijuana, fighting, telling stories, and harassing each other. All of them reveal secrets about themselves and a lot of them revolve around not making the same mistakes as their parents. The students become close and realize that they have a lot in common. Simples Minds made the theme song for The Breakfast Club.
32. Pineapple Express – M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Pineapple Express is a comedy stoner movie that stars Seth Rogen (Dale Denton), James Franco (Saul Silver), Amber Heard (Angie Anderson), Gary Cole (Ted Jones), Rosie Perez (Officer Carol Brazier), and Danny McBride (Red).
Dale is a 25 year old process serving marijuana addict. Dale buys a unique type of marijuana called Pineapple Express from Saul and sits in his car while smoking it. Dale then witnesses a murder, throws his joint out the window and flees the scene. The murderers find the Pineapple Express joint and begin to trace Saul and Dale. The song at the end of the trailer is called Paper Planes by M.I.A. The movie helped M.I.A.’s song reach the Billboard charts and gain popularity. The song was not added on the official soundtrack.
31. Beaches – Bette Midler – Wind Beneath My Wings
Beaches is a movie that stars Bette Middler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, Laninie Kazan, Mayim Bialik, and Marcie Leeds. The movie’s theme song by Bette Middler won several Grammys. Beaches is about a singer named CC Bloom (Bette Midler) that hears about distressing news about a loved one and runs away from a rehearsal.
The news was about her friend, Hillary. Because Bloom is unable to get a flight from L.A. to San Francisco, she begins to drive. Bloom then begins to have flashbacks of the beginning of her friendship. The Wind Beneath My Wings was played at Princess Diana’s funeral.
