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Songs inspired by a movie.

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People who added this item 3371  Average listal rating (2298 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 8.3 
1. Die Hard (1988)


Guyz Nite - Die Hard

Song is great, I think. Very funny, and catchy chorus.
A great summary of the movie. " Yippikaye Motherfucker ! "

People who added this item 4462  Average listal rating (3024 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.5 
2. Amélie (2001)


Les Fatals Picards - Moi Je Vis Chez Amélie Poulain

French song, so I don't think you can understand, but it's like a satire of the movie, some sentences are : " I live in the country of Amélie Poulain where everything is well " and " Bad guys live in an other city ".

People who added this item 189  Average listal rating (85 ratings) 7.8  IMDB Rating 7.7 
3. Johnny Got His Gun (1971)


Metallica - One

Inspired by the book and the movie.

People who added this item 3162  Average listal rating (1942 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.4 
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)


David Bowie - Space Oddity

David wrote the song after he saw the movie.

People who added this item 7374  Average listal rating (4762 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.9 
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kin... (2003)


Megadeth - This Day We Fight

Inspired by the emotional speech of Aragorn before the fight.

People who added this item 1133  Average listal rating (824 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.6 
6. First Blood (1982)


Frankeinstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 - Rambo

" R-A-M-B-O : Blow em up like Rambo ! "

People who added this item 1769  Average listal rating (1179 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.9 
7. Halloween (1978)


Wednesday 13 - Haddonfield

About the night when Myers " came back to home ".

People who added this item 646  Average listal rating (408 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating
8. Day of the Dead (1985)

Gorillaz - M1A1

The band use a sample of the beginning of the movie.

People who added this item 425  Average listal rating (247 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.1 
9. Le Samourai (1967)

Madonna - Beautiful Killer

Madonna loves the 60s french cinema and this movie.

People who added this item 1725  Average listal rating (1032 ratings) 5.8  IMDB Rating 5.8 
10. Never Been Kissed (1999)

Adele - One & Only

She wrote the song after seeing the movie, because of the kiss scene.

People who added this item 918  Average listal rating (572 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating
11. King Kong (1933)

ABBA - King Kong Song

The song tells everything.

People who added this item 331  Average listal rating (198 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 7.3 
12. Godzilla (1954)

Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

About Tokyo's attack.

People who added this item 2347  Average listal rating (1503 ratings) 8.5  IMDB Rating
13. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood

" I've got sunshine in my bag " comes from the movie.

People who added this item 348  Average listal rating (186 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.1 
14. The Red Shoes (1948)

Kate Bush - The Red Shoes

People who added this item 113  Average listal rating (72 ratings) 5.1  IMDB Rating 4.2 
15. Boxing Helena (1993)

Misfits - Helena

" If I cut off your arms and cut off you legs would you still love me anyway ? "

People who added this item 888  Average listal rating (527 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.9 
16. An Andalusian Dog (1929)

Pixies - Debaser

People who added this item 2090  Average listal rating (1268 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.5 
17. Vertigo (1958)

Harvey Danger - Carlotta Valdez

" Jimmy stewart follows Kim to where your portrait hangs on a wall. "

People who added this item 3191  Average listal rating (2015 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.6 
18. American Psycho (2000)

D-12 - American Psycho

This song is full of references. First title. And then some others :
The Silence Of The Lambs, Clockwork Orange, Rocky IV & Halloween .

People who added this item 2041  Average listal rating (1189 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.5 
19. Citizen Kane (1941)

White Stripes - The Union Forever

A song about, and including quotes from, Citizen Kane.

Added by Jon .


People who added this item 2786  Average listal rating (1778 ratings) 6.3  IMDB Rating 6.8 
20. Vanilla Sky (2001)

Kanye West - Through The Wire

Inspired by the storie of the movie.

Added by A.M.A .




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Comments

Posted: 10 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 25 6:29
Great collection! Well done.
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Posted: 10 months, 3 weeks ago at Jun 25 8:58
Interesting list. One you've missed:
The Union Forever - White Stripes
a song about, and including quotes from, Citizen Kane. :)
Posted: 10 months, 2 weeks ago at Jul 5 20:41
Adele likes never been kissed!! that makes that movie and the song 100 times better!! didn't know it!
Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 8 9:21
You forgot Kanye West song ''on the wire" inspired by Vanilla Sky !!!!
Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 8 9:31
Very cool your list, keep it up o/
Posted: 10 months, 1 week ago at Jul 8 19:15
Thanks for taking in consideration my suggestion !!!

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