Song Title | Original Arist | Movie Title(s) |
Abc | Jackson 5 | “Daddy Daycare” (Eddie Murphy) |
Across the Universe | Beatles | “Across the Universe” |
Ain’t Nobody | Chaka Khan | “Breakin” |
All Day & All of the Night | Kinks | “The Boat that Rocked” |
American Woman | Lenny Kravitz | “Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me”(Heather Graham, Mike Myers) |
Angel | Sarah McLachlan | “City of Angels” |
At the Hop | Danny and the Juniors | “American Graffiti” (1973) |
Baby Baby | Amy Grant | “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle” (2004) |
Baby Love | Supremes | “Jackie Brown” (1997) |
Bad Moon Rising | CCR | “American Werewolf in London” (1981), “The Twilight Zone: The Movie” (1982) |
Banana Boat | Harry Belafonte | “Beetle Juice” |
Beautiful Stranger | Madonna | “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” (1999) |
Believe | Cher | “Land of the Lost” (two main characters are singing the the song on a vibrating “vortext triangle”) |
Ben | Michael Jackson | “Ben” (1972) |
Bennie and the Jets | Elton John | “My Girl 2” |
Besame Mucho | “Great Expectations,” “Naked Gun 2 ス,” “The Smell of Fear,” “Paid,” “Juno,” “Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears,” “Arizona Dream,” “Moon Over Parador,” “Mona Lisa Smile” | |
Blitzkreig Bop | Ramones | “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” (2001) |
Boot Scootin Boogie | Brooks and Dunn | “Kevin of the North” (2001) |
Born to be Wild | Steppenwolf | “Easy Rider” (Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, 1969) |
Bring Me to Life | Evanescence | “Daredevil” (Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner) |
Brown Eyed Girl | Van Morrison | “The Big Chill” (1983), “Born On THE Fourth of July” (1989), “Sleeping With the Enemy” (Julia Roberts, 1991) |
Bye Bye Bye | N’Sync | “Crossroads” (Britney Spears) |
Call Me | Blondie | “American Gigilo” |
Can’t Buy Me Love | Beatles | “Can’t Buy Me Love” (Patrick Dempsey, 1987) |
Can’t Help Falling in Love | UB40 | “Honeymoon in Vegas” |
Can’t Fight This Feeling | REO Speedwagon | “Not Another Teen Movie,” “Waiting…,” “Kickin it Old School,” “Sex Drive |
Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You | Frankie Valli | “The Deer Hunter,” “Conspiracy Theory” |
Close to You | Carpenters | “Parenthood” (Steve Martin 1989) |
Conga | Miami Sound Machine | “The Heartbreak Kid” (2007), “Birdcage” |
Could You Be Loved | Bob Marley | “Blue Crush” (2002), “50 First Dates” (2004), “Catch a Fire” (2006), “Fool’s Gold” (2008) |
Dancing Queen | Abba | “Mama Mia” & “Muriel’s Wedding” (Australian Movie—Toni Collette, Rachel Griffith) |
Disco Infero | The Trammps | “Saturday Night Fever” |
Do Wah Diddy | Manfred Mann | “Stripes” (1981), “My Girl” |
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me | Roger Daltry of The Who | “The Lost Boys” (1987) |
Don’t Stop | Fleetwood Mac | “Accepted” (2006) |
Don’t Stop Believin | Journey | “Monster” (based on a true story of a female serial killer 2003) This song was used in an episode of animated TV series Family Guy where Peter, Joe, Cleveland, and Quagmire did a drunken karaoke rendition of the song. The scene actually helped the download sales of the song |
Downtown | Petula Clark | “Girl Interrupted,” “Flight of the Intruder” |
Dream A Little Dream of Me | Mama Cass Elliot | “Dream a Little Dream” |
Everybody Hurts | REM | “Everybody Hurts” (1992), “Bewitched” (2005) |
Everything I do I do It For You | Bryan Adams | “Robin Hood: Prince of Theives” (Kevin Costner) |
Fernando | ABBA | “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” (1993), “Muriel’s Wedding” (1994), “ABBA: The Movie” (1977) |
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta flack | “Play Misty For Me” (Clint Eastwood, 1972) |
Fortunate Son | CCR | “Forest Gump” |
Funkytown | Lipps Inc / Selena | “Shrek 2,” /“Selena” |
Gimme Shelter | Rolling Stones | “Gimme Shelter” (documented the Stones ’69 tour) |
Gimme Some Lovin | Spencer Davis Group | “Notting Hill” (1999), “Days of Thunder,” “The Big Chill,” Sleepers” |
Girl From Ipanema | Stan Getz | “The Color of Money” (1986), “Girl Interrupted” (1997) |
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Cyndi LAuper | “Clueless” (Alicia Silverstone) |
Give It To Me Baby | Rick James | “She’s All That” |
Gonna Make You Sweat | CC Music Factory | “The Super,” “Man of the House” (Chevy Chase), “Old School,” “Superstar” |
Groove is in the Heart | Deee-lite | “Can’t Hardly Wait” (1999), “Lost and Found” (1999), “Charlie’s Angels” (2001), “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” (2007) |
Half Breed | Cher | “Lords of Dogtown” |
Head Over Heels | GoGo’s | “13 Going on 30” |
Heatwave | Martha and the Vandellas | “Sister Act” (Whoopi Goldberg, 1992) |
Heaven | Bryan Adams | “A Night in Heaven” (1983) |
Hello I Love You | The Doors | “Platoon,” “Casualties of War” |
Highway to Hell | ACDC | “Little Nicky,” “School of Rock” (In the film School of Rock Jack Black teaches the riff to the guitarist in the band.) |
Hot in Herre | Nelly | “Agent Cody Banks” |
Hot Stuff | Donna Summer | “The Full Monty,” “Eurotrip” |
Hound Dog | Elvis | “American Graffiti,” Forrest Gump,” “Lilo and Stitch,” “A Few Good Men,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” |
I Got You Babe | Sonny and Cher | “Groundhog Day” (Bill Murray, 1993) |
I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | “The Big Chill” (1983), “Remember the Titans” (2001) |
I Just Called to Say I Love You | Stevie Wonder | “The Woman in Red” (Kelly Lebrock, Gene wilder) |
I Love Rock n Roll | Britney Spears | CrossRoads |
I Saw Her Standing There | Beatles | “Rain Man” (Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman) |
I Wanna Dance With Somebody | Whitney Houston | “13 Going on 30” |
I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor | “In And Out,” “Four Weddings And A Funeral,” “The Replacements,” “Men In Black II,” “Man On The Moon,” “The Adventures Of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert,” “The First Wives Club” and “Coyote Ugly” |
Imagine | John Lennon | “Mr. Holland’s Opus” (1995) |
I’m So Excited | Pointer Sisters | “National Lampoon’s Vacation” (1983), “Deceptions” (1985), “Working Girl (1988), Hot Shot! Part Deux (1993), “The Nutty Professor” (1996) |
In Your Eyes | Peter Gabriel | “Say Anything” (1989) |
Into The Groove | Madonna | “Desperately Seeking Susan” (in film but not on soundtrack) |
Isn’t She Lovely | Stevie Wonder | “The Fighting Temptations” (Cuba Gooding Jr., 2003) |
It’s in his Kiss | Betty Everett | “Mermaids” (Cher, 1990) |
It’s Not Unusual | Tom Jones | “House Arrest” (1996), “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (Johnny Depp), “Edward Scissorhands,” “Mars Attacks!” |
It’s too Late | Carole King | “The Lake House” (Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, 2006) |
Jailhouse Rock | Blues Bros | “Blues Brothers” |
Jammin | Bob Marley | “Captain Ron,” “How High” |
Jessie’s Girl | Rick Springfield | “13 going on 30” (Jennifer Garner) |
Jive Talking | Bee Gees | “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) |
Jump for my Love | Pointer Sisters | “Love Actually” (2004) |
Jumping Jack Flash | Rolling Stones | “Jumping Jack Flash,” “Mean Streets,” “Night Shift” |
Just a Girl | No Doubt | “Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion” (Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino) |
Kiss from a Rose | Seal | “Batman Forever” |
La Bamba | Ritchie Valens | “La Bamba” |
La Carcacha | Selena | “Selena” |
Lady in Red | Chris DeBurgh | “American Psycho” (2000; The song appears briefly as Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale, is listening to it in his office on his walkman), “Working Girl” (1988), “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Baby Mama” (2008) |
Lady Marmalade | Missy Elliot, Christina Aguilera… | “Moulin Rouge” |
Last Dance | Donna Summer / Selena | “Thank God it’s Friday” (1978), “Selena” |
Leader of the Pack | Shangri-Las | “Goodfellas” |
Let’s Dance | David Bowie | “Charlie Wilson’s War” (the original song is heard on the jukebox in the bar scene where Charlie Wilson finds out his charges for cocaine use have been dropped) |
Let’s Get it Started | Black Eyed Peas | “Barbershop 2: Back in Business,” “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle,” “It’s a Boy/Girl Thing,” “White Chicks |
Let’s Groove | Earth Wind and Fire | “Waterboy,” “Drumline,” “The Emperor’s New Groove 2: Kronk’s New Groove,” “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” |
Live to tell | Madonna | “At Close Range” |
Livin’ la Vida Loca | Ricky Martin | “Shrek 2” |
Livin’ On A Prayer | Bon Jovi | “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” |
Louie Louie | Kingsmen | “National Lampoon’s Animal House” |
Love Hurts | Nazareth | “Dazed and Confused,” “Detroit Rock City,” “Together, “Halloween” |
Love Train | Ojays | “Hitch” |
Luck Star | Madonna | “Snatch” (2001) |
Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf | “Candy” (1968) |
Mona Lisa | nat King Cole | “Mona Lisa” (British Film, 1987) |
Monster Mash | Bobby Picket | “Monster mash” (1995), “Halloween 3” |
Moon River | Henry Mancini | “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” |
Mustang Sally | Wilson Picket | “The Commitments” (1991), “The Blues Bros” |
My Girl | Temptations | “My Girl” (Macaulay Culkin) |
My Guy | Mary Wells | “Sister Act” (turned to a gospel song “My God”) |
My Heart Will Go on | Celine Dion | “Titanic” |
Need You Tonight | INXS | “Coyote Ugly” |
Never on a Sunday | Chordettes | “Never on a Sunday” |
New York New York | Frank Sinatra | “New York New York” (1977) |
Night Fever | BeeGees | “Saturday Night Fever” |
Nine to Five | Dolly Parton | “Nine to Five” |
Old Time Rock n Roll | Bob Seger | “Risky Business” (1983) |
One Love | Bob Marley | “Marley and Me” |
One Way or another | Blondie | “Rugrats” |
Over the Rainbow | Judy Garland | “Wizard of Oz” |
Paint it Black | Rolling Stones | “The Devil’s Advocate” |
Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly | “Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986) |
Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry | “Evolution” (2001), “The New Guy” (2002), “American Pie: Band Camp” (2005) |
Phantom of the Opera | “Phantom of the Opera” | |
Praise You | Fatboy Slim | “Cruel Intentions” |
Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison | “Pretty Woman” (Julia Roberts, Richard Gere) |
Pump Up The Jam | Technotronic | “You Don’t Mess With Zohan” (2008) |
Que Sera | Doris Day | Alfed Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much” |
Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head | BJ Thomas | “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” |
Ramblin Man | Allman Bros | “The Exocist” (a short part of the song was used in the movie, 1973) |
Rapper’s Delight | Sugarhill Gang | “The Wedding Singer” |
Respect | Aretha Franklin | “Platoon,” “Forrest Gump,” “Mystic Pizza,” “Back to school” |
Rhinestone Cowboy | Glen Campbell | “Rhinstone” (Dolly Parton, Syvester Stallone), “High School High,” “Daddy DayCare” |
Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley and the Comets | “Rock Around the Clock” (1956), “Don’t Knock the ROcj” (1957) |
Rocket Man | Elton John | “The Rock,” “Rocketman,” “The Astronaught Farmer” (2007) |
Rock n Roll All Night | Kiss | “Dazed and Confused” |
Rock n Roll Part 2 | Gary Glitter | “The Full Monty,” “Bedazzled,” Duets,” “D2: The Mighty Ducks” |
Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry | “Beethoven” (1992) |
Satisfaction | Rolling Stones | “Apocalypse Now” (1979) |
Sharp Dressed Man | ZZ Top | “Evan Almighty” |
Sheena is a Punk Rocker | Ramones | “Pet Sematary” (In the film, a truck driver about to run over a child is distracted by singing along to the tune) |
SOS | ABBA | “ABBA: The Movie” |
Stand By Your Man | Tammy Wynette | “Five Easy Pieces” (Jack Nicholson, Karen Black), “The Blues Bros,” “Sleepless in Seattle” |
Stayin Alive | Beegees | “Saturday Night Fever” |
Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | “A Man Could Get Killed” |
Sugar, Sugar | Archies | “Bee Movie,” “A Very Brady Sequel” |
Summer Love | Olivia Newton John | “Grease” |
SuperFreak | Rick James Bitch! Haha | “Little Miss Sunshine” |
Superstition | Stevie Wonder | “Vampire in Brooklyn,” “I, Robot” (Will Smith), “Stealing Beauty” |
Surrender | Cheap Trick | “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (1983) |
Sweet Emotion | Aerosmith | “Dazed and Confused,” “Starsky and Hutch” |
Sweet Home Alabama | Lynryd Skynyrd | “Sweet Home Alabama” (2001), 8 Mile (Eminem does a rap version2001), “Forest Gump,” “Con Air” (1997) |
Take a Picture | Filter | “Girl Next Door” |
Tequila | The Champs | “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” |
That’ll be the day | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | “American Graffiti,” “October Sky” |
That’s The Way | KC and the Sunshine Band | “Starsky and Hutch,” “Carlito’s Way” |
The Wanderer | Dion | “The Wanderers” (1979), “Behind Enemy Lines” (2001) |
Three Little Birds | bob Marley | “I Am Legend” (Will Smith) |
This Guy’s in Love With You | Herb Albert | “Two Hands,” “The Boat That Rocked” |
Truly Madly Deeply | Savage Garden | “Music from Another Room” |
Twist and Shout | Beatles | “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Back to School” |
Two Princes | Spin Doctors | “Pooh ‘s Heffalump Movie” (Disney’s Winnie the Pooh film) |
Unchained Melody | Righteous Bros | “Unchained” (1955), “Ghost” (1990) |
Unforgettable | Nat King Cole | “Watchmen” (2009) |
Up Where We belong | Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes | “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1983) |
Vacation | GoGo’s | “Fahrenheit 911,” “From Justin to Kelly” (2003) |
Walking on Sunshine | Katrina and the Waves | “The Secret of My Success” (1987), “Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997),” and American Psycho (2000). Also, Jack Black’s character in “High Fidelity” (2000) plays this song on a cassette tape. |
Waterloo | ABBA | “Muriel’s Wedding” (1994) |
We Got the Beat | GoGo’s | “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” |
Welcome to the Jungle | Guns n Roses | “Lean on Me,” “The Program,” “Selena,” “The Dead Pool” |
What a Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | “Good Morning Vietnam” |
What Have You Done For Me Lately | Janet Jackson | “The Parent Trap III” |
What is Life | George Harrison | “Patch Adams,” “Away We Go,” “Big Daddy,” |
When I Fall in Love | Celine Dion, Clive Griffin | “Sleepless in Seattle” |
What I like Bout You | Romantix | “Richie Rich” (2004), “Shrek 2” (2004), “Surf’s Up” (2007) |
White Rabbit | Grace Slick | “Go Ask Alice” (1973), “Summer of Love” (1967) |
White Wedding | Billy Idol | “The Wedding Singer” |
Wooly Booly | Sam the Sham | “Full Metal Jacket” (1987) |
Working for the Weekend | Loverboy | “Zoolander,” “Click” |
Yeah | Usher | “Hitch” (Will Smith) |
You Can’t Hurry Love | Phil Collins / Dixie Chicks | “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1982)/ “Runaway Bride” |
You Dropped A Bomb On Me | Gap Band | “Next Friday,” “Brooklyn Rules” |
You Shook Me All Night Long | ACDC | “A Knight’s Tale” |
You Lost That Lovin Feelin | Righteous Bros | “Top Gun” |
Your Song | Elton John | “Welcome Home,” Moulin Rouge” (2001) |
You’re the First, The Last, My Everything | Barry White | “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” (2004), “Money Talks” (Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear) |
Sample Set List
Featuring hit songs of Motion Pictures