🎵 Hits Trapped in Movies: 15 Songs That Outshone Their Films 🎥

1️⃣ "Casino Royale" (1967). While the parody James Bond film didn't leave a big mark, Herb Alpert's music did. His vibrant, energetic jazz still sounds today. 🎷

2️⃣ "New York, New York" (1977). Scorsese's film may not have resonated as much as others in his filmography, but Sinatra left us an unforgettable song that still sounds on every corner of the Big Apple. 🗽

3️⃣ "Call Me" by Blondie was the main song from "American Gigolo" (1980). Music producer Giorgio Moroder contacted Blondie to help with the song. The song became the best-selling single of 1980 and put Richard Gere on the map as a sex symbol of his time. 👠

4️⃣ "Across 110th Street" (1972) may not be a classic of blaxploitation cinema, but Bobby Womack's song is a real soul anthem that has endured over time. Possibly one of the best songs of the blaxploitation genre, those gangster movies starring black artists. 🎙️

5️⃣ "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" (1973) by Sam Peckinpah didn't achieve as much success as Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door". The song has had a life beyond the film. In the movie, Bob Dylan appeared as a supporting actor playing the character Alias who composed the soundtrack. The song is an absolute classic. 💔

6️⃣ "The Graduate" (1967) is a film that marks the arrival of the new Hollywood, inspired by Charles Webb's novel where it talks about the fascination some teenagers have with mature women. The song "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel is a true anthem of an era. 🎓

7️⃣ "Rosalie" (1937), a fun but forgotten movie. Its music written by Cole Porter was produced years later by The Neville Brothers. Here's one of the best songs: "In The Still of The Night". 💫

8️⃣ "Percy" (1971) is a totally ridiculous movie. The film starts with a naked man famous for being a rake who falls from a high building with a chandelier in his hand and accidentally hits a pedestrian walking down the street, amputating his penis. The falling man dies and his penis is transplanted to the pedestrian. This pedestrian names his new penis Percy. Imagine what happens next. "God's Children" by The Kinks continues to resonate in our hearts. 🎸

9️⃣ "Porqué te vas", the rendition made by Jeanette of the song written by José Luis Perales, which gained fame with the release of the film "Cría Cuervos" (1976) 🐦

🔟 "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), although an interesting Hitchcock, is less known than "Que Sera, Sera" by The High Keys. 🎹

1️⃣1️⃣ Television Stories (1965) a kind of sequel to Radio Stories (1955) where the song "Chica Ye Ye" by Concha Velasco became very popular. Actually, the song was composed for Luis Aguilé to interpret as Un Chico Ye-Yé. When finishing the filming, at a location in the Sports Palace of Madrid where supposedly a song festival of the film was being held, Concha Velasco in the filming breaks started singing Chica Ye Ye and people liked it so much that the director changed the plot. 🕺

1️⃣2️⃣ "Despicable Me 2" (2013) may have gone without much glory, but "Happy" by Pharrell Williams became a global phenomenon. 😃

1️⃣3️⃣ "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), though amusing, is remembered more for "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet, which became one of the most popular songs of the 90s. 💕

1️⃣4️⃣ "Shaft" (1971), a key film of blaxploitation cinema, is remembered more for the namesake song "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes, a real funky anthem. 🌃

1️⃣5️⃣ And lastly, "Absolute Beginners" (1986) might not have been a huge success, but David Bowie's song remains a classic. Pure gold! 🌟

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