Movies that include songs about themselves

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I've been thinking about a particular category of movie--those that include songs with lyrics that refer directly to the movie's characters, plots, or subject matter. I think this is either one of the cheesiest or one of the most brilliant devices in cinema. Here's a short list of what I'm talking about:

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (w/ Tina Turner's "We don't need another hero")
Born in East LA, also Up in Smoke and Things are Tough All Over
Kris Kristoferson movies: Convoy and Cisco Pike
Cat Ballou
Jeremiah Johnson
Colors
Andy Sidaris' early films: Malibu Express and Hard Ticket to Hawaii

Cartoons and other musicals don't count.

I would count Rocky and The Legend of Billie Jean as borderline cases. "Eye of the Tiger" and "Invincible" seem too deeply bound up with the movies to be completely independent songs...

Can you think of more?

(A related topic is songs about the band doing the song--like "Bad Company" or Metallica's "Whiplash" (We'll never stop/we'll never quit/cause we're Metallica!)

[Feathered Fish]

1. O Lucky Man

Alan Price is the musical narrator to Lindsey Anderson's meditation on Candide.

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3. Wow, thanks--forgot that one!

I'm not sure about the film but what a great song!

[CO Liberal]

2. "Smoky & The Bandit"

[tuvor]

4. Most James Bond movies. n/t

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7. I thought of "Live and Let Die"

But the movie and the song both seem to have lives of their own. Hmmm.

[tuvor]

5. Every Which Way But Loose n/t

[InvisibleTouch]

6. St. Elmo's Fire

And I'd say "Romancing the Stone," but the song, though specifically written for the movie, was never used in it. Go figure.

[tridim]

8. Mrs. Robinson..

From The Graduate.. Or was the song written before the movie? I'm not sure.

[Strawman]

9. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes n/t

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10. LOL You reminded me of "Puberty Love"! n/t

[Strawman]

11. That's a good one. I forgot about that song in there

That's right up there in bogus song in a movie history with "Teenage Suicide: Don't Do It" by Big Fun in Heathers.

[Longgrain]

12. You Forgot Footloose!

Footloose. Kick off my Sunday shoes!

[tuvor]

14. And Highway to the Danger Zone.

Yikes, I really don't like where this thread is going!

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15. You just made me grab my girlfriend

and dance around the apartment singing loudly

[Strawman]

16. In a similar vein: Fame n/t

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18. Meatballs

Are you ready for the summer, the summer?

[Strawman]

23. "Breakin' There's No Stoppin' Us" by Ollie and Jerry

From Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

[tridim]

21. Damn, Fame was a great and underrated movie

I should go rent it right now.

[Strawman]

13. "Citizens on Patrol" from Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol n/t

[Strawman]

17. Weird Science n/t

[Feathered Fish]

19. Ah, how could I forget!

That's a good one.

[tridim]

20. Have you heard the news makin’ all the headlines?

Fletch is workin’ overtime!

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24. Ain't nobody that...

SPIES like US!

[tridim]

30. I think all the classic Chevy Chase movies

have theme songs. 'Vacation' too.

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33. Holiday rooooaaaaaaad nt

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22. The Neverending Story, Heavy Metal, Harper Valley PTA

[tridim]

26. How about "The Wall"?

Although that's more like an album that has a movie associated with it.

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29. I say full-blown musical

Self-referential songs there are no more surprising than in The Lion King.

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34. I guess the same would go for "Tommy"

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27. Can we count The Karate Kid?

The Kid, is hot tonite! Whoa, so hot tonite! Oh, but where will he be tomorrowwwwwwwwww

[brentspeak]

32. Also, "Yellow Submarine", "A Hard Day's Night"

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35. Cartoons and musicals don't really count! nt

[Strawman]

25. Car Wash, The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, Easy Money

[Cush]

28. Spaceballs!

If you're living in a bubble and you haven't got a clue
you're gonna be in trouble cause we're coming after you
cause what you got is what we need
and all we do are dirty deeds
cause we're the Spaceballs!

[brentspeak]

36. And "Ghostbusters"

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31. Ooh, I forgot Flash Gordon

Savior of the Universe!

[Cush]

42. He'll save everyone of us!

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. Pretty in Pink.

:hi:

[Strawman]

38. Jungle Fever n/t

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39. Shaft, Superfly n/t

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40. Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!!

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41. Pet Sematary

probably the Ramones' worst song

[Strawman]

43. The Brady Bunch Movie n/t

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44. Which brings up the issue of TV show movies

Wild Wild West is a signal example...