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This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film.
Songs are all sourced from,[1][2] and,.[3]
For information concerning music from James Bond films see
1942
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October 2 | Holiday Inn | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | Irving Berlin | 5 | 3 | won Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942; Crosby version also charted in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, and 1962; charted (US, #8) for Frank Sinatra in 1944. |
1944
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November 16 | Adios Argentina (1934) | "Don't Fence Me In" | music by Cole Porter, lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter | Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters | 1 | charted in US by Kate Smith (1945, #8), Horace Heidt (1945, #10), and Sammy Kaye (1945, #4), the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[4] |
1945
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September 20 | The Harvey Girls | “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” | Judy Garland | music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer | 10 |
1950
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February 10 | The Third Man | "The Third Man Theme" (also known as "The Harry Lime Theme") | Anton Karas | Anton Karas | 1 |
1952
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July 4, 1952 | High Noon | "The Ballad of High Noon" (aka "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin’") | Frankie Laine | music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington | 5 | 7 | awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
1953
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March 28 | Moulin Rouge | "The Song from Moulin Rouge" (also known as "Where Is Your Heart") | Georges Auric, original French lyrics by Jacques Larue, English lyrics by William Engvick | Percy Faith, vocals by Felicia Sanders | 1 | 1 | UK hit by Mantovani and His Orchestra |
1954
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July 21 | The High and the Mighty | “The High and the Mighty” | LeRoy Holmes | music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington | 9 | 20 | also charted in the US in 1954 by Victor Young, # 8, Les Baxter #6 and Johnny Desmond # 28 |
1955
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February 16 | Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | Bill Hayes | music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn | 1 | 2 | also Fess Parker US #5 and Tennessee Ernie Ford US #6/UK #3 |
April 9 | Unchained | “Unchained Melody” | music by Alex North, lyrics by Hy Zaret | Les Baxter | 1 | 10 | also Roy Hamilton US #6, Jimmy Young UK #1, Al Hibbler US #3/UK #2, and in 1965 by The Righteous Brothers US #4/UK #14 |
August 27 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" | The Four Aces | music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster | 1 | 2 | won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1955 |
December 17 | The Tender Trap | “(Love Is) The Tender Trap” | Frank Sinatra | music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn | 7 | 2 |
1956
edit1957
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July 22 | Around the World in 80 Days | “Around the World” | Mantovani | music by Victor Young, lyrics by Harold Adamson | 12 | 20 | also Victor Young US #13 and Bing Crosby US #25, UK #5 |
October 14 | Jailhouse Rock | “Jailhouse Rock” | Elvis Presley | Leiber, Stoller | 1 | 1 | |
December 17 | Tammy and the Bachelor | "Tammy" | Debbie Reynolds | Jay Livingston and Ray Evans | 1 | 2 | The Ames Brothers version reached US#5 the same week Reynold’s topped the chart |
1958
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June 30 | King Creole | “Hard Headed Woman” | Elvis Presley | Claude DeMetrius | 1 | 2 | |
July 14 | King Creole | "Don't Ask Me Why" | Elvis Presley | lyrics by Fred Wise, music by Ben Weisman | 25 | ||
October 4 | King Creole | "King Creole" | Elvis Presley | Leiber, Stoller | 2 |
1960
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January 25 | A Summer Place | "Theme from A Summer Place" | Percy Faith | Mack Discant and Max Steiner | 1 | 2 | won Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961, also US #16 for The Lettermen |
July 4 | Circus of Horrors | "Look for a Star" | Garry Mills | Franz Reizenstein, Muir Mathieson | 26 | 7 | |
August 8 | The Apartment | "Theme from The Apartment" | Ferrante & Teicher | Adolph Deutsch | 10 | 44 | |
August 8 | The Wizard of Oz | “Over the Rainbow“ | The Demensions | music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg | 16 | won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939 | |
November 28 | Exodus | "Theme from Exodus" | Ferrante & Teicher | Ernest Gold | 2 | 6 | |
1961
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May 19 | Follow That Dream | “Follow That Dream” | Elvis Presley | music Fred Wise lyrics by Ben Weisman | 15 | 34 | UK charting as an EP |
May 19 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" | Gene Pitney | Music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David | 4 | ranked No. 36 in the Western Writers of America's list of the top 100 Western songs of all time, as compiled from a survey of its members;[4] not included in movie. | |
October 6 | Kid Galahad | "King of the Whole Wide World" | Elvis Presley | Bob Roberts, Ruth Bachelor | 30 | released as an EP | |
October 27 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley | Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell | 2 | 1 |
1963
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January 26 | Days of Wine and Roses | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Henry Mancini | music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer | 33 | won 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Song; also Andy Williams US #26 | |
February 23 | It Happened at the World's Fair | "One Broken Heart for Sale" | Elvis Presley | Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell | 2 | 1 | |
July 6 | Mondo Cane | “More” | Kai Winding | Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero | 8 | instrumental version; the vocal version by Vic Dana peaked at US #42 | |
November 2 | Fun in Acapulco | “Bossa Nova Baby“ | Elvis Presley | Leiber, Stoller | 8 | 13 |
1964
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January 25 | Charade | "Charade" | Henry Mancini | music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer | 36 | nominated for 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song | |
March 7 | Kissin' Cousins | “Kissin' Cousins“ | Elvis Presley | Fred Wise, Randy Starr | 12 | 10 | |
April 18 | The Pink Panther | "The Pink Panther Theme" | Henry Mancini | Henry Mancini | 31 | 14 | UK charting for EP "The Pink Panther" Saxophone by Plas Johnson |
May 30 | Viva Las Vegas | “Viva Las Vegas“ | Elvis Presley | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman | 29 | 17 | |
July 18 | A Hard Day's Night | “A Hard Day's Night” | The Beatles | Lennon–McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
December 19 | Dear Heart | "Dear Heart" | Andy Williams | Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston | 24 |
1965
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March 13 | Girl Happy | “Do the Clam“ | Elvis Presley | Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman, and Dolores Fuller | 21 | 19 | |
July 3 | Tickle Me | "(Such an) Easy Question" | Elvis Presley | Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott | 11 | 19 | |
July 3 | What's New Pussycat? | “What's New Pussycat?” | Tom Jones | music by Burt Bacharach lyrics by Hal David | 3 | 11 | |
August 14 | Help | “Help!" | The Beatles | Lennon–McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
September 4 | Catch Us If You Can (aka Having a Wild Weekend in US) | “Catch Us If You Can” | The Dave Clark Five | Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson | 4 | 5 | |
December 4 | Girl Happy | “Puppet on a String” | Elvis Presley | Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper | 14 |
1966
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February 25 | You're a Big Boy Now | "Darling Be Home Soon" | The Lovin' Spoonful | John Sebastian | 15 | 44 | |
April 15 | The Happening | “The Happening” | The Supremes | Holland–Dozier–Holland and Frank De Vol | 1 | 6 | |
May 6 | Double Trouble | “Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)” | Elvis Presley | John Leslie McFarland, Winfield Scott | 63 | 49 | |
May 13 | Easy Come, Easy Go | “You Gotta Stop/Love Machine” | Elvis Presley | Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye/Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson | 38 | released as an EP Easy Come, Easy Go |
1968
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May 4 | The Graduate | “Mrs. Robinson” | Simon & Garfunkel | Paul Simon | 1 | 4 | It became the first rock song to win Record of the Year, and it also was awarded the Grammy for Best Contemporary-Pop Performance – Vocal Duo or Group.[8] |
1969
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November 29 | Midnight Cowboy | "Midnight Cowboy" | Ferrante & Teicher | John Barry | 10 | ||
August 2 | The Trouble with Girls | "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" | Elvis Presley | Mac Davis, Billy Strange | 35 | 21 | |
August 16 | Midnight Cowboy | "Everybody's Talkin'" | Nilsson | Fred Neil | 6 | 23 | won 1970 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance |
August 23 | True Grit | “True Grit” | Glen Campbell | lyrics by Don Black, music by Elmer Bernstein | 35 | ||
November 1 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | B. J. Thomas | Burt Bacharach | 1 | 38 | won 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
December 20 | The Sterile Cuckoo | "Come Saturday Morning" | The Sandpipers | music by Fred Karlin, lyrics by Dory Previn | 17 | nominated for 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song |
1970
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1971
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February 27 | Love Story | "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" | Andy Williams | music by Francis Lai, lyrics by Carl Sigman | 3 | 4 | also Henry Mancini US #13, Francois Lai US #31 |
October 23 | Shaft | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | Isaac Hayes | 1 | 4 | won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song,[6] |
November 20 | Summer of '42 | “The Summer Knows” (aka "Theme From Summer of ’42") | Peter Nero | Michel Legrand | 21 |
1972
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May 20 | The Godfather | "Speak Softly, Love", also known as "Love Theme from The Godfather" | Andy Williams | music by Nino Rota, lyrics by Larry Kusik | 34 | 42 | |
July 12 | Ben | "Ben" | Michael Jackson | Don Black and Walter Scharf | 1 | 7 | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973 |
September 23 | Super Fly | “Freddie's Dead“ | Curtis Mayfield | Curtis Mayfield | 4 | ||
November 25 | Super Fly | "Super Fly" | Curtis Mayfield | Curtis Mayfield | 8 | ||
December 12 | The Poseidon Adventure | "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern | Joel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha | 1 | Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973 |
1973
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June 1 | Live and Let Die | "Live and Let Die" | Paul McCartney and Wings | Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney | 2 | 9 | Later covered by Guns N' Roses US #33/UK #5, Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1974 |
August 25 | Cleopatra Jones | “Theme from Cleopatra Jones” | Joe Simon | Joe Simon | 18 | ||
September 29 | Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | 12 | 14 | also Eric Clapton UK #38, Guns N' Roses US #18/UK #2, Dunblane tribute UK #1 |
December 22 | The Way We Were | “The Way We Were” | Barbra Streisand | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch | 1 | 31 | won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1974 |
1975
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May | Nashville | "I'm Easy" | Keith Carradine | Keith Carradine | 17 | Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1976 | |
September 13 | Jaws | “Theme from Jaws” | John Williams | John Williams | 34 | 42 | |
September 24 | Mahogany | "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | Diana Ross | Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin | 1 | 5 | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
1976
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December 11 | Car Wash | “Car Wash” | Rose Royce | Norman Whitfield | 1 | 9 | |
December 22 | A Star Is Born | “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” | Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams | 1 | 3 | Streisand and Williams earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first woman to be honored as a composer.[6] Streisand also earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year |
1977
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March 19 | Car Wash | “I Wanna Get Next to You” | Rose Royce | Norman Whitfield | 10 | 14 | |
May 7 | Rocky | “Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky” | Bill Conti | music by Bill Conti, lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins | 1 | ||
August 13 | Star Wars | “Star Wars (Main Title)" | John Williams | John Williams | 10 | ||
September 17 | You Light Up My Life | "You Light Up My Life" | Debby Boone | Joe Brooks | 1 | 48 | Won the Oscar for Best Original Song, and spent 10 weeks at number one, becoming the longest running number one song, and the biggest hit of the 1970s |
October 8 | Saturday Night Fever | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Bee Gees | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb | 1 | 3 | |
December 24 | "Stayin' Alive" | 1 | 4 |
1978
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May 19 | The Walking Stick | “The Theme from The Deer Hunter” (aka "Cavatina” or "He Was Beautiful") | John Williams | music John Williams, lyrics Cleo Laine | 15 | also Iris Williams UK #18 and The Shadows UK #9 | |
October 20 | The Muppet Movie | "Rainbow Connection" | Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog | Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher | 25 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
1980
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March 1 | The Rose | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Bette Midler | Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright | 35 | ||
March 8 | American Gigolo | "Call Me" | Blondie | Debbie Harry and Giorgio Moroder | 1 | 1 | |
April 26 | "The Seduction (Love Theme)" | The James Last Band | Giorgio Moroder | 28 | |||
The Rose | "The Rose" | Bette Midler | Amanda McBroom | 3 | |||
May 31 | New York, New York | “Theme from New York, New York" | Frank Sinatra | music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb | 32 | 59 | UK #4 when rereleased in 1984 |
June 14 | Urban Cowboy | "All Night Long" | Joe Walsh | Joe Walsh | 19 | ||
Xanadu | "Magic" | Olivia Newton-John | John Farrar | 1 | 32 | ||
"I'm Alive" | Electric Light Orchestra | Jeff Lynne | 16 | 20 | |||
June 21 | The Blues Brothers | "Gimme Some Lovin'" | The Blues Brothers | Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis and Muff Winwood | 18 | ||
June 28 | Urban Cowboy | "Stand By Me" | Mickey Gilley | Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 22 | ||
"Love the World Away" | Kenny Rogers | Bob Morrison and Johnny Wilson | 14 | ||||
July 26 | Fame | "Fame" | Irene Cara | Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford | 4 | Won the Oscar for Best Original Song, UK #1 when rereleased in 1982 | |
August 2 | Urban Cowboy | "Lookin' For Love" | Johnny Lee | Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan | 5 | ||
August 16 | Xanadu | "All Over the World" | Electric Light Orchestra | Jeff Lynne | 13 | 11 | |
Can't Stop the Music | "Can't Stop the Music" | Village People | Jacques Morali | 11 | |||
August 23 | Caddyshack | “I'm Alright” | Kenny Loggins | Kenny Loggins | 7 | ||
August 30 | Xanadu | "Xanadu" | Olivia-Newton John and Electric Light Orchestra | Jeff Lynne | 8 | 1 | |
September 6 | Urban Cowboy | "Look What You've Done to Me" | Boz Scaggs | Boz Scaggs and David Foster | 14 | ||
September 27 | Fame | "Out Here On My Own" | Irene Cara | Lesley Gore and Michael Gore | 19 | 58 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
Honeysuckle Rose | "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson | 20 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Country Song | ||
October 18 | Urban Cowboy | "Could I Have This Dance" | Anne Murray | Wayland Holyfield and Bob House | 33 | ||
November 1 | The Jazz Singer | "Love on the Rocks" | Neil Diamond | Neil Diamond and Gilbert Bécaud | 2 | 17 | |
November 22 | Xanadu | "Suddenly" | Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard | John Farrar | 20 | 15 | |
"Don't Walk Away" | Electric Light Orchestra | Jeff Lynne | 21 | ||||
December 20 | 9 to 5 | "9 to 5" | Dolly Parton | Dolly Parton | 1 | 47 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song and won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance |
1981
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January 31 | The Jazz Singer | "Hello Again" | Neil Diamond | Neil Diamond and Alan Lindgren | 6 | 51 | |
May 2 | "America" | Neil Diamond | 8 | ||||
July 18 | Endless Love | "Endless Love” | Lionel Richie and Diana Ross | Lionel Richie | 1 | 7 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
August 22 | For Your Eyes Only | "For Your Eyes Only" | Sheena Easton | Bill Conti and Mick Leeson | 4 | 8 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
August 29 | Arthur | "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" | Christopher Cross | Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen | 1 | 7 | Won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song |
1982
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February 20 | Chariots of Fire | "Chariots of Fire" | Vangelis | Vangelis | 1 | 12 | |
April 17 | Cat People | "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" | David Bowie | Giorgio Moroder | 67 | 26 | |
June 26 | Rocky III | "Eye of the Tiger" | Survivor | Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik | 1 | 1 | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song |
August 21 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | “Somebody's Baby” | Jackson Browne | Jackson Browne, Danny Kortchmar | 7 | ||
October 2 | An Officer and a Gentleman | “Up Where We Belong” | Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes | Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings | 1 | 7 | won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song |
1983
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April 2 | Tootsie | "It Might Be You" | Stephen Bishop | Dave Grusin, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman | 25 | 99 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
April 16 | Flashdance | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Irene Cara | Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey | 1 | 2 | Won an Oscar, a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, and a Grammy Award |
May 28 | Staying Alive | "The Woman In You" | Bee Gees | Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb | 24 | 81 | |
July 2 | Flashdance | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello | Dennis Matkosky and Michael Sembello | 1 | 43 | Nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song |
August 20 | Staying Alive | "Far From Over" | Frank Stallone | Frank Stallone and Vince DiCola | 10 | 68 | Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song |
December 10 | Yentl | "The Way He Makes Me Feel" | Barbra Streisand | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Michel Legrand | 40 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
1984
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February 11 | Footloose | “Footloose” | Kenny Loggins | Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | 1 | 6 | Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song |
March 10 | Against All Odds | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins | Phil Collins | 1 | 2 | Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance |
March 17 | Hard to Hold | "Love Somebody" | Rick Springfield | Rick Springfield | 5 | 95 | |
April 7 | Footloose | "Holding Out For a Hero" | Bonnie Tyler | Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford | 34 | 99 | UK #2 when re-released in 1985 |
April 14 | "Let's Hear It For the Boy" | Deniece Williams | Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford | 1 | 2 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Sog | |
"Dancing in the Sheets" | Shalamar | Bill Wolfer and Dean Pitchford | 17 | 41 | |||
May 19 | "Almost Paradise... Love Theme from Footloose" | Mike Reno and Ann Wilson | Eric Carmen and Dean Pitchford | 7 | |||
June 2 | Streets of Fire | "I Can Dream About You" | Dan Hartman | Dan Hartman | 6 | 12 | |
June 9 | Hard to Hold | "Don't Walk Away" | Rick Springfield | Rick Springfield | 26 | ||
Purple Rain | "When Doves Cry" | Prince | Prince | 1 | 4 | ||
June 16 | Breakin' | "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" | Ollie & Jerry | Ollie Brown and Jerry Knight | 9 | 5 | |
June 23 | Footloose | "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" | Kenny Loggins | Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford | 22 | ||
June 30 | Ghostbusters | "Ghostbusters" | Ray Parker Jr. | Ray Parker Jr. | 1 | 2 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song |
August 11 | Purple Rain | "Let's Go Crazy" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 1 | 7 | |
September 1 | The Woman In Red | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | 1 | 1 | Won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and nominated for three Grammy Awards |
September 8 | Hard to Hold | "Bop 'Til You Drop" | Rick Springfield | Rick Springfield | 20 | ||
September 15 | Eddie and the Cruisers | "On the Dark Side" | John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band | John Cafferty | 7 | Originally peaked at number 64 on its original release in 1983, the song was re-released in 1984 from renewed interest in the film from its successful screenings on HBO and from home video | |
October 6 | Purple Rain | "Purple Rain" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 2 | 6 | |
November 17 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)" | Eurythmics | Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart | 81 | 4 | |
December 8 | Eddie and the Cruisers | "Tender Lover" | John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band | John Cafferty | 31 | Originally peaked at number 78 earlier that year | |
December 15 | The Woman In Red | "Love Light in Flight" | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | 17 | 44 | |
December 22 | Purple Rain | "I Would Die 4 U" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 8 | 58 |
1985
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January 19 | Beverly Hills Cop | "The Heat Is On" | Glenn Frey | Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey | 2 | 12 | |
February 2 | Vision Quest | "Only the Young" | Journey | Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry and Neal Schon | 9 | ||
March 2 | Purple Rain | "Take Me With U" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 25 | 7 | |
March 9 | The Last Dragon | "Rhythm of the Night" | DeBarge | Diane Warren | 3 | 4 | |
March 16 | Vision Quest | "Crazy For You" | Madonna | John Bettis and Jon Lind | 1 | 2 | |
March 23 | The Breakfast Club | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Simple Minds | Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff | 1 | 7 | |
April 6 | Beverly Hills Cop | "New Attitude" | Patti LaBelle | Sharon Robinson, Jon Gilutin, and Bunny Hull | 17 | ||
April 13 | "Axel F" | Harold Faltermeyer | Harold Faltermeyer | 3 | 2 | ||
April 27 | A Night in Heaven | "Heaven" | Bryan Adams | Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance | 1 | 38 | Originally released in 1983, re-released as a single two years later as part of his album, Reckless |
May 24 | A View to a Kill | "A View to a Kill" | Duran Duran | Duran Duran and John Barry | 1 | 2 | |
June 1 | The Goonies | "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper, Stephen Broughton Lunt and Arthur Stead | 10 | ||
July 6 | Back to the Future | "The Power of Love" | Huey Lewis and the News | Huey Lewis, Chris Hayes and Johnny Colla | 1 | 9 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song |
July 20 | St. Elmo's Fire | "St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)" | John Parr | David Foster and John Parr | 1 | 6 | |
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | Tina Turner | Graham Lyle and Terry Britten | 2 | 3 | Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song | |
July 27 | The Legend of Billie Jean | "Invincible" | Pat Benatar | Simon Climie and Holly Knight | 10 | 53 | |
September 7 | Body Rock | "Body Rock" | Maria Vidal | Sylvester Levay and John Bettis | 48 | 11 | Originally released in 1984, became a top 40 hit in the UK a year later |
October 5 | St. Elmo's Fire | "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" | David Foster | David Foester | 15 | ||
October 12 | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | "One of the Living" | Tina Turner | Holly Knight | 15 | 55 | |
Vision Quest | "Gambler" | Madonna | Madonna | 4 | Released only in Europe | ||
White Nights | "Separate Lives" | Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin | Stephen Bishop | 1 | 4 | Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song | |
November 9 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie | Lionel Richie | 1 | 8 | Won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song | |
November 23 | Rocky IV | "Burning Heart" | Survivor | Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan | 2 | 5 | |
December 14 | Spies Like Us | "Spies Like Us" | Paul McCartney | Paul McCartney | 7 | 13 |
1986
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January 11 | Rocky IV | "Living In America" | James Brown | Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight | 4 | 5 | |
March 1 | "No Easy Way Out" | Robert Tepper | Robert Tepper | 22 | |||
March 8 | Under the Cherry Moon | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 1 | 9 | |
March 29 | Highlander | "A Kind of Magic" | Queen | Roger Taylor | 42 | 3 | |
April 5 | 9½ Weeks | "I Do What I Do..." | John Taylor | John Taylor, Jonathan Elias and Michael Des Barres | 23 | 42 | |
April 19 | At Close Range | "Live to Tell" | Madonna | Madonna and Patrick Leonard | 1 | 2 | |
May 17 | Short Circuit | "Who's Johnny" | El DeBarge | Peter Wolf and Ina Wolf | 3 | ||
May 25 | Maximum Overdrive | "Who Made Who" | AC/DC | Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson | 16 | Charted at number 23 in the US on the Mainstream Rock chart | |
June 7 | Top Gun | "Danger Zone" | Kenny Loggins | music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Tom Whitlock | 8 | 45 | The band Toto was originally intended to perform the track, but legal conflicts between the producers of Top Gun and the band's lawyers prevented this.[9] |
June 14 | Under the Cherry Moon | "Mountains" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince, Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin | 23 | 45 | |
Legal Eagles | "Love Touch" | Rod Stewart | Michael Chapman and Holly Knight | 6 | 27 | ||
June 21 | Labyrinth | "Underground" | David Bowie | David Bowie | 21 | Although the song didn't chart on the Hot 100 in the US, it charted at number 18 on the Mainstream Rock charts | |
Ruthless People | "Modern Woman" | Billy Joel | Billy Joel | 10 | |||
The Karate Kid Part II | "Glory of Love" | Peter Cetera | Peter Cetera, Diane Nini and David Foster | 1 | 3 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song | |
July 12 | Running Scared | "Sweet Freedom" | Michael McDonald | Rod Temperton | 7 | 4 | |
July 19 | Top Gun | "Take My Breath Away" | Berlin | music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Tom Whitlock | 1 | 1 | Won the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song |
August 2 | Running Scared | "Man Size Love" | Klymaxx | Rod Temperton | 15 | ||
August 16 | Under the Cherry Moon | "Girls & Boys" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 11 | Single not released in the US, but later released as a B-side to "Anotherloverholenyohead". | |
August 23 | Top Gun | "Heaven In Your Eyes" | Loverboy | Paul Dean, John Dexter, Mae Moore, Mike Reno | 12 | ||
September 27 | Highlander | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Queen | Brian May | 24 | ||
November 1 | Under the Cherry Moon | "Anotherloverholenyohead" | Prince and the Revolution | Prince | 63 | 36 |
1987
edit1988
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January 16 | Dirty Dancing | "She's Like the Wind" | Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser | Patrick Swayze, Stacy Widelitz | 3 | 17 | |
February 20 | Hiding Out | "Live My Life" | Boy George | Allee Willis, Danny Sembello | 40 | ||
March 26 | Less Than Zero | "Going Back to Cali" | LL Cool J | Rick Rubin, James Todd Smith | 31 | ||
April 16 | Bright Lights, Big City | "Kiss and Tell" | Bryan Ferry | Bryan Ferry | 31 | 41 | |
May 14 | School Daze | "Da Butt" | E.U. | Marcus Miller, Mark Stevens | 35 | 87 | |
July 2 | Dirty Dancing | "Do You Love Me" | The Contours | Berry Gordy Jr. | 11 | 76 | Originally peaked at #3 in 1962, re-released as a single from the Dirty Dancing companion album, More Dirty Dancing |
July 30 | Caddyshack II | "Nobody's Fool" | Kenny Loggins | Kenny Loggins, Michael Towers | 8 | ||
August 13 | Cocktail | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | Bobby McFerrin | Bobby McFerrin | 1 | 2 | |
September 17 | Buster | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | Phil Collins | Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine | 1 | 1 | |
September 24 | Cocktail | "Kokomo" | The Beach Boys | John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher | 1 | 25 | |
November 26 | Buster | "Two Hearts" | Phil Collins | Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier | 1 | 6 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song |
December 3 | Scrooged | "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" | Annie Lennox and Al Green | Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers | 9 | 28 |
1989
editDate (in US) |
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January 21 | Tequila Sunrise | "Surrender to Me" | Ann Wilson and Robin Zander | Ross Vannelli, Richard Marx | 6 | ||
April 1 | Chances Are | "After All" | Cher and Peter Cetera | Dean Pitchford, Tom Snow | 6 | 84 | |
Rain Man | "Iko Iko" | The Belle Stars | Barbara Hawkins, Rosa Hawkins, Joan Johnson | 14 | 98 | Original peaked at #35 in the UK, re-released as a single from the soundtrack | |
April 8 | Dream a Little Dream | "Rock On" | Michael Damian | David Essex | 1 | ||
April 15 | Beaches | "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Bette Midler | Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar | 1 | 5 | |
Sing | "Birthday Suit" | Johnny Kemp | Dean Pitchford, Rhett Lawrence | 36 | |||
July 1 | Batman | "Batdance" | Prince | Prince | 1 | 2 | |
Ghostbusters II | "On Our Own" | Bobby Brown | L.A. Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons | 2 | 4 | ||
September 2 | Batman | "Partyman" | Prince | Prince | 18 | 14 | |
December 2 | "The Arms of Orion" | Prince and Sheena Easton | Sheena Easton | 36 | 27 |
1990
editDate (in US) |
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February 24 | True Love | "Whole Wide World" | A'me Lorain | A. Roman, E. Wolff | 9 | ||
March 31 | Pretty Woman | "Wild Women Do" | Natalie Cole | Greg Prestopino, Sam Lorber, Matthew Wilder | 34 | 16 | |
April 21 | "It Must Have Been Love" | Roxette | Per Gessle | 1 | 3 | ||
May 12 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | "Turtle Power!" | Partners in Kryme | James Alpern, Richard Usher | 13 | 1 | |
June 2 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | "Cradle of Love" | Billy Idol | Billy Idol, David Werner | 2 | 34 | |
June 23 | Pretty Woman | "King of Wishful Thinking" | Go West | Peter Cox, Richard Drummie and Martin Page | 8 | 18 | |
June 30 | Dick Tracy | "Hanky Panky" | Madonna | Madonna, Patrick Leonard | 10 | 2 | |
July 28 | Young Guns II | "Blaze of Glory" | Jon Bon Jovi | Jon Bon Jovi | 1 | 13 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song |
August 11 | Graffiti Bridge | "Thieves in the Temple" | Prince | Prince | 6 | 7 | |
September 8 | Ghost | "Unchained Melody" (original recording) | The Righteous Brothers | Alex North, Hy Zaret | 13 | 1 | Originally peaked at #4 in 1965, was re-released as a single after the song appeared on the soundtrack to Ghost. A re-recording of the song was also released and became a big hit in Europe |
November 3 | Young Guns II | "Miracle" | Jon Bon Jovi | Jon Bon Jovi | 12 | 29 |
1991
editDate (in US) |
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February 9 | Graffiti Bridge | "Round and Round" | Tevin Campbell | Prince | 12 | ||
April 27 | New Jack City | "I Wanna Sex You Up" | Color Me Badd | Elliot Straite, Color Me Badd | 2 | 1 | |
July 6 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" | Bryan Adams | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert "Mutt" Lange | 1 | 1 | Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song |
The Five Heartbeats | "Nights Like This" | After 7 | Jesse Johnson, Keith Lewis | 24 | |||
July 20 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | "You Could Be Mine" | Guns N' Roses | Axl Rose, Izzy Stradlin | 29 | 3 | |
September 7 | Doc Hollywood | "The One and Only" | Chesney Hawkes | Nik Kershaw | 10 | 1 | Also appears on the soundtrack to the British film, Buddy's Song |
December 14 | The Addams Family | "Addams Groove" | MC Hammer | Stanley Kirk Burrell, Felton Pilate, Vic Mizzy | 7 | 4 |
1992
editDate (in US) |
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February 15 | Rush | "Tears in Heaven" | Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton, Will Jennings | 2 | 5 | |
February 22 | Beauty and the Beast | "Beauty and the Beast" | Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson | Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) | 9 | 9 | Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song |
Fried Green Tomatoes | "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" | Paul Young | William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, and James Dean | 22 | |||
April 4 | Wayne's World | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen | Freddie Mercury | 2 | 1 | Originally peaked at #9 in the US and #1 in the UK when released in 1975, was re-released as a single after Freddie Mercury's death, and its inclusion in the soundtrack to Wayne's World |
July 4 | A League of Their Own | "This Used to Be My Playground" | Madonna | Madonna, Shep Pettibone | 1 | 3 | |
July 25 | Boomerang | "End of the Road" | Boyz II Men | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons | 1 | 1 | |
August 1 | Strictly Business | "You Remind Me" | Mary J. Blige | Eric Milteer | 29 | 48 | |
Deep Cover | "Mr. Loverman" | Shabba Ranks and Chevelle Franklyn | Shabba Ranks, Mikey Bennett, Hopeton Lindo | 40 | 23 | ||
August 22 | Class Act | "I Wanna Love You" | Jade | Vassal Benford, Ronald Spearman | 16 | 13 | |
Boomerang | "Give U My Heart" | Babyface featuring Toni Braxton | Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons, Boaz Watson | 29 | |||
September 26 | "I'd Die Without You" | P.M. Dawn | Attrell Cordes | 3 | 30 | ||
November 14 | The Bodyguard | "I Will Always Love You" | Whitney Houston | Dolly Parton | 1 | 1 |
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