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00:00Top 10 Songs That Made Their Movie Scenes Unforgettable
00:04Number 10.
00:05Hip to be square, American Psycho
00:08Huey Lewis' 80s pop hit about conformity became American Psycho's chilling murder anthem.
00:14Patrick Bateman's upbeat TED talk on mediocrity before the chainsaws and eggshell business
00:19cards.
00:20Number 9.
00:21April, Come She Will, The Graduate
00:24Simon and Garfunkel's delicate folk ballad in The Graduate is clinical depression on
00:28acoustic guitar, a haunting soundtrack to Benjamin Braddock's privileged ennui and aimless
00:33post-college drift.
00:35Number 8.
00:36In Dreams, Blue Velvet
00:38Roy Orbison's tender ballad becomes Lynchian nightmare fuel.
00:43Beauty is weaponized as menace and candy-colored clowns suddenly whisper credible threats.
00:48Number 7.
00:49Perfect Day, Trainspotting
00:52Lou Reed's lullaby underscores overdose irony, addiction feels beautiful until it isn't, turning
00:57carpets and picnics into death omens.
01:00Number 6.
01:01In Your Eyes, Say Anything
01:04Peter Gabriel sanctified the boombox gesture.
01:07Cusack's adorable desperation redefined romance while normalizing behavior bordering on stalking.
01:14Number 5.
01:15Bohemian Rhapsody, Wayne's World
01:18Queen's epic turned car headbanging into communal ecstasy, transforming a beater ride into stadium
01:23glory and neck-sore joy.
01:26Number 4.
01:28Don't You Forget About Me, The Breakfast Club
01:31Simple Minds became the anthem of teen self-discovery.
01:34Paired with that fist pump, adolescent angst felt mythically triumphant.
01:39Number 3.
01:40You Never Can Tell, Pulp Fiction
01:43Chuck Berry's twist ignites Jackrabbit Slim's contest.
01:47Tarantino revives it with joyous dancing teetering over impending, chaotic consequences.
01:53Number 2.
01:54Wise Up Magnolia
01:56Amy Mann scores a city-wide breakdown, characters singing together at 3am, sad karaoke that's
02:02simultaneously hopeful, resigned and piercing.
02:06Number 1.
02:07My Heart Will Go On, Titanic
02:10Celine Dion's power ballad weaponized teenage tears, saturating culture.
02:15That flute intro still compels unavoidable, titanic-sized emotions.
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