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Posted by: fiesta 10th February 2015, 03:03 PM

With Ellie Goulding at number one with the song from the soundtrack to Fifty Shades Of Grey. I have been thinking how many big hits from the last ten years can we name that have been taken from a movie soundtrack. Songs written or recorded specifically for inclusion in a film rather than songs added to film soundtracks long after they'd been written / recorded. I can name two straight off, anyone think of any others?

Happy - Indespicle me 2

Let It Go - Frozen

Posted by: *Ben* 10th February 2015, 03:06 PM

Adele - Skyfall

Posted by: xajnipi 10th February 2015, 03:11 PM

Skyfall - Adele
Club Can't Handle Me - Flo Rida

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 10th February 2015, 03:14 PM

Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
Also Ghostbusters theme, and the Men In Black song with Will Smith



I bet there's loads more

Posted by: *Ben* 10th February 2015, 03:46 PM

I have been thinking how many big hits from the last ten years can we name that have been taken from a movie soundtrack.

Posted by: Joey XCX. 10th February 2015, 03:54 PM

Charli XCX - Boom Clap (Fault In Our Stars)

Posted by: Mango 10th February 2015, 03:55 PM

Take That - Rule The World

Posted by: Mart!n 10th February 2015, 03:58 PM

Chris Cornell - You Know My Name (Bond: Casino Royale)
Jack White & Alicia Keys - Another Way To Die (Bond: Quantum Of Solace)

Posted by: Rob S 10th February 2015, 04:00 PM

Kate Winslet - What If

Posted by: jafetsigfinns 10th February 2015, 04:04 PM

Big and small hits galore:
Beyoncé - Listen (from Dreamgirls)
Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful (from The Great Gatsby)
Will.i.am - Bang Bang (from The Great Gatsby)
Ed Sheeran - I See Fire (from The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug)
Charli XCX - Boom Clap (from Fault In Our Stars)
Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart (from Divergent)
Coldplay - Atlas (from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1)
James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence - The Hanging Tree (from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1)

Posted by: §þiŋŋiŋğ Å&# 10th February 2015, 04:12 PM

+Beating Heart (Divergent) *(on which Find You should have been released!!!!)
+""My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic)"" Celine Dion

Something here I found on OCC my googling
http://www.officialcharts.com/features/lights-camera-music-21-chart-hits-from-movie-soundtracks-3471/
Too lazy to manually copy and paste each heading, oops

Was just trying to find any hits regardless of year (and yes I didn't read that bit )

Posted by: gavindeejay 10th February 2015, 04:36 PM

Will Smith - Black Suits Coming Although it was a hit in 2002.....which makes it 13 years old.
Pitbull - Back In Time
N Dubz - We Dance On

Posted by: Mango 10th February 2015, 04:41 PM

It doesn't look like people are even reading the original post!

Posted by: ► ▲ N 10th February 2015, 05:08 PM

26/01/2013 Anne Hathaway I Dreamed A Dream 22 {22}-31-45-64-63->5

from 'Les Miserables'

22/02/2014 Tegan And Sara Featuring The Lonely Island Everything Is Awesome!!! 17 65-{17}-24-37-48-67->6

from 'The Lego Movie'

13/11/2004 Christina Aguilera Featuring Missy Elliott Car Wash 4 {4}-6-10-15-17-17-20-19-18-25-41-48-60-63->14

from 'Shark Tale' (nearly fits the 10 year bracket okay )

30/09/2006 Zac Efron, Andrew Seeley And Vanessa Anne Hudgens Breaking Free 9 45-{9}-14-17-22-24-33-35-32-34-41-46-58-58-52-37-57-55-69->19

from 'High School Musical'

18/08/2007 Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron And Amanda Bynes You Can't Stop The Beat 71 {71}->1

from 'Hairspray'

28/07/2007 Cast Of High School Musical 2 What Time Is It? 20 {20}-20-27-36-51-61->6

from 'High School Musical 2'

04/10/2008 Demi Lovato And Joe Jonas This Is Me 33 {33}-74->2

from 'Camp Rock'

04/10/2008 Alicia Keys And Jack White Another Way To Die 9 26-26-26-27-18-10-{9}-15-23-35-51-72->12

from 'Quantum Of Solice'

Posted by: Blank Slayberry 10th February 2015, 10:15 PM

I'm still highly shocked that "Breaking Free" reached the top 10 to begin with.

Also "Elastic Heart" was in the Catching Fire soundtrack before it became a hit.

Posted by: AntoineTTe 10th February 2015, 11:37 PM

Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Posted by: Dircadirca 11th February 2015, 02:19 AM

Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) from I forget which Twilight film, and Linkin Park - What I've Done & New Divide from I forget which Transformers films.

Should that count when Sweet Disposition came out a year before the movie?

Posted by: fiesta 11th February 2015, 01:22 PM

according to wikipedia it was included in 500 days of summer after its release, unless it was in another film...

Posted by: jay727 11th February 2015, 02:06 PM

Another question...how many of these songs have become Platinum? Or become million-sellers?

Posted by: AntoineTTe 11th February 2015, 02:28 PM

I didn't read the first post fully.

You're right.

Posted by: Rhobi 12th February 2015, 11:23 AM

amazing soundtrack collection from the classics

Posted by: generalissue 12th February 2015, 06:40 PM

^ do think you missed the point,,,