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footloose in footloose
perfect match, no?

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Ooh La La by The Faces at the end of Rushmore.

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not dark yet by bob dylan in wonder boys

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This thread has been done so many times.

I've always gone with "Where is My Mind" at the end of Fight Club.

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I think the cover version of Hey Jude at the beginning of The Royal Tenenbaums where the characters are being introduced is amazing and perfect for the movie.

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I think the cover version of Hey Jude at the beginning of The Royal Tenenbaums where the characters are being introduced is amazing and perfect for the movie.

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I always liked that one as well.

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Layla would be my first choice but a close second would be "Under Pressure" in Grosse Pointe Blanke (and the use of 99 Luftballoons in that movie was spot on as well).

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Either Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous or In Your Eyes in Say Anything...Cameron Crowe rules.

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Either Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous or In Your Eyes in Say Anything...Cameron Crowe rules.

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IMO - the use of Tiny Dancer in Almost Famous was one the most cliched & hackneyed use of song in film. You've got a bunch of 'rockers' about to face certain death and they break into a tune by Elton John?

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here are some songs integral to plots:

In The Hall of the Mountain King in M
and
Que Sera, Sera in The Man Who Knew Too Much