Oscars: Best song MEGAPOLL - Play in round

Pencil · #1 3rd February 2024, 09:28 AM

Come closer, gather around.

To get this to 128 we need more songs. There have been 89 winners from inception up to last year (Naatu Naatu) so I need 39 more. I'll be damned if I'm going to try to make a proper poll with all nominees, exclude winners and try to set that up. So this is write in.

Here is a list of all nominations and winners - And a big thanks to Zeener who put them all together in a sticky.

Pick as many as you like from the nominees. There are songs that were in movies that were not even nominated, but that way lies madness for this first time Megapoll runner.

Some time early next week I'll look through and present a list of the 39 runner ups that will get a second chance against an unworthy winner. Please use the format from the table (though not in table form), i.e.

Name of the movie "Name of the song"

I don't want writers, who sang it or anything else. Keeping the name of the song within "quote marks" make it easier to pick out the title.

GO!

3acres · #2 3rd February 2024, 10:41 AM

Orchestra Wives "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo"
Buck Privates "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Meet Me in St. Louis "The Trolley Song"
Going Places "Jeepers Creepers"
Sun Valley Serenade "Chattanooga Choo-choo"
The Caddy "That's Amore"
Live and Let Die "Live and Let Die"
Georgy Girl "Georgy Girl"
The Jungle Book "The Bare Necessities"
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
Blazing Saddles "Blazing Saddles"

Wolf Larsen · #3 3rd February 2024, 11:19 AM

She Loves Me Not "Love in Bloom"
Going Places "Jeepers Creepers"
Buck Privates "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Sun Valley Serenade "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Here Come the Waves "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"
Wet Blanket Policy "The Woody Woodpecker Song"
Cinderella "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
Charade "Charade"
The Great Race "The Sweetheart Tree"
What's New Pussycat? "What's New Pussycat?"
Blazing Saddles "Blazing Saddles"
Ghostbusters "Ghostbusters"

Kat · #4 3rd February 2024, 01:34 PM

Dumbo "Baby Mine"
Unchained "Unchained Melody"
Robin Hood "Love"
Benji "I Feel Love"
Rocky "Gonna Fly Now"
9 to 5 "9 to 5"
Rocky III "Eye of the Tiger"
Footloose "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
An American Tail "Somewhere Out There"
Mannequin "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
Beauty and the Beast "Be Our Guest"
The Little Mermaid "Kiss the Girl"
Aladdin "Friend Like Me"
Toy Story "You've Got a Friend in Me"
That Thing You Do! "That Thing You Do!"
Hercules "Go the Distance"
Tangled "I See the Light"
Moana "How Far I'll Go"
Encanto "Dos Oruguitas"

What Exit? · #5 4th February 2024, 08:17 AM

Born to Dance "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Pennies from Heaven "Pennies from Heaven"
Buck Privates "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
Sun Valley Serenade "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Star Spangled Rhythm "That Old Black Magic"
Meet Me in St. Louis "The Trolley Song"
The Caddy "That's Amore"
Unchained "Unchained Melody"
Walk on the Wild Side "Walk on the Wild Side"
Robin and the 7 Hoods "My Kind of Town"
Cat Ballou "The Ballad of Cat Ballou"
What's New Pussycat? "What's New Pussycat?"
Alfie "Alfie"
Georgy Girl "Georgy Girl"
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
Funny Girl "Funny Girl"
The Sterile Cuckoo "Come Saturday Morning"
Live and Let Die "Live and Let Die"
Blazing Saddles "Blazing Saddles"
Rocky "Gonna Fly Now"
The Muppet Movie "Rainbow Connection"
Against All Odds "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
Footloose "Footloose"
Ghostbusters "Ghostbusters"
Back to the Future "The Power of Love"
An American Tail "Somewhere Out There"
Little Shop of Horrors "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
Beauty and the Beast "Be Our Guest"
Aladdin "Friend Like Me"
Philadelphia "Philadelphia"
The Lion King "Circle of Life"
The Lion King "Hakuna Matata"
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut "Blame Canada"
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring "May It Be"
Enchanted "That's How You Know"
WALL-E "Down to Earth"
Despicable Me 2 "Happy"

Looks like I had 37 picks, I hope that's OK.

JackieLikesVariety · #6 4th February 2024, 02:20 PM

if it isn't, I think you can have some of mine.

TroutMan · #7 4th February 2024, 06:55 PM

Lots of sophisticated picks so far, so I'll bring the cheesy fun:

Trolls "Can't Stop the Feeling!"

And in case you whittle down the lists above, I'll also advocate for "Rainbow Connection" and "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space".

Zeener Diode · #8 5th February 2024, 08:54 PM

The Magic Christian, "Come and Get It"

Included on the soundtrack to the movie, but according to wiki it was released on Magic Christian Music by Badfinger on 01/09/70 (the movie came out in 1969) but is not an official soundtrack album for the film.

FM, "FM (No Static at All)"

By Steely Dan; Included on the soundtract to the 1978 movie FM.

Heavy Metal, "True Companion"

Another Steely Dan single, written for the movie and to my knowledge has never been included on another Steely Dan album.
Also included on the same soundtrack:
- "Working In a Coalmine" (Devo)
- "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" (Don Felder)
- "Heavy Metal" (Sammy Hagar)

Ghostbusters, "Ghostbusters"

By Ray Parker/Raydio; appears on Chartbusters, a 1984 singles collection.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, "Somebody's Baby"

By Jackson Browne; appears only in soundtrack to the movie.

Pencil · #9 6th February 2024, 04:52 AM

Not much action. Come on people.

Anyway, reading through the submissions so far a couple of songshave more than one nomination:

"Rainbow Connection"
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
"Gonna Fly Now"
"Be Our Guest"
"Mean Green Mother from Outer Space"
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"Blazing Saddles"
"Live and Let Die"
"Georgy Girl"

"Jeepers Creepers"
"Unchained Melody"
"The Trolley Song"
"That's Amore"
"Ghostbusters"
"What's New Pussycat?"
"Friend Like Me"
"That's Amore"

So that's 18 and 39 are needed.

From what you guys have posted, I want to add the following titles, only because they seem to have survived the test of time.

"Pennies from Heaven"
"The Bare Necessities"
"9 to 5"
"Eye of the Tiger"
"You've Got a Friend in Me"
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
"Alfie"
"Funny Girl"
"The Power of Love"
"Hakuna Matata"
"Happy"

And from the original list, I propose:

"Cheek to Cheek"
"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
"(Love Is) The Tender Trap"
"True Love"
"Nobody Does It Better"
"Everything Is Awesome"
"Ready to Take a Chance Again"
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

I'm open to suggestions.

Zeener Diode · #10 9th February 2024, 10:34 AM

What about non-original songs?

Zeener Diode · #11 9th February 2024, 11:20 AM

The Breakfast Club, "Don't You Forget About Me."
Mission Impossible, "Main Theme" (U2 cover)
City of Angels, "Uninvited"
The Lost Boys, "People Are Strange" (Echo and the Bunnymen cover)
Rush, "Tears in Heaven"
Deliverance, "Dueling Banjos"
Kids, "Natural One"
The Big Lebowski, "Hotel California" (The Gipsy Kings cover)
Experiment in Terror, "Main Theme"
Shaft, "Main Theme"
The Big Country, "Main Theme"
The Magnificent Seven, "Main Theme"
Get Shorty, "Stink"
Top Gun, "Danger Zone"
National Lampoon's Vacation, "Holiday Road"
Trouble Man, "Main Theme"
Flashdance, "Maniac"
Dr No, "James Bond Theme"
Goldfinger, "Main Theme"
You Only Live Twice, "Main Theme"
Thunderball, "Main Theme"
Diamonds Are Forever, "Main Theme"
The Man with the Golden Gun, "Main Theme"
For Your Eyes Only, "Main Theme"
A View to a Kill, "Main Theme"
Space Jam, "Main Theme"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, "Time Warp"
Thunder Road, "The Ballad of Thunder Road"
To Sir, With Love, "Main Theme"
The Cable Guy, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"

Saturday Night Fever

"Stayin' Alive
"Night Fever"
"More Than a Woman"
"Jive Talkin'"
"You Should Be Dancing"
"A Fifth of Beethoven"
"If I Can't Have You" (Yvonne Ellman cover)

Grease

"Main Theme"
"Summer Nights"
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
"You're the One That I Want"

Zeener Diode · #12 9th February 2024, 11:44 AM

Reaching back a few decades...

Gone With the Wind, "Tara's Theme"
The Sound of Music, "Main Theme (The Hills Are Alive)"; "My Favorite Things"; "So Long, Farewell"
The Pink Panther, "Main Theme"
Hatari, "Baby Elephant Walk"
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, "The Candy Man"
The Meaning of Life, "Every Sperm is Sacred"

Pogo · #13 11th February 2024, 10:14 AM

I thought of a movie song that wasn't nominated that I thought was great. It was from Return of the King (2003) and I think the title is Edge of Night. It was sung by Billy Boyd whose character Pippin was performing it for Denethor as his son Faramir is leading a charge at the same time.

Here is a YouTube video, the song begins about 90 seconds in:

Pogo · #14 11th February 2024, 10:18 AM

I see that I was supposed to use a format, so here it is:

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King "The Edge of Night"

JackieLikesVariety · #15 14th February 2024, 12:02 PM

what is happening?

Do we need to make more nominations?

Zeener Diode · #16 15th February 2024, 07:58 AM

Someone tell @Pencil to get the lead out.

Pogo · #17 15th February 2024, 11:26 AM

I've got more that I think should be in this poll:

New York, New York "New York, New York"
Casablanca "As Time Goes By"
Jailhouse Rock "Jailhouse Rock"

Pogo · #18 15th February 2024, 11:33 AM

Do the songs have to have been written for the movie? "Born to Be Wild" wasn't written expressly for Easy Rider, but it featured in it one year later.