10 Songs That Did Better Than the Movie

Good movies are almost always accompanied by equally memorable soundtracks. After 21 years, “I Will Always Love You” – still Whitney Houston’s finest moment – will continue to invoke memories of The Bodyguard for some, while Celine Dion‘s “My Heart Will Go On” will forever suffer guilt by association because of the once-highest-grossing film in history, Titanic. Adele just nabbed an Oscar earlier this year for the title track to Skyfall, the most successful James Bond adventure and the all-time top grosser, period, in the UK. Saturday Night Fever, Simon and Garfunkel in The Graduate…I could go on.

But on the other side of the tracks linger numerous songs that were buried under mediocre or just outright lousy flicks but rose from the ashes en route to long-term commercial success and, in some instances, ongoing radio airplay. Here I present but a mere microcosm of what’s out there, in no particular order. And yes, there’s a bit of a nagging trend running amok through my selections, but I claim immunity as they were the ones that prominently came to mind as I wracked my tiny brain while conjuring up this piece.