The 10 Greatest Love Songs In Movies
Over the weekend, "The Lego Batman Movie" took the box office over "50 Shades Darker." I was sorta surprised. I'm sure that will change on Valentine's Day. It seemed like everywhere I turned I saw a trailer for 50 Shades or the ZAYN and Taylor Swift song from the soundtrack.
Speaking of soundtracks and Valentine's Day, have you ever wondered what are the greatest love songs in movies? Maybe as a Valentine's Day gift, your making a mixtape or filling a iPod for your Valentine. I'm here to help.
“Oh, my love… My darling… I’ve hungered for your touch…” The song was a hit for The Righteous Brothers long before the movie was made, but ever since that opening line and Bobby Hatfield’s falsetto can only mean one thing…Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and a pottery wheel.
Roxette’s hit from the Julia Roberts film still calls to mind a tangle of red curls looking hopefully out of the back window of a limousine and a sadly dapper Richard Gere looking forlornly from his balcony.
It wasn’t the first time that Hall & Oates song was used in a movie, but just try playing it now without thinking about Joseph Gordon-Levitt happily dancing down the street after his hook-up with Zooey Deschanel.
Yes, it’s a Disney movie, but it’s also Elton John. The song is so linked to the image of lions falling in love that Sir Elton frequently plays the animated clip on screen when he sings it in concert.
Even if it hadn’t subsequently become the centerpiece of the Tony-winning Broadway musical version, the duet by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová in John Carney’s movie would still be just as sweet.
The movie about Nicolas Cage’s angel who falls in love with Meg Ryan’s mortal would probably have faded from memory entirely if not for John Rzeznik’s plaintive voice on The Goo Goo Dolls hit.
Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts climb over a fence to wander in an English garden. As they share a moment, Ronan Keating’s version of the country song plays and suddenly they’re the only two people in the world.
When Jennifer Warren sang with Joe Cocker for An Officer and a Gentleman, only the instrumental version of their “Up Where We Belong” played over the climactic scene (similar to Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic). In Dirty Dancing, however, Warren’s duet with Bill Medley is front and center as Swayze pulls Jennifer Grey's Baby out of the corner.
Regardless of what you think of her acting, Whitney Houston could sing. We’re not sure that we would stop a plane to go kiss Kevin Costner, but we’ll watch it all day if we can hear the song and Houston’s amazing voice again.
According to both parties, John Cusack lobbied director Cameron Crowe to have a Fishbone song playing as his lovesick Lloyd Dobler held his boombox aloft to get Ione Skye's attention. Thankfully, Crowe opted to keep the Peter Gabriel classic.