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These songs became hits after being used in films - part two

There are plenty of examples of songs that became classics just by being used in a particular film. Let's remember the most striking of them!

The best songs from the movies that gained worldwide popularity thanks to the big screen - continued

Today we continue to remember best songs from world cinema, which gained wild popularity, primarily thanks to the big screen! Who knows how their fates would have turned out if they had not been included in the fateful soundtrack... Fortunately - everything happened as it happened, and millions of people heard these excellent melodies. And instantly fell in love with them!

Kino - is actually a powerful weapon to promote music. There are plenty of examples of songs becoming classics just by being used in a particular film. Of course, they could have been hits and without the big screen, but it was the latter that foretold their commercial viability for many, many years to come....

Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes"

Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel

In fact, the ballad "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel. had considerable success before it was made into a film. "Say something.". It had been released 3 years before this momentous occasion, and had performed well on the charts: top 30 on the classic Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. However...

It was after "In Your Eyes" that the film complemented the motion picture Cameron Crowe (by the way, it was his debut as a director), it "exploded"! The multimillion audience finally fell in love with this track. Some got acquainted with it for the first time, and some looked at the lyrics in a new way... Anyway, in the early 2000s, the song brought Peter his first gold single on U.S. soil.

Survivor - "Eye Of The Tiger"

Survivor Group
Survivor Group

The music video for this song has gained almost billion views on YouTube! This is an amazing result for a composition written especially for a film... More than that: "Eye Of The Tiger" is considered one of the most important songs in hard rock history - and it's not us who think so, but hundreds of critics and millions of listeners from all over the world.

Remarkably, Eye Of The Tiger was written at the request of. Sylvester Stallone for the film "Rocky 3.". As a result - on the back of the film's success - it became a big hit in the first half of the 80s. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100, and became the band's calling card Survivor.

Whitney Houston - "I Will Always Love You"

Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Global success "I Will Always Love You" as performed by the pretty girl Whitney Houston - a prime example of how style changes everything. Even many old-school music lovers are not aware that the original version belongs to a country star Dolly Partonand it was released in 1974!

Yes, in fact, Houston performed a cover for the film "Bodyguard." 1992. But what a... Her version instantly became a resounding romantic hit, and surpassed Parton's own version in popularity. Today, it is a hallmark of both the performer and the film. It's the rare case where the interpretation overshadowed the original.

Blue Swede - "Hooked on a Feeling"

Blue Swede Group
Blue Swede Group

Most likely, this classic from the late 60's would have remained another beautiful but unfairly forgotten masterpiece, popular only among old music fans. But! Thanks to the film. "Guardians of the Galaxy."as well as versions of the band Blue Swedethat was played in it, the quirky song has found a second life.

Originally executed B.J. Thomasand in the '70s. "Hooked on a Feeling" was covered by a Swedish rock band. Blue Swedewho, in fact, were keen on interpretations. Their version came to the public's liking, but soon everyone forgot about it. And now, in 2014, the creators of the sci-fi action film brought the track back into the charts.

Aerosmith - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"

Aerosmith concert
Aerosmith concert

It's hard to say whether a ballad "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." such a great classic, if it wasn't for the film. "Armageddon.". And not the Aerosmith rebels who performed it! Yes, yes, you may not know, but this song was originally intended for the Celine Dion.

Fortunately, everything worked out exactly as it did. Everyone was on the plus side: the author of the text Diane Warrenand Aerosmith themselves, for whom. "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." became "another calling card", and a film whose soundtrack was extremely popular with listeners.

R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"

R. Kelly
R. Kelly

You may be very far removed from the American rapper's work R. Kellybut there's one song that every music lover knows. And it's the now legendary "I Believe I Can Fly"which has gained unheard of popularity both on the radio and on the Internet.

Over the years, the song's popularity has not faded, but seems to have only increased. They even made a meme out of it! Although its message is not a joke at all... But never mind. By the way: this song was performed in the film "Space Jam."whose recognisable musical highlight remains to this day.

Celine Dion - "My Heart Will Go On"

Celine Dion
Celine Dion

When it comes to "Titanic."we immediately think of this song. And it's scary to imagine that the song that millions of people adore so much might not have existed....

When the composer James Horner approached Dion and her husband with the song, the performer remained dislike from this masterpiece, to put it mildly... It was only thanks to my husband, a music manager. Rene Angelilou, the future hit was taken to work and recorded. As a result. "My Heart Will Go On" was the biggest commercial breakthrough of Celine's beauty career!

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