List of the most successfull movie songs

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Hi there,

I am in search of a list of the most successfull movie hits. Does anyone know where I can find an exact listing of those songs, perhaps with figures of the sales?

Thank you in advance for answering

ThS

― Thorsten Schatz (author), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:11 (twenty years ago)

Chariots of Fire was the only movie song that ever gained any popularity

― PappaWheelie: Giving out breaks to the needy since September 25th, 2006 (PappaWh, Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:26 (twenty years ago)

"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf ?" by Frank Churchill.

― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone know where I can find an exact listing of those songs, perhaps with figures of the sales?

Oh, okay, I guess the Rocky theme song was popular too. BUT THAT'S IT.

― PappaWheelie: Giving out breaks to the needy since September 25th, 2006 (PappaWh, Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

who ya gonna call?

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:52 (twenty years ago)

Frank Stallone to thread...

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 16:53 (twenty years ago)

puberty love

― steve 'scratch' perry (listerine), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:45 (twenty years ago)

I Will Always Love You

― paid in cigarettes (paid in cigarettes), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:52 (twenty years ago)

That shitty, shitty Tears for Fears cover.

― James Herbert Dip (noodle vague), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:53 (twenty years ago)

That song Girls Aloud did especially for the Freaky Friday soundtrack that was so awesome it was never actually released anywhere.

― Sadly, he will be the next Alexis Petridish. (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

did the shins change anyone's life like they were supposed to?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 19:49 (twenty years ago)

no, and in fact the Beta Band sold even FEWER copies of The Three EP's after High Fidelity came out...(scores of people returned their copies)...

― hank (hank s), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Only the greatest four minutes in the history of sound:

http://www.ramm.prodigital.de/images/i1329643856_1.jpg

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Although this might be equally astounding:

http://st.blog.cz/s/snowboardak.blog.cz/obrazky/176908.jpg

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

NOBODY rocks that "Nosferatu in a wig" look better than Celine.

― James Herbert Dip (noodle vague), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 21:53 (twenty years ago)

Is that a shark suckling from her teat?

― cosmo vitelli (cosmo vitelli), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:01 (twenty years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/Best_of_limahl.jpg
It's got his one big hit, which was for a movie.

― I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit (I say we take off and nuke the), Thursday, 19 October 2006 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Does anyone know where I can find an exact listing of those songs, perhaps with figures of the sales?

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #448,802 in Music

1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
2. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club
3. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes
4. As Time Goes By - Jimmy Durante
5. Makin' Whoopee - Michelle Pfeiffer
6. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
7. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
8. Pocket Money - Carole King
9. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher Cross
10. Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Thursday, 19 October 2006 05:53 (twenty years ago)

11. royal trux - dirty headlines

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 19 October 2006 06:04 (twenty years ago)

(maybe)

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Thursday, 19 October 2006 06:04 (twenty years ago)

http://www.oscars.org/

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 19 October 2006 10:36 (twenty years ago)

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