My Favourite Songs in Films and TV

I have always been a sucker for great popular songs stuck in a film or TV programme just at the right time. No surprise then that twenty one made it to my list of 131 Songs.

It all started when, as a teenager,  I went to see Antony Newley in the 1959 movie Idol on Parade. The song I've Waited So Long is not very good. But it's impact has lasted long in my memory. So has I Should have Known Better, the song The Beatles sing in the guards van in the movie A Hard Days Night. And who could forget their running and jumping sequence to Can't Buy Me Love.

And so the list goes on from Song Number 63 to Number 84. All except a Christmas favourite in the middle. What made me think of these again were two recent  belters. The first is in the movie About Time. The Cure's Friday I'm In Love is perfect for the montage at the art gallery. The latest is by The Proclaimers. There are some great songs in the movie Sunshine on Leith, and my favourite was the brilliantly staged I Would Walk 500 Miles. Check out the film's trailer.

 Here's the full list, published mainly for my benefit.

Number 63   I've Waited So Long by Anthony Newley - posted on 10.11.10
Number 64   I Should Have Known Better by The Beatles - posted on 10.11.10
Number 65   You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry - posted on 10.11.10
Number 66   El Matador by Los Fabulos Cadillacs - posted on 24.11.10
Number 67   Hotel California by The Gipsy Kings - posted on 24.11.10
Number 68   Ballad Of Lucy Jordan by Marianne Faithful - posted on 24.11.10
Number 69   Let It Snow by Dean Martin - posted on 12.12.10
Number 71   Earth Angel by Marvin Berry - posted on 18.01.11
Number 72   Come Up and See Me by Cockney Rebel - posted on 18.01.11
Number 73   The Sound Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel -posted on 18.01.11
Number 74   Don't Worry Baby by The Beach Boys - posted on 18.01.11
Number 75   Time After Time by Cyndie Lauper - posted on 18.01.11
Number 76   Cat People by David Bowie - posted on 18.01.11
Number 77   Hold Tight by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich - posted on 18.01.11
Number 78   Love On The Rocks by Neil Diamond - posted on 18.01.11
Number 79   In The Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett - posted on 18.01.11
Number 80   Slipping Through My Fingers by Abba - posted on 18.01.11
Number 81   Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles - posted on 18.01.11
Number 82   One Of These Mornings by Moby - posted on 03.02.11
Number 83   Shelter From The Storm by Bob Dylan - posted on 03.02.11
Number 84   Take The Long Way Home by Supertramp - posted on 03.02.11