Top 10 Most Popular Movie Song And Movie

Top 10 Most Popular Movie Song And Movie

5. Can You Read My Mind: Superman


Written by: music by John Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse

Performed by: Maureen McGovern

The music is a theme for Lois Lane, whose role in the film was performed by Margot Kidder. It was originally recorded as a pop-influenced piece, but as the original version might have dated the picture, a more orchestrated version was used for the final film.

It has been said that either Karen Carpenter (The Carpenters) or Toni Tennille (Captain and Tennille) were originally considered to perform the vocal, but there is no existing proof that either one actually did it. What is known is that the producers of Superman tried to get Margot Kidder herself to actually sing it but, according to Richard Donner’s commentary track for the Superman DVD, “it didn’t sound right”. So it was decided that Kidder would recite the lyrics, and this vocal track is what was used for the final film version.

Shortly after the film’s release, Maureen McGovern recorded the song proper for the hit single version, which did not appear in the film.

The soundtrack album by Rhino Movie Music contains four versions of “Can You Read My Mind” – the film version with and without vocal (as part of “The Flying Sequence” medley), and two alternate “pop versions”, also with and without vocal. Alternate mixes of the “pop version” appear on both the supplementary section of the Superman DVD and the 2008 Film Score Monthly compilation set Superman: The Music (1978-1988)




Written by: Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz


Performed by: Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

Due to the massive success of Dirty Dancing, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November for one week and also went to number one on the Adult Contemporary for four weeks. In the United Kingdom the song had two chart outings. Firstly, in November 1987 after the film’s initial release the song peaked at #6, and again when the film was shown on mainstream television the song reached as high as #8 (January 1991).



3. Moment of Truth: Karate Kid


Written by: Survivors

Performed by: Survivors



2. Unchained Melody: Ghost


Written by: music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret

Performed by: 1965 version by The Righteous Brothers

In 1955, Alex North and lyricist Hy Zaret were contracted to write a song as a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained, and their song eventually became known as the “Unchained Melody”. The song doesn’t actually include the word “unchained”, and songwriter Zaret chose instead to focus his lyrics on someone who pines for a lover he hasn’t seen in a “long, lonely time”. The 1955 film centers around a man who contemplates either escaping from prison, to live life on the run, or completing his sentence and returning to his wife and family. The lyrics note, “Lonely rivers sigh, ‘ Wait for me… I’ll be coming home; wait for me’…”.[] Unable to see them for years, he pleas, “I need your love, God speed your love to me”.



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