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This is a list of songs partly or entirely based on a film. The list does not include songs that are related to a film as part of its soundtrack, original or not.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
List of songs based on a film
Song Artist Film Ref.
"2HB" Roxy Music Casablanca
"Alice" Avril Lavigne Alice in Wonderland
"The American Nightmare" Ice Nine Kills A Nightmare on Elm Street
"Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman" The Tubes Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
"Attack Ships on Fire" Revolting Cocks Blade Runner
"Brownswille Girl" Bob Dylan The Gunfighter
"Calvero" The Pillows Limelight
"Carlotta Valdez" Harvey Danger Vertigo
"Chain Saw" The Ramones The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
"Children of the Damned" Iron Maiden Village of the Damned
"Cinderella Man" Rush Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
"The Clansman" Iron Maiden Braveheart
"The Crimson Ghost" Misfits The Crimson Ghost
"Dawn of the Dead" Michale Graves Dawn of the Dead
"Day of the Dead" Misfits Day of the Dead
"Dead by Dawn" Deicide The Evil Dead
"Death of an Interior Decorator" Death Cab for Cutie Interiors
"Debaser" Pixies Un Chien Andalou
"DNA" Gavin Dunne Prometheus
"Dream Warriors" Dokken A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
"The Edge of Darkness" Iron Maiden Apocalypse Now
"Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" My Chemical Romance Dawn of the Dead
"Enjoy Your Slay" Ice Nine Kills The Shining
"Eyes Without a Face" Billy Idol Eyes Without a Face
"Evil Dead" Death The Evil Dead
"Fidelity" Regina Spektor High Fidelity
"Fitzcarraldo" The Frames Fitzcarraldo
"Freak Flag" Ice Nine Kills The Devil's Rejects
"From Now On We Are Enemies" Fall Out Boy Amadeus
"Ghost of Frankenstein" Misfits The Ghost of Frankenstein
"A Girl Like You" The Smithereens Say Anything.. .
"Godzilla" Blue Öyster Cult Godzilla
"A Grave Mistake" Ice Nine Kills The Crow
"Gump" "Weird Al" Yankovic Forrest Gump
"Haddonfield" Wednesday 13 Halloween
"Heartlight" Neil Diamond E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
"Hello McFly" Relient K Back to the Future
"Hier kommt Alex" Die Toten Hosen A Clockwork Orange
"Home" Breaking Benjamin The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
"How I Go" Yellowcard Big Fish
"I Can Transform Ya" Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz Transformers film series
"Imitation of Life" R.E.M. Imitation of Life
"It is the End" Ice Nine Kills It
"Jaws" Lemon Demon Jaws
"The Jig Is Up" Ice Nine Kills Saw
"Jurassic Park" "Weird Al" Yankovic Jurassic Park
"The Kelly Affair" be your own PET Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
"Key Largo" Bertie Higgins Key Largo
"King Kong Song" Abba King Kong
"Kirsten Supine" Swans Melancholia
"Land of the Dead" Misfits Land of the Dead
"Leon" The Japanese House Léon: The Professional
"Lost Boys" The 69 Eyes The Lost Boys
"Love Bites" Ice Nine Kills An American Werewolf in London
"Man on the Edge" Iron Maiden Falling Down
"Matilda" Alt-J Léon: The Professional
"Meet Me in Montauk" Circa Survive Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"Merry Axe-mas" Ice Nine Kills Silent Night, Deadly Night
"Mortopsycho Nightmare" Bob Dylan Psycho
"A New Hope" Blink-182 Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
"Night of the Living Dead" Misfits Night of the Living Dead
"Nosferatu" Hugh Cornwell Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
"Ode to a Superhero" "Weird Al" Yankovic Spider-Man
"Of Wolf and Man" Metallica The Wolfen
"One" Metallica Johnny Got His Gun
"Ouch" be your own PET Dawn of the Dead
"Out of the Silent Planet" Iron Maiden Forbidden Planet
"Raped in Hatred by Vines of Thorn" The Black Dahlia Murder The Evil Dead
"Return of the Fly" Misfits Return of the Fly
"Rocking the Boat" Ice Nine Kills Jaws
"The Saga Begins" "Weird Al" Yankovic Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
"Savages" Ice Nine Kills The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
"Scissorhands (The Last Snow)" Motionless in White Edward Scissorhands
"The Seventh Seal" Scott Walker The Seventh Seal
"Shining" Misfits Poltergeist
"Skinny Blues" The Pillows The Lost Weekend
"So Long, Astoria" The Ataris The Goonies
"Stabbing in the Dark" Ice Nine Kills Halloween
"Stranger in Town" Toto Whistle Down the Wind
"Sweep the Leg" No More Kings Karate Kid
"Thank God It's Friday" Ice Nine Kills Friday the 13th
"Twilight of the Dead" Misfits Land of the Dead
"The Union Forever" The White Stripes Citizen Kane
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" Metallica One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"Where Eagles Dare" Iron Maiden Where Eagles Dare
"Wind It Up" Gwen Stefani The Sound of Music
"The Wicker Man" Iron Maiden The Wicker Man
"The World in My Hands" Ice Nine Kills Edward Scissorhands
"Year 3000" Busted Back to the Future Trilogy
"Yoda" "Weird Al" Yankovic The Empire Strikes Back
"Youngster (Kent Arrow)" The Pillows Quadrophenia
"Your Number's Up" Ice Nine Kills Scream
"Ghost" Billy Nigro Scream

Music video

In certain cases, only the music video includes elements inspired by given films. Examples include "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé containing references to Kill Bill and "Kill Bill (킬빌)" by Brown Eyed Girls, with visual references to the same film.

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See also

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