The 30 Best Movie Songs of the Last 40 Years

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  5.  Stayin’ Alive, by The Bee Gees, from Saturday Night Fever (1977) The Bee Gees wrote a number of tracks for the film, Saturday Night Fever, including the hits More Than a Woman and Night Fever. However Stayin’ Alive is probably the most iconic, a high tempo disco hit that physically causes listeners to strut. […]

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  18. Streets of Philadelphia, by Bruce Springsteen, from Philadelphia (1993) Quite easily the saddest and most haunting song on the list so far, Springsteen’s Streets of Philadelphia was extremely fitting for Philadelphia, a film about AIDS sufferers.   Perfectly capturing the pain, loss, and loneliness of AIDS sufferers, Springsteen’s song lacks the typical upbeat feel of […]