Songs that are used too much in movies and TV shows

MrKite wrote:

augmentedfourth wrote:

Any version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Yes, it's a gorgeous song, one I like very much, but it's used in EVERYTHING, to the point where when I hear it in a TV show or movie, it has the opposite intended emotional effect and I just roll my eyes.

Really? Like what? Because I don't remember hearing it in any movies I've seen, but I heard it was used in the first Shrek movie.

Right off the top of my head, I remembered ER and Scrubs. A quick scan of Wikipedia shows it was also used for emotional manipulation in The West Wing, The O.C., Nip/Tuck, Without a Trace, House, Criminal Minds, Cold Case...(should I keep going? )

I remember it being at the end of a couple of Lost episodes. It was also in the movie Watchmen.

Oh. *shrugs* Didn't really get to watch any of those.

Here's some more:

"Bodies" by Drowning Pool
"Beyond The Sea" by Bobby Darin
"Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group

Oh, I love Bobby Darin's "Beyond The Sea". I could listen to that for a long time. He was a great singer and that's a great song, I think. I believe Kevin Spacey did a movie about Bobby Darin's life and it was called "Beyond The Sea" also.

Don't recognize the other two you mentioned MrKite. The "Gimme Some Lovin" song by The Spencer Davis Group reminds me of a song by The Young Rascals which was something like "Good Loving". Don't know if the songs are related or not.

No they're not related, but Good Lovin' is another one. I mentioned that one earlier in the thread.