Not sure it 100% fits the criteria, but Dreams that appeared in credits music from Baller's on HBO has an interesting history. Recorded by Boston, minus Scholz, when he was looking at a solo career.



When I heard it, I thought I'd missed a Boston song somehow. Scholz had Epic kill it.

I didn't know this song existed.

And how could Scholz need a solo career? Boston was all him minus the vocals.

Nor did I until that episode of Ballers

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I'm going with damn it feels good to be a gangsta from office space. I wasn't into rap really in early 90s, but quick search doesn't look like it was a single or anything when released in 1992, certainly not outside of Houston.

Just a random album cut.
Office space 7 years later.

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I was just about to post this one. It was really popular in small circles, but certainly not the more mainstream hit once the movie introduced it to all the middle-class white boys across America.

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Growing up just outside Houston during that time, I didn't know it wasn't popular everywhere, so I wouldn't have guessed it. It was a wake up call to how regional music was when I went to St. Louis my freshman year, I asked people do yall like Paul Wall, Lil Flip, Swisha house, Fat Pat, Mike Jones (edit How could I forget Too Short) etc…and just got blank stares.

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Too Short is famously from the Bay Area in California. Not sure what he has to do with Houston rappers other than being friends with Pimp C (who is from port Arthur) lol.

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RikkiTikkaTagem said:

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et98 said:

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62strat said:

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I'm going with damn it feels good to be a gangsta from office space. I wasn't into rap really in early 90s, but quick search doesn't look like it was a single or anything when released in 1992, certainly not outside of Houston.

Just a random album cut.
Office space 7 years later.

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I was just about to post this one. It was really popular in small circles, but certainly not the more mainstream hit once the movie introduced it to all the middle-class white boys across America.

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Growing up just outside Houston during that time, I didn't know it wasn't popular everywhere, so I wouldn't have guessed it. It was a wake up call to how regional music was when I went to St. Louis my freshman year, I asked people do yall like Paul Wall, Lil Flip, Swisha house, Fat Pat, Mike Jones (edit How could I forget Too Short) etc…and just got blank stares.

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Too Short is famously from the Bay Area in California. Not sure what he has to do with Houston rappers other than being friends with Pimp C (who is from port Arthur) lol.

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Always thought he was Houston based growing up. Other than tops drop being my walk up song in slow pitch softball (before Shane Gillis used it for his intro mind you), haven't listened to most of this stuff in years. Appreciate the heads up

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Texag5324 said:

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62strat said:

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I'm going with damn it feels good to be a gangsta from office space. I wasn't into rap really in early 90s, but quick search doesn't look like it was a single or anything when released in 1992, certainly not outside of Houston.

Just a random album cut.
Office space 7 years later.

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I was just about to post this one. It was really popular in small circles, but certainly not the more mainstream hit once the movie introduced it to all the middle-class white boys across America.

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Growing up just outside Houston during that time, I didn't know it wasn't popular everywhere, so I wouldn't have guessed it. It was a wake up call to how regional music was when I went to St. Louis my freshman year, I asked people do yall like Paul Wall, Lil Flip, Swisha house, Fat Pat, Mike Jones (edit How could I forget Too Short) etc…and just got blank stares.

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Too Short is famously from the Bay Area in California. Not sure what he has to do with Houston rappers other than being friends with Pimp C (who is from port Arthur) lol.

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Always thought he was Houston based growing up. Other than tops drop being my walk up song in slow pitch softball (before Shane Gillis used it for his intro mind you), haven't listened to most of this stuff in years. Appreciate the heads up

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Tops Drop is a song by Fat Pat, who is from Houston lol.

I think he's just making a general statement that other than Tops Drop, he hasn't listened to Houston rap in years.

When I heard The Plimsouls sing A Million Miles Away on 1983 Valley Girl (They were one of the Bands I believe), I ran out and bought the album with this song on it. Great album btw.

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When I heard The Plimsouls sing A Million Miles Away on 1983 Valley Girl (They were one of the Bands I believe), I ran out and bought the album with this song on it. Great album btw.

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Yep. A stellar soundtrack. And The Plimsouls played "live" in the LA bar scene. Josie Cotton was the performer at the prom.

Of course Modern English with "I Melt For You" was the biggest hit out of it and certainly qualifies in this category. It was at least a moderate hit at best (#76) but got quite a boost from the movie a year later. Covers of the song have also been used in 50 First Dates, Sky High, Mr. and Mrs. smith and Glee.

And in this case I'd say a lot of the soundtrack got a huge boost. Standout tracks in bold.


"A Million Miles Away" The Plimsouls 3:44 jumped to #11 in rock airplay after the movie
"Johnny, Are You Queer?" Josie Cotton 2:46 originally a Go-Go's cover
"Eyes of a Stranger" Payola$ 3:33
"Angst in My Pants" Sparks 3:30
"Who Can It Be Now?" Men at Work 3:23 a #2 hit the year before
"Everywhere at Once" The Plimsouls 3:19
"I La La La Love You" Pat Travers' Black Pearl 3:37
"He Could Be the One" Josie Cotton 2:48
"Love My Way" The Psychedelic Furs 3:40 barely top 50 also in Wedding Singer
"Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" The Flirts 3:45
"The Fanatic" Felony 3:36
"She Talks in Stereo" Gary Myrick & the Figures 4:00 a 1980 song that got a big boost
"Oldest Story in the World" The Plimsouls 3:22
"School Is In" Josie Cotton 2:34
"I Melt with You" Modern English 3:48 huge hit due to the movie and one of the 80s most recognizable movie tunes

Side note: I bought the Sparks album Angst In My Pants when it was released in 1982. The quirky lyrics appealed to my high school brain I suppose. Great album if you liked 80s New Wave like the Talking Heads, the B52s, and Devo.

Never even heard of BR before this movie:

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Never even heard of BR before this movie:

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Wow.... i mean i suppose that might be the case for some especially younger people?

But it was a huge hit #1 hit in the UK and #9 in the US in 1975 and staple of AOR radio then and later on classic rock.

was a child of the 80s and the only queen songs i knew were: we will rock you, we are the champions and another one bites the dust.

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Never even heard of BR before this movie:

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Wow.... i mean i suppose that might be the case for some especially younger people?

But it was a huge hit #1 hit in the UK and #9 in the US in 1975 and staple of AOR radio then and later on classic rock.

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Yeah. This is surprising.