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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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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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.

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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.

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Would be hard for me to think of any examples with "obscure" songs associated with movies but dang there's plenty of recognizable ones I will ALWAYS associate with films I've seen….

Bad to the Bones - T2
Tequila - The Sandlot / TMNT (original)
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas - Home Alone 2
All-Star - Shrek
How Do I Live - Con-Air

Just to name a few….

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Tequila - Pee Wee's Big Adventure

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Tequila for me too but I think of sandlot in this case

Wig Wam - Do you Wanna Taste It.

The song was on an album from the obscure Norwegian band released in 2010.

Intro credits to season 1 of HBO's Peacemaker. Not a movie, doubt it got much radio play after, but this is the best opening credits video ever.

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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.

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also a 1980 baby, and don't specifically remember hearing BR before WW.

totally not saying it wasn't a hit, what I'm saying is, if you're a certain age or younger, you may have simply not heard it before the movie. Being 20 in 1992 vs being 12 makes a big difference on what you've heard, since you're a product of your parents for the most part while in grade school.

Not that I don't have to remind anyone, but this was before internet, and as a 7,8,9 year old, it's not like I was out buying my own cassettes/cds much. I started doing that at about age 10/11. My parents didn't listen to radio stations that played queen.

So to me, it's totally plausible for a person of about my age or younger to have never heard BR before WW. WW was an enormous hit for tweens/teens, so we all saw that.

I'm pretty sure I didn't even know what stairway to heaven was yet. In all fairness, when WW came out, I was diving deep into the then current grunge and metallica, and had not really gone backwards to classic rock yet.

What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

I'll call CPS on your parents right now!

Sure. Just a bit surprising still. I guarantee you my kids knew that song well before they were 10.

In fact I remember head banging to it in Orlando Planet Hollywood with them on a theme park trip when they were 10-12. And that would have been 2007ish.

But as you said everyone before a certain age is beholden to what their parents listened to. My kids were ingrained in 80s and classic rock because every single car trip with dad was nothing but that being played. I didn't care what they wanted to listen to. They could play that on their time. And both were driven long distances to their schools (like 15-20 miles) each way 5 days a week. Not to mention sports events and practice and lessons.

And I didn't just play the music I gave them classic rock 101 background info on bands, albums, songs so much so that my son took music appreciation in high school and college and knew things his teachers did not even know and Aced those classes easily. He debated Revolver/Rubber Soul as the better album with his college prof. lol

My son is a total classic rock fanatic now at 31 years old. Thats all he listens to and he has done GnR, AC/DC, Eagles, Bob Seger, Cinderella, Def Leppard and many other concerts. Sunday we are going to Rush together for the second time (he went to R40 with me in 2015). Daughter did not go so much classic rock but she loves Queen and lots of 80s music. Two of her favorites are Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. So she flew home from NY 2 summers ago (aged 26) and we went to that Billy/Stevie double headliner show at AT&T stadium together. It was great.

I'm not saying every kid had any kind of indoctrination like that clearly. But it was just surprising. On Texags.

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What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

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Yeah this.

I actively give other parents my age crap if their kids don't know music from that era.

That was your job.

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Sure. Just a bit surprising still. I guarantee you my kids knew that song well before they were 10.

In fact I remember head banging to it in Orlando Planet Hollywood with them on a theme park trip when they were 10-12. And that would have been 2007ish.

But as you said everyone before a certain age is beholden to what their parents listened to. My kids were ingrained in 80s and classic rock because every single car trip with dad was nothing but that being played. I didn't care what they wanted to listen to. They could play that on their time. And both were driven long distances to their schools (like 15-20 miles) each way 5 days a week. Not to mention sports events and practice and lessons.

And I didn't just play the music I gave them classic rock 101 background info on bands, albums, songs so much so that my son took music appreciation in high school and college and knew things his teachers did not even know and Aced those classes easily. He debated Revolver/Rubber Soul as the better album with his college prof. lol

My son is a total classic rock fanatic now at 31 years old. Thats all he listens to and he has done GnR, AC/DC, Eagles, Bob Seger, Cinderella, Def Leppard and many other concerts. Sunday we are going to Rush together for the second time (he went to R40 with me in 2015). Daughter did not go so much classic rock but she loves Queen and lots of 80s music. Two of her favorites are Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac. So she flew home from NY 2 summers ago (aged 26) and we went to that Billy/Stevie double headliner show at AT&T stadium together. It was great.

I'm not saying every kid had any kind of indoctrination like that clearly. But it was just surprising. On Texags.

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We're talking about two different generations here. You're talking about your kids in the 21st century. I'm talking about me as a kid in the 80s. So you need to compare to you as a kid in the 70s/80s.

My parents are in their mid 70s and their parents 30+ years again. They grew up on beatles, beach boys, golden oldies, etc not black sabbath or ac/dc.. so that's what I was hearing in the 80s. That and def a lot of EJ and BJ.

My kid was yelling 'RE... ASPECT!' to Pantera Walk when he was under 3. My kids have absolutely heard BR several times probably before they could even talk. At this point, they have 100% heard damn near every song I've ever heard in my entire life, all in their first 10 years of life. No thanks to radio of course.

It's a different world in the last quarter century vs growing up in 70s/80s, if not for anything else but the access to music. You're comparing apples to oranges here, I'm not talking about my kids with respect to WW and BR.

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What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

I'll call CPS on your parents right now!

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to beat a dead horse.. I grew up with beatles, elton, billy, police, beach boys, anything 50s..

Not exactly neglect, just a different direction. Rock/hard rock simply wasn't fed to me. I found that on my own when the black album came out.

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maroon barchetta said:

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What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

I'll call CPS on your parents right now!

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to beat a dead horse.. I grew up with beatles, elton, billy, police, beach boys, anything 50s..

Not exactly neglect, just a different direction. Rock/hard rock simply wasn't fed to me. I found that on my own when the black album came out.

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Well I'm still going to stick with its odd. You've now named groups your parents listened to or you grew up on to include 60s Beatles and 60s and 70s beach boys. But also late 70s into the 80s with the police 77-83 and Billy Joel 72-90. And Queen was right smack between all those with BH in 75 and albums from 73-91.

Anyway doesnt matter but it was such a huge hit and continuously played as far as I'm aware from 75-90s before WW.

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maroon barchetta said:

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What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

I'll call CPS on your parents right now!

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to beat a dead horse.. I grew up with beatles, elton, billy, police, beach boys, anything 50s..

Not exactly neglect, just a different direction. Rock/hard rock simply wasn't fed to me. I found that on my own when the black album came out.

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Well I'm still going to stick with its odd. You've now named groups your parents listened to or you grew up on to include 60s Beatles and 60s and 70s beach boys. But also late 70s into the 80s with the police 77-83 and Billy Joel 72-90. And Queen was right smack between all those with BH in 75 and albums from 73-91.

Anyway doesnt matter but it was such a huge hit and continuously played as far as I'm aware from 75-90s before WW.

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Born in 1968, and I had maybe heard it a handful of times before WW because all I had to listen to was easy listening AM radio and country. My dad graduated high school in 1954, before rock 'n roll took off, and my mom graduated high school in 1961. So they didn't listen to much 1970s stuff other than country and easy listening. And I didn't get into current rock and pop music until about 1982 or so, well, other than mostly disco when I would go to the local skating rink on Friday nights from 1979-1981.

Only growing up on country makes sense.

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maroon barchetta said:

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What's the statute of limitations on child neglect?

I'll call CPS on your parents right now!

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to beat a dead horse.. I grew up with beatles, elton, billy, police, beach boys, anything 50s..

Not exactly neglect, just a different direction. Rock/hard rock simply wasn't fed to me. I found that on my own when the black album came out.

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Well I'm still going to stick with its odd. You've now named groups your parents listened to or you grew up on to include 60s Beatles and 60s and 70s beach boys. But also late 70s into the 80s with the police 77-83 and Billy Joel 72-90. And Queen was right smack between all those with BH in 75 and albums from 73-91.

Anyway doesnt matter but it was such a huge hit and continuously played as far as I'm aware from 75-90s before WW.

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I'm just perusing random google hits on how it wasn't a radio staple in the US, it didn't perform as well in the US, and it was dubbed to long for radio. Also combined with waning queen popularity at the advent of MTV.
It charted higher in US with release of WW as compared to original release.

Even a quote from Mike Myers, who was pushed to use a song from a much more prevalent GnR, said " Queen, at that point, not by me and not by hard-core fans, but the public had sort of forgotten about them "

So I don't know. I'm keeping it in the 'not odd' column. I def. know and subscribe to the 'Queen is way bigger after Freddie than before Freddie'. And WW is a big part of that, along with live aid. They only toured the US twice in the 80s (80 and 82). Likely a sign of their waning popularity here.

All those bands I mentioned were absolutely all over american radio throughout their time. Way more than queen it seems, save for rock you/champions.

These objections are so strange to me. Try being raised by musician parents with purely classical training and performing (classical pianist for a dad, coloratura soprano for a mom.) The only music I grew up with outside of opera, Chopin, Rachmaninov, etc was The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Henry Mancini, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I had to discover rock completely on my own. Even so, I was well acquainted with Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody by high school, well before WW.

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I had to discover rock completely on my own. Even so, I was well acquainted with Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody by high school, well before WW.

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yeh I have no doubt if was in college when WW came out, then BR would not have been new to me, as I would have had a decade or so to discover rock/hard rock as a tween/teen, and would have certainly come across it.

But my journey of discovering hard rock started in fall of 1991 as a 6th grader, so a whole 4-5 months until WW came out.


It's all very relative. I wonder now how much music my kids would know on their own if it was 1992 tech. Would they be in their room with a cassette ready to record and the radio playing?? Who knows.

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These objections are so strange to me. Try being raised by musician parents with purely classical training and performing (classical pianist for a dad, coloratura soprano for a mom.) The only music I grew up with outside of opera, Chopin, Rachmaninov, etc was The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Henry Mancini, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. I had to discover rock completely on my own. Even so, I was well acquainted with Queen and Bohemian Rhapsody by high school, well before WW.

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Same here - parents were musicians. We did a lot of classical, but also a lot of jazz. They did have some Beatles and Beach Boys records, but the rest we had to discover ourselves. 70's radio did a lot of the work of exposing us, but we had to move the dial past the disco and soft rock to discover other bands like Styx, Boston, Eagles, Kansas and yes, Queen.

And I absolutely love Henry Mancini. I've got 7 or 8 of my Dad's old vinyl records and I play them a lot when I want to chill.

I gravitated to many of the same bands because of the similarities with classical music. Kansas in particular was a natural early obsession.

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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

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This is a fantastic soundtrack. All the ones you have in bold plus the Payola$ and The Flirts I still hear regularly on Sirius XM First Wave. BTW, saw Josie Cotton a few years ago at the Arena Theatre in Houston at Lost 80's Live, she was one of the standouts of the night.

The song wasn't obscure, but I think SNL prolonged its popularity: