List of top 40 songs from films

This is a partial list of songs that originated in movies that charted (Top 40) in either the United States or the United Kingdom, though frequently the version that charted is not the one found in the film.

Songs are all sourced from, and,.

For information concerning music from James Bond films see

Main article: James Bond music

1942

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
October 2	Holiday Inn	"White Christmas"	Bing Crosby	Irving Berlin	5	3	won Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942; Crosby version also charted in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, and 1962; charted (US, #8) for Frank Sinatra in 1944.

1944

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
November 16	Adios Argentina (1934)	"Don't Fence Me In"	music by Cole Porter, lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter	Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters	1		charted in US by Kate Smith (1945, #8), Horace Heidt (1945, #10), and Sammy Kaye (1945, #4), the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.

1945

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
September 20	The Harvey Girls	“On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe”	Judy Garland	music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	10

1950

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 10	The Third Man	"The Third Man Theme" (also known as "The Harry Lime Theme")	Anton Karas	Anton Karas	1

1952

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
July 4, 1952	High Noon	"The Ballad of High Noon" (aka "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin’")	Frankie Laine	music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington	5	7	awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song

1953

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 28	Moulin Rouge	"The Song from Moulin Rouge" (also known as "Where Is Your Heart")	Georges Auric, original French lyrics by Jacques Larue, English lyrics by William Engvick	Percy Faith, vocals by Felicia Sanders	1	1	UK hit by Mantovani and His Orchestra

1954

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
July 21	The High and the Mighty	“The High and the Mighty”	LeRoy Holmes	music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington	9	20	also charted in the US in 1954 by Victor Young, # 8, Les Baxter #6 and Johnny Desmond # 28

1955

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 16	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"	Bill Hayes	music by George Bruns and lyrics by Thomas W. Blackburn	1	2	also Fess Parker US #5 and Tennessee Ernie Ford US #6/UK #3
April 9	Unchained	“Unchained Melody”	music by Alex North, lyrics by Hy Zaret	Les Baxter	1	10	also Roy Hamilton US #6, Jimmy Young UK #1, Al Hibbler US #3/UK #2, and in 1965 by The Righteous Brothers US #4/UK #14
August 27	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing	"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"	The Four Aces	music by Sammy Fain, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster	1	2	won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1955
December 17	The Tender Trap	“(Love Is) The Tender Trap”	Frank Sinatra	music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Sammy Cahn	7	2

1956

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 13	The Man With the Golden Arm	"The Man With the Golden Arm"	Richard Maltby	Elmer Bernstein	14		also charted by Elmer Bernstein US# 16, Dick Jacobs US#22, The McGuire Sisters (as “Delilah Jones", lyrics by Sylvia Fine) US#37 #24UK, Billy May UK #9, Jet Harris 1962 #12UK
May 15	Picnic	“Theme from Picnic”	The McGuire Sisters	music by George Duning, lyrics by Steve Allen	13		the song also charted as a medley with the song Moonglow
July 7	The Man Who Knew Too Much	"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"	Doris Day	music by Jay Livingston, lyrics by Ray Evans	2	1	won 1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
August 4	The Proud Ones	“Theme From The Proud Ones”	Nelson Riddle	Lionel Newman	39
September 22	Friendly Persuasion	"Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)"	Pat Boone	music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster	5	3
October 6	High Society	“True Love”	Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly	Cole Porter	3	4	charted in US and UK by Terry Lightfoot's New Orleans Jazzmen, Richard Chamberlain, Jane Powell, Shakin' Stevens, Elton John &Kiki Dee
October 20	Love Me Tender	“Love Me Tender”	Elvis Presley	Ken Darby, Elvis Presley	1	11

1957

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
July 22	Around the World in 80 Days	“Around the World”	Mantovani	music by Victor Young, lyrics by Harold Adamson	12	20	also Victor Young US #13 and Bing Crosby US #25, UK #5
October 14	Jailhouse Rock	“Jailhouse Rock”	Elvis Presley	Leiber, Stoller	1	1
December 17	Tammy and the Bachelor	"Tammy"	Debbie Reynolds	Jay Livingston and Ray Evans	1	2	The Ames Brothers version reached US#5 the same week Reynold’s topped the chart

1958

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
June 30	King Creole	“Hard Headed Woman”	Elvis Presley	Claude DeMetrius	1	2
July 14	King Creole	"Don't Ask Me Why"	Elvis Presley	lyrics by Fred Wise, music by Ben Weisman	25
October 4	King Creole	"King Creole"	Elvis Presley	Leiber, Stoller		2

1960

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 25	A Summer Place	"Theme from A Summer Place"	Percy Faith	Mack Discant and Max Steiner	1	2	won Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961, also US #16 for The Lettermen
July 4	Circus of Horrors	"Look for a Star"	Garry Mills	Franz Reizenstein, Muir Mathieson	26	7
August 8	The Apartment	"Theme from The Apartment"	Ferrante & Teicher	Adolph Deutsch	10	44
August 8	The Wizard of Oz	“Over the Rainbow“	The Demensions	music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg	16		won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939
November 28	Exodus	"Theme from Exodus"	Ferrante & Teicher	Ernest Gold	2	6

1961

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 13	Wild in the Country	“Lonely Man”	Elvis Presley	Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus	32		recorded for the film, but not used
April 24	Flaming Star	“Flaming Star”	Elvis Presley	Sid Wayne, Sherman Edwards	14
May 13	The Frightened City	"The Frightened City"	The Shadows	Norrie Paramor		3
June 19	Wild in the Country	“Wild in the Country”	Elvis Presley	Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss	26	4
July 3	Never on Sunday	“Never on Sunday”	Manos Hadjidakis	The Chordettes	13		won 1960 Academy Award for Best Original Song; also Don Costa US #19, UK #27
September 18	The Parent Trap	"Let's Get Together"	Hayley Mills	Robert and Richard Sherman	8	17
April 17	One-Eyed Jacks	"(Love Theme From) One Eyed Jacks"	Ferrante & Teicher	Hugo Friedhofer	37
October 16	West Side Story	"Tonight"	Ferrante & Teicher	music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	8		also Shirley Bassey UK #21
November 13	Breakfast at Tiffany's	"Moon River"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	11	44	won 1961 Academy Award for Best Original Song, also 1962 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
December 18	Town Without Pity	“Town Without Pity”	Gene Pitney	music by Dimitri Tiomkin, lyrics by Ned Washington	13	32

1962

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 19	Follow That Dream	“Follow That Dream”	Elvis Presley	music Fred Wise lyrics by Ben Weisman	15	34	UK charting as an EP
May 19	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance	"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance"	Gene Pitney	Music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David	4		ranked No. 36 in the Western Writers of America's list of the top 100 Western songs of all time, as compiled from a survey of its members; not included in movie.
October 6	Kid Galahad	"King of the Whole Wide World"	Elvis Presley	Bob Roberts, Ruth Bachelor	30		released as an EP
October 27	Girls! Girls! Girls!	"Return to Sender"	Elvis Presley	Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell	2	1

1963

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 26	Days of Wine and Roses	"Days of Wine and Roses"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	33		won 1962 Academy Award for Best Original Song; also Andy Williams US #26
February 23	It Happened at the World's Fair	"One Broken Heart for Sale"	Elvis Presley	Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell	2	1
July 6	Mondo Cane	“More”	Kai Winding	Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero	8		instrumental version; the vocal version by Vic Dana peaked at US #42
November 2	Fun in Acapulco	“Bossa Nova Baby“	Elvis Presley	Leiber, Stoller	8	13

1964

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 25	Charade	"Charade"	Henry Mancini	music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer	36		nominated for 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song
March 7	Kissin' Cousins	“Kissin' Cousins“	Elvis Presley	Fred Wise, Randy Starr	12	10
April 18	The Pink Panther	"The Pink Panther Theme"	Henry Mancini	Henry Mancini	31	14	UK charting for EP "The Pink Panther" Saxophone by Plas Johnson
May 30	Viva Las Vegas	“Viva Las Vegas“	Elvis Presley	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	29	17
July 18	A Hard Day's Night	“A Hard Day's Night”	The Beatles	Lennon–McCartney	1	1
December 19	Dear Heart	"Dear Heart"	Andy Williams	Henry Mancini, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston	24

1965

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 13	Girl Happy	“Do the Clam“	Elvis Presley	Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman, and Dolores Fuller	21	19
July 3	Tickle Me	"(Such an) Easy Question"	Elvis Presley	Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott	11	19
July 3	What's New Pussycat?	“What's New Pussycat?”	Tom Jones	music by Burt Bacharach lyrics by Hal David	3	11
August 14	Help	“Help!"	The Beatles	Lennon–McCartney	1	1
September 4	Catch Us If You Can (aka Having a Wild Weekend in US)	“Catch Us If You Can”	The Dave Clark Five	Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson	4	5
December 4	Girl Happy	“Puppet on a String”	Elvis Presley	Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper	14

1966

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
April 17	Baby the Rain Must Fall	"Baby the Rain Must Fall"	Glenn Yarbrough	Elmer Bernstein, Ernie Sheldon	12
May 28	A Man Could Get Killed	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra	music by Bert Kaempfert, English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder	1	1	won 1966 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Grammy Award for Record of the Year, as well as 1967 Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist or Instrumentalist for Ernie Freeman
July 9	Doctor Zhivago	"Lara's Theme" aka "Somewhere My Love"	Ray Conniff Singers	music by Maurice Jarre, lyrics by Paul Francis Webster	9
August 20	Alfie	“Alfie”	Cher	music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David	32		also Dionne Warwick US #15, Cilla Black UK #9
October 15	Born Free	“Born Free”	Roger Williams	music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black	7		also The Hesitations US #38
November 5	Spinout	“Spinout”	Elvis Presley	Ben Weisman, Dolores Fuller, Sid Wayne	40
November 27	The War Lord	"The War Lord"	The Shadows	Jerome Moross		18

1967

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 25	You're a Big Boy Now	"Darling Be Home Soon"	The Lovin' Spoonful	John Sebastian	15	44
April 15	The Happening	“The Happening”	The Supremes	Holland–Dozier–Holland and Frank De Vol	1	6
May 6	Double Trouble	“Long Legged Girl (with the Short Dress On)”	Elvis Presley	John Leslie McFarland, Winfield Scott	63	49
May 13	Easy Come, Easy Go	“You Gotta Stop/Love Machine”	Elvis Presley	Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye/Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson		38	released as an EP Easy Come, Easy Go

1968

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 4	The Graduate	“Mrs. Robinson”	Simon & Garfunkel	Paul Simon	1	4	It became the first rock song to win Record of the Year, and it also was awarded the Grammy for Best Contemporary-Pop Performance – Vocal Duo or Group.

1969

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
November 29	Midnight Cowboy	"Midnight Cowboy"	Ferrante & Teicher	John Barry	10
August 2	The Trouble with Girls	"Clean Up Your Own Backyard"	Elvis Presley	Mac Davis, Billy Strange	35	21
August 16	Midnight Cowboy	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Nilsson	Fred Neil	6	23	won 1970 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
August 23	True Grit	“True Grit”	Glen Campbell	lyrics by Don Black, music by Elmer Bernstein	35
November 1	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	B. J. Thomas	Burt Bacharach	1	38	won 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song
December 20	The Sterile Cuckoo	"Come Saturday Morning"	The Sandpipers	music by Fred Karlin, lyrics by Dory Previn	17		nominated for 1970 Academy Award for Best Original Song

1970

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous

1971

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 27	Love Story	"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"	Andy Williams	music by Francis Lai, lyrics by Carl Sigman	3	4	also Henry Mancini US #13, Francois Lai US #31
October 23	Shaft	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes	Isaac Hayes	1	4	won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Original Song,
November 20	Summer of '42	“The Summer Knows” (aka "Theme From Summer of ’42")	Peter Nero	Michel Legrand	21

1972

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 20	The Godfather	"Speak Softly, Love", also known as "Love Theme from The Godfather"	Andy Williams	music by Nino Rota, lyrics by Larry Kusik	34	42
September 23	Super Fly	“Freddie's Dead“	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis Mayfield	4
November 25	Super Fly	"Super Fly"	Curtis Mayfield	Curtis Mayfield	8

1973

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
August 25	Cleopatra Jones	“Theme from Cleopatra Jones”	Joe Simon	Joe Simon	18
September 29	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	12	14	also Eric Clapton UK #38, Guns N' Roses US #18/UK #2, Dunblane tribute UK #1
December 22	The Way We Were	“The Way We Were”	Barbra Streisand	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch	1	31	won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1974

1975

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
September 13	Jaws	“Theme From Jaws”	John Williams	John Williams	34	42

1976

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
December 11	Car Wash	“Car Wash”	Rose Royce	Norman Whitfield	1	9
December 22	A Star Is Born	“Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)”	Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams	1	3	Streisand and Williams earned an Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first woman to be honored as a composer. Streisand also earned a Grammy Award for Song of the Year

1977

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
March 19	Car Wash	“I Wanna Get Next to You”	Rose Royce	Norman Whitfield	10	14
May 7	Rocky	“Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky”	Bill Conti	music by Bill Conti, lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins	1
August 13	Star Wars	“Star Wars (Main Title)"	John Williams	John Williams	10

1978

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 21	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	“Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind”	John Williams	John Williams	13		won a Grammy award
February 25	Thank God It's Friday	"Thank God It's Friday"	Love & Kisses	Alec R. Costandinos	22
June 3	Thank God It's Friday	"Last Dance"	Donna Summer	Paul Jabara	3	70	won Academy, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, and Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
December 22	Eyes of Laura Mars	“Prisoner” (aka “Love Theme from Eyes of Laura Mars”)	Barbra Streisand	Karen Lawrence, John DeSautels	21

1979

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 19	The Walking Stick	“The Theme from The Deer Hunter” (aka "Cavatina” or "He Was Beautiful")	John Williams	music John Williams, lyrics Cleo Laine		15	also Iris Williams UK #18 and The Shadows UK #9

1980

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
May 31	New York, New York	“Theme from New York, New York"	Frank Sinatra	music John Kander, lyrics Fred Ebb	32	59	UK#4 when rereleased in 1984
August 23	Caddyshack	“I'm Alright”	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins	7

1981

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
July 18	Endless Love	"Endless Love”	Lionel Richie and Diana Ross	Lionel Richie	1	7

1982

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
August 21	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	“Somebody's Baby”	Jackson Browne	Jackson Browne, Danny Kortchmar	7
October 2	An Officer and a Gentleman	“Up Where We Belong”	Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes	Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Will Jennings	1	7	won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

1984

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
February 11	Footloose	“Footloose”	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford	1	6

1985

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
November 9	White Nights	"Say You, Say Me"	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	1	8	won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

1986

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
June 7	Top Gun	"Danger Zone"	Kenny Loggins	music by Giorgio Moroder, lyrics by Tom Whitlock	8	45	The band Toto was originally intended to perform the track, but legal conflicts between the producers of Top Gun and the band's lawyers prevented this.

1987

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
January 24	An American Tail	“Somewhere Out There”	Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram	James Horner, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	2	8	at the 30th Grammy Awards, the song won two awards, one for Song of the Year and the other for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television
April 25	Over the Top	“Meet Me Half Way”	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins, Michael Towers	11
October 10	Dirty Dancing	“(I've Had) The Time of My Life”	Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes	John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz, Franke Previte	2	8	won Academy Award for "Best Original Song", Golden Globe Award for "Best Original Song", and Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

1988

Date (in US)	Movie title	Song title	Artist	Writer	US charts	UK charts	Miscellaneous
July 30	Caddyshack II	"Nobody's Fool"	Kenny Loggins	Kenny Loggins, Michael Towers	8