Every so often a song will come along and outshine the movie that made it famous. Trying to narrow the movies down was almost as difficult as getting a woman to watch one with me, so I disqualified animated Disney movies (Sorry childhood), musicals (Sorry Newsies), and covers (Sorry Crossroads). It had to be an original song performed as part of the movie.
10. The Hangover- What Do Tigers Dream Of?
This hauntingly triumphant piano tune is the perfect juxtaposition of failure and hope. Anytime a scene in a comedy can so perfectly wrap up the entire plot of the movie and still be funny it deserves to be honored.
9. Music And Lyrics- Pop Goes My Heart
Much like the movie itself, this song is kind of like someone ate some bad 80's and threw it up (It stars Hugh Grant and Drew Berrymore for crying out loud). Pretty much anytime you can make fun of Wham! is a good thing though
8. Hamlet 2- Rock Me Sexy Jesus
Years later, the thought of doing a sequel to Hamlet is still brilliantly original to me. Anytime you can mock British Literature, Religion, and Musicals all in one you deserve your proper due. At the end of the day, I think most of us would like to party with Jesus.
7. Step Brothers- Boats and Hoes
I would like to believe that Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly just shot this video for fun and then wound up writing Step Brothers around it months later. It manages to capture the essence of what most white people look and sound like while performing rap. Not just capture it, but torture it for long hours before brutally killing it. And the fact that they go back and sing it over Por Ti Volare later deserves our respect.
6. Billy Madison- Back To School
This scene starts off with Sonya Blade battling Billy Madison in a pool and then somehow morphs into a triumph of the human will.
Flawless... victory.
It also assures us that the clown on the stilts had survived and features a soulful overweight black background singer. This one scene accurately blends everything that made Adam Sandler great in the 90's together. Sadly, Veronica Vaughn needs to beat the shit out of Sandler again. "You know some people have no will power, no brains, no vision (Jack and Jill). They just drift through life like lumps of crap (Grown Ups). And you have all those things, you're just afraid to use them. Don't be. You say you're not a loser, Adam Sandler... so win again."
5. Josie and the Pussycats- Backdoor Lover
This is probably one of the most fun underrated movies of all time. I can't say enough good things about it. But anyone who survived the late 90's boy band craze simply has to watch Dujour, starring Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, Donald Faison, and... some other guy. Dujour means family!
4. Baseketball- Warts On Your Dick
Trying to narrow down the best Trey Parker and Matt Stone song isn't easy. I've always had a soft spot for this one though. A song that sums up the plot and actively tells the protagonist what to do is sheer genius and Parker's facial expressions throughout this scene kill me.
3. Semi-Pro- Love Me Sexy
How much genius can Will Ferrell have? There have been many movies where a character lived off the proceeds from a one hit wonder, but Jackie Moon's is easily the best. My favorite part of this song took me months of listening to notice, but if you pay attention to the third verse he's singing about raping a woman. Outstanding.
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze- Ninja Rap
My close personal friend Vanilla Ice is at his all time second best here. I love the idea that if man-sized mutant animals busted in to a rap concert the rapper would just start freestyling about it. This gets a high ranking on the list as it is in fact the greatest dream of every boy in America. Slightly beating out being Chuck Norris' sidekick and playing basketball with the Looney Tunes is fighting against a mutated snapping turtle, wolf, and ninjas while breakdancing before getting onstage at a Vanilla Ice concert.
1. Eurotrip- Scotty Doesn't Know
Not only is this the greatest song on the list but it's also the greatest cameo of all time. I love how it kept popping up throughout the movie as a ring tone and later a German techno remix. If a woman ever cheats on me again, I hope that...
A. It's with Matt Damon B. I find out by him singing it to me.
Or her singing it to me. I'm not picky.
Honorable mentions
Hocus Pocus- I put a spell on you
If you love Halloween but fucking hate Tim Burton, this and Ernest were pretty much it as a kid in the 90's. Now, Bette Midler's singing is usually as annoying and thrifty as the rest of her people but somehow this song doesn't suck. I really had wanted to include it but it turned out to be a cover of a song by Screamin' Jay Hawkins back when racism was allowed on TV. Sure, they changed the words to it, but haven't we stolen enough music from the black man?
Love Actually- Christmas Is All Around Me
Again, I really wanted to include this one but it's just a complete rip off of the Troggs' Love Is All Around Me that they just changed a bunch of the words to be Christmasy. Clever Brits... Otherwise, Bill Nighy's facial expressions alone would have gotten this on the list.
Get Over It- LUV S.C.U.D.
This lost out to Dujour for best boy band parody... but it was close. I think this character is the reason I've never been able to like Shane West.
Team America- America Fuck Yeah
Possibly the greatest theme song ever, this was slightly edged out by Warts On Your Dick. Neither were performed by a character in the movie but Warts On Your Dick at least was relevant to the plot.
The Mask- Cuban Pete
I desperately wanted to put this on the list but it turned out to be a cover of an old Desi Arnaz/Lucille Ball song. Quite simply, I love this. This movie still ranks in my top ten.
Tyler Bagz has a poster of Nicolas Cage on his wall