Movie Night
The late, great Robin Williams lent his vocal talents to this track in the 1992 Disney movie Aladdin, where he introduces the titular character to an adoring and eager crowd.
What is Prince Ali?
This Rick Astley song resurged in popularity twenty years after its initial release thanks to the bait-and-switch Rickroll Internet meme, becoming so popular that it led to Astley winning the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever award in 2008 after an organized fan campaign.
What is Never Gonna Give You Up?
In 2020, Canadian rock band Three Days Grace released a cover version of this viral Gotye song - nearly a decade after the original's release.
What is Somebody I Used To Know?
Composed and arranged by Jonathan Coulton with a vocal performance by Ellen McLain, this song plays during the end credits of the hit Valve game, Portal.
What is Still Alive?
This Smash Mouth song was included in the original Shrek, and can usually be identified by the first word.
What is All Star?
The theme song of Weird Al Yankovic's cult classic 1989 movie, which also shares the same name as the film.
What is UHF?
In a 2014 interview, the late Chester Bennington revealed that he initially disliked this song and did not want it to be included in the band's 2000 album Hybrid Theory stating, "How wrong could I have possibly been?"
What is In The End?
Metal band Disturbed is known for their shredding guitars and screaming vocals, so it was a huge surprise to many when they released a surprise cover of this 1965 Simon & Garfunkel hit in 2015.
What is The Sound of Silence?
Fans of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will instantly recognize this song as the main theme of Sonic Adventure 2, although it has appeared in many other games since then - plus a feature film!
What is Live & Learn?
Terry Crews became an overnight sensation when his White Chicks (2004) character, Latrell Spencer, hilariously revealed the depths of his love for this 2002 pop hit.
What is A Thousand Miles?
Originally written for and sung by an eccentric factory owner in 1971, this song made a surprising instrumental appearance in the Marvel Studios film Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
What is Pure Imagination?
The second single of Journey's seventh studio album, Escape (1981), this song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry in 2022 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
What is Don't Stop Believin'?
This 2009 Lady Gaga song was covered by Halestorm in 2012, much to the surprise (and occasional horror) of the band's hardcore metal fanbase.
What is Bad Romance?
Hikaru Utada teamed up with Skrillex to make this opening track for Kingdom Hearts III, though only after their plans to make a remix of her other song for the game, Don't Think Twice, fell through.
What is Face My Fears?
Yo listen up: This eurodance song was originally released in October of 1998 by a relatively unknown Italian band, and proved to be such a big hit that it reached the number one spot in at least 18 different countries in 1999.
What is I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee)?
This 1975 song wasn't originally supposed to make an appearance in Mike Myer's 1992 film debut, but the former SNL actor reportedly threatened to quit production if it wasn't included - an argument that he thankfully won.
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
The second single of the 2006 album Phobia, this song became Breaking Benjamin's first number-one hit by reaching the top of the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
What is Breath?
Originally released by The Top Notes in 1961, the Beatles' 1963 cover of this catchy song was so popular that it even made a brief appearance in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
What is Twist and Shout?
Composed by Jun Senoue and performed by Ted Poley and Tony Harnell, this song has three different versions (the original plus two remixes) across two different Sonic the Hedgehog video games: Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Generations.
What is Escape From the City?
This grunge-style anti-terrorism protest song, originally released in 1994, became the first song by an Irish group to surpass one billion views on YouTube in 2020.
What is Zombie?
The DCEU's Alfred Pennyworth and the modern day Winnie the Pooh both lent their voices for this song, with supporting vocals being provided by Star Trek TNG's Giunan and Spy Kids' Uncle Felix.
What is Be Prepared?
Eddie Van Halen initially thought he was being pranked when he received a phone call from producer Quincy Jones asking him to record a guitar solo for this 1983 song, but he quickly knocked out the solo in just two takes (and for free) when he learned the request was genuine.
What is Beat It?
Bruce Springsteen originally wrote and recorded this song in 1973 for his debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park N.J., but it was the 1976 cover version by a certain British rock band that managed to reach number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Canada's RPM charts.
What is Blinded By The Light?
This song acts as the closing number for Loveless, an epic from the world of Midgar that was adapted into a musical stage play for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
What is No Promises To Keep?
Originally released in New Zealand as a ballad folk song in the early 1970s, a 2021 viral sea shanty style cover of this song by Scottish song artist Nathan Evans is credited with leading the sudden resurgence of interest in the maritime song genre on social media.
What is Wellerman?