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Coffee Break: Songs made famous from a movie

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?Ernesto Lopez Ruiz/Courtesy of CJ E&M America, via NPR

June 27, 2017

This morning Jill and Brian played Paul Westerberg's "Dyslexic Heart" and fondly remembered the song's use in 1992 movie "Singles".

So many songs are forever intertwined with the movie they appeared in that we can hardly think of one without thinking of another.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that were made famous from a movie?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
Elliot Smith - Miss Misery
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
Paul McCartney and Wings - Live And Let Die
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Blondie - Call Me
Tegan And Sara - Everything is Awesome
Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)