Name: Top 10 Greatest One-Hit Wonders From Movie Soundtracks
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There are stories old and true of people so in love like you and me and I can't see myself Let history repeat itself welcome to watchmojo and today we'll be counting down our picks for those musical artists that are known primarily for their contributions to a film soundtrack.

Number 10 Maniac by Michael Cembello Flashdance She's A Maniac Maniac It's a case of what if one where the cinematic inspiration behind Michael Cembello's Maniac actually appeared within the 1980s slasher pic that inspired its composition.

Still, Flashdance from 1983 remains no slouch, a smash commercial hit that featured Maniac prominently within its soundtrack and advertising.

Slightly Cembello started his career as a session musician, Performing and composing alongside artists like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.

It's Maniac that remains Cembello's primary solo career calling card, however, an upbeat and electrifying tune that absolutely screams 1980s synthesizer glory and greatness.

Oh, and it also has a really great guitar solo by Cymbello.

Just sayin' She's a maniac Maniac on the number nine she's like the Wind by Patrick Swayze and Wendy Fraser Dirty Dancing it's about my wife, but

It's a song about a man in love with a woman he can never have.

We're all familiar with the various musical vanity projects that some actors have embarked upon over the years, yet she's like the Wind from Patrick Swayze feels more than a little elevated from other less successful actorsinger experiments.

This is thanks largely to the sincerity Swayze brings to his performance.

She's loving my lead Just a fool to believe I have anything she needs A lack of irony that assists she's like the Wind and is aimed to be a heartfelt ballad.

Of course, it also helps that Swayze, who actually co wrote the tune, is assisted by co vocalist Wendy Fraser in the studio.

This hides the actor's comparative inexperienced, although if we're being honest, we kind of wish that Patrick Swayze had some more hits as good as this one.

Just a full of a leave she's like the Wind Cups by Anna Kendrick Pitch Perfect I got my ticket for the long way round Two bottle whiskey for the way Never underestimate the power of simplicity.

Cups by Anna Kendrick takes inspiration from When I'm Gone by the Carter Family, a full country tune from the 1930s.

Close your eyes, give me your hand Ooh darling, do you feel my heart beating?

Do you understand the stark percussion and strong main melody line is amplified by Kendrick's naturally appealing voice.

When I'm gone, you're gonna miss me When I'm gone.

Her on screen lingering charisma also contributes to how Cupps translates within 2012's Pitch Perfect, as the scene where Kendrick sings the tune remains one of the film's most memorable moments.

Meanwhile, the extended version found on Kendrick's recorded EP includes an extended remix which expands a bit upon Cupps musical structure.

7 no easy way out by Robert Tepper Rocky IV there's no easy way out there's no shortcut the art of the movie montage usually arrives with a style of song all its own, one that evokes inspiration, determination and power.

No Easy Way out from Robert Tepper is one of those songs that feels inseparable from this sort of vibe.

An unironic slice of Sturm and Drang to score a victory for Rocky iv.

Tepper's dance moves are almost as infectious as the song's memorable bassline.

There's no shortcut harm there's no easy way out.

While the song's ultra synthesized production feels crystalline and polished, Robert Tepper's no Easy Way out did feature another single, Don't Walk Away, that cracked the Billboard top 100.

But the singer's creative legacy will probably always be tethered to this classic movie franchise.

Number 6 Scarface push it to the Limit by Paul Eggman Scarface.

We realize that producer and composer Georgiou Moroder is no stranger to chart success since his pioneering work for electronic music dominated many silver screens back in the 1980s.

Push it to the limit no one left to stand in your way.

You might get callous but you'll never be safe while you're still living.

Moroder co wrote this all time classic montage tune from director Brian De Palma's 1983 remake of Scarface.

Meanwhile, the vocalist on the track, Paul Engman, is another performer with a lot of great work to his name.

Oh brain power, brain power mental electricity mine don't go physical.

He sang on a lot of film soundtracks in addition to Scarface, including summer school from 1987.

But Eggman is probably best known for Push it to the Limit.

This doesn't take away any of the singer's other accolades, of course, but

this is just one of those lightning in a Bottle tracks that's impossible to deny.

That's all I need, that's all I ask for Room to breathe Number five the Neverending Story by the Neverending Story the answer to a never ending story.

It's A Story as Old as Time when it comes to life in the music industry, an act earns a hit or some commercial momentum and someone, usually management, recognizes an opportunity for one of the members to go solo.

I do I to shy Shine hush hush I do I to shine shine to Too Shy was a huge hit for the new wave group Kajagoogou back in 1983, while the band's lead singer Lamal also earned singles success of his own with this theme from the US version of the Neverending Story.

The song and movie were both closely tied to the 1980s experience for many kids around this time, which proved to be something of a double edged sword, primarily because Lamal's solo career never again reached the heights of either Too Shy or the Neverending Story.

That thing you do by the wonders that thing youg do.

We love how this pastiche of 1950s and 60s pop rock elements absolutely nails the vibe of its retro setting.

That thing you DO is short, sweet and to the point, a bouncy bubblegum track with great vocal melodies and strong hooks.

their name is very much intentional with regards to how it plays out within the film's narrative.

This is a well worn cautionary tale about the pitfalls of being a band within a crowded industry.

There's this wistful sort of melancholy that appears in that thing you do as a result of this connection to the film.

It's a layer tune that works both as a pop song as well as a roadmap for the wonder story.

Number three Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield the Exorcist it may be known as the all time classic theme to The Exorcist from 1973, but

Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells is actually a two part album epic that incorporates tons of musical influences.

Prague electronica, jazz and classical all rear their heads within Oldfield's eclectic tubular bell's opus, But

it's the edited down version that became a surprise hit.

This was thanks obviously to its association with director William Friedkin's horror masterpiece.

There's not a day in my life that I don't feel like a fraud.

I mean priests, doctors, lawyers, I've talked to them all.

I don't know anyone who likes to sell friends, but

Oldfield's legacy as a generationally talented musical prodigy also helped Tubular Bells live on within the memories of his fan base.

Elmo's men in motion by john parr st. Elmo's fire.

His is the voice that's assisted many film soundtracks over the years, including the original Running Man.

Elmo's Fire from 1985 that largely served as the career calling card for John Parr.

However, a song that's arguably lived on beyond the original film Running Away, no More Lonely Nights scene Almost Fire Men in Motion is bright, bombastic and upbeat, a song with one epic chorus that makes the most out of Parr's powerful voice.

This English singer songwriter did achieve a minor solo hit with naughty naughty from 1984, but it's St.

Elmo's fire that remains a rock radio mainstay even today.

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If you're on your phone, make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications Number one Axel F by Harold Feltermaier Beverly Hills Copy it isn't every day where instrumental electronic movie themes hit the Billboard charts, but

Maybe they're due for a comeback, especially if they're as cool and iconic as Axle F by Harold Feltermaier.

This German musician collaborated often with Giorgio Moroder and retains a similar recorded aesthetic.

Valtermaier worked on soundtracks for Top Gun, Fletch and the Running man, but

it's Axl F that's most closely associated with his catchy as sin synthesizer greatness.

The theme tune is so closely tied to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack that a modified version was even included in the Netflix Legacy sequel from 2024.

What's your all time favorite movie theme?

Let us know in the lyrical Gangst still have it like that.