I was listening to Olivia Newton John's "Magic", which was from Xanadu, and began thinking of movies where songs were still being played long after the film has spun off into obscurity. Xanadu had a couple of songs that still are played despite the movie being forgettable-"Magic", the Newton John duet with Cliff Richard "Suddenly" and arguably ELO's "All Over the World" and "I'm Alive", although not with the popularity of the other two songs. (The Pan Pacific Auditorium, which was Xanadu in the movie, unfortunately is no longer around by the way).
Another, despite having an impressive line up for the soundtrack and Michael Pare', Streets of Fire is known for one song still getting airplay today-Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" (the soundtrack also had Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, The Fixx, and Ry Cooder, among others) and I doubt if you ask anyone to name the movie it came from today, they would be hard pressed to name it.
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