10 Legendary Rock Songs That Were Used Perfectly In Movies

10. Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealers Wheel

Whenever you're using a licensed song in your movie, you have a bit of an opportunity on your hands. Even though music lovers will know the song from listening to it on the radio, it's all about the context of the song in the movie that makes all the difference. And when you go to the Stealers Wheel scene in Reservoir Dogs, this upbeat little folk tune got flipped on its head.

Upon first release, Stuck in the Middle With You was supposed to be this care free folk tune, taking a few jabs at the Bob Dylan style of songwriting and making you bob your head when you listened to it. This is a Tarantino flick though, and hearing this over an interrogation scene is straight up disorienting the first time that you see it. As we see someone get their ear cut off by Michael Madsen in the movie, you have this song playing in the background, emphasizing just how twisted the whole scene is.

This isn't really supposed to be celebrating the act of cutting off an ear though. From the moment the song starts playing, we're hearing this song from the perspective of Mr. Blonde, as he finds great joy in inflicting pain to this person. If anything, this just pulls you into the world that Reservoir Dogs created. You can be freaked out seeing this kind of graphic scene happen, but for Mr. Blonde, this may as well just be another Tuesday.