10 Best End Credit Songs In Movies

6. Baby You're A Rich Man - The Social Network (2010)

It's still a little hard to conceive how something as vapid as Facebook could inspire something as profoundly affecting as The Social Network, but therein lies the visionary talent of David Fincher. With a script written by Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network tells the story of the rise and "fall" of Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of the internet's first mega-successful social networking website, Facebook. While that's the ostensible summary of the film, what The Social Network is actually about is the dark side of the Nerd Revolution. As computer enthusiasts and their intellectual brethren have procured more and more power in society, as necessitated by the rise of technology, few have explored the malevolent aspects of the personalities of the so-called "geeks", but The Social Network isn't afraid to go where no others have gone before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXIxAMzzuLk This theme is particularly driven home to the tune of The Beatles' Baby You're A Rich Man at the film's finale. As we watch Zuckerberg refresh his friend request to his ex-girlfriend over and over again, we see a man who has finally achieved his dreams only to find a nightmare: above everyone, but a friend to no one. While some may understandably argue that Baby You're a Rich Man is a bit on the nose considering the topic, the song overcomes these objections mostly through its delivery. Baby You're a Rich Man, sung by the incomparable John Lennon, starts softly and innocently. Lennon delivers the opening verse in a high, hushed manner that sounds almost reverent and the effect underlines Zuckerberg's utter, self-induced loneliness to the Nth degree. Then, as the song moves to the chorus, Lennon delivers the title lyrics in an accusatory fashion, mirroring the film's biting social commentary. It's a fantastically misanthropic ending to a misanthropic film.