10 Songs That Got More Popular Through Movies
1. Tiny Dancer - Almost Famous
If there's one man who has shaped the entire world of pop culture, it's Cameron Crowe. While many know him for his movies like Say Anything, his original job as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine led to him compiling some of the greatest soundtracks of all time in movies like Singles and Vanilla Sky. Hundreds of songs have gotten big by getting a nudge from Crowe, but if there's one song that captures his charm in one tune, it's "Tiny Dancer."
Though the song had already been a semi-hit for Sir Elton John in the '70s, it wasn't until it was used in Almost Famous that people got to hear the power behind this cut. Already being an ode to the innocent people living in the world of rock music, this song ends up uniting everyone on the band's tour bus to drop all of their emotional baggage and share in that communal camaraderie all over again.
By the time everyone eventually starts singing along, the young version of Crowe starts to realize why he got into this profession in the first place. Not all of us have the same aspirations of Almost Famous, but this song went from being the ultimate road dog song to the soundtrack for anyone who wants to feel something greater than themselves.