This summer has seen some pretty catchy needle drops in movies, from Superman‘s Mighty Crabjoys to KPop Demon Hunters flash mob fandoms for Huntr/x and the Saja Boys. The latter Netflix release has reached not only Billboard music charts but also become the most streamed animated feature ever.
With that in mind, we look back at our favorite fake bands’ best songs of the past 30 years. While half the list includes incredible recent music from hit movies, the other half (and our number one slot) nod at the songs that really propelled this particular niche in movies—think A Goofy Movie. So, if you notice some of your favorites missing, simmer down because we excluded musicals and kept to genre movies that had original songs featured in them.
Superman – The Mighty Crabjoys, “The Mighty Crabjoys Theme”
Like Superman, we can’t help but think this song is for the cool kids.
Zootopia – Gazelle, “Try Everything”
No matter how hard we tried, we could not get “Try Everything” out of our heads, and Gazelle (voiced by Shakira) might be back in Zootopia 2.
Freaky Friday and Freakier Friday – Pink Slip, “Take Me Away”
Finally, the full single from Freaky Friday has been released for Freakier Friday sung by Pink Slip’s in-universe lead singer Christina Vidal Mitchell.
Josie and the Pussycats – “Three Small Words”
Josie and the Pussycats was such an underrated gem when it came out but was formative for millennials. We know there are so many songs, and it was hard to narrow it to one, so we went with “Three Small Words” (featuring Kay Hanley as the voice of lead singer Josie), which encompasses the moment in time this movie embodies for a generation.
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