John Hughes Playlist Because I Have Too Much Time on My Hands

 

I don’t.

Have too much time on my hands, to be clear.

But my John Hughes addiction never sleeps.

Never. Sleeps. 

 

And yours shouldn’t either which is why I am sharing with you something that I have kept secret for a very long time.

I have an Apple Music playlist dedicated to songs from John Hughes movies.

Did you hear that?

That was the sound of my readers everywhere slamming their laptops.

WAIT! I SWEAR I AM NOT CRAZY!

Okay, I am but I want to drag you along for the ride and if you slam your computer shut, you aren’t able to come.

 

In all seriousness, there was some great music in his movies. Some would say music that was ahead of its time. Lots of great new wave, oldies and some pop thrown in that when you listen to it now, takes you back to your teenage years.

For example, when you hear this song what do you think of:

 

 

See? You really need a John Hughes playlist in your life.

Three words: hurricanes, nuclear bombs, Equifax.

 

*not every song will be in these playlists because I really don’t have that much time on my hands. Also, some aren’t available for licensing reasons. Click on the song titles and it takes you to Amazon Music (affiliate link). *

 

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Uncle Buck

 

Thunderbird–Ray Anthony and His Orchestra

Bust a Move– Young MC

Java– Al Hirt

Wild Thing– Tone Loc

Laugh Laugh- The Beau Brummels

 

 

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Sixteen Candles

Kajagoogoo (Instrumental)

If You Were Here– Thompson Twins

Our House– Madness

True– Spandau Ballet

Young Americans-David Bowie

Turning Japanese– The Vapors

Rebel Yell– Billy Idol

 

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The Breakfast Club

Don’t You Forget About Me Simple Minds

Fire in the Twilight Wang Chung

We Are Not Alone Karla DeVito

Love Theme Keith Forsey

 

 

 

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Ferris Bueller

Love Missile F-1 11– Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Danke Schoen Wayne Newton

March of the Swivelheads The English Beat

Oh Yeah Yello

Twist and Shout The Beatles

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want The Dream Academy

 

* One of my favorite songs is Beat City by The Flowerpot Men but it isn’t available for download. So enjoy this video instead. 

 

 

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Pretty in Pink

Thieves Like Us New Order

Try a Little Tenderness Otis Redding

Pretty in Pink The Psychedelic Furs

If You Leave Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD)

Cherish The Association

 

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Weird Science

Weird Science Oingo Boingo

Oh Pretty Woman Van Halen

Tenderness General Public

Eighties Killing Joke

 

 

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She’s Having a Baby

Crazy Love Bryan Ferry

This Woman’s Work Kate Bush  (one of my favorite songs ever)

 

 

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National Lampoon’s Vacation

I’m So Excited The Pointer Sisters

Mr. Sandman The Chordettes

Holiday Road Lindsey Buckingham

Blitzkrieg Bop The Ramones

Mr. Blue The Fleetwoods

 

 

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Every Time You Go Away Blue Room (the version I am sharing is from Paul Young)

Mess Around Ray Charles (my favorite scene in the movie)

Red River Rock Silicon Teens

Power to Believe The Dream Academy

Modigliani (Lost in Your Eyes) Book of Love

 

 

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Home Alone

Somewhere in My Memory John Williams

White Christmas The Drifters

Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee

Please Come Home For Christmas Southside Johnny Lyon

 

 

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Some Kind of Wonderful (not my favorite movie/soundtrack so here are my favorite two)

Miss Amanda Jones  The March Violets

I Can’t Help Falling in Love Lick the Tins

 

 

 

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