Theme songs can supersede the film it was written for. The movie theme songs below became No. 1 hits, earning fame outside of the theater.

We’ve seen it transpire before our eyes countless times, and movie theme songs have gifted bands with some of their all-time greatest hits.

"A View to a Kill," Duran Duran Bond movie theme songs are typically recorded by artists who happen to be hot at the moment, which has produced some strange results over the years. When it works ...

As a theme song for his 1999 film Wild Wild West, he teamed up with Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee on the soundtrack’s lead single, which shared the same name as the film.

Medley said Jimmy Ienner, who put together the music for the movie, asked him to sing in the song, “ (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” In order to work on the song, Medley said he was asked ...