When you watch a movie,don't you just love a happy ending with a great song? Y'all know what I'm talking about.Remember the 1977 classic film 'The Goodbye Girl'? Remember the ending when Elliot has to leave Paula? He finally got a movie role,so he must leave her.It's raining and Paula is feeling sad and depressed.Just then,Elliot calls her from a nearby payphone and asks her to come with him.A few seconds later,the theme song by David Gates begins playing...


All your life you've waited
for love to come and stay
and now that I have found you
you must not slip away

I know it's hard believin'
the words you've heard before
but darlin,you must trust them just once more

cause my baby,goodbye doesn't mean forever
let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean we'll never be together again
If you wake up and I'm not there
I won't be long away
cause the things you do,my goodbye girl
will bring me back to you


Paula clutches his guitar as he gets into the cab.She yells at him "I Looovvveeee you!" and he tells her "Don't get my guitar wet!"

I know you've been taken
afraid to hurt again
You fight the love you feel for me
instead of givin' in

But I can wait forever
while helpin' you to see
that I was meant for you and you for me


The credits roll as the song plays,and everything in the world is wonderful.You walk out of the theatre feeling as if love is the greatest thing in the world,lol.


So remember goodbye doesn't mean forever
let me tell you goodbye doesn't mean we'll never be together again
Though we may be so far apart
you still would have my heart
so forget your past,my goodbye girl
cause now you're home at last




What are some other movies that have an excellent song that plays at the very end? Name some other "musical happy ending" films....

I love the music they play during the credits for E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. It starts off with this beautiful hectic piano playing, and perfectly caps off the movie.

And of course, when the guitar starts playing during this scene at the end of Brokeback...

Stepmom's Ain't No Mountin High!!!!!

Oh man, I love this song!!!

The Greatest Love - From the Ali Bio Movie - " The Greatest"

I love the song at the End of richard Pryors "Which way is up"..

Age of Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In - The 40 Year Old Virgin

I Can't Get My Eyes Off You by L-Boogie from 'Conspiracy Theory'.

When she gets off the plane
and runs to him

You just knew she wasn't gonna leave

One of the best in years was the end of High Fidelity featuring Stevie Wonder's "I Believe," which is closing track to the impeccable Talking Book.

Another was the end of Goodfellas, which featured, I believe, the Sex Pistol's cover of "My Way."

Yet another was the end of Malcolm X, which closed with Arrested Development's "Revolution."

namepeace said:

Haaave mercy, I can't listen to that song without

I just can't contain myself while listening to that song,,,its so intense.

In fact that whole album is the melancholiest effort Steveland ever delievered.

Harlepolis said:

If there were ever a perfect record, it's hard to imagine this one wouldn't be it.

I thought the ending of Sweet Sixteen with the Thompson Twins' "If You Were Here" was too cool

Is this thread about Grease?

Another nice one: the end of The Breakfast Club feat. Simple Minds' "Don't You . . ."

Reality Bites used 'All I Want is You' by U2 in the segment right before the end of the movie, and if I remember correctly, 'Stay (I Missed You)' by Lisa Loeb around the same time also. Think both songs were used really effectively here.

skywalker said:

Y'all can say what you want, you ALL know that was the jam backinaday!

I'm not saying this because it's a Prince site...but the ending of "Purple Rain" was cool. The song ties up everything "The Kid" worked for and the ending scenes show some kind of "O.K." closure with himself and everyone around him.

"Reach Out (I'll Be There)" - The Four Tops
and i gotta give half credit to G.C. Cameron "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday". The hold movie soundtrack was great, the party scene, the diner scenes, and "Cochise" furneral scene.

Without a doubt for me is from the film "Orca". The film opens and closes with the most beautiful music I have EVER heard in my life. The song is "My Love, We Are One". There are two versions of the song, an instrumental and a vocal version. The one that brings tears to my eyes everytime is the instrumental version.

StarMon said:

Good pick. The scene where Glenn is running away from the funeral after "It's So Hard To Say" moves into "Reach Out" was brilliant and perfect for the footage. The little smile that comes across Glenn's face when then freeze it was genius. Both songs captured the mood of the character and the way it ended on a "looking to the future, I'm going to make it" vibe was beautiful. Again, excellent pick.

I like the ending of Saturday Night Fever with "How Deep Is Your Love" as well.

I love the ending when they're walking on the beach and "In The City" by Joe Walsh comes on. I always sing along

I also love that they played "Echoes In My Mind" by Mandrill in the film!!!

I have not seen this flick in some years, but if not mistaken "The Rose" starring Bette Midler as sung by Bette Midler.



Some say love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
an endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance.
It's the one who won't be taken,
who cannot seem to give,
and the soul afraid of dyin'
that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been to long,
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong,
just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring becomes the rose.

blackguitaristz said:

Yes.. that was a beautiful ending; that's what i pictured while typing. I reversed it with Reach Out(I'll Be There) first, because it was closer to the credits rolling.
[Edited 10/31/06 20:25pm]

Since most of the ones I wanted to stae have already been mentioned (Cooley High, The Rose, Goodbye Girl), all I can think of right now is Wicker Park using Coldplays "The Scientist"

Hey wait, I got one. Car Wash!

Of course, who can forget "The Graduate" when Dustin Hoffman's character is speeding down the Golden Gate Bridge trying to get to the church where Ms. Robinson's daugter is getting married, and they are playing Simon and Garfunkel's "Ms. Robinson" in ever slower motion as he runs out of gas and the car stalls.

Then there's the end of "Pretty Woman" where they play Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love" as Richard Gere runs back to Julia Roberts on the fire escape.

And there's the end of 8 Mile, where they play Eminem's "Lose Yourself," which sort of wrapped up the whole theme of the movie.

As for those John Hughes movies, the songs at the end of "Sixteen Candles" and "The Beakfast Club" were great picks, but I would add "Pretty In Pink" to that list as well, since they played OMD's "If You Leave" towards the end of the movie.

And at the end of "She's All That" they played "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None The Richer.

StarMon said:

That "Stay With Me" wasn't bad either.