RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 MOVIE
But, when the movie came out it hit hugely and sold about 200,000 to 300,000 records a day for about three years.
So nowadays, it sounds pretty tame, but back then, radio resisted it to some degree. It was a very unique and different sounding song, Bacharach and David never had any qualms about trying to do anything different, or push the envelope so to speak. The song, initially when it came out, I believe it was October of 69, the movie didn't come out until December, it did get some bad reviews. Billboard Magazine also ranked the song 15th on its Top 50 Movie Songs of All Time list in 2014. In 2008, the single was ranked 85th on Billboard's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and placed 95th in the 55th Anniversary edition of the All-Time Hot 100 list in 2013. The same year, it finished at number 23 on AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was featured during the 2004 superhero film Spider-Man 2 over a montage sequence when Peter Parker ( Tobey Maguire) initially renounces his identity as Spider-Man. Gold record presented to backup singer Linda November for her work on "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" How wrong I was, as it turned out to be a giant hit." Legacy "When the film was released, I was highly critical: How did the song fit with the film? There was no rain. Robert Redford, one of the stars of the films, was among those who disapproved of using the song, though he later acknowledged he was wrong: Some felt the song was the wrong tone for a western film like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but director George Roy Hill insisted on its inclusion. Carol Kaye played electric bass on the song. Bob Dylan is supposed to have been approached for the song, but he reportedly declined too. He chose instead to record the song " Sunday Morning Coming Down", written by Kris Kristofferson. Ray Stevens was first offered the opportunity to record it for the film, but turned it down. The film version featured a separate vaudeville-style instrumental break in double time while Paul Newman performed bicycle stunts. In the film version of the song, Thomas had been recovering from laryngitis, which made his voice sound huskier than in the 7-inch release. Thomas in seven takes, after Bacharach expressed dissatisfaction with the first six. According to Billboard magazine, it had sold over 2 million copies by March 14, 1970, with eight-track and cassette versions also climbing the charts. The song also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in January 1970 and was also the first American No. 1 on charts in the United States, Canada and Norway, and reached No. The uplifting lyrics describe somebody who overcomes his troubles and worries by realizing that "it won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me." " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" on YouTube Peter Parker with very few words, and it's one of the few moments where theĬharacter actually seems to be enjoying himself throughout the trilogy.From the motion picture, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidįrom the album Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head He nails the odd yet earnest character of Moment and how he now has time for everything he had to put off, but also because of Tobey Maguire's performance. It even ends on a freeze frame you might as well add some canned laughter and an announcer saying, "Spider-Man 2 will be right back after these messages!"īut as weird as this scene is, it works because it is a not only a very effective montage, perfectly summing up Peter's state of mind at this It's kind of a jarring transition, and perhaps even a precursor to some of the more peculiar sequences in Spider-Man 3. Peter has just literally thrown his costume in a trash can, and next thing we know he's strolling down the street with a goofy smile on his face. Remember, this scene comes right after a dramatic high point. Thomas' "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".
This is of course the montage sequence after Peter gives up being Spider-Man, set to B.J.
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