The next big thing is a song from 1985

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Television and film have long helped unearth and breathe new life into forgotten music. Though it may seem ubiquitous today, Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” was never a radio hit. It wasn’t until Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous in 2000 that it became a road trip staple. Mike Myers’s Wayne’s World, similarly, reintroduced “Bohemian Rhapsody” to the ‘90s.

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