Everybody's Talkin’ was the theme song from which film
Everybody's Talkin' Taylor recommended Nilsson for the "Midnight Cowboy" soundtrack to director John Schlesinger, Schlesinger selected "Everybody's Talkin, preferring the cover to the song Nilsson proposed, "I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City". The song was used as the theme song for the movie and became closely identified with it; Nilsson's cover is also known as "Everybody's Talkin' (Theme from "Midnight Cowboy")". William J. Mann, in his biography of Schlesinger, noted that "one cannot imagine "Midnight Cowboy" now without 'Everybody's Talkin'". Described in "The Rock Snob*s Dictionary" as an "anti-urban plaint", "Everybody's Talkin depicts the introverted speaker's inability to
Theme Song from 'Which Way Is Up' Theme Song from 'Which Way Is Up' "Theme Song from 'Which Way Is Up'" was a hit song by R&B female vocal group Stargard. The song was written by Norman Whitfield and produced by Mark Davis. It was the main theme from the soundtrack to the Richard Pryor movie, "Which Way Is Up?" It was also included on the group's self-titled debut album. It spent two weeks at number one on the R&B charts in February, 1978 and peaked at number twenty-one on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart. The single also peaked at number twelve on the disco charts.