Name: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Released: 1986

This guide currently identifies 44 songs heard in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), with scene details and placement information where available.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off soundtrack songs

WLS Jingle
JAM Creative Productions
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Opening scene.
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Love Missile F1-11
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
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Ferris boasts about how a day like this is too good for school and gives tips on how to fake a sick day for school.
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Go Down Moses
Alan Ruck
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Cameron laments over his psychosomatic ailment and his life in general.
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Theme from "I Dream of Jeannie" (Hugo Montenegro)
Dominik Hauser
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Ferris dances around his bedroom after a cut from the scene where the economics teacher lectures his class on the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act.
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Oh Yeah
Yello
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Ferris is about to borrow the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. The song plays again during the end credits when Principal Rooney staggers on the school bus with the middle school kids.
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Bad
Big Audio Dynamite
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Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane arrive at the parking garage in Chicago.
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Beat City
Ben Watkins and Adam Peters (The Flowerpot Men)
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Ferris, Cameron, and Sloane's drive into Chicago.
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The Edge of Forever (LP Version)
The Dream Academy
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Ferris & Sloane talking and kissing. Ferris looks at her watch and has to go. She tells him she loves him as he runs off. He tells her he loves her too. She tells herself he's going to marry her.
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Children of the Revolution
Violent Femmes
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I'm Afraid
Blue Room
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At the beach, after Cameron flips out about the mileage on his dad's Ferrari when Cameron is still in a semi-catatonic state.
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Star Wars: Main Title
John Williams
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The two valet parking attendants take Cameron's father's Ferrari on a joyride through the Chicago Metro Area.
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Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
The Dream Academy
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Montage in the Art Institute of Chicago, especially when Cameron stares at and identifies with the girl in the painting "Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte," by Georges Seurat
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Danke Schoen
Wayne Newton
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Ferris lip-sync's to the song during the Von Steuben Day Parade, and dedicates it to Cameron.
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Twist and Shout
The Beatles
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Ferris lip-sync's to the song during the Von Steuben Day Parade (while the band adds horns), after already getting the crowd going with "Danke Schoen," by Wayne Newton.
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Taking the Day Off
General Public
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Ferris and Sloane sit by the pool trying to wake up Cameron.
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Radio People
Zapp
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Ferris, Sloane & Cameron in the car. Ferris realizes the miles on the car are different and asks Cameron how many miles were on it before. Cameron sees the mileage and "goes berserk."
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The Bridge
Cactus World News
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Man on the Moon
Ray Foote
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MTV jingle.
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March of the Swivel Heads (Bonus Track)
The English Beat
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Ferris' mad dash home
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Minuet from String Quartet in E Major
Luigi Boccherini
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Ferris pretends to be Abe Froman.
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String Quartet No. 20
Mozart
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After Ferris, Cameron and Sloane are seated at Chez Quis.
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Ferris In Bed
Ira Newborn
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Cameron In Bed / Ferris Goes Hawaiian
Ira Newborn
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I'll Go (unused)
Ira Newborn
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Nurse
Ira Newborn
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Ferris On Line 2
Ira Newborn
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Bueller, Ferris Bueller
Ira Newborn
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Mom Checks On Ferris
Ira Newborn
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Jeannie Turns Ugly
Ira Newborn
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Rooney On Patrol
Ira Newborn
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Save It, Ferris (unused)
Ira Newborn
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Rooney Sneaks Around / Star Wars (Main Title)
Ira Newborn
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Going To Take A Stand (unused)
Ira Newborn
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Cameron Takes The Heat
Ira Newborn
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Oh Shauna Jeannie
Ira Newborn
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He's Gonna Marry Me
Ira Newborn
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Dog Food Rooney / Ferris Goes To Bed
Ira Newborn
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Mom, Dad and Ferris
Ira Newborn
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Star Wars: Main Title
John Williams, Boston Pops Orchestra
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Car is seen flying over the camera.
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Beat City
The Flowerpot Men
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Plays as the car drives from the High School into Chicago
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Danke SchoÃ«n
Wayne Newton
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Played several times throughout the film, most notably when lip-synced by Ferris Bueller on the parade float.
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Jeannie
Hugo Montenegro
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Jeanie leaves the police station with her mother.
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The Edge of Forever
The Dream Academy
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Sloane talks to Ferris. They kiss until he notices the time and starts to run home.
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March of the Swivelheads
The (English) Beat
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Ferris running home near the end of the movie.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off Soundtrack (1986)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off soundtrack songs