On January 8, Tom Hansen meets Summer Finn, the new assistant to his boss. Tom trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company, living in Los Angeles. Following a karaoke night, Tom's co-worker, McKenzie, lets slip that Tom is attracted to Summer. Over the next few months Summer and Tom grow closer, despite Summer making it clear to Tom that she does not believe in true love, and does not want a boyfriend.

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What Songs are referenced by this Movie?

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87
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

A Story of Boy Meets Girl
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Anal Girl
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Arm Drawing
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Art Gallery
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
At Last performed by Kevin Michael

At Last
performed by Kevin Michael

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
The wedding singer sings this song, and it continues through the tossing of the bouquet and while Tom and Summer dance.

Bad Kids
performed by Black Lips

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played during the work party where Tom and Summer have their first real conversation.
Bookends performed by Simon & Garfunkel

Bookends
performed by Simon & Garfunkel

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This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Every Rose Has Its Thorn performed by Poison

Every Rose Has Its Thorn
performed by Poison

Date:
This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
McKenzie sings this song at the karaoke bar after work.

Friends
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
God Bless the U.S.A. performed by Lee Greenwood

God Bless the U.S.A.
performed by Lee Greenwood

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
McKenzie is drunk while singing this song karaoke.

Have I Been A Fool?
performed by Jack Penate

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays in the background when Paul comes over to Tom's apartment while Summer is there.

Here Comes Your Man
performed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This is the song Tom sings at the karaoke bar.
Hero performed by Regina Spektor

Hero
performed by Regina Spektor

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played during the entire party scene at Summer's apartment.

I Love Us
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

I Want Her Back
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

I'm Not Going
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Knight Rider (Main Title) composed by Glen Larson and Stu Phillips

Knight Rider (Main Title)
composed by Glen Larson and Stu Phillips

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Tom and Summer try to think of how this song goes, and several days later she calls him and hums it for him.

Main Title Theme from (500) Days of Summer
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Mushaboom
performed by Feist

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played at the co-worker's wedding after Tom and Summer take the train together.

Nobody Can
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want performed by She & Him

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
performed by She & Him

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
performed by The Smiths

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Tom plays this song on his computer to try to get the attention of Summer in the office.

Quelqu'un M'a Dit
performed by Carla Bruni

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays as Tom and Summer are in his car (day 109), going to the movies, when Tom asks where they are in terms of their relationship.

Serious
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

She's Got You High
performed by Mumm-Ra

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played during the closing credits.
She's Like the Wind performed by Patrick Swayze; features Wendy Fraser

She's Like the Wind
performed by Patrick Swayze; features Wendy Fraser

Date:
This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played while Tom is explaining all the things he loves about Summer. Later, after they break up he yells, "I hate this song!" while it plays (345).

Sugar Town
performed by Zooey Deschanel

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Summer sings this song at the office karaoke party after work.
Sweet Disposition performed by The Temper Trap

Sweet Disposition
performed by The Temper Trap

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This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays as Tom and Summer (day 95) walk to Tom's favorite spot in the city. It is later played again while they are getting coffee on the train after not seeing each other for a long time.

The Boy With the Arab Strap
performed by Belle and Sebastian

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
The narrator says that Nancy signed a yearbook with a quote from this song: "Color my life with the chaos of trouble"

The Infinite Pet
performed by Spoon

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played during the series of mornings (Days 440-441 1/2) following Summer's party after Tom learns that she is engaged.

The Music
performed by Paper Route

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

There Goes the Fear
performed by Doves

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays as Summer and Tom are in the IKEA store's kitchen display, moving to the bedroom dsiplay.
There is a Light That Never Goes Out performed by The Smiths

There is a Light That Never Goes Out
performed by The Smiths

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Summer mentions that she loves The Smiths when she can hear Tom listening to this song on his earphones in the elevator on day 4 of Summer.

Things Were Going So Well
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

To the Architect
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Train in Vain (Stand By Me) performed by The Clash

Train in Vain (Stand By Me)
performed by The Clash

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
Tom sings this song at the karaoke bar while on a date with the redhead.

Train Ride Home
performed by Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer

Us
performed by Regina Spektor

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song is played during the opening credits.
Vagabond performed by Wolfmother

Vagabond
performed by Wolfmother

Date:
This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays when Tom is starting to snap out of his funk and get back into architecture while getting over Summer.

Veni Vidi Vici
performed by Black Lips

This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
You Make My Dreams performed by Hall & Oates

You Make My Dreams
performed by Hall & Oates

Date:
This Song is played in (500) Days of Summer
This song plays after Tom and Summer have sex for the first time. Tom has a new spring in his step the next day as he's walking to work.
It refers to...
Born to Run performed by Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run
performed by Bruce Springsteen

Date:
This Song is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
Summer says she wanted to sing the song "Born to Run" karaoke, but they didn't have it available.
Octopus's Garden performed by The Beatles

Octopus's Garden
performed by The Beatles

Date:
This Song is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
While in the video store, Summer says that the song "Octopus's Garden" is the best Beatles song ever recorded.

What Television Series are referenced by this Movie?

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American Idol

American Idol

Date: June 11, 2002
This Television Series is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
While Tom and Summer are in the IKEA store, sitting in a living room display, Summer sits on the couch and says "Ooh! Idol's on!".
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Small Wonder

Small Wonder

Dates: September 7, 1985 - May 20, 1989
This Television Series is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
This TV show is mentioned by Tom during his date with Alison.
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What Movies are referenced by this Movie?

It is a remake of...
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope part of Star Wars

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
part of Star Wars

Date:
This Movie is remade into (500) Days of Summer
A clip of Han Solo is shown winking on a TV screen in a store window on the monring after Tom and Summer hook up.
It refers to...
Sid and Nancy

Sid and Nancy

Date:
This Movie is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
Summer compares her relationship between her and Tom with Sid and Nancy. In her scenario, she is Sid and he is Nancy.
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The Graduate

The Graduate

Date:
This Movie is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
Tom and Summer watch this movie (featuring Dustin Hoffman) at a matinee. Tom seems to enjoy it, but Summer is seen crying.
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  • Buy The Graduate on Amazon

What Books are referenced by this Movie?

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The Architecture of Happiness written by Alain de Botton

The Architecture of Happiness
written by

Date:
This Book is shown on (500) Days of Summer
Tom reads this book while on the train, day 402.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray written by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray
written by

Date:
This Book is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
When Summer is telling Tom the story of how she met her husband, she said she was sitting in a deli reading Dorian Gray.

What Albums are referenced by this Movie?

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Stop and Smell the Roses performed by Ringo Starr

Stop and Smell the Roses
performed by Ringo Starr

Date:
This Album is shown on (500) Days of Summer
Right before they break up, Tom picks up this album in the record store to show Summer because she likes Ringo Starr.
It is based on...
Louder Than Bombs performed by The Smiths

Louder Than Bombs
performed by The Smiths

This Album is the basis of (500) Days of Summer
This is The Smiths album cover that is shown on Tom's computer screen when he plays "Please, Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want", though interestingly this song is not featured on that album. It was also shown in the images of Tom's childhood room.
It refers to...
The Boy with the Arab Strap performed by Belle and Sebastian

The Boy with the Arab Strap
performed by Belle and Sebastian

Date:
This Album is referred to by (500) Days of Summer
This album is mentioned by name while the title track is played in discussing a lyric quoted in a yearbook by Summer which unexpectedly caused the album's sales to soar.

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What Television Commercials reference this Movie?

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Google Play Commercial

Google Play Commercial

Dates: - April 2014
This Television Commercial refers to (500) Days of Summer

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