Best Surprising Movie Music Performance Covers

Tip of my hat goes to Jack Black in High Fidelity for his performance at the end of the movie. Not only does he stun the crowd and Rob, John Cusack's character who throughout the entire movie wrestles with Barry about his band and their evolution towards producing abysmal music, but he blew away the audience with his unique and unexpected rendition of Let's Get it On by Marvin Gaye:

"Barry Jive, and the Uptown Five" are impressive simply because of Black's enthusiasm and singing ability...and the crowd lets him know it. Jack Black is know mostly for his role in School of Rock and a few other minute roles. Before he made his big box-office hit in the comedy world, he was a musician in a band called Tenacious D, a ridiculously vulgar and crude comedic band that focused primarily on sex and smoking. For those who followed Tenacious D before Black hit the big screen, they knew he had talent in his own peculiar way, but John Cusacks face when Barry begins singing is a perfect reaction that I feel most people experienced. Singing a song that is so completely outside of the musical realm in which he usually stays, Jack Black completely throws himself into this song and proves his musical abilities to be not only good, but incredibly entertaining.

This scene is indicative of the talent and passion that Jack Black brings to the table for his movies. A song that is not commonly covered, Black does it justice by sticking to much of the original beat and voice inflections of Marvin Gaye, but adds his own style to it to win the crowd. An underrated performance in an underrated movie, it is a cinematic experience that any music lover must see. The movie is based off the book, written by Nick Hornby, which paints the main characters in an even more condescending and entitled light than the movie in their relationships with music. Jack Black lives up to his characters expectations for music in his song and in turn gives us a performance to remember

Others Deserving Recognition (No Particular Order)

1. Will Ferrell & Co. - Anchorman - Afternoon Delight

2. Zooey Dechnelle - Elf - Baby Its Cold Outside

3. Ellen Page and Michael Cera - Juno - Anyone Else but You

I always love hearing about new music and would love to hear all of your inputs as to what you feel are deserving songs in this genre.