Editing That Thing You Do! (section)

==Production and music==
The film features original music by [[Tom Hanks]], [[Adam Schlesinger]], [[Rick Elias]], Scott Rogness, [[Mike Piccirillo]], [[Gary Goetzman]] and [[Howard Shore]]. In the film, the Wonders rise to brief stardom on the strength of "[[That Thing You Do! (song)|That Thing You Do]]", a song written as a wistful ballad but which becomes an uptempo rocker during the band's first performance at a talent show. Written and composed for the film by Adam Schlesinger, [[bassist]] for [[Fountains of Wayne]] and [[Ivy (band)|Ivy]] and released on the film's soundtrack, the song became a genuine hit for the Wonders in 1996 (the song peaked at number 41 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 22 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] charts, number 18 on the [[Adult Top 40]], and number 24 on the [[Top 40 Mainstream]] charts). The track was nominated for a [[54th Golden Globe Awards|1996 Golden Globe Award]] as well as a [[69th Academy Awards|1996 Academy Award]] for Best Original Song. [[Mike Viola]] of [[the Candy Butchers]] provided the lead vocals for the Wonders.

In the film, the title song is referenced with "All My Only Dreams" as the B-side. The actual 45&nbsp;rpm single, released to record stores in North America, features "Dance with Me Tonight" as its B-side. The song has since been [[cover version|recorded]] by [[the Knack]], [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], and Bubblegum Lemonade. The Wonders are also seen playing the song "Little Wild One". This was written by the band [[Gigolo Aunts]] as a "faux-Beatles"-style tune at the request of their record label to be submitted for consideration for inclusion in the film.<ref>{{cite news|title= That Tune You Do: Writing The Music For THAT THING YOU DO |work= FilmBuffOnline|date=August 18, 2007|url= http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2007/08/18/that-tune-you-do-writing-the-music-for-that-thing-you-do/|access-date=February 5, 2016|first=Rich|last=Drees}}</ref>

To perform the Wonders' songs convincingly on-camera, Scott, Schaech, Zahn and Embry took several weeks of individual lessons, followed by daily practice as a group. Of the four, only Zahn and Embry had any prior experience of playing their assigned instruments. They eventually honed their performance to the point where extras on the set thought they were actually playing the songs, when in reality they were miming along to recordings by professional musicians.<ref name="Sollosi">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/10/04/that-thing-you-do-20th-anniversary-wonders/|title=That Thing You Do! 20th anniversary: The Wonders look back|last=Sollosi|first=Mary|date=October 4, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

The song that plays during the film's [[opening credits]], "Lovin' You Lots and Lots", is credited to the fictitious Norm Wooster Singers and was actually written by Hanks. This song is a send-up of [[Ray Conniff]], [[Mitch Miller]], and other practitioners of the "beautiful music" or proto-[[Elevator music|Muzak]] formats that were a staple of adult radio during the early 1960s such as on [[KPOL (AM)|KPOL (AM) 1540]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002BQE |title=That Thing You Do: Various Artists: Music |access-date=January 31, 2011 |website=Amazon.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Blodgett |url=http://www.earthsignals.com/Collins/0025/ |title=KPOL Archive #1 |website=Earthsignals.com |access-date=January 31, 2011}}</ref> Hanks also composed Guy's jazzy signature drum solo, "I Am Spartacus".

The Wonders' bassist (played by Ethan Embry) is unnamed in the film; in the end credits, he is credited as "T.B. Player". This is short for "the Bass Player", and is a joke based on the perception that bass players are often unknown and unappreciated. Embry later provided his own take on the character's real name: "I just said my name was Tobias, because he's ''such'' a Tobias. You just take the vowels out [and it's T.B.] His nickname was Toby, but his mom calls him Tobias. And his last name actually was Player, because he was a player, dude! That carousel ride with the Chantrellines? Total player."<ref name="Sollosi" />

===The real Wonders===
There were at least two real groups named the Wonders who made the record charts at various radio stations in the early 1960s. One was a soul group who had a record called "Please Don't Cry" (b/w "[[With These Hands (song)|With These Hands]]"; Bamboo 523) that was cited in the September 1, 1962, issue of ''Billboard'' as having "moderate sales potential", but it was not successful.<ref>''Billboard'', 1 Sep 1962, p. 24</ref> (The flip, however, was played by [[KGYM|KCRG]] in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], in the fall of 1962.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=3789 |title=KCRG 1600 Cedar Rapids Survey 09/22/62 |first=Tim |last=Warden |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203020543/http://las-solanas.com/arsa/surveys_item.php?svid=3789 |archive-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>

The other Wonders had a regional hit record called "Say There" (b/w "Marilyn"; [[Colpix]] 699), released in August 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/cp699|title=45cat - The Wonders [Colpix] - Say There / Marilyn - Colpix - USA - CP 699|work=45cat}}</ref> A mixed race [[doo wop]] group from New York City, they also recorded as the {{sic|Satans Four}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/4243601-The-Wonders-7 | title=The Wonders (7) | website=[[Discogs]] }}</ref> "Say There" hit the Top 20 at [[WYTS|WCOL]] in [[Columbus, Ohio]], and made the top 30 at [[KQV]] in [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://las-solanas.com/arsa/charts_item.php?srt0=t40_tw&lttl=28&hsid=14677&srt1=chartweek|title=The Wonders – Say There|first=Tim |last=Warden|access-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203020540/http://las-solanas.com/arsa/charts_item.php?srt0=t40_tw&lttl=28&hsid=14677&srt1=chartweek|archive-date=February 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, the tune made the radio publication ''The Gavin Report'' as a regional hit in their August 16, 1963, issue.