Editing Wayne's World (film) (section)

==Soundtrack==
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{{Main|Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture}}

The [[Wayne's World (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] album reached number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The album was certified double-Platinum by the [[RIAA]] on July 16, 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Wayne%27s+World|title=Search results for Wayne's World |website=riaa.com|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811003640/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Wayne%27s+World |archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

The studio and Lorne Michaels originally wanted to use a [[Guns N' Roses]] song for the [[headbanging]] scene, but Myers demanded "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]", even threatening to quit the production unless it was used.<ref name=PodMaron>{{cite web |url= http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_518_-_mike_myers |title=WTF Podcast with Mark Maron |date=2014-07-28| publisher=WTF|access-date=2014-07-31 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140731090611/http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_518_-_mike_myers|archive-date=2014-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/mike-myers-waynes-world-bohemian-rhapsody_n_5758174.html |title=Mike Myers Almost Walked When 'Wayne's World' Wasn't Going To Use 'Bohemian Rhapsody' |date=September 3, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141010144451/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/mike-myers-waynes-world-bohemian-rhapsody_n_5758174.html |archive-date=October 10, 2014 |newspaper=Huffington Post |first=Matthew |last=Jacobs |access-date=October 30, 2020}}</ref> [[Freddie Mercury]], the lead singer of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], died of [[bronchial pneumonia]] resulting from [[AIDS]] a few months before the film's release. According to [[Brian May]], Mercury saw the headbanging scene before his death, found it hilarious and approved the song for the film's use.<ref>{{cite news|last=Scapelliti|first=Christopher|url= https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/brian-may-wayne-s-world-bohemian-rhapsody-scene-hit-close-home|title=Brian May: 'Wayne's World' 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Scene Hit Close to Home|date=2017-06-05|work=[[Guitar World]]|access-date=2025-03-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191008223040/https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/brian-may-wayne-s-world-bohemian-rhapsody-scene-hit-close-home|archive-date=2019-10-08|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Spheeris disputed May's recollection in a 2022 interview, saying that "My guess is it's not true." She explained that due to the short timeframe between the completion of the film and Mercury's death, she believes it is highly unlikely that anyone would have had access to a tape of the scene to show Mercury.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxL3NTb2j8 | title=Penelope Spheeris Interview: Wayne's World | website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=January 5, 2023}} Event occurs at 7:25-8:51.</ref>

In the "No Stairway To Heaven" scene, the first four notes played of "Stairway to Heaven" were replaced with a different set of guitar notes in all home media releases of the film, since home video publishers considered the $100,000 cost of licensing the song to be too high. The original notes were restored with the [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Blu-ray]] release in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://loudwire.com/waynes-world-stairway-to-heaven-joke/ | title=How the 'Stairway to Heaven' Joke in 'Wayne's World' Got Mangled | website=[[Loudwire]] | date=July 2020 }}</ref>

[[Gary Wright]] re-recorded "[[Dream Weaver]]" for the film, which is heard whenever Wayne looks at Cassandra.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.laweekly.com/music/the-five-most-culturally-significant-waynes-world-songs-4167662|title=The Five Most Culturally Significant Wayne's World Songs|work=LA Weekly |date=23 April 2013 |access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171203211738/http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-five-most-culturally-significant-waynes-world-songs-4167662|archive-date=December 3, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Tia Carrere]] sang her own vocals on the songs she performed in the film, as well as cover songs such as [[The Sweet|Sweet]]'s "[[The Ballroom Blitz]]", which were included on the film's soundtrack album.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ|title=Lights, camera, sound tracks|first1=Martin Charles |last1=Strong|author-link1=Martin C. Strong|first2=Brendon |last2=Griffin |publisher=Canongate|year=2008|isbn=978-1-84767-003-8|page=396|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>

Myers originally wanted Alice Cooper's "[[I'm Eighteen]]" and "[[School's Out (song)|School's Out]]" in the film, but Cooper's manager [[Shep Gordon]] convinced him to use "[[Feed My Frankenstein]]" instead. It was Myers' first meeting with Gordon and it made such a strong, positive impression on him that they formed a friendship. Myers directed a 2014 documentary about Gordon, titled ''[[Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon]]''.<ref name=PodMaron/>