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This Night (Billy Joel song)

"This Night" is a song by Billy Joel and the fifth single from his album An Innocent Man.

The basis of the song's chorus uses the second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Pathétique Sonata.[1] Beethoven is credited as one of the song's writers on the sleeve of the album as "L.v. Beethoven".

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

The pop song "If I Had You" by The Korgis uses the melody fragment from the 18th variation.

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Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)

The opening of the second movement in Mozart's handwriting.
The second movement was featured in the 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan.[1][5] As a result, the piece has become widely known as the Elvira Madigan concerto.[6][7][8]

Neil Diamond's 1972 song "Song Sung Blue" was based on a theme from the andante movement of the concerto.[9]