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That thing you do ost rar6/15/2023 ![]() The kids in the audience go wild dancing to Guy’s groove, and “That Thing You Do!” spends the rest of the movie climbing the charts, and Wondermania sweeps America, before everything falls apart. But before a big talent show performance, the band’s original drummer broke his arm, leaving cooler, older Guy Patterson (Tom Everett Scott) to fill in for the gig - and beat new life into the tune by kicking it up to a sock hop-ready rhythm. Instead of the later version of the single that would later shoot him and his bandmates to fame, “That Thing You Do!” was originally penned as a sleepy ballad. ![]() The title track from the 1996 film comedy was “written” by Jimmy Mattingly (played by Johnathon Schaech), the earnest, arrogant frontman of fictional small-town rock quartet The Wonders. As the onscreen story goes, “That Thing You Do!” became a perfect pop song by accident.
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