I reached out to #EconTwitter and asked what songs they like to use to teach different topics in their classes and the results did not disappoint:

I need some help #teachEcon! What's your favorite song(s) to play for class that's associated with economics topics you're teaching that lesson?

— Jadrian Wooten (@Wootenomics) August 15, 2018

Since I’m not a macroeconomist, I have very little content on the macro side from tv and movies, but apparently music covers a lot of macro topics. The first suggestion was this 1975 Billy Paul song, Let the Dollar Circulate which begs for money to start flowing through the economy and wonders why things have slowed down (Is it all because of Watergate?). Paul notes that “Things are gettin’ higher, makes it hard on the buyers”  (inflation is happening) and “Unemployment on the rise.” The song was released at the end of the 1973-1975 recession. I was curious what unemployment and inflation looked like in the 1970s leading up to the recession, so I went and put together a FRED chart for you:

Thanks to Leo for the song suggestion!