Interviewer: We mentioned the BoxTops’ “Choo Choo Train” is on here (the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood soundtrack), again one that …
Quentin Tarantino: I could have put THREE Box Tops songs in (the film) and never hit their TWO nationwide hits! I love “Sweet Cream Ladies Forward March” so much! Unfortunately, I couldn’t put it in, because every place I would have put it in, it’s like, it would be TOO on the money. Like, I thought about putting it in when like the Manson girls are walking in front of the car, but that’s just TOO obvious, all right. I might as well play the “Baby Elephant Walk,” all right, as they do their walk. So it was just TOO on the money. But I love “Choo Choo Train,” and I LOVE Alex Chilton’s voice.
To hear the clip, fast forward the player below to -3:39
