Other Than Carly Simon's "Anticipation" -- Can You Name A Pop-Song ...

... that's been used in a TV commercial? Name the song and the product. So many to choose from... this should be easy.

Here's another one to get you started: Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" was used in a Levi's commercial (the one with the pair of jeans that were "possessed" with a mind of their own after some guy swiped them off of a balcony ledge).

I know the Beatles 'Revolution' was used for something.
The only one that I canplace the product with is Janet Joplin's "Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz" That was done for Mecedes.

by the Doors!
Actually just the last four notes:
STRONGER THAN DIRT!!!!!!!!
I forget the brand of soap they were advertising.
:shrug:
:bounce:

detergent. I think Buick used Light My Fire. :scared:

I stand corrected!!
Must be Old Timers Disease catching up with me. I usually know my music better than that. LOL

:silly:

Talk about missing the point completely...

That Hilfiger ad chopped up the lyrics to make it sound like a flag-waving patriot song, not the anti-war screed that it is.

It was soon after 9/11, and they just used the lines...

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
ooh, they're red, white and blue.


And they cut out the rest of the song. I thought I was going to have an anyeurism when I saw that ad. John Fogarty had/has absolutely no control over his songs and how they are used, poor bastard doesn't own any of them.

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief",
oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no senator's son,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no,

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, why don't they help themselves? oh.
But when the taxman come to the door,
Lord, the house look a like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no millionaire's son, no, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Yeh, some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
ooh, they send you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, how much should we give,
oh, they only answer, more, more, more, yoh,

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no military son, SON, NO
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, NO NO

It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me,
I ain't no fortunate son, son son son

cutting off immediatey after 'born to wave the flag' not taking into account what fogerty was really getting at

for his show... again missing the point. (whether or not Chrissie is a pub, it still pisses me off.)

Wrangler Jeans, if I recall correctly.

for Cadillac.

that one really bothered me.

And what HAVEN'T they used "Lust for Life" for???

why I burst into hysterical laughter when I heard it used for the cruise line for the first time.

I explained the song to them--they understood!

:rofl:

are you serious? I must have missed that! Christ!

but I can't remember for what - possibly Subaru?

Crap, I know a TON but of course can't think of them at the moment!

Citizen Cope 'Sun's Gonna Rise' was used recently and it really ticked me off that he went mainstream. Same for Moby.

..recording of "shoe fly pie". it really was a nice commercial but i don't remember what they were advertising.

...a couple-few years back.

Gates paid Jagger and Richards 10 million apiece.

... had their tune "Kid for Today" as the background of a BMW 7-series commercial, but it was only aired in Europe. Probably old Europe. And I've been trying to find a video of it on the net in vain...

I think it was for Sheraton (but it was definitely for a hotel chain)

... the Hilton? :rofl:

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" with Tammi Terrell
"You're All I Need" with Tammi Terrell
"It Takes Two" with Kim Weston
"Nothing Like the Real Thing" with Tammi Terrell
"Your Precious Love" with Tammi Terrell
"If This World Were Mine" with Tammi Terrell

I've only heard "Your Precious Love" and "If This World Were Mine" used in a couple of commercials, but the rest have been used way too many times.

Also, a lot of his other songs are used ad nauseum:

"Let's Get It On"
"Sexual Healing"
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
"What's Going On?"

I'm sure there's many others I'm missing.

"There, that was fine for the girls,
But how about the boys?
How about the boys?
How about the boys?
How about the boys?"

The track is from this great album.

That's been used a few times.

Moondog: Bird's Lament for a Lincoln Navigator ad
Nicola Conte: Bossa Per Due for an Acura ad
Charles Mingus: II BS for a VW ad
Propellerhead: History Repeating for an Adidas ad

as much. They at least have taste... Mingus, eh.


What killed me were: Nick Drake's Pink Moon for a car ad (maybe that was a VW too) I think they also used a classic punk song - Dead Milkmen?, can't think of the song offhand. That was a shocker.

and a Ramones song for Verizon!!! :grr: I guess Johnny (heirs?) needed dough, I can't see Joey wanting or having permitted it.

fuck you Michael Jackson.

The commercial even had a great puke scene at the end.

Burger King is now using the music from "I Am Woman...Hear Me Roar".

Of course, Burger King corrupts the lyrics to "I Am Man".

That comes to mind because I heard the original a few days ago.

It was used in a phone company commercial years ago.

I think it's for a hotel...but it makes me cry. I miss them both. :(

For eHarmony.com and pretty much every romantic comedy for the past 30 years.

SRV's cover of Voodoo Chile' for Nissan Pathfinder
Roy Orbison's You Got It for Target
Sheryl Crow's A Change would do you good for Chevrolet (I think)

It is a neat commercial, although it should be depressing to our material culturists. It shows that even that favorite car of yours is falling apart and is just dust in the wind. Beautiful song.

What adman would be so brain dead as to use that song?

I've always enjoyed the complexity (structurally) of Kansas' stuff...mixed meters and such. Tight pieces, and really good musicianship. Went through quite a period on them, as a supplement to my more "regular" rockers.

Thanks, all, for all of these citations...neat to see this covered in a thread.

May I also add the recent use of "Ooh Child," as used on TV ads for some networking firm.

Okay, I made that one up.

"I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company (it's the real thing)"

Oooh, baby, baby! B-b-b Baby!

Used to peddle Jaguars, of all things!

'Blitzkrieg Bop' has been used in commercials for everything from motor oil to soft drinks.




Tikki

:-(

By Melanie.

Mustang used it thusly:
Look what they've done to my car . . .

:cry:

every other folk group from the Sixties: Lemon Pledge

I wrongly reported the other day it was Best Buy... They're using something also, but,
I can't remember what it is.

:blush:

YEARS AND YEARS ago!

allowed the advertisers to use the song to hawk cars but denied a documentary direcotr permission to include Drake's music in a film soundtrack.

I don't think Nick Drake's parents have quite the artistic instinct their son did.

When I was growing up, commercials often used selections from classical music and Broadway musicals to sell products. Gold Medal flour used Frank Loesser's "Fugue for Tin Horns" (from Guys and Dolls), and some floor cleaner ad used "Kids" from Bye-Bye Birdie.

Classical music is still trotted out for commercials, though (e.g., the duet from Lakme for British Airways).

But what really annoys me is hearing "I Melt with You" used for some hamburger comercial (Burger King, possibly). And I already hated cell phones when Cingular or some similar company used "The Weight" for its crappy commercial.

And don't get me started on "Woo-Hoo" in the Vonage commercial. :puke:

post office (I think)