Help me make a playlist of songs heard on commercials.

[nolabear]

There are some songs I really like and that show up on commercials. Mostly I can figure them out, like “Freedom” by Pharrell, now running on a Walmart ad. There’s one I hear constantly that has a lot of “Bang bang bang and boom boom boom” but I can’t figure out the title. Years back Gin Wigmore’s “Man Like That” was a big one. I like them. They’re upbeat.

What songs on commercials do you know?

[Heartstrings]

1. Can't remember what recent commercial this song is in but....

[happybird]

2. Downy

iPhoneX

[nolabear]

3. Thanks! I love The first. I don't know the second but I like it.

Do you suppose they are named after Sophie Tucker?

[happybird]

6. You're welcome :)

The Downy commercial about killed when I first saw it, lol! Too funny. Plus I love early 90's Top 40 dance music. Reminds me of good times in high school.

The second band I know nothing about. Looked it up online to see who it was when I first saw the commercial. I only remembered their name now because of another song I listened to on the same day and became obsessed with for a week. It's weirdly addictive:

[CaptainTruth]

4. One of many things I like about Japan, every time I was there (15 times)...

... & watched TV, when a commercial started within a few seconds the name of the band/artist & song (if it used a commercially-released song) were displayed in the lower left corner of the screen.

As a musician with a history of professional band recording & performing, I REALLY appreciated that. American advertisers should do that too. Musical composers & performers deserve credit for their work.

[nolabear]

5. Right??? Not giving credit is criminal!

[Leghorn21]

7. Sid does Acura:

I went when I heard this one, totally!!

[happybird]

8. Nick Drake

[mr_lebowski]

10. That whole record is frickin' brilliant ...

Nick was amazing, and gone way too soon ...

[nolabear]

21. Ain't that the truth!

[mr_lebowski]

9. This may help on your question ...

I know it's been in commercials anyway ...

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

11. Can't think of any at the moment, but does bring back Rainy Days and Mondays

of Carpenter fame years ago...

.... actually started out as a jingle/song from a bank commercial.

[Niagara]

12. Recently all 3 of these commercials have caught my attention because of the song

The 1st video I'm posting started to drive me bonkers because I was waking up in the morning with the song playing in my head. The song is called Heart of a Jaguar by LookLA

1.

The 2nd one is a Sumsung QLED commercial. The song is a remix of Sail by Awolnation. I can't find a youtube video of the commercial so here's an audio video.

2.

The 3rd Kraft macaroni and cheese commericial is Not Hungry by Enya. Who doesn't love Enya?

3.

[nolabear]

22. Wonderful! The Enya made me 😂

Thanks!

[Brother Buzz]

13. Here's one with a twist:

No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) was an Alka-Selzer commercial before it was released as a single by the T-Bones, essentially a fake band.

In 1965, Dave Pell wanted to record songs based on music from recent TV commercials and release them on 45 RPM singles to see if he could get radio airplay and maybe a hit record. Previously, Liberty Records had used "The T-Bones" as a group name for instrumentals recorded by Los Angeles session musicians The Wrecking Crew, and Liberty told Pell to use it again for his project.

In 1965, Pell went into the studio with members of The Wrecking Crew and recorded "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)," a song based on music used in an Alka-Seltzer TV commercial.

When the single became a hit, Liberty Records needed the T-Bones to go on the road to promote it, but the original session musicians weren't willing to go. They were making a considerable amount of money doing sessions in Los Angeles. So Liberty created a different "public" T-Bones group to appear on record covers, TV, and in concert. The "public" T-Bones were Judd Hamilton, Dan Hamilton, Joe Frank Carollo, Tommy Reynolds, and Gene Pello. None of them played on the hit record.

The single spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 3,

[NBachers]

14. I still like that song.

[Brother Buzz]

15. The Wrecking Crew cover was extraordinarily tight

The TV add, just so-so

[nolabear]

23. I remember that! And how good The Wrecking Crew was.

I didn’t know the story though. Thanks.

[IcyPeas]

16. Phoenix's song "1901" for Cadillac

And on Letterman

[artislife]

41. Love this one. nt

[IcyPeas]

17. Muse - Sunburn, for a Mac Apple

[IcyPeas]

18. Rolling Stones - She's like a Rainbow - Sony with rabbits

I loved this ad, so cute and colorful

[nolabear]

24. I've never seen that! So good!

[The Figment]

19. Cadillac/Led Zepplin

[Niagara]

20. I remember watching this one from 1996

[DFW]

25. "No Matter What Shape Your Stomach's In"

The sound track for this Alka-Seltzer commercial was so popular that a group (the T-Bones) became a one-hit wonder with it.

[House of Roberts]

26. Google has been using The Beatles' Help for a week or two.

I'm surprised nobody said it already.

[nolabear]

28. I just saw that for the first time last night!

I'm conflicted. Beatles are sacred.

[demmiblue]

27. Wolfmother - Vagabond (Honda Passport commercial)

This commercial gave me such an ear worm that I had to look it up the other day.

[nolabear]

29. Thank you! I was really wondering about that one!

Now I can get an ear worm too!

[demmiblue]

30. Share Your Gifts -- Apple ("come out and play" by Billie Eilish)

[Shrek]

31. Bob Seger's "Like a Rock"

A staple on Chevy commercials for many years.

[nolabear]

32. Oh yes. That one always bugged me.

Weird use of a song. Doesn’t say “truck” to me somehow. 😄

[not_the_one]

33. Rumble, by Link Wray & his Ray Men

Ford Focus commercial.

It sounds great, like maybe it was re-mastered, cleaned up...

[nolabear]

34. Oh cool! I LOVE Link Wray!

[okaawhatever]

35. Royal Carribean Cruise LIne: Iggy Pop's Lust for Life

Also:
Carly Simon Anticipation Heinz Ketchup
Allman Brothers Melissa Cingular Wireless

[artislife]

39. Lust for life

gets me moving in the morning. Such a great song

[okaawhatever]

36. Sly and the Family Stone Everyday People Toyota

Dear God we need some of the wisdom of this song right now!

A portion of the lyrics:

There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

Oh sha sha we got to live together

There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo

I am everyday people

?t=3

[nolabear]

37. Amen and amen. ❤️

[artislife]

38. Wise Men Say

I loved these two from Idol. Robbed, she was!

Oh, just for you Creep fans, listen to this cover. Completely takes it in another direction. Obsessed.

sorry, not a commercial but I had to share.

[artislife]

40. There was a Volkswagen Atlas commercial

that had a cover of America by a duo called First Aid kit. They are sisters from Sweden. I just find their voices haunting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=22&v=aYq_HbuZz6E

Here's the full version

&list=RDHy70q_awGUk&start_radio=1