Songs in Commercials

From a thread on MetaFilter, songs in commercials are becoming a phenomenon all their own — Cadillac is even becoming popular with some younger buyers due to their use of a Zepplin song in an ad.

There’re also websites that help people figure out the artists that performed songs heard in commercials. At first, I was happy to discover SongTitle.info as there’s one song from a GMC Yukon commercial that I’m still trying to track down (the commercial featured the hulking beasts driving in choreographed circles, synchronized-swimming style).

SongTitle has an entry for “Our Day Will Come” by Ruby & The Romantics (with a link to a sound sample) for the Yukon. But, after listening, I ruled that one out. I don’t hold it against SongTitle, but I suppose they just don’t have the details for that particular commercial.

Even Volkswagen has a CD of collected songs from its commercials. Some of the more obvious ones — such as Mr. Roboto — are on there, but I may just get it to discover some new techno artists (good techo is just so hard to find these days).

2,515 thoughts on “Songs in Commercials

  1. I’m looking for the ad for Reebok, instrumental mainly…sounds like a clssical piece…lots of different athletes doing different things….gets louder as it’s playing….any ideas the name of the song? Thanks for any help

  2. can anyone tell me the name of a song that was played in a car commerical, ithink in the late 90’s. There was a man in a luxury type vehical. gray or brown. something of a light color. it was a straight road and the music inside the car was played softly. it was an old dance soft kick back beat not rock i think. really smooth some what. and he would have the song on low, and drive really fast for a few seconds then stop. And the music would continue to be heard again. I think it was supposed to show how soft the motor was.

    does anyone know?

  3. There is a GM commercial currently playing with a song that has the words “you’ve got a nice car…..and I like it, yes I like it” – a real catchy beat. Anyone know the song and/or artist??

  4. Does anybody know the name of the song used in the Saab 93 commerical, the one where the car passes the bus twice.

  5. anyone know the name of the song in the new GMC commercial where you see car parts being trashed in a desert and then it ends with a designer drawing a car and then tossing it into the trash can?

  6. Hey guys i was wondering what song is playing in the recent pontiac commercial. it sounds latin, i believe. any hints? thank you.

  7. Does anyone know the name of the song in the latest SKITTLES commercial? It aires on MTV a lot and it just shows a lot of Skittles w/ drops of colors, there aren’t any people or skittles falling from the sky as usual. It’s a female voice.

  8. Who sings the song that comes out of the GM commercial in the SUmmerdrive savings that goes “I got a brand new car (and i like you)”.

  9. Who sings the song that comes out of the GM commercial in the SUmmerdrive savings that goes “I got a brand new car (and i like you)”.

    e mail me with the answer please!

  10. PLEASE HELP!!! Looking for the song played on the cinemax movie channel in between movies. I think the song is called “overload”. It’s kind of a techno song but not real fast. It is a female vocalist.

  11. Hey i was wondering if anyone knows the newer song thats in the ipod mp3 player commercial? the one where the guy is walking down the sidewalk in a city type place and theres a wall in the background with little colored squares w/ ppl dancing in it and theres a song playing and every time the guy looks at the wall they stop dancing and when he looks away the music starts again and the little people in the wall dance. the song is like The Hives or The Vines type of music. if someone could help me out that’d be great! thanks :)

  12. its a chevy commercial song. Its rock and it goes like “You don’t know what the….” Thanks for your help!

  13. can anybody help me find a song that was used in an MTV commercial where the girl is a bartender and is saving her money for tuition for a dance academy and the song is being played while she’s dancing in front of her mirrors.

    any help will be greatful.

  14. Hey everyone, I’m having alot of trouble finding a song and I was hoping that someone might be able to help me. I’m looking for the song in the M&M’s commercial, I am almost positive it’s called “color my world” and it is a female singing. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
    Mikki

  15. Alright, I just found it, It’s “color my world” by Petula Clark It’s a very old song so now I’m going to look for the cover…so if anyone else was wondering there you go:)

  16. someone already mentioned this one… gmc commercial where cars are falling from the sky and turns out it’s a guy drawing cars and throwing the ideas into the trash. yeah i usually search the web until my eyes bleed and find what i want, but no such luck this time. someone help before i have an aneurysm.

  17. I’m not sure if anyone asked already, but there is this commercial for K9 Advantix and there is this little puppy in a tent singing “Hello Mother, hello father, fleas, ticks, mosquetoes really bother. Thanks for the package, thats why I’m writing. K9 Advantix really stopped all the biting. Swimming, hiking, tent pitching. They’re not biting, I’m not itching….” Does anybody know the name of the actual song for that commercial? THANKS! (in advance)

  18. Hey everyone! Does anyone know the song in the Smirnoff Black commercial? The racecar driver gets out of his car with a six pack at a party and then the pit crew comes up and takes his tires and his steering wheel. From what I can hear the lyrics sound like, “Just show some love…” it’s kinda rap. If anyone could help, that’d be awesome! Thanks so much!

  19. i just saw this commercial for some nissan 2005 car. the word “enlightening” was thrown around a bit, but more importantly it some great jazz. any information?

  20. Hi Stephanie,

    The name of the song is Camp Granada… and it was writen some 40 years ago, and used by kids attending summer camp for a week or two :)

    take care :)

  21. I also need to know about a song being played as background in the Macaroni Grill commercials.
    Italian song sounds like, very “tango” like.
    I want to buy it as a gift for my boyfriend! Heeelppp

    Thanks lots!

  22. anyone know the song where the kid is throwing the ball but no one is there to catch it so he runs and gets it than throws it back to himself

  23. Hey.. does anybody know the song in the background of the “Crossballs” commercial. It’s that new show that just came out on Comedy Central(June 2004). It’s a drum and bass track. Thanx.

  24. Does anyone know the songtitle + artist to a new detergent commercial? It’s a very alterno-pop song where the lyrics seem to be ” I don’t need ice cream, don’t need pie, cause you are the apple of my eye.”
    It has a kid jumping on one leg as his sock + shoe are caught up in a tree.
    Thanks in advance.
    Drew Lidkea

  25. Does anyone know the rest of the Firestone Tire commercial song?
    “Whenever wheels are rollin’…
    whatever the load,
    The name that’s known is Firestone
    where the rubber, meets the road.”

    And who sings it?

  26. does any one know the name or artist of the song in the go army commercial with the workers that are not there and it showns them away from there reall jobs annd have left for the army such as a car machanic…please email me if u have any info…thanks

    mrt

  27. if any body is wondering the name of the song on the kodak picture commercial that is playin in the back ground it is called pictures of you..the artist is the cure i hope i have ben help to someone…I am still on my search for the go army comercial song that is beign played and it shows offices that are not filles with there workers b/c they are over seas if u have any info please help me out…thanx…..
    MRT

  28. hey i’m looking for 2 songs
    one is in this XBOX commerical in which there is a couple hanging out everywhere like on the beach and at the carnival and at the end they are getting into a taxi, but he ditches her to look at an XBOX ad or something. the lyrics are something like “someday somebody’s gonna ask you a question…”

    the second song is sung by a woman and is in a Gameboy Advance commerical where a guy is standing and there are cartoons and video game characters all around him and it asks “who are you?”…
    thanks!

  29. the ipod commercial where the guy is walking by the posters that move when the music is play,,, the song is ‘ride’ by the vines

  30. what is the name of the song in the new JCPenny’s commercial where everybody is dancing including Sally from “Mike’s Super Short Show”?

  31. hi :)

    i’m looking for a. a car comercial song, don’t knwo which manufactorer, but u see all these cars speeding by a camera and they are just blurs and then this one car drives by and the camera slows it down by following it and taking pictures of it. it’s a saxophone i blieve.
    b.skiddles commercial where the guy throws the skiddles in the air and the girl is following them and they meet up on a bridge in think at night and the skiddles turn into fireworks
    c. pringles, the one where there’s people partying and then soemone takes the last chips and the music stops and everyone stops dancing and then someone opens a pringle box and the music starts up again.
    d. sleeman’s clear beer commercial where the beer bottles are floating?

    if ANYONE can help me on this thank you sooo very much!!!!

  32. Hi,i’m searching a song of chivas ad(several men were fishing and share the wine in icy water)thank u for telling me :o)

  33. Does anyone know the song from the new Madden 2005 Commercial. I can’t figure it out. The main line of the song goes; Someday someone is gonna ask you, a question that you should say yes. It sounds very Paul Mcartneyish, but it’s definitely not him. Please e-mail me if you have any idea.

  34. “a question that you should say yes to.” Just needed to correct that, to make sure I’m covering all the bases.

  35. I was wondering what the song name was in the new Back to school commercial by JC Penny….It is the one where everyone is dancing around in the school…

  36. Does anyone know the name of the song played for the commercial of the king of queens from the the wb it also came out in the k9 advantix commercial and if anybodyone does…please e mail me me

  37. Hey, I was reading the other posts to see if anyone had asked about this one yet and I didn’t see it so here it is….

    What is that old sounding song on the new TGI friday’s commerical about salads and stuff.
    A line from it goes “yeah we’re still have’in fuuun and you’re still the one”
    It kinda sounds like late 70’s mabye early 80’s.
    The band put’s me in mind of like reo speedwagon, kansas and journey but I have no idea!!!!

  38. Oh and I forgot, how about the new diet coke commericials? the one with Adrian Brody in it that sound’s kinda like 70’s funk, and then there’s one with a black woman drinking a diet lime coke and song is kind of like a black man just kinda singing made up words…?

    For you people looking for go army commerical songs? Try Godsmack voodoo and listen to samples of other Godsmack songs because that’s what they usually use.

  39. lindsay, the guy who sings the song in the adrian brody commercial is called lyrics born. the song is on his latest album.

  40. did anyone find out about the hip hop/reggae song in the jcpenney commercial? it is so good! any info please

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