Trendy Music In Commercials
This blog focuses on the cool, hip, and trendy music featured in current commercials. So we will not be talking about AC/DC's "Back in Black"!
7.07.2007
The Dandy Warhols' "TV Theme Song" is featured in a new Saturn commercial.
6.28.2007
New Order's "Age of Consent" is featured in AT&T new re-branding of Cingular commercial. AT&T also features Oasis' "All Around the World" in the tag.
6.06.2007
Songs featured on Wilco's Sky Blue Sky are appearing in a series of new Volkswagen ads.
5.17.2007
Radio 4's "Start a Fire" is used in a promo spot for the new season of FX's "Rescue Me." FX's website for the show also includes music from the Von Bondies, Stereophonics (and a video for their "Devil"), The Twilight Singers, The Black Keys, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
5.14.2007
Paul van Dyk's "Time of Our Lives" is featured in a Jeep spot.
4.25.2007
4.24.2007
The promo spots for the Jimmy Kimmel show use Franz Ferdinand's "Do You Want To" but have altered the lyrics so that the vocals are now "Do you Jimmy?"
4.15.2007
Peter, Bjorn and John's "Young Folks" has a nice placement in an AT&T commercial.
4.06.2007
The Fall's "Blindness" is featured in the current Mitsubishi Outlander commercials.
Kaiser Chiefs' "Modern Way" is used in a promo spot for the new Fox series "Drive."
4.03.2007
3.26.2007
Mika's "Love Today" is being used in a Verizon Wireless commercial. Nice work by the team negotiating on his behalf - his name and song title are listed at the beginning of the spot.
3.19.2007
The Kinks' "Gotta Move" is featured in the new Volvo SUV commercial.
3.13.2007
2.27.2007
Mohair's "Stranded" is the background music on Beck's beer's U.S. website.
2.26.2007
The Pogues' "Walking on the Sunny Side of the Street" is featured in a new Cadillac commercial.
2.05.2007
The Rapture's "Whoo all right... yeah, uh huh (WAYUH)" has been on repeated loops for Bravo's new reality game show Top Design.
1.21.2007
The Stone Roses' "Love Spreads" is featured in a new Cadillac commercial. Cadillac is also using Teddybears' "Punkrocker" with Iggy Pop on vocals.
1.19.2007
1.12.2007
Aberdeen City's "God Is Going to Get Sick of Me" and Mew's "Apocalypto" are featured in ESPN promos for the upcoming X-Games.
1.07.2007
The Postal Service's "Such Great Heights" is featured in a new commercial for UPS. What can brown do for you?
The Scissor Sisters' "Filthy/Gorgeous" is used in a promotional spot for ABC's new show Knights of Prosperity.