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

The La's "There She Goes" is featured in a Bali bra ad.

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

The Album Leaf's "Always for You" is featured in a Cadillac Escalade commercial.

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

Gasp - Nirvana's "Breed" is featured in a commercial for MLB 2k7 and is also featured in the game itself. Songs by Editors, The Walkmen, The Stooges, and Tapes 'N Tapes are also featured in the game.

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

120 Days' "Come Out, Come Down, Fade Out, Be Gone" (T.A. Kaukolampi remix) is featured in an ad for Jaguar's C-XF. See the ad here.

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.