Is there anything as niggling as hearing a song in a TV ad you know you know, but you don't quite know enough to name it? Or anything as exhilarating as catching a snippet of a song for the first time that you have to hear again right away?
Below, our roundup of the recent commercial soundtracks that have caught our attention… If you've got your own questions, post in the comments and let us know — we'll do our best to find you an answer!
First off: The Palm Pre from Sprint, featuring angular L.A. rockers Io Echo's "Doorway" (that's singer Joanna Gikas vamping in the 3-D phone); you can find the song on iTunes, or streaming here on their MySpace:
Next up: The Carl's Jr. ad featuring The Hills' Audrina Patridge snarfing down a teriyaki burger in a gold bikini — to the sounds of Jenny Lewis' breathy wails on "The Moneymaker," from indie stalwarts Rilo Kiley's 2007 release Under the Blacklight:
And last but not least, the Dell commercial full of quirky, ethnographically diverse young people going in one door and coming out the other happily be-laptopped?They're accompanied by the ethnographically diverse synth-pop duo Stereo Total's kooky-mod "I Love You Ono" (which is actually a cover of a song by defunct Japanese new wave outfit the Plastics), on their '06 record My Melody:
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Give me back that Filet-O-Fish!
Can anyone tell me the name of the song played in the 2010 Mazda 3 commercial…i’m posting the link to the commercial…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knBNI_PkBg4
Can any one tell me the name to the song played in the 2010 Mazda 3 commercial…i’m posting the link to the commercial on youtube….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knBNI_PkBg4
So disappointed to see my beloved Rilo Kiley used that way.
File this under “I know what song it is, but why won’t they release a full-length version”: Cat Power covering David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” for a Lincoln car commercial. Don’t they realize what $$$ opportunity they’re missing?
After the Visa aquarium commercial I have totally been in love with Tuesday Afternoon by The Moody Blues.
Looking for name of the jazzy 40’s era big band (Great drumming) song used in the current Macy’s radio spots.
Loking for the name & artist of the jazzy/big band (Great drumming) tune
used in the current Macy’s radio spots. Thanks in advance!
Man, remember when that song you wanted to hear was on the radio or Mtv?
What’s the name of that Macy’s commercial song being played on the radio. It’s like a big band song from the 30’s or 40’s. Has a great big bamd theme. I need to know what is is! It’s awesome!
I got frustrated when i couldnt find the name for the song in that iron chef thing commercial, it goes like, “Hey everybody can you walk the walk?” and stuff…i need to knoww soo bad!