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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #720 on: March 05, 2022, 07:28:03 PM »
"Can't take My Eyes Off You" in a Guinness St Patrick's Day spot. A little odd, esp if (like me) you associate the song with The Deer Hunter.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #721 on: March 21, 2022, 04:21:53 PM »
Sparks' "This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us" is being used in a commercial for the new iPad. 
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #722 on: April 02, 2022, 07:46:20 PM »
Johnny Cash's version of "I've Been Everywhere" for the US Post Office.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #723 on: April 09, 2022, 07:26:06 PM »
"Ring of Fire" -- in Chinese! -- for Panda Express.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #724 on: May 18, 2022, 07:26:38 PM »
Hootie's "Only Wanna Be With You" for Discover Card.

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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #725 on: May 21, 2022, 09:34:12 AM »
"Every Breath You take" repurposed for DuckDuckGo.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #726 on: May 22, 2022, 05:54:57 PM »
Oy: C+C Music Factory's "Gonna make You Sweat" -- everybody dance now! has been turned into everybody DampRid! for the product of that name.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #727 on: June 11, 2022, 10:44:55 AM »
VOOST (effervescent vitamin tablets) has turned "I Like to Move it, Move it" into "I Like to Voost it, Voost it".
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #728 on: June 12, 2022, 04:35:58 PM »
an odd one: an instrumental version of "Candy Man" plays during a Lowe's Father's day spot.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #729 on: July 03, 2022, 05:03:46 PM »
"Break My Stride" for Starbucks, and "No Diggity" for Instacart.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #730 on: July 23, 2022, 04:50:04 PM »
"Return of the Mack" turned into "Return of the Snacks" for Frito-Lay.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #731 on: October 19, 2022, 05:33:56 PM »
Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere" for Chevy's new EV.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #732 on: March 02, 2023, 05:28:16 PM »
VOOST (effervescent vitamin tablets) has turned "I Like to Move it, Move it" into "I Like to Voost it, Voost it".

and now the same song (in its orig version) is in a commercial for the US Postal Service.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #733 on: March 03, 2023, 06:19:31 PM »
"My Way" for... Cologuard.
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Re: Music & Advertising: 'interesting' combinations
« Reply #734 on: March 04, 2023, 08:47:43 PM »
"I Believe in a Thing called Love" for Panda Express.
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