"Denise" (Vocal Intro) Randy and the Rainbows #10 Hot 100 1963 Honda
"Can You Get To That" Funkadelic #93 Hot 100 1971 WhatsApp
"Best Of My Love" Emotions #1 Hot 100 1977 Kohl's
Any others you can think of recently?
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Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
"I had a job for a while as an announcer at WWV but I finally quit, because I couldn't stand the hours."
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Re: Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
Magic by Pilot 1975
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"I had a job for a while as an announcer at WWV but I finally quit, because I couldn't stand the hours."
-Author Unknown
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"Come And Get Your Love" Redbone #5 Hot 100 #1 WDRQ, CKLW, WCFL 1973-1974 Chevy
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5iVV/chevrolet- ... redbone-t2
https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5iVV/chevrolet- ... redbone-t2
"I had a job for a while as an announcer at WWV but I finally quit, because I couldn't stand the hours."
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Just heard "Do You Believe in Magic?" used for a Cambpell's Soup commercial.
The censorship king from out of state.
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radioandtventhusiast
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I don't think so...Im pretty sure it was a cover. I was so disgusted, I quickly changed the channel.
The censorship king from out of state.
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No. Not even remotely close.
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moldyoldie
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I recently heard the godawful old Starship tune "We Built This City" in a spot for a virtual home repair service whose business name escapes me. The lyric was revised to:
"We fixed this toilet,
We fixed this toilet on vi-de-oooo..."
(Edit)
Okay, okay, the above is not the original.
There was the old Kinks hit "Tired of Waiting For You" for a speedy pain reliever. Again, the brand escapes me.
"We fixed this toilet,
We fixed this toilet on vi-de-oooo..."
(Edit)
Okay, okay, the above is not the original.
There was the old Kinks hit "Tired of Waiting For You" for a speedy pain reliever. Again, the brand escapes me.
"The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure."
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Re: Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
I believe they've been using the (Closer To Home) portion of GFR's "I'm Your Captain" in ads for Chevy (trucks?) recently... and it is the original.
"The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred."
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From M vs. W National Championship ESPN
Tusk Fleetwood Mac #8 Hot 100 1979 vrbo
Stayin' Alive Bee Gees #1 Hot 100 1978 Capital One
Respect Aretha Franklin #1 Hot 100 1967 Applebees
Tusk Fleetwood Mac #8 Hot 100 1979 vrbo
Stayin' Alive Bee Gees #1 Hot 100 1978 Capital One
Respect Aretha Franklin #1 Hot 100 1967 Applebees
"I had a job for a while as an announcer at WWV but I finally quit, because I couldn't stand the hours."
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Chicago’s “25 Or 6 To 4” - a coffee-charged Amazon Prime ad
"The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred."
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Re: Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
Heard Soulful Strut by Young Holt Unlimited today being used in a beer commercial, Michelob if my non-existent short termed memory serves me correctly.
Re: Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials
Back around 1987 or 1988, I heard the song "Nobody But Me" (Isley Brothers, later done by The Human Beinz in 1968 & George Thorogood Destroyers in 1982) in a Friskies cat commercial!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lji0Kdez_eo
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ChrisWL1980
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eHarmony used Natalie Cole's "This Will Be" for years. I never saw it again after Natalie's death, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg0wD8gNtgQ
Geico used Roy Orbison's "Ride Away" to illustrate "free range chicken" a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swjMqIiSBhg
On the topic of bastardized versions of songs for commercials, I will always associate "Do You Believe in Magic" with McDonald's and "Nobody But Me" with Idaho potatoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg0wD8gNtgQ
Geico used Roy Orbison's "Ride Away" to illustrate "free range chicken" a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swjMqIiSBhg
On the topic of bastardized versions of songs for commercials, I will always associate "Do You Believe in Magic" with McDonald's and "Nobody But Me" with Idaho potatoes.