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Old Original Versions Of Songs In Recent Commercials

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"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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Magic by Pilot 1975
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Willie108 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:25 pm Magic by Pilot 1975

#5 Hot 100 Ozempic
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"Come And Get Your Love" Redbone #5 Hot 100 #1 WDRQ, CKLW, WCFL 1973-1974 Chevy

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Just heard "Do You Believe in Magic?" used for a Cambpell's Soup commercial.
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Honeyman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:39 pm Just heard "Do You Believe in Magic?" used for a Cambpell's Soup commercial.
The original Lovin' Spoonful version?
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radioandtventhusiast wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:56 pm
Honeyman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:39 pm Just heard "Do You Believe in Magic?" used for a Cambpell's Soup commercial.
The original Lovin' Spoonful version?
I don't think so...Im pretty sure it was a cover. I was so disgusted, I quickly changed the channel.
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radioandtventhusiast wrote: ↑Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:56 pm
Honeyman wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:39 pm Just heard "Do You Believe in Magic?" used for a Cambpell's Soup commercial.
The original Lovin' Spoonful version?
No. Not even remotely close.
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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..." :rollin :barf

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Okay, okay, the above is not the original. :rolleyes :razz

There was the old Kinks hit "Tired of Waiting For You" for a speedy pain reliever. Again, the brand escapes me.
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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.
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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
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Chicago’s “25 Or 6 To 4” - a coffee-charged Amazon Prime ad
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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.
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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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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.
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