Comments on: Ad Nauseam

Question: Ad Nauseam

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:44:27 -0800

SongFilter: There's a new Sears commercial circulating, and I love the song in it. It sounds like Regina Spektor's voice for part of the commercial, but then it doesn't in other parts. A Google search turned up a new ad with "Coming Home" by The 88, but that's not the song I'm looking for.

That's really all the information I have, unfortunately. Any ideas?

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:58:34 -0800

It's not the Mr Blue Sky by ELO song, is it?

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:00:51 -0800

No. This is an almost brand new commercial, as far as I know. And it's gotta be relatively new music, too, because I searched around and all I got was The 88 and ELO, and ELO is old.

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:09:48 -0800

What else it isn't: Brendan Benson's "What I'm Looking For" - it's definitely a girl's voice.

By: lalex

lalex — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:12:30 -0800

Is there any chance it's a JC Penny commercial? The description reminds me of this.

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:19:07 -0800

Sigh. No, lalex, but that song rocks as well.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:36:49 -0800

Argh. Is it Nikka Costa's "Everybody Got Their Something"? That's not new either, but it's the only one I can think of with a woman singing....

By: raxast

raxast — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:39:16 -0800

Not sure if it's the same commercial that you're referring to, but Lily Frost's Enchantment is playing during the commercial that I'm thinking of. She sounds kind of like Regina Spektor.

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:54:21 -0800

Slower than either of those. Sorry to be driving anyone insane.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:16:50 -0800

adtunes.com never fails.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:42:51 -0800

I searched adtunes and couldn't find it....driving me nuts now! Are you absitively positutely sure it's Sears?

By: fiTs

fiTs — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:43:08 -0800

Also try Clipland

By: candyland

candyland — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:16:26 -0800

Are you sure it's for Sears? This sounds like it could be Cat Power's cover of Cat Stevens' "How Can I Tell You" for a DeBeers diamond commercial. Here's an article about it, as well as discussion of it on the Adtunes forums. It is apparently not available commercially, but you can hear a snippet of it on this MySpace page (not actually Chan Marshall's page).

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:31:27 -0800

How did I mistake the brand that badly? Yes, it's Cat Power. Bravo, candyland, for finding something based on absolutely no information. Gotta love AskMeFi. Now, how to go about getting that song...

By: candyland

candyland — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:56:22 -0800

Well, DeBeers rhymes with Sears! I knew exactly what you were talking about because I keep seeing that commercial and I thought it was Regina Spektor too.

By: lalex

lalex — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:57:23 -0800

Oh my goodness, I love that cover too. When the commercial came out I (unsuccessfully) spent hours trying to find a full-length version of it - let us know if you locate one!

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:26:20 -0800

The article that candyland points says that she only recorded 30 seconds of music and doesn't plan to record a full version. How frustrating.

By: sprocket87

sprocket87 — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:55:18 -0800

Like candyland above, I immediately knew this HAD to be the song you were referencing - it is so beautiful and catchy!

FYI, here's a sample of the original version if you want to compare. Not nearly as pretty, methinks.