Music in a commercial: can't remember the commercial or the artist. Futile! Help? [more inside]
posted by xmutex on Oct 14, 2008 - 5 answers

What's the term of art for songs that are written to sound very similar to well-known or current pop songs? For example, lots of commercials and TV shows use backing songs which are clearly meant to evoke (rip off?) a song you already know and might hear on the radio. [more inside]
posted by anildash on Nov 23, 2007 - 20 answers

i was just watching the Oscars and there was a J.C. Penny advertisement that I assume was brand new. Completely forgettable -- people doing things in J.C. Penny clothes -- except for the music. It sounded like the Degados: the female vocalist had their lilt of Emma Pollack and had their signature offbeat pacing. It was a great song and I was wondering if anyone knows what it was and who did it?
posted by rtimmel on Feb 25, 2007 - 19 answers

Name that tune!! It's in a commercial in which a lady is walking around with an engine warning light on her forehead... [more inside]
posted by matty on Jul 26, 2006 - 2 answers

Who covers the Mary Tyler Moore theme song "Love Is All Around" in the Chase bank commercial? [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Dec 3, 2005 - 14 answers

What song is played in the TV ad for "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigalo"?
posted by apple scruff on Aug 1, 2005 - 3 answers

(1) what do you think is the most egregious use of a song in a commercial/movie/tv series, i.e., Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door" during a commercial for J.C. Penney's, and (2) take a product and think of the worst possible song that could be used in an advertisement for it.
posted by lola on Dec 9, 2004 - 72 answers