# Good songs in commercials. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531 "2008-08-28T09:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/1 "2008-08-28T09:45:08Z")
Since I always post in the “Commercials I hate” threads with relish, I figured I’d do the opposite. Does anybody else find the Mercenaries commercial song amazingly catchy, and funny as hell? [http://news.filefront.com/oh-no-you-didnt-mercenaries-2-commercial/](http://news.filefront.com/oh-no-you-didnt-mercenaries-2-commercial/) I always loathe to admit when the ad folks win one and get my attention, but I have been humming this to myself all day. Any other good recent songs from [sub] evil stinking bastard[/sub] ad people? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/2 "2008-08-28T12:04:19Z")
There’s a commercial for Amtrak that I liked at first. It had a catchy little tune. After repeated hearings I’m starting to hate it, but I liked it at first. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/3 "2008-08-28T14:02:45Z")
My wife and daughters _forced_ me to pony up the 99 cents to download Calabria 2008 - the song in [the Target commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfqEG7ZPO1k) whoop whoop! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/4 "2008-08-28T15:06:39Z")
[“Picture Book” - Hewlett-Packard](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMbVfRGIGpI) Not recent but a true classic: [“Hilltop” (aka “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”) - Coca-Cola](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAgh86j5alI). ---
**Author:** ![thwartme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@thwartme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thwartme)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/5 "2008-08-28T18:45:30Z")
The commercial for retail chain “Zellers” used a song by the Be Good Tanyas called “The Littlest Birds”. Liked it so much I bought the album. And then two other albums. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/6 "2008-08-28T19:16:01Z")
The car commercial that has “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult. Only it makes me sad to think of all the younguns who may not know it’s a real song. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/7 "2008-08-28T19:19:04Z")
I’m rather fond of the “Rhapsody in Blue”, used as a theme by one of the airlines … I can’t think which one at the moment … ---
**Author:** ![Drakkar\_Sauna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@Drakkar\_Sauna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drakkar_Sauna)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-in-commercials/461531/8 "2008-08-28T19:29:06Z")
I think that all of the They Might Be Giants-penned Dunkin’ Donuts commercial jingles have been outstanding, to the point where I almost want them to release an album of the songs once the ad campaign is over. [The two most recent are two of my favorites, especially the “Moving” one.](http://stereogum.com/archives/commercial-appeal/dunkin-donuts-runs-on-they-might-be-giants_010390.html) All except the “karate” one - that was just annoying and terrible. [I just found this page with links to all of them!](http://tmbw.net/wiki/America_Runs_On_Dunkin%27)