# How do I find the music from a TV ad?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856 "2006-05-15T17:10:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/1 "2006-05-15T17:10:13Z")

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There’s a beer ad that I’ve seen on tv (RTE, I believe, in Ireland) a few times now. I don’t know what beer it’s for, but it’s a clever little spot where a guy walks around and, if something annoys him (eg, boss, yappy dog, cop writing a ticket), he just grabs them and they ‘turn into’ paper, easy to fold up and toss away. At the end he does the same to himself, and ends up at a party wearing hip clothes (and, presumably, drinking whatever beer.) I think - but I’m guessing - that it’s a Miller Lite ad. I can’t find it anywhere online, and besides: I want the song playing in the background, not the actual ad.

Any hints how to track that down?

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/2 "2006-05-15T17:13:57Z")

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> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> There’s a beer ad that I’ve seen on tv (RTE, I believe, in Ireland) a few times now. I don’t know what beer it’s for, but it’s a clever little spot where a guy walks around and, if something annoys him (eg, boss, yappy dog, cop writing a ticket), he just grabs them and they ‘turn into’ paper, easy to fold up and toss away. At the end he does the same to himself, and ends up at a party wearing hip clothes (and, presumably, drinking whatever beer.) I think - but I’m guessing - that it’s a Miller Lite ad. I can’t find it anywhere online, and besides: I want the song playing in the background, not the actual ad.
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> Any hints how to track that down?

Try [http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk](http://www.commercialbreaksandbeats.co.uk) . It is UK-based, but I believe it has forums where you can post queries…

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/3 "2006-05-15T17:15:42Z")

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I see that site is down at the moment, and was yesterday too. I do hope it hasn’t died, as it was very useful…

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**Author:** ![blueserge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@blueserge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueserge)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/4 "2006-05-15T17:29:55Z")

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Try this one: [http://www.adtunes.com](http://www.adtunes.com)

Large forum, message boards; you can usually get an answer pretty quickly. I’ve avoided some sleepless nights by going there!

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**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/5 "2006-05-15T18:48:57Z")

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Here’s one more you might try:  
[http://www.whatsthatcalled.com/](http://www.whatsthatcalled.com/)

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**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/6 "2006-05-15T18:50:02Z")

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I see there is also [http://www.whatsthatcalled.co.uk/](http://www.whatsthatcalled.co.uk/).

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-the-music-from-a-tv-ad/356856/7 "2006-05-15T21:18:38Z")

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There’s also [http://www.songtitle.info/](http://www.songtitle.info/) but their current section seems to be down at the moment.