# How often does a commercial remind you of a song you'd forgotten? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** commercials-ads\ **Created:** [February 24, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638 "2021-02-24T14:27:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/1 "2021-02-24T14:27:50Z")
Commercials occasionally get the rights to use classic songs. Sometimes it’s a song that I’ve heard constantly on oldies stations. Downy surprised me with a song I haven’t heard in decades. I couldn’t remember the title or singer. It’s Paul Anka’s, Times of Your Life. It was used in mid 1970’s Kodak Commercials. It’s been dusted off by Downy fabric softener. It’s such a odd feeling to be reminded of an old memory. I immediately knew this was a song I used to like. I had to immediately grab my phone to google the details. I’ve already listened to the complete song several times on YouTube. Has this happened to you? What songs? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/2 "2021-02-24T14:42:41Z")
A commercial for the prescription drug Ozempic retools “Whoa Oh Oh It’s Magic” by Pilot (1974). Hadn’t heard that song in decades before it came up in the ad. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bzIBj90D3YA/maxresdefault.jpg "Ozempic commercial ™") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzIBj90D3YA) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/3 "2021-02-24T14:53:00Z")
Quite often! Right now I can’t think of one, of course. Many times when I hear a song on a commercial it’s a song that I haven’t heard for a long time and I find that I really like it. There have been many times I’ve added a song to my playlist for that reason. I also hear songs that I’ve never heard and then I start digging around to find out the title and artist so I can add it to my playlist. The one of the those that comes to mind is Have Love Will Travel by The Sonics. I love that song but had never heard it until it was on a car commercial a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/4 "2021-02-24T14:56:49Z")
I grew up never knowing that Lemon Tree was an actual song and not a commercial for Lemon Pledge. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MLhYghzNfII/hqdefault.jpg "Peter, Paul & Mary - Lemon Tree") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLhYghzNfII) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/subw03LBtwg/hqdefault.jpg "1966 Lemon Pledge Furniture Polish") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=subw03LBtwg) Damn she makes housework look sexy! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/5 "2021-02-24T15:00:49Z")
To be honest: you guys on this message board remind me of the commercials that remind me of the songs; take a bow! Wearing my Levis – Lee hee heeee hee hee vis, haw, haw! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/6 "2021-02-24T15:15:47Z")
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go A hit in 1982. Was used heavily in a commercial last year. I don’t remember what it was for. I recognized the song and had to look up the group and year it was a hit. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/7 "2021-02-24T16:31:01Z")
I hadn’t exactly forgotten about the song “Da Da Da” by minimalist 80s German pop band ‘Trio’. I was into the band for a minute back in the 80s. But I hadn’t thought about the band or their biggest (only?) hit for years until it was featured in a Volkswagen commercial in the early 2000s. Odd song choice for a car commercial when its chorus goes “Da Da Da I don’t love you you don’t love me”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-a-commercial-remind-you-of-a-song-youd-forgotten/933638/8 "2021-02-26T00:39:07Z")
Looked up another one. Smokey Robinson -Cruisin 1979 Allstate uses this song in a odd commercial with people driving on the moon. I don’t remember this song. But anything Smokey Robinson recorded for Motown is good. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Gx77P0VH6FA/maxresdefault.jpg "Smokey Robinson – Cruisin' [Official Lyric Video]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx77P0VH6FA)