# Identify a Song From a Commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132 "2002-12-27T08:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/1 "2002-12-27T08:58:44Z")
It’s the song they play in the Low Rise Jeans commercial, where this guy and girl are being chased by the cops, and they hide the car in an alley. After the cops pass, they push the car into the water, then giggle. The guy jumps in the water, and he gets a French dictionary from the car. What is the song they play in the commercial, and what do they say in French? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/2 "2002-12-27T10:54:44Z")
I dunno but on a minor hijack… another Levi’s commercial… where can I buy that bunny the chick drags from under the seat when she steals her car back from the thieves??? It’s sooo cute! Back to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/3 "2002-12-27T11:16:34Z")
The girl asks, “What did you forget?” I don’t know about the song. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/4 "2002-12-27T15:51:49Z")
The song is “Playground Love” by Air. [Levi’s® “French Dictionary” Commercial](http://www.us.levi.com/fal02a/levi/feature/com/l_com.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2478897&bmUID=1041004258582) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/5 "2002-12-27T17:22:53Z")
Does anyone know the name and artist of the song played in the comercial for the movie Adaptation? It is also being used in a car commercial where some guy wanders around an office before seeing the car outside a window. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/6 "2002-12-27T17:51:33Z")
“Under Pressure” by David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/7 "2002-12-27T21:48:02Z")
I have Googling around and the answer to my own question might be **Mr Blue Sky** by **ELO**. But, I’m still not sure. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/8 "2002-12-27T21:50:37Z")
If this is the VW convertible commercial with the montage of shots of the guy going through his office day after day after day, then it is indeed _Mr Blue Sky_. The answer to many commercial song questions can be found at www.songtitle.info ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/9 "2002-12-28T04:07:10Z")
Ok, I’ve got one. TNT is going to be playing a movie about JFK Jr. next month, and it’s called something like " America’s Prince." I’m about 90% sure the song they play in the background is by Moby, but I don’t know which song. It’s not “why does my heart feel so bad” like I orginally thought, but I’m still pretty sure it’s Moby. Any one know which song it is? ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/10 "2002-12-28T07:14:30Z")
Thanks for the answer to my OP. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/11 "2002-12-28T16:54:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sir Prize \* > \*\*I have Googling around and the answer to my own question might be **Mr Blue Sky** by **ELO**. But, I’m still not sure. \*\* You’re correct…it’s ELO’s **Mr. Blue Sky** from the _Out of the Blue_ album. (You can get it on CD for like $12, which is a great deal considering it was a double “album” when it was released.) ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-a-commercial/145132/12 "2002-12-28T18:06:21Z")
Sorry for the wrong answer on the music in the Adaptation commercial. I played the trailer for the movie and just assumed the television commercial used the same music. :smack: You’re welcome **Mudshark**.