# Inappropriate or oddly appropriate songs in commercials

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 26, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169 "2001-06-26T03:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2001, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169/21 "2001-06-27T05:40:33Z")

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There was a Guinness ad that used the Jesus & Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey”, which wouldn’t have been so inappropriate, except that the ad showed someone drinking a Guinness virtually superimposed over the lyrics “eating up the scum is the hardest thing for me to do” …

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169/22 "2022-06-21T21:28:14Z")

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I know it’s a zombie, but I have a few new ones to add.

“Fortunate Son” by CCR used to sell blue jeans, complete with jingoistic imagery.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eaPTL-1yphQ/hqdefault.jpg "Wrangler ad, 2002") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaPTL-1yphQ)

“Some folks are born made to wave the flag; ooh, they’re red, white, and blue.”

And that’s all you hear. Only a couple lines later is, “It ain’t me!”

The writer didn’t like it, either, but he’d already signed the rights away:

> **[Fogerty to Wrangler: Song in ad 'ain't me'](https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Fogerty-to-Wrangler-Song-in-ad-ain-t-me-2757730.php)**
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> Fogerty, the guiding force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival's hits of the late '60s and...

I was inspired to contribute to this thread by a recent commercial using “It Wasn’t Me” for a Discover Card ad. Of course, the objectionable lyrics aren’t used.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSSDGs9QJ0)

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-or-oddly-appropriate-songs-in-commercials/70169/23 "2022-06-21T21:34:32Z")

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_Vehicle_  
Song by The Ides of March was used for some car ad.

_I’m a friendly stranger in the black Sedan_  
_Won’t you hop inside my car?_  
_I got pictures, got candy_  
_I’m a lovable man_  
_And I can take you to the nearest star_

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