# Music on a UK ad for HP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 25, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253 "2005-03-25T20:42:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253/1 "2005-03-25T20:42:35Z")

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Just wondering, who is the group playing the music on the UK ad for HP printers, and what is the name of the song? 😕

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**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253/2 "2005-03-26T11:12:30Z")

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You mean the one where the people hold up empty frames which become photos and vice versa? That’ll be The Cure’s “Pictures Of You”, apparently.

For future reference, try this site: [http://www.whatsthattune.co.uk/index.asp](http://www.whatsthattune.co.uk/index.asp)

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**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253/3 "2005-03-26T11:36:34Z")

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I think what your looking for is “Photograph” by the kinks. (You won’t easily confuse the kinks with the cure!)

Unless of course it’s “Rio” _runs away_

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**Author:** ![Legolamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Legolamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legolamb)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-a-uk-ad-for-hp/296253/4 "2005-03-26T21:36:26Z")

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> [@owlstretchingtime](#):
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> I think what your looking for is “Photograph” by the kinks. (You won’t easily confuse the kinks with the cure!)
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> Unless of course it’s “Rio” _runs away_

I thought that didn’t seem right. Nowhere near depressing enough to be Robert Smith’s vocals. That site has been pretty good in the past though, so I just shrugged my shoulders and went on my merry way of enjoying my foot sandwich. Thanks for the correction.