# Music on the Target commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491 "2000-10-19T02:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/1 "2000-10-19T02:25:30Z")
I was watching the one where they paired Suave and leather jackets. I was thinking about how much I wanted the song in the background. Does anyone know the name of it? lyrics I can remember- make someone happy, make someone smile something something something let’s make it all worthwhile Any Primitive Radio Gods out there that can help me? ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/2 "2000-10-19T08:23:06Z")
I think the title is “Let’s Work Together”. The band is definitely Canned Heat, a sixties-seventies hippie band. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/3 "2000-10-19T08:24:11Z")
They have a greatest hits CD that’s available online. It’s got a couple of other tunes you’ll probably recognize. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/4 "2000-10-19T08:47:57Z")
Damn, those commercials irritate me. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/5 "2000-10-19T16:02:27Z")
They usually air 2 or 3 of 'em in a row. Irritating, especially if you don’t get (or care to get) the concept. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/6 "2000-10-19T17:17:36Z")
Now when I see those commercials I still think of the ones that used the same song, but with modified lyrics, for Kragen (may be different in your part o’ the country) : “'cause Kragen understands every car truck, wagon, or van!” I did hear the actual song played on the radio recently, probably due to the DJ hearing the commercial and being reminded of it. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/7 "2000-10-19T17:51:12Z")
Is it just me, or does anybody else think the Target commercials are done by the same people who did the Gap commercials and they just don’t have any other ideas? Either that or they are a blatant rip-off. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-on-the-target-commercials/37491/8 "2000-10-19T21:23:03Z")
I was going to start a Pit thread about those commercials.