# Name that TV ad song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501 "2003-03-23T04:30:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/1 "2003-03-23T04:30:02Z")
I’ll give you one: The Ion car commercial where they’re driving around and kids are all over swinging on dozens of swing sets, and in the end, they drive by a sign that reads, “Leaving Childhood”. The song begins with a piano line that sounds like it’s being played on a toy piano. That song is _We’ve been had_ by **The Walkmen** The song I’d like to know is on the only **Holland America Cruise Line** ad I’ve ever seen. Anybody know that one? ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/2 "2003-03-24T17:24:08Z")
Now that the work week has started, perhaps I can get more responses on this question: What’s the song on the Holland American Cruise line ad? Anyone? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/3 "2003-03-24T17:42:34Z")
I have no idea. I tried looking it up. Nothing. You can e-mail the cruise lines, but I don’t know how helpful they’d be. You can try it. I’ve done this with several corporations, and they almost always reply. It would be really good to email the advertizing agency that handled the spot, but I couldn’t pin them down either. Maybe you’ll have more luck. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/4 "2003-03-24T19:18:35Z")
I found a reference on another message board that says the song is “Edge of the Ocean” by Ivy. ---
**Author:** ![Bomzaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Bomzaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bomzaway)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/5 "2003-03-24T21:55:57Z")
“Edge of the Ocean” by Ivy it is!!! Thanks Max! Thanks for your efforts as well Karomon. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/6 "2003-03-24T22:02:04Z")
My turn - I should know this - but what’s the piano-only song in the Cisco Systems commercial? The one that slows down and speeds up a few times (the song, not the commercial). The commercial is one of those “We make the network that the world uses” kinda spots. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/7 "2003-03-25T08:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slacker \* > \*\*My turn - I should know this - but what’s the piano-only song in the Cisco Systems commercial? The one that slows down and speeds up a few times (the song, not the commercial). > > The commercial is one of those “We make the network that the world uses” kinda spots. \*\* Here’s the commercial I’m referring to: [http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=22760&player=windows&userid=(none)&bw=58&redir=YES](http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=22760&player=windows&userid=(none)&bw=58&redir=YES) Looking around a bit, it appears it might be a orinigal composition for the commercial. It sounds really familiar though. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tv-ad-song/163501/8 "2003-03-25T15:27:56Z")
I’ve got one…What song is played both in the Target Swell ad and the Starz/encore spot for \*\* 40 Days and 40 nights\*\*? I’d figured it was something Target made up until I heard it in the other ad.