# Pop songs that seem deliberately intended to end up in commercials

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 23, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-seem-deliberately-intended-to-end-up-in-commercials/464851 "2008-09-23T16:09:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-seem-deliberately-intended-to-end-up-in-commercials/464851/21 "2008-09-24T00:53:51Z")

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> [@Freejooky](#):
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> The first time I heard the Foo Fighters’ “The best of you,” I thought they were saying “the best of brew” and that it was a beer commercial.

I’m still surprised that Tears for Fears’ “Shout” has never been used for a certain laundry stain remover:

“Shout Shout, get it all out  
These are the stains I can do without…”

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-seem-deliberately-intended-to-end-up-in-commercials/464851/22 "2008-09-24T02:09:32Z")

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[Mercury Blues](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jackson-alan/mercury-blues-6537.html), which I have consistently called “The Mercury Commercial Song” since the first time I heard it.

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**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-that-seem-deliberately-intended-to-end-up-in-commercials/464851/23 "2008-09-24T02:15:31Z")

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> [@Kat](#):
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> [Mercury Blues](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jackson-alan/mercury-blues-6537.html), which I have consistently called “The Mercury Commercial Song” since the first time I heard it.

Except, bizarrely, it was used in a [Ford commercial](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Blues).

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