Lust for Life - Iggy Pop, (Royal Caribbean Cruises)
Vertigo - U2 (Apple iPod)
Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones (Diet Pepsi)
All Star - Smashmouth (Progressive Insurance)
London Calling - The Clash (Jaguar)
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (Hyundai)
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens (Jeep Cherokee)
Anticipation - Carly Simon (Heinz Ketchup)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (Volkswagen Cabrio)
It helped bring attention to a talented but little-known artist: “U.S. sales of Nick Drake’s Pink Moon [1972] album rose from 6,000 copies, prior to the song’s use in the Cabrio commercial, to 74,000 copies in 2000. As of 2004 it had sold 329,000 copies in the United States.” Pink Moon - Wikipedia
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sly and the Family Stone
And yes, that’s the way it appears on album jackets, record labels, and the like. According to Wikipedia, the title is an intentional mondegreen or sensational spelling for “thank you for letting me be myself again”.
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) – Sly and the Family Stone
Breathe (In The Air) - Pink Floyd
Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) - The Grateful Dead
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) - Billy Joel
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) - The Beastie Boys
I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) - Redgum
Songs which have changed gender or have versions in both
These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ - Nancy Sinatra (originally written as a male voice, which would have made it creepy, if not verboten in modern parlance)
Songs which have changed gender or have versions in both
These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ - Nancy Sinatra
Stop Your Sobbing - the Kinks/the Pretenders
Written by Ray Davies and later performed by Chrissie Hynde because she wanted him to know that she was hot for him. They had a child together, thats rock and roll!