# Voltswagen Commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161 "2001-12-06T03:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![john\_eagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@john\_eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_eagle)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/1 "2001-12-06T03:13:12Z")
Just wondering if anyone knows what song is played in the background in the voltswagen commercial with the man rushing to stop the wedding. It has tolling bells and such. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/2 "2001-12-06T04:02:49Z")
Just a bit of a correction… **Volkswagon** ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/3 "2001-12-06T04:09:54Z")
Just a bit of a correction: Volkswagen ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/4 "2001-12-06T04:18:32Z")
You’re referring to [this commercial](http://www.adcritic.com/content/vw-wedding-day.html) which is found at my link to **[AdCritic.com](http://AdCritic.com)**. I don’t know the name, but perhaps someone can view it and help. A word of advice–56k connections will probably take up to all night to load a commercial. I recommend it to those who have cable or DSL. If no one responds here, then email Volkswagen. I have successfully done this with large companies about their ads. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/5 "2001-12-06T05:24:41Z")
The commercial is titled “Big Day” and the music is “A Million Miles Away” by J. Ralph. See [http://www.vw.com/commercials/index.html](http://www.vw.com/commercials/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/6 "2001-12-06T05:59:36Z")
**Earthling’s** probably right and I’m elsewhere but someone in another thread is talking about a Volkswagon Cabrio ad with the Nick Drake song ‘Pink Moon’ – and I highly recommend Nick Drake! No idea if it’s what you mean, though. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/7 "2001-12-06T15:32:57Z")
Two different commercials, **L\_C**. The Pink Moon commercial has a group of kids driving along on a beautiful night in a Cabrio who get to a party, realize they’d rather be driving around, and leave. The commercial asked about in the OP has a guy driving like mad in an attempt to stop (presumably) the woman he loves from marrying another guy. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voltswagen-commercial/97161/8 "2001-12-06T15:37:01Z")
I’m SO glad you asked this, OP. I love that commercial and LOVE that song.