# Whose version of Ballroom Blitz is in that commercial for Mitsubishi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217 "2004-02-09T01:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/1 "2004-02-09T01:57:28Z")
The commercial is great, what with the throwing stuff at the speeding cars-- bowling ball, trash, hibatchi, car-- but the song makes it that much better. I tried googling, but apparently this song has been made over and over again and I don’t know which artist is actually heard on the radio. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/2 "2004-02-09T02:03:27Z")
I think it was the original version, as performed by “The Sweet.” And, according to at least one author, it’s _excellent_ zombie-killing music. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/3 "2004-02-09T02:09:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I tried googling, but apparently this song has been made over and over again and I don’t know which artist is actually heard on the radio. I said “radio” when I actually meant “commercial”. Because I’m stupid. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/4 "2004-02-09T04:28:43Z")
It’s “Sweet” alright. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/5 "2004-02-17T14:00:02Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I think it was the original version, as performed by “The Sweet.” > > And, according to at least one author, it’s _excellent_ zombie-killing music. Vampires, actually. 😉 That was the track playing in [_Bordello of Blood_](Susan Heiman Carney ) when Dennis Miller was laying waste to the bevy of blood-sucking hot hooker hellions with holy water in a Super Soaker. That scene defines art if nothing else does, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/6 "2004-02-17T18:55:08Z")
Has anyone gone to the website to see ‘what happens next’? Because I can’t be botered to do it myself so I’m hoping that someone can spoil it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/7 "2004-02-17T19:13:47Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > Vampires, actually. 😉 > > That was the track playing in [_Bordello of Blood_](Susan Heiman Carney ) when Dennis Miller was laying waste to the bevy of blood-sucking hot hooker hellions with holy water in a Super Soaker. > > That scene defines art if nothing else does, I say. Best exploding hooker scene since _Frankenhooker_. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/8 "2004-02-17T19:14:32Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Has anyone gone to the website to see ‘what happens next’? > > Because I can’t be botered to do it myself so I’m hoping that someone can spoil it for me. Both cars avoid the vehicles thrown at them, but for some reason (I couldn’t tell why), the Camry driver pulls over to the shoulder, stops the car, and just sighs in disappointment. Wuss. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-version-of-ballroom-blitz-is-in-that-commercial-for-mitsubishi/228217/9 "2004-02-17T19:48:24Z")
I guess they couldn’t use the **Crucial Taunt** version from **Wayne’s World** , as performed by the lovely and talented Tia Carrere. Bummer. But I do kinda like the commercial. I’d like to install an automatic bowling ball ramp out the back of my Subaru, for those times when people come roaring up behind me at 90 MPH and stop right on my bumper. Awesome!