List Of Music Groups Whose Songs Have Been Used In Advertising

Some music lovers feel that another example of selling out is when a band or artist allows their music, once it has been proven to be successful in the marketplace, to be sold to a company for use in commercial advertising. Some well-known examples of this practice are listed below with the company sponsor, in parentheses, after the artist and title of the song sold:
  • Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up' (Microsoft)
  • Led Zeppelin 'Rock and Roll' (Cadillac)
  • Aerosmith 'Dream On' (Buick)
  • Beatles 'Revolution' (Nike)
  • Clash 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' (Pontiac)
  • Ramones 'Blitzkrieg Bop' (AT&T)
  • New Order 'Blue Monday' (Sunkist)
  • Madness 'It Must be Love' (Snack Pack Pudding)
  • Sting 'Desert Rose' (Jaguar)
  • Barenaked Ladies 'One Week' (Mitsubishi)
  • Madonna 'Ray of Light' (Microsoft)
  • Styx 'Mr. Roboto' (Volkswagen)
  • David Bowie 'Rebel, Rebel' (XM Radio)
  • Bob Dylan 'Love Sick' (Victoria's Secret)
  • Verve 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' (Nike)
  • Fatboy Slim 'Praise You' (Mercedes)
  • The Smiths 'How Soon is Now' (Nissan)
  • Moby 'Porcelain' (Bailey's Irish Creme)
  • Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away' (Nissan)
  • Pete Townsend 'My Love Open the Door' (JC Penny)
  • Rick James 'Give it to Me Baby' (Papa John's Pizza)
  • Queen 'I Want to Break Free' (Coke - C2, Ban - Deoderant)
  • Squeeze 'Tempted' (Trident Gum)
  • Friggs 'Bad Word for a Good Thing' (Chevrolet - Trailblazer)
  • U2 'Vertigo' (Apple Computer - iPod)
* Eric Clapton 'Layla' (SBC)

 

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