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Decided that only the ad usage of "I Like It Like That" should be featured.
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* The 1967 Pete Rodriguez song "I Like It Like That" saw a new life in the 1990s:
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in 1996, Burger King used The Blackout All-Stars version in a commercial, playing off the company's longtime slogan, "Have it your way". That led to the release of a remix of this version, which ''did'' make it into the middle range of the Top 40.
* A 2000 Burger King commercial featured the Music/BackstreetBoys singing a rehashed version of their hit "I Want It That Way" (which ended with Burger King's "Have it your way" slogan)
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in 1996, Burger King used The Blackout All-Stars version in a commercial, playing off the company's longtime slogan, "Have it your way". That led to the release of a remix of this version, which ''did'' make it into the middle range of the Top 40.
* A 2000 Burger King commercial featured the Music/BackstreetBoys singing a rehashed version of their hit "I Want It That Way" (which ended with Burger King's "Have it your way" slogan)
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* The 1967 Pete Rodriguez song "I Like It Like That" saw a new life in the 1990s:
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in1990s. In 1996, Burger King used a cover version of said song (retitled as "I Like It") by the one-off Latin music supergroup The Blackout All-Stars version in a commercial, All-Stars,[[labelnote:*]]which had been used as the theme music to the 1994 film ''I Like It Like That''[[/labelnote]] playing off the company's longtime slogan, "Have it your way". That led to the release way".
* Speaking ofa remix of this version, which ''did'' make it into the middle range of the Top 40.
* A 2000Burger King King, a 2000 commercial featured the Music/BackstreetBoys singing a rehashed version of their hit "I Want It That Way" (which ended with Burger King's "Have it your way" slogan)
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in
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* Sometime in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]], Dominos Pizza ran ads for their buffalo wings which turned the chorus of "We Will Rock You" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-GAD_Qs5g "Gotta be, gotta be Domino's (Buffalo Wings)"]].
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* Sometime in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]], Dominos Domino's Pizza ran ads for their buffalo wings which turned the chorus of "We Will Rock You" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-GAD_Qs5g "Gotta be, gotta be Domino's (Buffalo Wings)"]].
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"I Like It Like That" (from 1967) saw new life in the 1990s.
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* Kahluà? Nice stuff, but "Brown Sugar" did not help in selling it, since the song was [[UnfortunateImplications about white slave owners having sex with black slave women]]. Classy.
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* Kahluà? Kahlúa? Nice stuff, but "Brown Sugar" did not help in selling it, since the song was [[UnfortunateImplications about white slave owners having sex with black slave women]]. Classy.
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* Devo re-recorded their own "Whip It" with product-specific lyrics for a Swiffer ad. Member Gerald Casale later expressed regret about having done so, but this was less because of any sense of cheapening the song and more because he found the ad itself "aesthetically offensive".
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* Devo Music/{{Devo}} re-recorded their own "Whip It" with product-specific lyrics for a Swiffer ad. Member Gerald Casale later expressed regret about having done so, but this was less because of any sense of cheapening the song and more because he found the ad itself "aesthetically offensive".
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* Music/FrankMills' EasyListening hit "Music Box Dancer" has been used in many a ice cream truck ever since it hit the ''Billboard'' charts in the late 1970's.
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* Music/FrankMills' EasyListening hit "Music Box Dancer" has been used in many a ice cream truck ever since it hit the ''Billboard'' charts in the late 1970's.1970s.
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* A 2000 Burger King commercial featured the Backstreet Boys singing a rehashed version of their hit "I Want It That Way" (which ended with Burger King's "Have it your way" slogan)
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* The 1967 Pete Rodriguez song "I Like It Like That" saw a new life in the 1990s:
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in 1996, Burger King used The Blackout All-Stars version in a commercial, playing off the company's longtime slogan, "Have it your way". That led to the release of a remix of this version, which ''did'' make it into the middle range of the Top 40.
* A 2000 Burger King commercial featured theBackstreet Boys Music/BackstreetBoys singing a rehashed version of their hit "I Want It That Way" (which ended with Burger King's "Have it your way" slogan)
** First, in 1994, the song title was used as the title of a comedy-drama film about a young Puerto Rican couple in the South Bronx. A new version of the song, titled as "I Like It", was recorded by The Blackout All-Stars, a one-off Latin music supergroup, as the film's theme song. The song was released commercially, but saw no success.
** Then, in 1996, Burger King used The Blackout All-Stars version in a commercial, playing off the company's longtime slogan, "Have it your way". That led to the release of a remix of this version, which ''did'' make it into the middle range of the Top 40.
* A 2000 Burger King commercial featured the
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* Sometime in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]], Domino's Pizza ran ads for their buffalo wings which turned the chorus of "We Will Rock You" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-GAD_Qs5g "Gotta be, gotta be Domino's (Buffalo Wings)"]].
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* Sometime in the early [[TheNineties 1990s]], Domino's Dominos Pizza ran ads for their buffalo wings which turned the chorus of "We Will Rock You" into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-GAD_Qs5g "Gotta be, gotta be Domino's (Buffalo Wings)"]].
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* James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" was used in the early 90s commercials for Senokot (a ''laxative''). One wonders why they didn't use Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Constipation Blues".
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* James Brown's Music/JamesBrown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)" was used in the early 90s commercials for Senokot (a ''laxative''). One wonders why they didn't use Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Constipation Blues".
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** Another inversion is "I'd Like To Teach The World to Sing" which appeared in the famous "hilltop" commercial for Coca-Cola. It became so popular that a second version was recorded (minus the Coke references), and released as a popular single.
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** Another inversion is "I'd Like To to Teach The the World to Sing" which appeared in the famous "hilltop" commercial for Coca-Cola. It became so popular that a second version was recorded (minus the Coke references), and released as a popular single.
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* The PBS show History Detectives has the song "Watching the Detectives", a 1977 song by Music/ElvisCostello, which is about...a woman who would rather watch TV (specifically, detective dramas) than make love.
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* The PBS show History Detectives ''History Detectives'' has the song "Watching the Detectives", a 1977 song by Music/ElvisCostello, which is about...a woman who would rather watch TV (specifically, detective dramas) than make love.
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** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute video for the recently [[AuthorExistenceFailure departed]] [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
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** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute memorial video for the recently [[AuthorExistenceFailure departed]] [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
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** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute video for the recently departed [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
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** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute video for the recently departed [[AuthorExistenceFailure departed]] [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
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Tom Waits did let AEW buy the rights to one of his songs.
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** He still ''is'' notoriously anti-commercial. He sued both these companies. And '''''WON'''''. That's why you don't mess with Tom motherfuckin Waits.
* German internet service provider T-Online has set a huge TV commercial campaign to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black". The commercials highlight the wonderful advantages of having the world at your fingertips via broadband internet. The song highlights a horrible case of severe depression.
* German internet service provider T-Online has set a huge TV commercial campaign to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It, Black". The commercials highlight the wonderful advantages of having the world at your fingertips via broadband internet. The song highlights a horrible case of severe depression.
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** He still ''is'' notoriously anti-commercial. He sued both these companies. And '''''WON'''''. That's why you don't mess with Tom motherfuckin motherfuckin' Waits.
** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute video for the recently departed [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
* German internet service provider T-Online has set a huge TV commercial campaign to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "PaintIt, It Black". The commercials highlight the wonderful advantages of having the world at your fingertips via broadband internet. The song highlights a horrible case of severe depression.
** Though he ''did'' allow Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling head Tony Khan to use his "Ol' 55" in the promotion's tribute video for the recently departed [[Wrestling/LukeHarper Mr. Brodie Lee]], with AEW buying rights to the song so that the video would never have to be re-edited. Then again, that particular use isn't exactly commercial.
* German internet service provider T-Online has set a huge TV commercial campaign to the tune of the Rolling Stones' "Paint
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* Crystal Light single-serving packets used a rather poor remake of "Shake Your Booty," which instead sung "Shake Your Bottle."
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* Crystal Light single-serving packets used a rather poor remake of "Shake Your Booty," Booty", which instead sung "Shake Your Bottle."Bottle".
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** It was also used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg this brilliant ad]] for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.''
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** It was also used in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K783SDTBKmg this brilliant ad]] for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.''''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''
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* "No Milk Today" by Herman's Hermits has been used for a widely-spread ad for the main dairy company in Norway, Tine Melk. Very funny, actually.
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* "No Milk Today" by Herman's Hermits Music/HermansHermits has been used for a widely-spread ad for the main dairy company in Norway, Tine Melk. Very funny, actually.
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** Not to be outdone, the [=McCain=]/[[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin Palin]] campaign got Hank Williams Jr. to re-do his song "Family Tradition" into "[=McCain=]/Palin Tradition".
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** Not to be outdone, the [=McCain=]/[[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin [[UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain McCain]]/[[UsefulNotes/SarahPalin Palin]] campaign got Hank Williams Jr. to re-do his song "Family Tradition" into "[=McCain=]/Palin Tradition".
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* SeaBond advertises with an upbeat version of "Bye Bye Love," sung gleefully (and painfully out of key) by three older women (and one older man, bearing more than a passing resemblance to Stanley Zbornak from ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'') as "Bye bye paste!"
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* SeaBond advertises with an upbeat version of "Bye Bye Love," Love", sung gleefully (and painfully out of key) by three older women (and one older man, bearing more than a passing resemblance to Stanley Zbornak from ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'') as "Bye bye paste!"
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* Music/FrankMills' EasyListening hit, "Music Box Dancer" has been used in many a ice cream truck ever since it hit the ''Billboard'' charts in the late 1970's.
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* Music/FrankMills' EasyListening hit, hit "Music Box Dancer" has been used in many a ice cream truck ever since it hit the ''Billboard'' charts in the late 1970's.
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* Chrysler used the (very recognizable) hook from Hum's "Stars," a song about a nervous breakdown.
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* Chrysler used the (very recognizable) hook from Hum's "Stars," "Stars", a song about a nervous breakdown.
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** The Sandals resort also wants you to come to their "Island in the Sun," as advertised through a cover version of the Weezer song of the same title that sounds almost indistinguishable from the original (besides the replacement of Rivers Cuomo with some studio singer.)
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** The Sandals resort also wants you to come to their "Island in the Sun," Sun", as advertised through a cover version of the Weezer song of the same title that sounds almost indistinguishable from the original (besides the replacement of Rivers Cuomo with some studio singer.)
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** Two other inversions are Japanese songs by Scatman John: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDubYdQxjY "Su Su Su Super Kirei"]] for a hair care product and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR43iwu3G_8 "Pripri Scat"]] for a brand of pudding.
* The PBS show History Detectives has the song "Watching The Detectives," a 1977 song by Music/ElvisCostello, which is about...a woman who would rather watch TV (specifically, detective dramas) than make love.
* The PBS show History Detectives has the song "Watching The Detectives," a 1977 song by Music/ElvisCostello, which is about...a woman who would rather watch TV (specifically, detective dramas) than make love.
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** Two other inversions are Japanese songs by Scatman John: Music/ScatmanJohn: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDubYdQxjY "Su Su Su Super Kirei"]] for a hair care product and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR43iwu3G_8 "Pripri Scat"]] for a brand of pudding.
* The PBS show History Detectives has the song "WatchingThe Detectives," the Detectives", a 1977 song by Music/ElvisCostello, which is about...a woman who would rather watch TV (specifically, detective dramas) than make love.
* The PBS show History Detectives has the song "Watching
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* The 1992 [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] Presidential campaign used Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" (although they listed the title as "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow").
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* The 1992 [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] Presidential campaign used Fleetwood Mac's Music/FleetwoodMac's "Don't Stop" (although they listed the title as "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow").
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* Circuit City used 'Just What I Needed' by The Cars for one ill-fated advertising campaign near the end of their corporate lifespan. The song is about a [[LyricalDissonance one-night stand]].
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* Circuit City used 'Just What I Needed' by The Cars Music/TheCars for one ill-fated advertising campaign near the end of their corporate lifespan. The song is about a [[LyricalDissonance one-night stand]].
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** It's now being used for a Kia car commercial. Motley Crue even appears!
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** It's now being used for a Kia car commercial. Motley Crue Mötley Crüe even appears!
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmv32RHQgDY This]] 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee commercial might work as a sort of generic tribute to the American work ethic... if you didn't know that the song they're playing in the background Music/JohnnyCash's cover of the American folk tune "God's Gonna Cut You Down." Either somebody's making a subtle jab at capitalism/corporations or the people at Jeep didn't figure that Johnny Cash is popular enough for people to recognize one of his most recent songs.
* A Mississippi tourism commercial uses a tune that sounds uncannily similar to Eisley's "I Wasn't Prepared," a breakup song.
* A Mississippi tourism commercial uses a tune that sounds uncannily similar to Eisley's "I Wasn't Prepared," a breakup song.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmv32RHQgDY This]] 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee commercial might work as a sort of generic tribute to the American work ethic... if you didn't know that the song they're playing in the background Music/JohnnyCash's cover of the American folk tune "God's Gonna Cut You Down." Down". Either somebody's making a subtle jab at capitalism/corporations or the people at Jeep didn't figure that Johnny Cash is popular enough for people to recognize one of his most recent songs.
* A Mississippi tourism commercial uses a tune that sounds uncannily similar to Eisley's "I Wasn'tPrepared," Prepared", a breakup song.
* A Mississippi tourism commercial uses a tune that sounds uncannily similar to Eisley's "I Wasn't
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* In its commercial for the 2000 Superbowl, Mountain Dew [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tg2l_yqZY rewrote the "opera" segment of the classic Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody"]], and even recreated the look of part of Queen's original video as well.
* In 2010, Rite-Aid did a commercial talking about one of their customers who used to be a disco dancer. Instead of using an actual Disco song, or even a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, they used two ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank Groovitron]]'' tracks.
* In 2010, Rite-Aid did a commercial talking about one of their customers who used to be a disco dancer. Instead of using an actual Disco song, or even a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, they used two ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank Groovitron]]'' tracks.
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* In its commercial for the 2000 Superbowl, Super Bowl, Mountain Dew [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tg2l_yqZY rewrote the "opera" segment of the classic Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody"]], and even recreated the look of part of Queen's original video as well.
* In 2010,Rite-Aid Rite Aid did a commercial talking about one of their customers who used to be a disco dancer. Instead of using an actual Disco song, or even a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, they used two ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank Groovitron]]'' tracks.
* In 2010,
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* Marks & Spencer had a disturbing Christmas commercial with a children's choir singing "Falling In Love Again" from the film ''The Blue Angel.'' Most people don't realize the full implications of the song. The original song is "what ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' was parodying with "I'm Tired" - a song sung from the perspective of a jaded seductress about how so many men destroy themselves out of desire for her. (Come to think of it, that sort of song is appropriate for a corporation...)
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* Marks & Spencer had a disturbing Christmas commercial with a children's choir singing "Falling In Love Again" from the film ''The Blue Angel.'' Angel''. Most people don't realize the full implications of the song. The original song is "what ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' was parodying with "I'm Tired" - a song sung from the perspective of a jaded seductress about how so many men destroy themselves out of desire for her. (Come to think of it, that sort of song is appropriate for a corporation...)
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* Janis Joplin's acapella song ''Mercedes Benz'' was used in a car commercial to flog... er... Mercedes Benz. The advertising company responsible did not stop to think about the appropriateness of using a song by a poster girl for Southern Comfort, who if given a Mercedes-Benz to drive would have been so habitually wasted she'd have crashed it. They also did not stop to think that Joplin-savvy listeners watching the advert might have also reflected on the (not-used) third verse, which implores the Lord to buy Janis a night on the town, with all that implies for consequent drunken driving...
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* Janis Joplin's acapella a cappella song ''Mercedes Benz'' was used in a car commercial to flog... er... Mercedes Benz.Mercedes-Benz. The advertising company responsible did not stop to think about the appropriateness of using a song by a poster girl for Southern Comfort, who if given a Mercedes-Benz to drive would have been so habitually wasted she'd have crashed it. They also did not stop to think that Joplin-savvy listeners watching the advert might have also reflected on the (not-used) third verse, which implores the Lord to buy Janis a night on the town, with all that implies for consequent drunken driving...
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* The odly-named Citroen C4 Cactus car was advertised using [[Music/JeffersonStarship Jefferson Airplane]]'s ''White Rabbit''. A song which extols the virtues of changing your state of perception by doing lots and lots of lovely LSD. Now let's drive a car in this state. Yeah, right. If you don't crash it or provoke a road accident because of all those dope-smoking caterpillars, self-animating chess pieces, red queens with axes, white rabbits, et c, popping up out of holes in the verge, here comes Mr Policeman who discovers you to be intoxicated on Substances. Your trip now becomes a very bad one to the cells of the local nick. Yeah, right.
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* The odly-named Citroen Citroën C4 Cactus car was advertised using [[Music/JeffersonStarship Jefferson Airplane]]'s ''White Rabbit''. A song which extols the virtues of changing your state of perception by doing lots and lots of lovely LSD. Now let's drive a car in this state. Yeah, right. If you don't crash it or provoke a road accident because of all those dope-smoking caterpillars, self-animating chess pieces, red queens with axes, white rabbits, et c, popping up out of holes in the verge, here comes Mr Policeman who discovers you to be intoxicated on Substances. Your trip now becomes a very bad one to the cells of the local nick. Yeah, right.
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* During the 1970s, the then called Plymouth Arrow (now called Mitsubishi Lancer A70), used the Harry Nilsson song "Me and my Arrow" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint''.
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* During the 1970s, the then called Plymouth Arrow (now called Mitsubishi Lancer A70), used the Harry Nilsson song "Me and my My Arrow" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint''.
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** It was used in a radio commercial for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tysons_Corner_Center Tyson's Corner Center]], a mall in Northern Virginia. This version listed names of the stores in the mall.
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** It was used in a radio commercial for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tysons_Corner_Center Tyson's Tysons Corner Center]], a mall in Northern Virginia. This version listed names of the stores in the mall.
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* Kleenex in Japan had one of the more controversial ones. They had an ad set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u4V3kSEYws "It's A Fine Day"]] by Jane and Barton, that was met with viewer complaints that it sounded like a German curse (by way of {{Mondegreen}} - the song is sung in English). Not helping matters was the visual content of the ad: a young woman and a child dressed like a Japanese ogre playing with a box of Kleenex in an eerily lit red room. This was all enough for the ad to play host to several {{urban legend}}s involving the untimely deaths of everyone who worked on it (which proved false).
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* Kleenex in Japan had one of the more controversial ones. They had an ad set to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u4V3kSEYws "It's A Fine Day"]] by Jane and Barton, that was met with viewer complaints that it sounded like a German curse (by way of {{Mondegreen}} - (though the song is sung in English). Not helping matters was the visual content of the ad: a young woman and a child dressed like a Japanese ogre playing with a box of Kleenex in an eerily lit red room. This was all enough for the ad to play host to several {{urban legend}}s involving the untimely deaths of everyone who worked on it (which proved false).
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Replacing link because the video it led to was taken down due to the account that uploaded it being terminated.
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** Marshmallow Alpha Bits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4HnZVRssk used a product-specific version as their jingle in 2000]], complete with letter-related puns (example: "You can wear your [=PJs=], you can dance to [=CDs=]")
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** Marshmallow Alpha Bits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4HnZVRssk com/watch?v=v_QOVbIy5ng used a product-specific version as their jingle in 2000]], complete with letter-related puns (example: "You can wear your [=PJs=], you can dance to [=CDs=]")
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Double bullets are needed if you're adding another example to the same entry. Otherwise, it'll look like a completely separate entry. I'm surprised no one's mistaken this for an unrelated zero context example yet.
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* The tune was used in the UK to advertise the insurance comparison website Confused.com, with lyrics unrelated to the original song.
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* There was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtM11Gb_7Bs an advert]] for Hellmann's Dijonnaise accompanied by a jingle sung to the tune of Gene Chandler's hit "Duke of Earl".
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* There was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtM11Gb_7Bs an advert]] for Hellmann's Dijonnaise in 1993 that was accompanied by a jingle sung to the tune of Gene Chandler's hit "Duke of Earl".
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* The Cockney Rebel song "Mr. Soft" was used with modified lyrics in commercials for Trebor Softmints and Softfruits, which featured a sentient humanoid plush doll sharing his name with the song as a mascot.
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* The Cockney Rebel song "Mr. Soft" was used with modified lyrics in commercials for Trebor Softmints and Softfruits, which featured a sentient humanoid plush doll sharing his name with the song as a mascot.mascot.
* There was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtM11Gb_7Bs an advert]] for Hellmann's Dijonnaise accompanied by a jingle sung to the tune of Gene Chandler's hit "Duke of Earl".
* There was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtM11Gb_7Bs an advert]] for Hellmann's Dijonnaise accompanied by a jingle sung to the tune of Gene Chandler's hit "Duke of Earl".
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* The UK biscuit Trio had its mascot Suzy sing about wanting Trios to the tune of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one now!
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one now!
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* The UK confectionary Trio (consisting of a candy bar that is a chocolate-covered biscuit Trio with toffee fillings) had its mascot Suzy sing about wanting Trios to the tune of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want onenow!now!\\
Not one, not two but three things in it! Chocolate, a biscuit and a toffee taste, too!
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one
Not one, not two but three things in it! Chocolate, a biscuit and a toffee taste, too!
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-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one now!now!
* The Cockney Rebel song "Mr. Soft" was used with modified lyrics in commercials for Trebor Softmints and Softfruits, which featured a sentient humanoid plush doll sharing his name with the song as a mascot.
* The Cockney Rebel song "Mr. Soft" was used with modified lyrics in commercials for Trebor Softmints and Softfruits, which featured a sentient humanoid plush doll sharing his name with the song as a mascot.
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-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want Trio and I want one now!
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-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want a Trio and I want one now!
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* Temptations Cat Treats [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leV-FnfUIrg ran an advert in the UK in 2015]] featuring "Demolición" by Peruvian band Los Saicos. The song is in Spanish and is about tearing down a train station, while the cats in the ad are tearing apart bags of Temptations.
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* Temptations Cat Treats [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leV-FnfUIrg ran an advert in the UK in 2015]] featuring "Demolición" by Peruvian band Los Saicos. The song is in Spanish and is about tearing down a train station, while the cats in the ad are tearing apart bags of Temptations.Temptations.
* The UK biscuit Trio had its mascot Suzy sing about wanting Trios to the tune of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want Trio and I want one now!
* The UK biscuit Trio had its mascot Suzy sing about wanting Trios to the tune of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)".
-->'''Suzy''': Trio, Trio, I want Trio and I want one now!
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* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]
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* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" (also known by its subtitle "Coffee for your Head") to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's main title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]
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* In another example of CompletelyMissingThePoint, Apple's latest iPhone commercials feature [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV4k_ngBQSE The Submarines' ''You, Me, and the Bourgeoise''.]] The song is about the emptiness of commercialism and how we should focus more on love and less on stuff. Of course, Apple may be fully aware and just thumbing its nose at us.
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* In another example of CompletelyMissingThePoint, completely missing the point, Apple's latest iPhone commercials feature [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV4k_ngBQSE The Submarines' ''You, Me, and the Bourgeoise''.]] The song is about the emptiness of commercialism and how we should focus more on love and less on stuff. Of course, Apple may be fully aware and just thumbing its nose at us.
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Touching up one of the examples I added to this article after learning that Freddy Cannon wasn't completely responsible for the Kennywood Park jingle version of Palisades Park.
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* In 1987, Freddy Cannon reworked his 1962 hit "Palisades Park" so it could be used to advertise Kennywood Park, the lyrics being altered to mention various rides that were active at the time.
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* In 1987, Freddy Cannon sang a reworked version of his 1962 hit "Palisades Park" so it could be that was used to advertise Kennywood Park, the lyrics being altered to mention various rides that were active at the time.
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* The Christmas song "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" was used (without the most Christmas-specific lyrics) for a back-to-school ad by Staples in the US in 1996, and for a summer food ad by the UK supermarket chain Co-Op in 2013.
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* The Christmas song "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" was used (without the most Christmas-specific lyrics) for a back-to-school ad by Staples in the US in 1996, and for a summer food ad by the UK supermarket chain Co-Op in 2013.2013, and with altered lyrics in a {{memetic|Mutation}} ad for cranberry-flavored Sprite in 2018.
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* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]
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* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]]]
* Temptations Cat Treats [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leV-FnfUIrg ran an advert in the UK in 2015]] featuring "Demolición" by Peruvian band Los Saicos. The song is in Spanish and is about tearing down a train station, while the cats in the ad are tearing apart bags of Temptations.
* Temptations Cat Treats [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leV-FnfUIrg ran an advert in the UK in 2015]] featuring "Demolición" by Peruvian band Los Saicos. The song is in Spanish and is about tearing down a train station, while the cats in the ad are tearing apart bags of Temptations.
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** "Blow The Man Down" is the inspiration for [=SpongeBob=]'s theme song. Due to the former song not being used as frequently as it used to be (possibly for this reason), [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer some people frequently confuse both songs]]. For example, one user review for [[http://reviews.ticketmaster.com/7171/1844752/the-cat-in-the-hat-chicago-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=rating&dir=asc this stage musical adaptation]] of ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'' enthuses that their favorite part of that show was "when the [=SpongeBob=] Square Pants theme song suddenly erupted during the fish's dream" - it actually wasn't that song they used, but "Blow The Man Down". Anyway, one of the few post-[=SpongeBob=] performances of "Blow the Man Down" on a children's show was ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse''. It also appeared in some stage adaptations of ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'' and ''Sinbad''.
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** Two Aqua songs have been used for this purpose: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFYoGkgfdY "Lollipop (Candyman)"]], "Barbie Girl" and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abks3-9K8W0 "Around The World"]], with the latter being used for official American sports team dinosaur toys.
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** Two Three Aqua songs have been used for this purpose: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTFYoGkgfdY "Lollipop (Candyman)"]], "Barbie Girl" and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abks3-9K8W0 "Around The World"]], with the latter being used for official American sports team dinosaur toys.
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Example Indentation and grammar. Haven't found any bicentennial man verification of the ad, so removed
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* The TV spots for ''Film/BicentennialMan'' used Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing". Or at least the "I believe in miracles" part. [[NeverTrustATrailer Did I mention the film was being marketed as a comedy?]]
** The same song was used for a shampoo commercial (either Pantene or Garnier commercial) some years ago.
** Also in a Swiffer ad, and once again, "I believe in miracles" was emphasized.
** And in the commercial for the second National Dog Show (2003).
* A 1982 [=7Up=] commercial used the last example in basically reworking Kim Carnes' version of "Bette Davis Eyes" for the soft drink (which also worked in a ''Pac-Man'' parody)
** The same song was used for a shampoo commercial (either Pantene or Garnier commercial) some years ago.
** Also in a Swiffer ad, and once again, "I believe in miracles" was emphasized.
** And in the commercial for the second National Dog Show (2003).
* A 1982 [=7Up=] commercial used the last example in basically reworking Kim Carnes' version of "Bette Davis Eyes" for the soft drink (which also worked in a ''Pac-Man'' parody)
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* The TV spots for ''Film/BicentennialMan'' used Hot Chocolate's Music/HotChocolate's "You Sexy Thing". Or at least the "I believe in miracles" part. [[NeverTrustATrailer Did I mention the film was being marketed as a comedy?]]
Thing".
**The same This song was used for a shampoo commercial (either Pantene or Garnier commercial) some years ago.
**Also This song was used in a Swiffer ad, and once again, "I believe in miracles" was emphasized.
**And This song was used in the commercial for the second National Dog Show (2003).
* A 1982 [=7Up=] commercial used the last example in basically reworkingKim Carnes' Music/KimCarnes' version of "Bette Davis Eyes" for the soft drink (which also worked in a ''Pac-Man'' parody)
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* A 1982 [=7Up=] commercial used the last example in basically reworking
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* Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Fortunate Son" being used to sell Wrangler jeans. They only used the first two lyrics (about waving the flag, being red white and blue), ignoring the rest of the song, which is about how politicians got their children out of Vietnam. Intentional in this case; Saul Zaentz (died 2014), who at the time owned most of [=CCR's=] catalogue (he sold the company that owns the music in 2004), and whose company still owns Creator/JRRTolkien's movie rights, and was engaged in a feud with CCR singer John Fogerty for some years (he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogerty_v._Fantasy once -- unsuccessfully -- sued Fogerty]] for plagiarizing ''himself'', in that his solo songs sounded too much like Creedence tunes), sold the song to Wrangler to anger Fogerty.
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* Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Fortunate Son" being used to sell Wrangler jeans. They only used the first two lyrics (about waving the flag, being red white and blue), ignoring the rest of the song, which is about how politicians got their children out of Vietnam. Intentional in this case; Saul Zaentz (died 2014), who at the time owned most of [=CCR's=] catalogue (he sold the company that owns the music in 2004), and whose company still owns Creator/JRRTolkien's movie rights, and was engaged in a feud with CCR singer John Fogerty for some years (he [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogerty_v._Fantasy once -- unsuccessfully -- sued Fogerty]] for plagiarizing ''himself'', in that his solo songs sounded too much like Creedence tunes), sold the song to Wrangler to anger Fogerty. Wrangler eventually relented and discontinued their use of the song.
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* Sir Mix-a-Lot did a jaw-dropping remake of "Baby Got Back"-- with a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' (!!) theme-- for Burger King in early 2009. The long version of the commercial is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X4TSbGreA here.]] This was used to promote kids meals with toys inspired by the show, and a lot of parents complained, although it only appeared on late night TV.
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* Sir Mix-a-Lot Music/SirMixALot did a jaw-dropping remake of "Baby "[[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks Baby Got Back"-- Back]]"-- with a ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' (!!) theme-- for Burger King in early 2009. The long version of the commercial is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5X4TSbGreA here.]] This was used to promote kids meals with toys inspired by the show, and a lot of parents complained, although it only appeared on late night TV.
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** Marshmallow Alpha Bits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4HnZVRssk used a product-specific version as their jingle in 2000]], complete with letter-related puns (example: "You can wear your [=PJs=], you can dance to [=CDs=]").
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** Marshmallow Alpha Bits [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS4HnZVRssk used a product-specific version as their jingle in 2000]], complete with letter-related puns (example: "You can wear your [=PJs=], you can dance to [=CDs=]").[=CDs=]")
* The tune was used in the UK to advertise the insurance comparison website Confused.com, with lyrics unrelated to the original song.
* The tune was used in the UK to advertise the insurance comparison website Confused.com, with lyrics unrelated to the original song.
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** And his "Thinkin' About Your Body" was reworked to advertise Cadbury's chocolate in the UK, with the lines "Thinkin' about your body / Thinkin' about your face" changed to "Thinkin' about your choc'late / Thinkin' about your taste".
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** Some of these toys play Toy-Box's "Tarzan and Jane".
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** Some of these toys play Toy-Box's "Tarzan and Jane".Jane".
* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]
* A 2020 Dunkin' commercial made use of the Powfu song "Death Bed" to advertise their services during the COVID-19 pandemic, though based on the song's title, [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it was clear it meant anything other than coffee.]]
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* Music/TomWaits, who was notoriously anti-commercial in his early years, was saddled with a combination of the second and third variety of RepurposedPopSong when a company completely rewrote the lyrics to his song [[Music/SmallChange "Step Right Up"]] (itself a parody of hucksterish commercialism) to sell their product. Waits refused to endorse the (re-written) song, the product, or consent to the use of the melody. So the company hired a convincing sound-a-like to sing the repurposed lyrics. Waits heard the jingle on the radio and spent some time calling everyone he knew in order to refute he had anything to do with it. All this to sell...Cheetos.
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* Music/TomWaits, who was notoriously anti-commercial in his early years, was saddled with a combination of the second and third variety of RepurposedPopSong Repurposed Pop Song when a company completely rewrote the lyrics to his song [[Music/SmallChange "Step Right Up"]] (itself a parody of hucksterish commercialism) to sell their product. Waits refused to endorse the (re-written) song, the product, or consent to the use of the melody. So the company hired a convincing sound-a-like to sing the repurposed lyrics. Waits heard the jingle on the radio and spent some time calling everyone he knew in order to refute he had anything to do with it. All this to sell...Cheetos.
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** In fact, the instrumental for "Centuries", from the album released after SRAR, was used in an Creator/{{ESPN}} promo ''[[EarlyBirdCameo a month before the song was officially released]]''; they proceeded to use it throughout the season to hype up the inaugural [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball College Football Playoff]], where ESPN would ultimately play the song so much that Fall Out Boy actually apologized for it becoming annoying among college football fans.
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** In fact, the instrumental for "Centuries", from the album released after SRAR, was used in an Creator/{{ESPN}} promo ''[[EarlyBirdCameo a month before the song was officially released]]''; they proceeded to use it throughout the season to hype up the inaugural [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball College Football Playoff]], where ESPN would ultimately play the song so much that Fall Out Boy actually apologized for it becoming annoying among an annoyance to college football fans.
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* The odly-named Citroen C4 Cactus car was advertised using [[JeffersonStarship Jefferson Airplane]]'s ''White Rabbit''. A song which extols the virtues of changing your state of perception by doing lots and lots of lovely LSD. Now let's drive a car in this state. Yeah, right. If you don't crash it or provoke a road accident because of all those dope-smoking caterpillars, self-animating chess pieces, red queens with axes, white rabbits, et c, popping up out of holes in the verge, here comes Mr Policeman who discovers you to be intoxicated on Substances. Your trip now becomes a very bad one to the cells of the local nick. Yeah, right.
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* The odly-named Citroen C4 Cactus car was advertised using [[JeffersonStarship [[Music/JeffersonStarship Jefferson Airplane]]'s ''White Rabbit''. A song which extols the virtues of changing your state of perception by doing lots and lots of lovely LSD. Now let's drive a car in this state. Yeah, right. If you don't crash it or provoke a road accident because of all those dope-smoking caterpillars, self-animating chess pieces, red queens with axes, white rabbits, et c, popping up out of holes in the verge, here comes Mr Policeman who discovers you to be intoxicated on Substances. Your trip now becomes a very bad one to the cells of the local nick. Yeah, right.
