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Discover America – Land of Dreams

This global Discover America ad invites viewers to visit the USA and “come and find your land of dreams”. The track was specially written by Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal, and performed by Cash with a line-up of musicians including Los Lobos and Bebel Gilberto. It’s Continue reading

Nikon – Coolpix S3300

Another Nikon ad, another airing for Welcome Home by Radical Face – one of the most popular tracks we’ve ever featured on TV Ad Music. Radical Face is musician Ben Cooper, and Welcome Home (listed on some releases as Welcome Home, Son) is from the 2007 album Continue reading

Yoomoo Frozen Yoghurt – Ice Skating

This ad for Yoomoo frozen yoghurt features a specially recorded “reworking of a forgotten classic”, namely How Do You Do by Dutch duo Mouth & Macneal, reworked here as How Do You Moo, basically by rather ingeniously replacing the word “Do” with the word “Moo”. How Do You Continue reading

Strongbow – Push It

UK funk/soul combo The Heavy, from Bath, soundtrack this ad for Strongbow cider (as opposed to “cidre”). How You Like Me Now?, from the 2009 album The House That Dirt Built, has appeared variously on TV and in movies. The track is built around a sample from Dyke & the Continue reading