This Nike / Footlocker ad features music from German musician Peter Fox (real name Pierre Baigorry). It’s an instrumental version of his 2008 single Alles Neu, which was also featured on the album Stadtaffe. Neither were released here in the UK. You can hear the vocal version on Peter’s MySpace page – although it has a very different feel to the instrumental (“Euro-rap” perhaps? Anyone else remember DJ Sven and MC Miker G?). If you want the (much preferable) instrumental, you’ll need to track down the 4-track imported CD single. There are several copies on Amazon, but be prepared to pay a hefty price…
John Cleese narrates this advert for the NSPCC.
The song is performed by Elizabeth Mitchell who is a children’s song specialist. She has several Children’s music albums out and is partnered on her recordings by Daniel Littleton. They are also members of Ida an American indie band that formed in Brooklyn in 1992.
Focus are a Dutch group who had a their 2nd biggest hit with “Hocus Pocus” that reached No.20 in 1971. The title has magical connections with wizards and mystical beings that were popular in the 1970′s.
