Posted January 7, 201213 yr T.V. Commercials Theme Tunes 18 Dec 71 Coke No.1 New Seekers I’d Like To Teach The World To (In Perfect Harmony) 24 Jul 76 Brutus Jeans No.3 David Dundas Jeans On 26 Apr 86 Levi’s Jeans No.8 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine 1986 McEwans Lager No.95 Win You’ve Got The Power (Scottish Chart) 14 Feb 87 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Ben E. King Stand by me 14 Feb 87 Levi’s Jeans No.2 Percy Sledge When a man loves a woman 1987 Chanel No.5 No.5 Nina Simone My Baby Just Cares For Me 03 Sept 88 Miller Lite Lager No.1 The Hollies He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother 22 Oct 88 Coca-Cola Drink No.1 Robin Beck The First time 1989 McEwans Lager No.61 Love Decree Something So Real (Scottish Chart) 25 Aug 90 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Steve Miller Band The Joker 29 Sep 90 Nivea No.2 Bobby Vinton Blue Velvet 13 Oct 90 Puegeot - Car No.3 Berlin Take my breath away 19 Jan 91 Puegeot - Car No.1 Enigma Sadness-Part 1 02 Feb 91 Puegeot - Car No.4 Praise Only you 02 Mar 91 Levi’s Jeans No.1 The Clash Should I stay or should I go 24 Aug 91 Levi’s Jeans No.13 Marc Bolan and T.Rex 20th Century Boy 07 Dec 91 Ford – Car No.6 Brian May Driven by you 1992 Tennants No.1 Frankie Miller Caledonia (Scottish Chart) 10 Oct 92 Levi’s Jeans No.9 Erma Franklin (Take a little) piece of my heart 27 May 93 Volkswagen Golf ‘divorce’ No.1 Bluebells Young at heart 05 Mar 94 Standard Life Insurance No.42 Black Wonderful Life 19 Mar 94 Allied Dunbar Insurance No.30 Nat ‘King’ Cole Let’s face the music and dance 07 May 94 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Stiltskin Inside 01 May 94 Soft & Gentle bubble Bath No.34 Phyllis Nelson Move Closer 19 Nov 94 Guinness Lager No.3 Louis Armstrong We have all the time in the world 18 Mar 95 Levi’s Jeans No.3 Freakpower Turn on, Tune in, Cop out 06 May 95 Guinness Lager No.2 Perez ‘Prez’ Prado & his Orchestra Guaglione 06 May 95 Carlsberg Lager No.18 Runrig An Ubhal as Aircle (The Highest apple) 23 Sept 95 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Shaggy Boombastic 27 Jan 96 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Babylon Zoo Spaceman 10 Feb 96 Diet Coca-Cola Drink No.5 Etta James I just want to make love to you 16 Mar 96 Carlsberg Black Lager No.17 Gary Numan Cars (premier mix) 20 Apr 96 Nike Trainers No.29 Shane McGowan My Way 19 Oct 96 Tango ‘Blackcurrant’ Drink No.17 Felix – Don’t you want me? 19 Oct 96 Renault Clio - Car No.31 Soul II Soul Keep on movin’ 12 Apr 97 Levi’s Jeans No.4 Smoke City Underwater love 24 May 97 British Telecom No.13 Elvis Presley Always on my mind 02 Aug 97 Carlsberg Lager No.9 Mamas & the Papas California Dreamin’ 25 Oct 97 Ford Puma - Car No.36 Lalo Schifrin Bullitt 15 Nov 97 Heinz Beans No.33 Ladysmith Black Mambazo Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star & the Wiseman) 21 Feb 98 Levi’s Jeans No.16 The Lilys Nanny in Manhattan 07 Mar 98 Toyota Avenis - Car No.22 Iggy Pop The Passenger 04 Apr 98 Levi’s Jeans No.21 Prince Buster Whine and Grine 22 Apr 98 ‘We Love Football’ Sky T.V. No.6 Simply Red The Air that I breathe 22 Apr 98 ‘Oui’ Lacome Shampoo No.5 Sweatbox Everything’s gonna be alright 05 Dec 98 Honda Accord - Car No.20 Space The Bad Days EP: We gotta get out of this place 30 Jan 99 Carlsberg No.41 Frank Sinatra They All Laughed 20 Feb 99 Puegeot 206 - Car No.1 Lenny Kravitz Fly away 27 Feb 99 Ford Cougar - Car No.18 Steppenwolf Born to be wild 27 Mar 99 Ford Punto - Car No.9 Andy Williams Music to watch girls by 03 Apr 99 Ford Focus – Car No.10 Des’ree You gotta be 03 Apr 99 Levi’s Jeans No.1 Mr. Oizo Flat beat 03 Apr 99 Gap – Boutique No.34 Brian Setzer Orchestra Jump Jive an’ Wail 01 May 99 Adidas – Sports Shoes No.2 Fatboy Slim Right here, right now 05 Jun 99 Budweiser Lager No.2 The Wiseguys Ooh la la 21 Aug 99 Rolling Stock American Lager No.3 Bran Van 3000 Drinking in L.A. 04 Sept 99 Livesexy Kiss 100 No.2 Shaft (Mucho Mambo) Sway 20 Nov 99 EA Sports Sony Playstation No.1 Robbie Williams It’s Only Us 18 Dec 99 Vauxhall – Car No.7 Progress Pts. The Boy Wunda Everybody 06 May 00 Levi’s Jeans No.24 Death in Vegas Dirge 25 Nov 00 Sainsbury’s No.8 Toploader Dancing In the moonlight 02 Dec 00 Budweiser Lager No.13 True Party Whazzup? 17 Feb 01 Miller-Lite Lager No.5 Fun Lovin’ Criminals Loco 24 Mar 01 HEBS Anti-Smoking No.49 Stinx Why Do You Keep On Running 16 May 01 Levi’s Jeans No.20 Pepe Deluxe Before you leave 11 Aug 01 Guinness Lager No.32 Gypsymen Babarabatiri 10 Nov 01 Vodafone No.5 Dandy Warhols Bohemian like you 22 Dec 01 Playstation Game Grand Turismo 3 No.12 Feeder Just a day 04 May 02 Rimmel No.1 Sugababes Freak like me 22 June 02 Nike World Cup Football No.1 Elvis vs. JXL A little less conversation 17 Aug 02 T-Mobile No.21 Röyksopp So easy 30 Aug 02 Capital Radio No.6 Oakenfold Starry eyed surprise 28 Sep 02 VW Beetle – Car No.7 Aqualung Strange and beautiful (I’ll put a spell on you) 12 Oct 02 Lexus – Car No.68 Martin Grech Open heart zoo 14 Dec 02 iPod No.1 Eminem Lose Yourself 08 Mar 03 Vodafone No.19 The Mock Turtles Can U dig it? 2003 05 Apr 03 Lynx Pulse No.1 Room 5 ft Oliver Cheatham Make luv 12 Apr 03 Levi’s Jeans No.48 The Dysfunctional Psychedelic Waltons Payback Time 19 Apr 03 Rimmel No.43 Harry Imagination 17 May 03 Puegeot – Car No.7 Bhangra Knights vs. Husan Husan 06 Sept 03 Sky Sports No.1 Elton John Are you ready for love 04 Oct 03 Cheese & Onion Pringles No.56 Ateed Come to me 25/10/03 Coco Cola No.36 DJ Bobo Chihuahua 06/12/03 Lynx Pulse No.52 Studio B ft. Romeo & Harry Brooks I see girls (Crazy) 17/04/04 Coca Cola No.28 Sharlene Hector I wish I knew how it would feel to be free 17/07/04 Carling No.28 The 5678s Woo Hoo 18/09/04 MacDonalds No.11 Houston ft. Chingy, Nate Dogg & I-20 I Like That 02/10/04 Renault Megane No.11 Groove Armada I See You Baby (Shake Your Ass) 16/10/04 Sky Sports No.3 Rachel Stevens More More More 20/11/04 Apple’s iPod No.1 U2 Vertigo 23/04/05 Apple’s iPod No.2 Gorillaz Feel Good Inc 30/04/05 Apple’s iPod No.3 The Caesars Jerk It Out 04/06/05 Ring tone No.1 Crazy Frog Axel F 31/07/05 2012 Olympics No.31 Heather Small Proud 03/09/05 VW Gold- Car No.20 Mint Royale Singing In The Rain 10/09/05 Citröen C4 - Car No.10 Les Rhythmes Digitales Jacques Your Body (Gonna Make You Sweat) 17/12/05 Vodafone 3G Television No.28 Water Babies Under The Tree 21/01/06 Sony Bravia LCD TV No.9 Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats 25/02/06 Lenor No.6 Liz McClarnon I Get The Sweetest Feeling 22/04/06 Lacoste perfume campaign "Touch Of Pink" No.54 Natasha Thomas Skin Deep 29/04/06 Muller Light No.30 Nina Simone vs. Grooverider Ain’t Got No… I Got Life 24/06/06 Nike World Cup Football No.6 Sergio Mendez feat, The Black Eyed Peas Mas Que Nada 19/08/06 Citréon C4 No.3 David Guetta vs. The Egg Love Don’t Let Me Go (Walking Away) 22/09/07 Cadburys Dairy Milk No.14 Phil Collins In The Air Tonight 29/09/07 Apple’s iPod Nano No.8 Feist 1234 08/12/07 Marks & Spencer Christmas Advert No.21 Andy Williams with Robert Mersey & His Orchestra It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 08/12/07 Boots No.43 Ernie K-Doe Here Comes The Girls 19/01/08 Audi - Car No.169 Simone White The Beep Beep Song 16/02/08 Apple Mac Airbook No.36 Yael Naim New Soul 31/05/08 Drench Water No.23 Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer 31/05/08 Apple’s iPod No.6 The Ting Tings Shut Up And Let Me Go 24/10/08 Apple’s 4th Generation iPod Nano No.50 Chairlift Bruises 15/11/08 Barclaycard No.21 Bellamy Brothers Let Your Love Flow 21/03/08 Cadbury’s Diary Milk No.73 Freestyle Don’t Stop The Rock 28/03/09 Apple’s iPod No.22 Franz Ferdinand No You Girls 04/04/09 Mazda - Car No.2 The Noisettes Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 09/05/09 Weetabix TV Commercial for Oatibix No.59 The Knack My Sharona 20/06/09 Sony No.32 Kasabian Underdog 24/10/09 Xbox 360 No.29 The Big Pink Dominos 28/11/09 John Lewis No.38 Taken By Trees Sweet Child O’ Mine 15/05/10 John Lewis No.29 Fyfe Dangerfield She’s Always A Woman 2010 Barclaycard No.51 Boston More Than A Feeling 21/11/10 John Lewis No.2 Ellie Goulding Your Song 09/04/11 Adidas No. Justice Civilization 30/04/11 Lucozade Sport No.33 Tinie Tempah feat. Travis Barker Simply Unstoppable (YES Remix) 21/05/11 Cadbury’s Diary Milk No.29 Jermaine Stewart We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off 28/05/11 KFC No.24 Templecloud One Big Family 14/07/2011 Lucozade Lite No.1 DJ Fresh feat. Sian Evans Louder 15/07/2011 Twinings Tea No.3 Charlene Soraia Wherever You Will Go 08/10/2011 Fiat 500 - Car No.67 Jennifer Lopez Papi 22/10/2011 Forza 4 X Box No.38 Kanye West Power 26/11/2011 John Lewis No.31 Slow Moving Millie Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want 03/11/2011 First Choice No.1 Avicii Levels 31/12/2011 Apple iPod Touch No.84 Grouplove Tongue Tied 07/01/2012 J’adore Perfume No.79 Gossip Heavy Cross 14/01/2012 Weightwatcher’s No.53 Alesha Dixon Do It Our Way (Play) 14/01/2012 Love Film No.21 James Vincent McMorrow Higher Love Edited January 8, 201213 yr by Mart!n
January 7, 201213 yr Author I've collated a list over the years, there must be some more that I could have missed and it should make some interesting discussion about it.
January 7, 201213 yr More Than a Feeling by Boston was used in the Barclay's roller-coaster advert in 2010, It made number 51 (at least 49 places too low but meh :( )
January 7, 201213 yr "Don't Upset The Rhythm" didn't make #1 unfortunately, it would have been if "Poker Face" could have given it at least a week there.
January 7, 201213 yr Author Would JLo -Papi count now? I've heard it, but has not charted yet I don't think :unsure:
January 7, 201213 yr I've heard it, but has not charted yet I don't think :unsure: #67. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=50637
January 7, 201213 yr I've heard it, but has not charted yet I don't think :unsure: Wiki says it has peaked at 67 :)
January 7, 201213 yr The earliest one I remember is the 'Let's Face The Music And Dance' one from '94 :D The Noisettes only got to number 2, didn't they? I think a really early one was Marvin Gaye's 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' in 1986, recharting at number 8 after a Levi's ad. Nina Simone's 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' was used in a Chanel No. 5 ad in 1987 and recharted at number 5. Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' (number 1 in December 1986) is often said to have come from an advert, but it actually came out of a plasticine-animated video shown on the BBC. But that's not on this list so you have that correct :D EDIT: Another - Black's 'Wonderful Life' recharted at number 42 in the 05/03/1994 chart when it was used in an ad for Standard Life insurance. Edited January 7, 201213 yr by BillyH
January 7, 201213 yr You missed out the Kanye West one, I think Power was the name of the song, can't remember the advert though
January 7, 201213 yr There's been a ton of minor resurgences from adverts recently. Kanye's Power is a good call as that went top 40 again. Gossip's Heavy Cross reached #79 again off the back of an advert last week. Grouplove's Tongue Tied reached #81 from an advert the week before. The list goes on. James Vincent McMorrow's Higher Love, heading for top 20/25 this week, is on the Lovefilm ad. Edited January 7, 201213 yr by Coldbray
January 7, 201213 yr I think I can add 3 to this that charted thanks to campaigns mostly here in Scotland(charted UK singles ) The lowest placed was 1986 Win You've Got The Power which got to no 95 and sounds like this: Love Decree Something So Real for McEwans Beer(as Win was) reached no 61 in 1989 and sounds like this(also known as Chinheads): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00orjA4AQ80 Perhaps the biggest was for Tennants in 1992 Frankie Miller Caledonia which got to 45 in the UK but was No1 in the Scottish charts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1_Hh6wE3ig
January 7, 201213 yr David Dundas - Jeans On (Brutus Jeans) New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Coke)
January 7, 201213 yr There's been a ton of minor resurgences from adverts recently. Kanye's Power is a good call as that went top 40 again. Gossip's Heavy Cross reached #79 again off the back of an advert last week. Grouplove's Tongue Tied reached #81 from an advert the week before. The list goes on. James Vincent McMorrow's Higher Love, heading for top 20/25 this week, is on the Lovefilm ad. How did I forget "Power"? :o amazing song, amazing game it was advertising. "Midnight City" could be added shortly as it's on a BBC montage of 2012. Not a commercial advertisement as such, but close enough?
January 7, 201213 yr How did I forget "Power"? :o amazing song, amazing game it was advertising. "Midnight City" could be added shortly as it's on a BBC montage of 2012. Not a commercial advertisement as such, but close enough? If you count that then what about Various Artists - Perfect Day, a number one hit?
January 8, 201213 yr 31/05/08 Drench Water No.37 Snap! Rhythm Is A Dancer This actually got to number 23 in 2008
January 8, 201213 yr Frank Sinatra - They All Laughed (Carlsberg) - #41 (1999) Stinx - Why Do You Keep On Running (HEBS anti-smoking) - #49 (2001) Edited January 8, 201213 yr by Alcohol_Prone
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