Most mismatched music licensing in commercials

[Not Shinola]

I will start...

I heard the NFL using Morrissey's "Every day is like Sunday" in an ad today

 

[DrPepperHorn]

UPS Whiteboard commercials using music by The Postal Service.

 

[Napoleon]

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[1918Speedway]

There used to be a Cadillac commercial that used Led Zeppelin music. I always thought that was a little off.

 

[RomaVicta]

Cadilac using Iggy Pop w/Teddy Bears "I'm a Punk Rocker Yes I Am" (although I liked the song so much in the commercial that I looked it up and bought it on iTunes.

I think Ford used the Dandy Warhols, "Bohemian Like You:" the verse that starts "You gotta great car..." it continues in the song, "What's wrong with it today?"

The GHW Bush campaign used "Born in the USA" without really realizing what a dark side the song has.

Lastly, Bob Hope special had the Village People singing "In the Navy!" on an aircraft carrier for the sailors. Seemed sort of inappropriate to me.

The last two are not commercials. So sue me.

 

[goosehorn]

Roma knocked it out of the park there.

 

[hullabelew]

MIcrosoft tried to buy REM's "It's The End of the World As We Know It" for their campaign several years ago. REM would let them use it so they went with "Start Me Up" by the Stones.

 

[RoundhouseKick]

Carnival Cruise' use of Iggy's "Lust for Life," a song about heroin addiction.

 

[FondrenRoad]

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