getTRIO.com: Songs in Commercials

You've heard a tune in a TV commercial and it's driving you crazy -- what is that song? There are several sites that will help you track it down: Music from TV Commercials, What's That Called, and Ad Tunes are three that will do the trick.

But we're fans of Hand Coding, which has what has to be one of the longest-running threads on the web. It started with a post about music in commercials on April 29, 2002 (five years in web time is, of course, an eternity) and has continued with comments as recent as this morning. The community that has sprouted will answer queries such as "Help! Does anyone know what the song in the Crest White Strips commercial is?" Someone usually does.

related tags:
music, tv.

As someone whose job it is to GET songs into commercials, i am happy to see you promoting these sites. Its frustrating for us in the music industry, as we have recognized that consumers want this information, yet the ad agencies rarely 'chyron'.

posted by Lori Lambert on Jul 2, 2007 at 11:07 AM

~hooray-seems we are always searching for a song we heard on a commercial, usually the auto ads, only one I have wondered about lately is in the Geico ad with the caveman in the airport-I will have to search the sites mentioned -wish me luck!~

posted by penny jones on Jul 2, 2007 at 12:07 PM

The song from the Geico commercial is "Remind Me" by Royskopp

posted by Astrid on Aug 6, 2007 at 9:08 PM

I have been trying to track down a tune for years. Most recently I have heard it in the Crest White Strips commercial, but earlier in the year Amtrak used it, and three years ago CBS used it for their closing video on Tour de France.

posted by hannah gerber on Aug 19, 2007 at 9:08 PM

YAY!!!!Now I know that the HSBCDirect commercial song I have been seeking is "Gatekeeper" by Feist. Thanks for the links, Trio!

posted by Jill on Sep 24, 2007 at 6:09 PM

Can anyone help me with "pip pip" song from car comercial, may have been VW, or Volvo, maybe even Yugo, 2 20something guy's , cruising nice and mellow, maybe a beach in the background, the song is mellow as well...?

posted by Ericka on Nov 27, 2007 at 12:11 AM