TV Adverts' Greatest Hits

[Steveweiser]

Didn't imagine the Sugababes having the fifth most popular advert song of all time, as I could hardly remember the advert, but at least it was a nice excuse to have a nice gawp at Heidi's abs...

1: The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (Coca Cola)
2: Room 5/Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv (Lynx)
3: Mr Oizo - Flat Beat (Levis)
4: Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (Levis)
5: Sugababes - Freak Like Me (Rimmel London)
6: Robin Beck - First Time (Coca Cola)
7: Steve Miller Band - The Joker (Levis)
8: Stiltskin - Inside (Levis)
9: U2 - Vertigo (Apple iPod & iTunes)
10: The Bluebells - Young At Heart (Volkswagen)
11: Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (Nike)
12: Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Caffreys)
13: Shaggy - Boombastic (Levis)
14: Ben E King - Stand By Me (Levis)
15: The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Miller Lite)
16: Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away (Peugeot)
17: The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Levis)
18: Perez Prado - Guaglione (Guinness)
19: Sam Cooke - Wonderful World (Levis)
20: Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (Levis)
21: Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (Adidas)
22: The Wiseguys - Ooh La La (Budweiser)
23: Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World (Guinness)
24: Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA (Rolling Rock)
25: The 411 - Dumb (Lux)
26: Freakpower - Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out (Levis)
27: M.O.P. - Cold As Ice (Colgate)
28: The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (Vodafone)
29: Etta James - I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Diet Coke)
30: Aqualung - Strange And Beautiful (Volkswagen)

[fee]

Hmm, it was a bit dubious on the part of Channel 4, but I guess there running out of things to make charts of. But how many of those were hits as a result of the advert and how many would have been massive anyway, I think is debatable.

Interesting to see The 411 in any sort of chart of successful things anyway.

[helen0888]

the intro to the 411:

"now these four lasses wrapped in bacon foil are the 411"

the interview said tisha was going to be a solo star

............yea

[flufff]

It was a bit tragic wasn't it? Saying she'd always wanted to be a solo star, so the failure of 411 didn't matter as it was just a stepping stone anyway. *stage school smile* *puffs chest out*

There was a lot of good music on there and some interesting analysis. Paul Morley was being a tosser as ever. All his comments were based on putting everyone and everything down that had linked themselves to advertising because it was a sell-out. Unlike him, who I assume doesn't get any appearance fee nor kick out of his multiple talking head gigs.

He did a laborious explanation of how Nike's attempts to be cool by associating themselves with Norman Cook/Fat Boy Slim were all wasted because Fat Boy Slim's music wasn't cool as soon as it was linked to advertising. He gave the impression that Freak Like Me by Sugababes was the baby of some marketing focus group and therefore wasn't as good as it would have been if it hadn't been in a Rimmel advert.

Clearly the quality of the music doesn't have any influence over how much he likes something.

[darkcrystal]

The Levi's ad that featured Boombastic was brilliant! It was great to see it again after 10 years!

[drbastard]

flufff said:

Paul Morley was being a tosser as ever. All his comments were based on putting everyone and everything down

I know. I find that utterly terrible when people do that. There is just no need for it is there?