Heard It On TV
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- The Basics
In the old days, long before the small screen went HD with surround sound, commercials served up cheesy jingles, and TV shows relied on recycled musical scores to heighten the drama — but now, in this era of fully convergent wonderfully mashable media, both of those arenas plunder the archives of current/vintage rock/pop to make sure that every crucial TV moment has you hooked. These Heard It on TV Basics focus on tunes that enjoy a second life thanks to the mix ’n’ match skills of the music supervisors who forge an unforgettable living-room alliance between sound and vision.
“Blow” - promo for Burn Notice
“Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” - featured in Treme
“Teeth” - promo for Discovery Shark Week
“Bad Things” - theme for True Blood
“Goin’ Home” - commercial for Budweiser
“Devil Knows You’re Dead” - featured in Friday Night Lights
“Miss You” - commercial for Grey Goose
“Secret” - theme for Pretty Little Liars
“Hold Your Head Up” – featured in Men of a Certain Age
“Dream Out Loud” - featured in Love Bites
“Trouble” - commercial for Traveler’s Insurance
“You’re My Best Friend” - promo for Wilfred
“Pictures of Matchstick Men” - commercial for Target
“Woman” - promo for Covert Affairs
“Pumped For Kicks” - featured in Suits
“Big Love” - commercial for Blue Moon
“I’m So Happy Now” - featured in Franklin & Bash
“Lo Boob Oscillator” - commercial for Vitamin Water
“When They Fight, They Fight” - featured in Nurse Jackie
We Turn It Up” - commercial for Honda
“Hold On, Hold On” - featured in The Killing
“Swim” - featured in Royal Pains
“Whatever Lola Wants” - commercial for Pepsi
“Barbra Streisand” – featured in Glee
“Weekend” - commercial for Tommy Hilfiger
Our collection of standout small screen tunes grows, in Next Steps.$27.66 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Blow Ke$ha 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Wrap Your Troubles In A Dream Louis Armstrong 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Teeth Lady GaGa 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Bad Things Jace Everett 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Goin' Home Dan Auerbach 4:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Miss You The Rolling Stones 4:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Secret The Pierces 3:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Hold Your Head Up Argent 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Dream Out Loud Last Channel 2:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 You're My Best Friend Queen 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Pictures of Matchstick Men Status Quo 3:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Woman Wolfmother 2:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Big Love The Stereotypes 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 I'm So Happy Now Willie Wright 4:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Lo Boob Oscillator Stereolab 6:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 When They Fight, They Fight Generationals 3:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 We Turn It Up Oh Land 2:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Hold On, Hold On Neko Case 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Swim Surfer Blood 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Barbra Streisand Duck Sauce 5:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Weekend Smith Westerns 3:22 $0.69 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Next Steps
Jim Morrison famously railed against his Doors bandmates for selling out to advertisers, but in the 21st-century, TV commercials are an indispensable way to showcase new material — what’s more, they can also provide the means to discover overlooked or forgotten vintage cuts, resurrecting songs that deserve a better fate than consignment to the archives. Our Heard It on TV Next Steps has been sourced not only from the sales messages that punctuate the action, but also from the shows themselves, whether that means a cast-iron classic theme or the soundtrack to an unforgettable scene.
“The Wash” - commercial for Axe
“Chelsea Dagger” - promo for White Collar
“God Only Knows” - featured in Big Love
“Here Comes the Sun Again” - commercial for Subaru
“Who Are You” - theme for CSI
“My Body Is a Cage” - featured in House
“Dimension” - commercial for Nintendo
“The No No Song” - featured in Hawaii 5-0
“Teardrop” - theme for House
“Burn It Off” - featured in Castle
“You Can’t Really Get What You Want” - featured in Californication
“The Only Living Boy In New York” - commercial for Honda
“Busy Child” - theme for Bones
“Whachadoin’” featured in Criminal Minds
“When I’m With You” - commercial for Payless
“Seven Hours” - featured in Army Wives
“Baba O’ Riley” - theme for CSI: NY
“Broken Strings” - featured in Vampire Diaries
“Forever Young” - featured in Greek
“23” - commercial for Victoria’s Secret
“Dream My Darling” - featured in Justified
“Love and War” - - featured in 90210
“Won’t Get Fooled Again”- theme for CSI:Miami
“Beggin’” - commercial for Adidas
“Wind of Change” - featured in Chuck
Video killed the radio star . . . but TV can resurrect rock and pop stars, as you’ll discover in Deep Cuts.$27.66 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 The Wash Brenda and The Tabulations 2:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 God Only Knows Natalie Maines 3:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Here Comes the Sun Again M. Ward 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Who Are You (US Edit Version) The Who 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 My Body Is a Cage Peter Gabriel 6:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Dimension Wolfmother 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 The No No Song The Sounds 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Teardrop Massive Attack 5:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Burn It Off Blues Explosion 2:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 7:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 The Only Living Boy In New York (El Unico Chico Vivo De Nueva York) Simon & Garfunkel 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Busy Child The Crystal Method 7:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner) N.A.S.A. 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 When I'm With You Best Coast 2:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Seven Hours (Bonus Track) [feat. Aqualung] Lucy Schwartz 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Baba O'Riley The Who 4:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Broken Strings James Morrison & Nelly Furtado 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Forever Young Youth Group 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 23 Blonde Redhead 5:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Love and War Andy Clockwise 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 8:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Beggin' Madcon 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Wind of Change Scorpions 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 24 Songs - Deep Cuts
It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it: that’s why the most effective songs used in commercials and TV shows often rely on the element of surprise —something light and groovy from the ’70s, for example, can pack an ironic punch when overlaid on serious, hard-hitting action; and something weighty and full of heavy intent can make a slapstick comedy moment seem doubly funny. The following Heard It on TV Deep Cuts not only represent some of the greatest-ever moments in small-screen soundtracks — they’ve also earned classic status in their own right, without the visuals.
“Touch” - commercial for Nivea
“Danger! High Voltage” – promo for White Collar
“Hello” - commercial for Trident
“Take Your Memory With You” - featured in Bones
“I Love the Rain” - commercial for Chevy
“Good Times” - commercial for Hershey
“Start A War” - featured in Parenthood
“Big Jet Plane” - commercial for Maybelline
“Never Stop” - commercial for iPad
“Lose Yourself” - commercial for Chrysler
“Sing Sing Sing” - commercial for GE
“If You Want Me to Stay” - featured in Medium
“Black Betty” - commercial for Volkswagen
“Go Do” commercial for Ford
“Own It” - promo for OWN Network
“Mercedes Benz” - commercial for Mercedes Benz
“Just A Little Lovin’” - commercial for Sealy Posturepedic
“Joy” - featured in Detroit 187
“Gilt Complex” - commercial for Timberland
“Chugjug” - commercial for Advil
“Yeah Yeah” - commercial for AT&T
“Entrance Song” - commercial for William Rast
“For the Love of Money” - featured in CSI
“Animus Vox” - commercial for Go Pro
“North to Alaska” - featured in Big Love$25.08 Deep CutsParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Touch Natasha Bedingfield 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Danger! High Voltage Electric Six 3:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Hello Martin Solveig & Dragonette 4:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Take Your Memory With You Vince Gill 2:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 I Love the Rain The Real Tuesday Weld 4:13 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Good Times Chic 8:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Start a War The National 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Big Jet Plane Angus & Julia Stone 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Never Stop (Chilly Gonzales Rap) Gonzales 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitLose Yourself Eminem 5:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman 8:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 If You Want Me to Stay (Single Version) Sly & the Family Stone 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Black Betty Spiderbait 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Go Do Jónsi 4:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Own It (Bonus Track) The Black Eyed Peas 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Mercedes Benz Janis Joplin 1:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Just a Little Lovin' (GB Remix) Atlantiquity & Carmen McRae 3:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Joy Bettye LaVette 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Gilt Complex Sons and Daughters 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Entrance Song The Black Angels 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 For the Love of Money The O'Jays 7:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Animus Vox The Glitch Mob 6:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 North to Alaska Johnny Horton 2:49 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
Crime shows, car commercials, medical dramas, sitcoms, gadget ads, supernatural series . . . the very best moments on TV — those scenes that really stick in the memory — wouldn’t carry half the impact without a great piece of music. Take away tunes, and you’ve undercut the effect: a great song can often separate the merely interesting from the utterly unmissable, and even a well-timed chorus can hang around in your subconscious for weeks, even months, often taking on a strange life of its own thanks to its small-screen origins. This set of Heard It on TV Essentials takes its cues from the nightly sagas, dramas, and commercials delivered to your living room, and restores each track to its full length and standalone magnificence. So switch off, tune in, and let the TV sounds take center stage.
“Blow” - promo for Burn Notice
“Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams” - featured in Treme
“Teeth” - promo for Discovery Shark Week
“Bad Things” - theme for True Blood
“Goin’ Home” - commercial for Budweiser
“Devil Knows You’re Dead” - featured in Friday Night Lights
“Miss You” - commercial for Grey Goose
“Secret” - theme for Pretty Little Liars
“Hold Your Head Up” – featured in Men of a Certain Age
“Dream Out Loud” - featured in Love Bites
“Trouble” - commercial for Traveler’s Insurance
“You’re My Best Friend” - promo for Wilfred
“Pictures of Matchstick Men” - commercial for Target
“Woman” - promo for Covert Affairs
“Pumped For Kicks” - featured in Suits
“Big Love” - commercial for Blue Moon
“I’m So Happy Now” - featured in Franklin & Bash
“Lo Boob Oscillator” - commercial for Vitamin Water
“When They Fight, They Fight” - featured in Nurse Jackie
“We Turn It Up” - commercial for Honda
“Hold On, Hold On” - featured in The Killing
“Swim” - featured in Royal Pains
“Whatever Lola Wants” - commercial for Pepsi
“Barbra Streisand” – featured in Glee
“Weekend” - commercial for Tommy Hilfiger
“The Wash” - commercial for Axe
“Chelsea Dagger” - promo for White Collar
“God Only Knows” - featured in Big Love
“Here Comes the Sun Again” - commercial for Subaru
“Who Are You” - theme for CSI
“My Body Is a Cage” - featured in House
“Dimension” - commercial for Nintendo
“The No No Song” - featured in Hawaii 5-0
“Teardrop” - theme for House
“Burn It Off” - featured in Castle
“You Can’t Really Get What You Want” - featured in Californication
“The Only Living Boy In New York” - commercial for Honda
“Busy Child” - theme for Bones
“Whachadoin’” featured in Criminal Minds
“When I’m With You” - commercial for Payless
“Seven Hours” - featured in Army Wives
“Baba O’ Riley” - theme for CSI: NY
“Broken Strings” - featured in Vampire Diaries
“Forever Young” - featured in Greek
“23” - commercial for Victoria’s Secret
“Dream My Darling” - featured in Justified
“Love and War” - - featured in 90210
“Won’t Get Fooled Again”- theme for CSI:Miami
“Beggin’” - commercial for Adidas
“Wind of Change” - featured in Chuck
“Touch” - commercial for Nivea
“Danger! High Voltage” – promo for White Collar
“Hello” - commercial for Trident
“Take Your Memory With You” - featured in Bones
“I Love the Rain” - commercial for Chevy
“Good Times” - commercial for Hershey
“Start A War” - featured in Parenthood
“Big Jet Plane” - commercial for Maybelline
“Never Stop” - commercial for iPad
“Lose Yourself” - commercial for Chrysler
“Sing Sing Sing” - commercial for GE
“If You Want Me to Stay” - featured in Medium
“Black Betty” - commercial for Volkswagen
“Go Do” commercial for Ford
“Own It” - promo for OWN Network
“Mercedes Benz” - commercial for Mercedes Benz
“Just A Little Lovin’” - commercial for Sealy Posturepedic
“Joy” - featured in Detroit 187
“Gilt Complex” - commercial for Timberland
“Chugjug” - commercial for Advil
“Yeah Yeah” - commercial for AT&T
“Entrance Song” - commercial for William Rast
“For the Love of Money” - featured in CSI
“Animus Vox” - commercial for Go Pro
“North to Alaska” - featured in Big Love$80.40 Complete SetParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Blow Ke$ha 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Wrap Your Troubles In A Dream Louis Armstrong 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Teeth Lady GaGa 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Bad Things Jace Everett 2:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Goin' Home Dan Auerbach 4:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Miss You The Rolling Stones 4:48 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Secret The Pierces 3:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Hold Your Head Up Argent 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Dream Out Loud Last Channel 2:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Trouble Ray LaMontagne 4:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 You're My Best Friend Queen 2:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Pictures of Matchstick Men Status Quo 3:17 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Woman Wolfmother 2:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Big Love The Stereotypes 3:07 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 I'm So Happy Now Willie Wright 4:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Lo Boob Oscillator Stereolab 6:36 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 When They Fight, They Fight Generationals 3:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 We Turn It Up Oh Land 2:30 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Hold On, Hold On Neko Case 2:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Swim Surfer Blood 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Barbra Streisand Duck Sauce 5:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Weekend Smith Westerns 3:22 $0.69 View In iTunes 25 The Wash Brenda and The Tabulations 2:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 26 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis 3:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 God Only Knows Natalie Maines 3:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Here Comes the Sun Again M. Ward 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Who Are You (US Edit Version) The Who 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 My Body Is a Cage Peter Gabriel 6:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 Dimension Wolfmother 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 The No No Song The Sounds 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 33 Teardrop Massive Attack 5:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 Burn It Off Blues Explosion 2:54 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones 7:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 The Only Living Boy In New York (El Unico Chico Vivo De Nueva York) Simon & Garfunkel 3:57 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Busy Child The Crystal Method 7:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner) N.A.S.A. 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 When I'm With You Best Coast 2:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 40 Seven Hours (Bonus Track) [feat. Aqualung] Lucy Schwartz 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 Baba O'Riley The Who 4:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 Broken Strings James Morrison & Nelly Furtado 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 43 Forever Young Youth Group 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 44 23 Blonde Redhead 5:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 45 Love and War Andy Clockwise 3:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 46 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who 8:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 Beggin' Madcon 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 Wind of Change Scorpions 5:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 49 Touch Natasha Bedingfield 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 Danger! High Voltage Electric Six 3:34 $0.99 View In iTunes 51 Hello Martin Solveig & Dragonette 4:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Take Your Memory With You Vince Gill 2:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 53 I Love the Rain The Real Tuesday Weld 4:13 $0.99 View In iTunes 54 Good Times Chic 8:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 Start a War The National 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 56 Big Jet Plane Angus & Julia Stone 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 57 Never Stop (Chilly Gonzales Rap) Gonzales 3:48 $0.99 View In iTunes 58 ExplicitLose Yourself Eminem 5:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman 8:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 60 If You Want Me to Stay (Single Version) Sly & the Family Stone 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 61 Black Betty Spiderbait 3:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 62 Go Do Jónsi 4:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 63 Own It (Bonus Track) The Black Eyed Peas 3:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 64 Mercedes Benz Janis Joplin 1:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 65 Just a Little Lovin' (GB Remix) Atlantiquity & Carmen McRae 3:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 66 Joy Bettye LaVette 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 Gilt Complex Sons and Daughters 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 68 Entrance Song The Black Angels 3:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 69 For the Love of Money The O'Jays 7:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 Animus Vox The Glitch Mob 6:44 $0.99 View In iTunes 71 North to Alaska Johnny Horton 2:49 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 71 Songs
Customer Reviews
3 great 1s forgotten
royksopp- remind me (geico caveman airport commercial)
shiny toy guns- major tom cover (lincoln mkz car commercial)
postal service - such great heights (ups whiteboard commercials)
Excellent impulse bying
Well,for those of you who have always wanted to know what that song was in such-and-such's commercial,here you go.
I have to admit,I've bought a few.And I actually think I'm broadening my musical horizons in the process.
Thanks iTunes,this was an bright idea! Keep it up!
not bad..
Great idea. i was hoping for a few of the apple commercials' tracks in here though, seeing as they tend to feature classy jams.
