Lights, the unsigned act that Old Navy is using in their commercial campaign is using more of her music. The following songs are being used: White and February Air. You can get the EP on iTunes.

This may be my favorite commercial - love the music and the commercial works well with it. Almost makes me want to buy a Jetta…almost. It’s a great song from the Kings Of Leon - Molly Chambers (iTunes). Kings of Leon also has a song in a Ford commercial.

Molly Chambers Lyrics (iTunes)
Free- that’s all that she could bleed
That’s why she’ll never stay
White- bare naked in the night
And lookin’ for some play
Just another girl that wants to rule the world
At any time or place
And when she gets into your head
You know she’s there to stay

You want it
She’s got it
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
She’s got your
Your pistol
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind

Slow- She’s burnin’ in your soul
With whispers in your ear
It’s okay I’ll give it anyway
Just get me outta here
You’ll plead- you’ll get down on your knees
For just another taste
And when you think she’s let you in
That’s when she fades away

You want it
She’s got it
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
She’s got your
Your pistol
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind

You want it
Well she’s got it
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
She’s got your
Your pistol
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
You want it
She’s got it
Molly’s Chamber’s gonna change your mind
She’s got your
Your pistol

Another commercial from Chevrolet Malibu - it’s Oren Lavie’s “Her Morning Elegance” (iTunes).

“Her Morning Elegance” Lyrics (iTunes)
Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case

Soon she’s down the stairs
Her morning elegance she wears
The sound of water makes her dream
Awoken by a cloud of steam
She pours a daydream in a cup
A spoon of sugar sweetens up

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her like on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes…
Nobody knows

Sun been down for days
A winter melody she plays
The thunder makes her contemplate
She hears a noise behind the gate
Perhaps a letter with a dove

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her like on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes…
Nobody knows

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her like on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
Where people are pleasently strange
And counting the change
And She goes…
Nobody knows

The TIAA-CREF commercial music is using Bob Mould’s “See a Little Light” (iTunes).

“See a Little Light” (iTunes) lyrics

Listen, there’s music in the air
I heard your voice, coming from somewhere
But look how much we’ve grown
I guess I should have known
As the years go by, they take their toll on you
Think of all the things we wanted to do
And all the words we said yesterday
That’s a long time ago
You didn’t think I’d really go, now
Are you waiting? (I know why)
You’re already saying goodbye
Are you ready? (I know why)
I see a little light, I know you will
I can see it in your eyes, I know you still care
But if you want me to go
You should just say so

The new Chevy Malibu commercial is using the Silverspun Pickups song “Lazy Eye” (iTunes) in it’s commercial.

“Lazy Eye” (iTunes) Lyrics
I’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this moment all my life
but it’s not quite right

and this ‘real’
it’s impossible if possible
at who’s blind word
so clear but so unheard

i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this silence all night long
it’s just a matter of time

to appear sad
with the same ‘ol decent lazy eye
fixed to rest on you
aim free and so untrue

everyone’s so intimately rearranged
everyone can focus clearly with such shine

everyone’s so intimately rearranged
everyone can focus clearly with that shine

lost and loaded
still the same ‘ol decent lazy eye
straight through your gaze
that’s why i said i relate
i said we relate
it’s so fun to relate

it’s the room the sun and the sky
it’s the room the sun and the sky

i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting for this moment

The most recent Target Commercial promoting the Milla Jovovich Carmen Hawk clothing line is using Brian Jonestown Massacre’s “Got My Eye On You” (iTunes) in the background. Very hard to hear.

Troy sent me an email about these great commercials so I decided to post a video of the commercial here. No iTunes link - not sure if this is an actor or a real band - but the commercials are great.

Sleep Number Bed is using a song from some band called SHeDAISY (Yep - that’s how they spell it). The song is called “23 Days” (iTunes).

“23 Days” Lyrics (iTunes)
My name looks unfamiliar
On this barking marquee sign
and the love that I’ve been gettin’
I can’t really call it mine
This blacktop ribbon winds me
Down an unforgiving road
When I think about my baby
On the other side of home
I say oh, oh, oh, I gotta go
I say oh, oh, oh

(chorus)
Hey, hey, hey, on my way
23 days gone by
Why can’t eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey
Love don’t break
23 nights of blue
Carry me back to you -yeah

Another song get scribbled
On this napkin in my lap
As we burn another circle
On this God-forsaken map
The droning of the engines
And the moaning of the wheels
It’s a fortuneteller’s melody
It’s how you make me feel
I say oh, oh, oh, I gotta go
I say oh, oh, oh

(chorus)
Hey, hey, hey I’m on my way
23 days gone by
Why can’t eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey
Love don’t break
23 nights of blue
Carry me back to you- yeah

Yeah, Albuquerque’s never felt colder
One mile higher
All the way to Boulder
Oklahoma City always looks pretty
‘Cause it’s halfway home
Yeah, windshield wipers, broken white lines
Lord don’t let me lose my mind
23 days to Tennessee time
And I’m back to you
Oh, oh yeah, yeah, yeah

(chorus)
Hey, hey, hey, on my way
23 days gone by
Why can’t eagles fly
Hey, hey, hey
Love don’t break
23 nights of blue
Carry me back to you- yeah

Whoa, whoa - whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa - whoa, whoa - yeah

You know department stores are all using original music when Kohl’s whips one out. They’re currently running a commercial using Ben Lee’s “We’re All in This Together” (iTunes).

“We’re All In This Together” Lyrics (iTunes)
I woke up this morning
I suddenly realised
We’re all in this together
I started smiling
‘Cause you were smiling
And we’re all in this together
I’m made of atoms
You’re made of atoms
And we’re all in this together.
And long division just doesn’t matter
‘Cause we’re all in this together…yeah

I saw you walking
In the city
We’re all in this together
The city’s changing
cause we are changing
and we’re all in this together
every 12 seconds
someone remembers
that we’re all in this together
In the kitchen of your rent control apartment
we’re all in this together

come on baby i don’t mean to rush you
I only wanted to reach out and touch you
I’ve got to start to open my heart

I know you think about jumping ship before it sinks
but we are all in this together
ask a scientist
it’s quantum physics
we are all in this together
and on the subway we feel like strangers
but we’re all in this together
yeah i love you and you love her and she loves him
But we’re all in this together

You know baby there’s never been protection
and all the history of human connection
come on darling its alright to show me
you dont ever need to be lonely
once you start to open your heart

I saw you crying
I started crying
cause we’re all in this together
and then religion is a big decision
but we’re all in this together

we are all in this together (x12)

Ford Focus is using Chris Brown’s “Picture Perfect” (iTunes) in their new commercial.

“Picture Perfect” Lyrics (iTunes)
You might’ve seen her on every cover
Of every magazine but can’t nobody get her but me

Uh oh there she go [x3]
Can’t nobody get her but me

Hot damn let me tell ya man
She look so good imma say it again
So good that I can’t explain
When she do what she do she gon do her thang
Over here Miss Lane
Come on get fly with a Superman
You ain’t gotta worry I won’t play no games
Baby Tonight

[Hook:]
So don’t front you know you wanna stay
It’s all good so baby come and play

[Chorus:]
It’s Picture Perfect the way you work it girl
What’s your purpose? Cause I deserve it girl
Before we get into it something crazy
All ya fellas back up off my lady
Get you one cause I got that one [x4]
It’s the way she wear her clothes
The beauty of a low
The definition of a star
Wanna meet her?

You might’ve seen her on every cover
Of every magazine but can’t nobody get her but me

Uh oh there she go [x3]
Can’t nobody get her but me

Damn girl set my flame ablaze
Top model chick from my favorite page
At the same time form around the way
When she break it down she gon do her thang
After da beat drop you can hear da bass from da parking lot
You ain’t gotta worry u won’t tell me stop
Baby tonight

So don’t front you know you wanna stay
[ Picture Perfect lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
It’s all fun so baby come and play

[Chorus:]
It’s Picture Perfect the way you work it girl
What’s your purpose? Cause I deserve it girl
Before we get into it something crazy
All y’all fellas back up off my lady

Get you one cause I got that one [x4]

It’s the way she wear her clothes
The beauty of a low
The definition of a star
Wanna meet her?

You might’ve seen her on every cover
Of every magazine but can’t nobody get her but me

Uh oh there she go, uh oh there she go, uh oh there she go, uh oh there she go
Can’t nobody get her but me

[Will.I.Am:]
Hot damn I got da hottest chick
She gotta be a goddess her body’s sick
3-D booty like holy shit
She holding dem Angela Jolie lips
Wit da tig ol’ bits
Willy get whipped when she wiggle it
She jiggle it my stick gets stiff
Make a brother think she a hypnotist
Cuz she hypnotize
Brothers gon trip when she arrives
Looking like she fell out da sky
Heaven’s missing an angel guys gon cry
Cuz she chilling wit me
I am Willy in love wit Double D cups
And she’s dat honey
Just need one I don’t need many
She loves me never money or pennies
Look if you want brotha u ain’t getting any
That’s mine yep yep that’s right sonny
Get you one cause that’s my honey

Get you one cause I got that one [x4]

It’s the way she wear her clothes
The beauty of a low
The definition of a star

The latest Virginia Tourism commercial is using Dave Matthew’s “Stay or Leave” (iTunes).

“Stay or Leave” Lyrics (iTunes)
Maybe different, but remember
Winters warm there you and I,
Kissing whiskey by the fire
With the snow outside
And when the summer comes
The river swims at midnight
Shiver cold
Touch the bottom, you and I,
with muddy toes

Stay or leave
I want you not to go
But you should
It was good, as good goes
Stay or leave
I want you not to go
But you did

Wake up naked drinking coffee,
Making plans to change the world
While the world is changing us…
It was good good love.
You used to laugh under the covers
Maybe not so often now
But the way I used to laugh with you
Was loud and hard

Stay or leave
I want you not to go
But you should
It was good as good goes
Stay or leave
I want you not to go
But you did

So what to do
With the rest of today’s afternoons, hey
Isn’t it strange how we change
Everything we did
Did I do all that I could

That I should’a done

Remember we used to dance
And everyone wanted to be
You and me
I want to be too
What day is this
Besides the day you left me?
What day is this
Besides the day you went?

So what to do
With the rest of the day’s afternoons, hey
Well isn’t it strange how we change
Everything we did
Did I do all that I could?

Remember we used to dance
And everyone wanted to be you and me
I want to be too
What day is this?
Besides the day you left me
What day is this?

Yes, the very concept of KMart and style in the same sentence defies logic, but that is their latest campaign. And they are using good music - Nikka Costa “Everybody’s got their something” (iTunes) - great song from a great album.

“Everybody’s got their something” lyrics (iTunes)
My face to the sky
Dreaming about just how high
I could go and Ill know
When I finally get there

Taking of my glasses
Sun pokes through my lashes
And somehow I know
Theres a time for every star to shine

Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Make you smile like an itty bitty child

People keeping score
Say better hurry up and get yours
Cause somebody else get your spot
Before you even dropped

Seek and you shall find
Everything in my own sweet time
Ill take my chances
With what I believe is only mine

Busy holding on
So the roof dont fly
Keep you from moving on
So get it right
Turn the tide over
Like a love song
Like a butterfly
Believe if you hand it over
Youll come out all right

Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Make you smile like an itty bitty child

Illuminate the silly things
Shed some light on all thats wrong
Everybody need it sometime
Sometimes the only thing you got
Is what makes you feel like
Youre something else altogether
You have everything dont need
Another reason to be something
Ive been on a ride
And caught up in the landslide
But Im gonna spread my wings and fly…

Everybody got their something
Everybody got their something
Make you smile like an itty bitty child

Theres a time for every star
Theres a time for every star…

Tonight’s episode of How I Met Your Mother closed with a great song from Big Star called “Thirteen” (iTunes). Was really hard to hear the lyrics - tried a few times and finally figured it out.

By the way, I thought Britney Spears was really good (playing herself). Also wondering if this is the titular “Your Mother”. She was at a St. Patty’s day party and left early. It seems pretty obvious - maybe too obvious.

“Thirteen” lyrics (iTunes)
Won’t you let me walk you home from school
Won’t you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe Friday I can
get tickets for the dance
and I’ll take you
Won’t you tell your dad, “Get off my back”
Tell him what we said ’bout ‘Paint It Black’
Rock ‘n Roll is here to stay
Come inside where it’s okay
And I’ll shake you.
Won’t you tell me what you’re thinking of
Would you be an outlaw for my love
If it’s so, well, let me know
If it’s “no”, well, I can go
I won’t make you

At first I thought Nike was using a TV on Radio song for their current campaign, but it’s not, it’s an artist named Saul Williams. Interesting choice of song, since it’s about reparations. The song is called “List of Demands (Reparations)” (iTunes)

“List of Demands (Reparations)” (iTunes) lyrics
I want my money back. I’m down here drowning in your fat. You got me on my knees praying for everything you lack. I ain’t afraid of you. I’m just a victim of your fears. You cower in your tower praying that I’ll disappear, I got another plan, one that requires me to stand. On the stage or in the street, don’t need no microphone or beat. And when you hear this song, if you ain’t dead then sing along. Bang and strum to these here drums til you get where you belong.

I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody? See somebody? Try and free somebody? I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!

I wrote a song for you today while I was sitting in my room. I jumped up on my bed today and played it on a broom. I didn’t think that it would be a song that you would hear, but when I played it in my head, I made you reappear. I wrote a video for it and I acted out each part. Then I took your picture out and taped it to my heart. I’ve taped you to my heart dear girl, I’ve taped you to my heart and if you pull away from me you’ll tear my life apart..

I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody? See somebody? Try and free somebody? I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!

Ecstacy, suffering, Echinacea, bufferin. We aim to remember what we choose to forget. God’s just a baby and her diaper is wet.
Call the police! I’m strapped to the teeth and liable to disregard your every belief. Call on the law! I’m fixin’ to draw a line between what is and seems and call up a brawl. Call’em up now! ’cause it’s about to go pow! I’m standing on the threshold of the ups and the downs. Call up a truce! ’cause I’m about to bust loose. Protect ya neck,’cause, son, I’m breaking out of my noose.

I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! You wanna be somebody? See somebody? Try and free somebody? I gotta list of demands written on the palm of my hands. I ball my fist and you’re gonna know where I stand. We’re living hand to mouth! Hand to mouth!

Just saw the Sun Chips commercial using the Sixpence None the Richer song “Kiss Me” (iTunes) in the background. They use no lyrics - so I thought it might be helpful to post it here.

“Kiss Me” (iTunes)

Sun Chips Commercial (YouTube)