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Johan
30 April 2004, 11:29
I bet we've all been in a movie when they've played some song (that you've heard a hundred times before), but you just dont know the title of it, which can be a frustration at times.

Well to counter this, I composed a list of songs that are all very well known and that Im certain that you've all heard before, be it in ads, movies, tv shows., but that you perhaps didnt know the titles of.. these are the classics...

If you know other songs that are very well known and that frequently appears on tv and movies, please post them!

Air Supply - All Out of Love
Archies - Sugar Sugar
Aretha Franklin - R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Aretha Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man
Bad Company - All Right Now - Free
Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldiers
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Bobby McFerrin - Dont Worry Be Happy
Bonnie Taylor - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Bryan Adamns & Rod Stewart - All for One, All for Love
Bryan Adams - Everything I do, I do for You
Bryan Adams - Please forgive me
Carl Douglas - Kungfu Fighting
Cat Stevens - Wild World
CCR - Bad Moon Rising
Champs - Tequila
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms
Drifters & Ben E King - Stand by Me
Eagels - Hotel California (original)
Edwin Starr - War
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Frank Sinatra - Strangers in the Night
George Michael - Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go
Harry Chapin - Cats in the Cradle
Henry Mancini - Green Onions
Jackson Five - I Want You Back
James Brown - I Feel Good
James Brown - Papas Got A Brand New Bag
Jerry Lee Lewis and Bruce Springsteen - Great Valls of Fire (live)
Jimmy Buffet - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
John Lennon - Imagine
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Lionel Richie - Hello
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Manfred Mann - Do Wah Diddy
Marvin Gaye - Lets Get It On
Monkeys - Now I'm Believer
Paul Simon - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves A Woman
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
Phil Collins - True Colors
Platters - Only You
Remember the Titans - Aint no Moutain High Enough
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Roy Orbison Dees - Pretty Woman
Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World This Would Be
Simon & Gafrunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Sonny and Cher - I Got You ****
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
Troggs - Love is All Around
Troggs - Wild Thing
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Van Morrison's - Brown Eyed Girl
Ventures - Hawaii Five-O

Cheers!

Paris
3 May 2004, 21:39
I remember ads with the following songs that you have been listed:
Aretha Franklin - R-E-S-P-E-C-T (NIKE, 90s)
Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Trident, 80s)
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (Renault, 90s)
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Harley Davinson, 70s)
UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Coca - Cola Europe)
Van Morrison's - Brown Eyed Girl (Hair Colour product, but I don't remebmer the brand)