Your eyes are not deceiving you–we are indeed going corporate! At least for this episode, wherein we reflect on the strange sorcery of songs from commercials: the ones that, for a moment, make you forget you're a cog in the sparkling machine of late capitalism. Sure, they were used to sell us stuff, but we still kind of love them.

VIDEOS

Geico Caveman Ad featuring “Remind Me” by Röyksopp (2006)

Remind Me: Röyksopp (2001)

Volkswagen, Trio, Da Da Da (1997)

Trio: Da Da Da (1982)

EXTRAS

Apple iPod Commercial feat. the Ting Tings

Tony Hale in VW Commercial

Volkswagen, Nick Drake, Pink Moon

Parker Posey Gap Commercial

Michael Jackson Pepsi Generation

Gap Khaki Swing

The California Raisins, I Heard it Through the Grapevine

The Ellen Coming Out Controversy for Advertisers

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