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Coffee Break: Songs famously used in commercials

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?MPR Graphic / Tracy Kompelien

by Anna Reed

May 08, 2017

Today in 1990, Frito-Lay used a Tom Waits sound-alike in a Doritos commercial and had to pay dearly for the unauthorized move as Waits won a $2.5 million lawsuit over the usage.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have been famously used in a commercial?

Make sure when you make your suggestion below to indicate the commercial it was used in. A link would be great!

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Songs played

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Feist - 1234
New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Willie Nelson - The Scientist
Yael Naim - New Soul
Bananarama - Venus
Matt and Kim - Daylight
Yello - Oh Yeah
Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Carly Simon - Anticipation