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Coffee Break: Products and brands

Marvin Gaye walks ahead of his Rolls Royce in Notting Hill, London, in 1976.
Marvin Gaye walks ahead of his Rolls Royce in Notting Hill, London, in 1976.John Minihan/Getty Images, via NPR

by Anna Reed

August 23, 2017

A study that Bloomberg recently released analyzed the lyrics of Top 20 songs from the past three years, and found that the Rolls-Royce is pop music's hottest brand.

Behind the Rolls was Ferrari, Hennessy, a bunch of other cars, Jordans, Rolex, and oddly enough, Xanax.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs that mention products and brands do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
G. Love and Special Sauce - Cold Beverage
Queen - Killer Queen
Run DMC - My Adidas
Fountains of Wayne - Denise
Lizzo - Phone
Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
Sleaford Mods - TCR
Band of Skulls - I Know What I Am
The Kinks - Lola