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Pepsi - Wyclef Jean - Studio (2001) - 0:30 (USA)

VW / Volkswagen Jetta - Wedding - AKA The Big Day (2001) - 0:30 (USA)

My personal favorite this year, I love the way this story is told.

San Francisco Jazz Festival - Low Rider (2001) - 0:45 (USA)

Three gangster-looking guys are cruising in an open top lowrider to the tunes of smooth jazz.

Guinness - Surfers - (1999) :60 (UK)

A group of surfers conquer the waves.

Pepsi - Hallie Eisenberg - DJ (1999) :60 (USA)

The sixty-second edit of Hallie Eisenberg being a radio disc jocker, spinning up all the groovy tunes that even sets jello off vibrating.

Copenhagen Music School - Stop Talking - (1999) 1:20 (Denmark)

Subtitled Danish commercial.

Dommelsch - Music Freak - (1999) 0:60 (Netherlands)

This man truly loves his music. But he hears a scratch in the vinyl.. Or does he?

Levis - Sta-Prest 1 (CA classic) - 0:60

Levis - Sta-Prest 3 (CA classic) - 0:30

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Free FM - Singing Penis - (1998) :30 (Australia)

Mountain Dew - Michael Johnson - Back in Time (1998) - 0:30 (USA)

Going back in time

Skytel - Caesar (1998) - 0:30 (USA)

Levi's Jeans - Tainted Love - (1996) :60 (USA)

A dying man breaks into song. Well, who can blame him, really?  That tune is catchy.

Kenwood - Seventies Dance Show / Play That Funky Music feat. Kathy Griffin (1994) :30 (USA)

Having starred in a few Pytka ads by now, Kathy Griffin is cast as the singer at a seventies dance show.
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OK Soda - Launch Ad / Music - (1994) (USA)

Ok Soda has "OK-ness" in every detail.

Guinness - Tower of Babel / All the time (1994) :50 (UK)

This is the last time that we will see "The man with the Guinness" character portrayed by Rutger Hauer.
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Revlon's Charlie - Cindy Crawford & Little Richard - Good Golly! (1992) - 0:30

the truly embarrassing ad where Cindy sings with Little Richards. "sings" might be an overstatement.....

Jordache - Find That Girl (1992) - 0:15 (USA)

Gotta find that girl in Jordache jeans. She's the prettiest girl I've ever seen.

Pepsi - Michael Jackson / I'll be there (1992) :90 (USA)

The commercial showed Michael playing the song on his piano at home, reminiscing about his Jackson 5 days.
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Diet Pepsi - Ray Charles - Uh Huh - Hearing (1992) :60 (USA)

The uh-huh ladies and Ray Charles go to Washington, uh-huh.
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Bugle Boys - The Go-Go's (1991) - 0:30 (USA)

Alka-Seltzer - Remix (1991) - 0:15 (USA

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Maxell Tapes - The israelites - (1990) :30 (UK)

"DARLING CHEESE HEAD"
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Maxell tapes - The Israelites - (1990) :30 (UK)

It's not easy hearing the lyrics right, is it?
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Maxell tapes - Into the Valley - (1990) :30 (UK)

See also The Israelites - the old Bob Dylan dropping card trick - except hearing the lyrics wrong.

Diet Pepsi - Ray Charles - Wise Guy (1990) :30 (USA)

Ray Charles plays piano and loves Diet Pepsi

Walkers Poppadums - Rocking Sikh - (1988) :30 (UK)

All shook up is all different when it's this Elvis Presley impersonator singing “Keep your gums off my Poppadums” !
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Sony Walkman CM - Mr.Choromatsu /Dreaming - (1987) :30 (japan)

This Sony Walkman spokesmonkey, Mr Choromatsu , lived between 1978 - 2007

Kia-Ora - I'll be your dog! (1987) :30 (UK advert)

"It's too Orangey for Crows!"

Sheraton - One Number (1987) - 0:30 (USA)

McEwan's Lager - "Alive and kicking!" / Escher (1985) 2:00 (UK)

In 1985 there must have been some high-grade cocaine floating around London's advertising hotspots, as somehow the lager named McEwans was sold t

MTV - Turn it on, Leave it on (1985) :30 (USA)

By 1985 everyone wants their MTV and the simple campaign is now rotating as a promotion on MTV and other channels to announce new VJ hosts and shows.

Honda Scooters "Walk on The Wild Side" (1985) :30 (USA)

Pop Rocks - STRAWBERREH - (1985) :30 (USA)

Pop rocks explodes with flavours in your mouth, leaving your tongue a weird color.

MTV - I want My MTV animated idents (1984) 90 (USA)

Buzzco animation studio in Manhattan evolved the "I want my MTV" campaign by creating animated clips with selected pop and rock stars which

MTV - I Want my MTV / Billy Idol, Cindy Lauper, David Bowie (1984) :30 (USA)

It's 1984 and every cool pop star wants their MTV - from Cindy Lauper to David Bowie.

K-Tel - Hot Tracks Album w Eurythmics & more! (1983) :30 (USA)

There's a new album steaming your way, loaded with nothing but hot tracks!

K-Tel - Dancing Madness Album - The Kinks, Culture Club (1983) :30 (USA)

Eddy Grant will rock you down "Electric Avenue" while the Kinks asks you to "Come Dancing", as the Musical youth asks you to "

Pretty Polly - Never catch - (1983) :30 (UK)

With robots straight from Herbie Hancock's Rockit video. This was not directed by Godley & Creme however.

MTV - I want my MTV / The Police (1982) :30 (USA)

The Police - hot off their tour - Pat, Mick and Peter all want their MTV.

MTV - I want my MTV - (1982) :30 (USA)

Badass rockers like Pat Benatar, Mick Jagger and Pete Townshead state "I want my MTV" into the camera in an effort to get teenagers to call

A&W - Meaty Frothy Juicy / Jingle - (1981) :30 (Canada)

A&W jingle that ran in the 80s - SING ALONG!

TDK - Stevie Wonder "Most cassettes are afraid of me" (1980) print (USA)

A lot of cassette makers have probably considered asking Stevie's opinion about their performance.

Maxell - Cassette Tape, Sir? / Blown Away (1979) :30 (USA)

In 1979 or 1980, these tapes made sure we all understood that they were about "high fidelity".
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Maxell - Blown Away (1979) 0:30 (USA)

The original. Accept no substitutes or parodies.
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ICI Fibers - The New Way to Dress - (1974) :30

"The new way to dress" in Crimplene for men and Terylene, the new way to dress is in ICI fibers....

Alpha Bits: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

Jackson 5 make a cameo for alpha bits cereal, and their special prize inside: stuff to pimp your bicycle.

Sugar Crisp: Jackson 5 (1971) :30 (U.S.A.)

The Jackson 5 sing their hit for an insanely edited commercial for Sugar Crisp cereal.
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The Monkees - Head (film trailer) (1968)

Head is a 1968 adventure comedy film musical written by Jack Nicholson and Bob Rafelson, directed by Rafelson, starring television rock group The Monk
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Frank Zappa & Linda Ronstadt - Remington Electric Razor (1967) :60 (USA)

In 1967, we were living in New York, and I got a request from an advertising agency...So, Linda Ronstadt happened to be managed by Herb Cohen, who was

Burlington - Socks / Dance / Can't fall down (1966) :30 (USA)

"With the launch of its acclaimed 1967 television commercial, Burlington pioneered the inclusion of performance features in dressy socks and made

Guinness - after work we all agree, Guinness is what we need (1961) :45 (UK)

Guinness focuses her on having the drink after work, as a well-deserved treat.

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