The Super Bowl is awesome but the REAL entertainment happens in between the plays. Of course, I am talking about the commercials. Companies shell out MILLIONS for a 30 second TV spot and the shot at getting their brand seen ’round the world.
You know when you are watching a commercial and aren’t paying attention to the commercial but your mind is singing along to the super catchy song in the background? You know when after you hear that commercial and you can’t get the song out of your head and the mystery song is driving your crazy?
You do? AWESOME! If you didn’t then I woulda wasted all this sweet sweet internet time looking up these awesome commercial songs. Anyways, here’s the top 10 songs from commercials from the past year:
1. Alex Clare “Too Close” (Internet Explorer)
2. Kishi Bashi “Bright Whites” (Windows 8)
3. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (Bing)
4. Gin Wigmore “Man Like That” (Heineken)
5. Hanni El Khatib “You Rascal You” (Captain Morgan)
6. Flo Rida “Good Feeling” (Wreck It Ralph)
7. Blues Saraceno “Save My Soul” (The Men Who Built America)
8. Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes “Love Letter (Heineken)
9. Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” (The Perks of Being a Wallflower and like 10 other commercials)
10. Ace Frehley “New York Grove” (ATT)
Eitan Levine is a New York City based comic. Follow him on Twitter at @Eitanthegoalie .