The Pussycat Dolls'

The Pussycat Dolls: If their "brand-dropping" agency is to be believed, they'll sing your product's praises — for a fee, of course. So: What songs would you rewrite? Illustration, Alice Kreit. Photo: Getty Images

 

If you thought yesterday's post about product placement in television was impressive, wait until you hear about the emerging practice of this Wired product placement in song lyrics.

With this outstanding trend in mind, I present to you: Twenty Existing Songs That Would Be Much Better If They Were Rewritten To Be About Products.

1. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco's Finest Five-Star Hotel"

2. "Dr. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

3. "You Light Up My Life-Savers"

4. "Shake Your Google"

5. "The Star-Bedazzled Banner"

The rest of the list, after the jump...

6. "When You Wish Upon A Starbucks Card"

7. "The Way You Do The Things You Do When You Do The Dew"

8. "Chock Full O' Nuts Presents: Hallelujah"

9. "Haagen-Dazs Your Mother Know About Me?"

10. "Is She Really Going Out With Him In A Convenient And Affordable Zipcar?"

11. "Pringle Bells"

12. "Puttin' On The Ritz"

13. "Don't Sit Under The Lending Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)"

14. "Pantene Angel"

15. "Every Day I Write The Redbook"

16. "Three Times Aiwa"

17. "Build Me Up, I Can't Believe It's Not Buttercup"

18. "I Walk The Leinenkugel's"

19. "Rock Red Lobster"

20. "Yahoo! I Love Her So"

--Linda Holmes

categories: Music

2:05 - September 23, 2008

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