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Commercial Watch: Garmin

This Garmin commercial aired during the Super Bowl this year, but I was among the five people in the U.S. who didn't watch (I don't like football OR commercials, so it seemed the telecast had nothing to offer). Anyway, this song sounds a heck of a lot like Plastic Bertrand's "Ça Plane Pour Moi" ... but it isn't.

Listen.

(Here's a Red Hot Chili Pepper cover)

The Garmin song, I believe, is a jingle written especially for the commercial. Full lyrics here.

(Also, the horn part sounds like an inversion of "March of the Swivelheads" from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (Listen), which itself is a remix of The English Beat's "Rotating Head.")

eh.www.amNY.com

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