Undoubtedly, one of the quickest ways for a band to break these days is to land a spot on a heavy rotation television commercial. And while it can be bizarre and annoying to hear something you already like getting the commercial treatment, the corporate suits seem to have put music supervising in pretty good hands for the most part, as its not uncommon to come across something new and enjoyable.
So, this week’s mixtape serves the dual purpose of a) putting together some cool music that you’ll undoubtedly recognize from a variety of television advertisements, as well as b) testing your recall with a bit of trivia quiz. While some of these are easy as the television commercials actually broke the artists, a few are pretty tricky. See how many of these tunes you can attribute to their television commercial counterparts.
