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    UK tv ads using Motown Tunes

    At the moment TV advertising in the UK are being taken over by Motown music
    Frank Wilson Do I love you Happy Egg company
    Get Ready not the Temptations Thomas Cook Holidays
    Velvelettes Really saying something fabulous on line bingo
    This could be the beginning of a Motown resurgence !!!

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    Yes! I sure hope so. I just love seeing all this Motown music on TV... I even love it when something Motown-related gets a brief mention in a film or TV programme!

    Also I believe the "Get Ready" cover is by London-based singer-songwriter Stella Talpo

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    "Get Ready" has been used on 2 / 3 different UK TV ads in the last 12 months.
    Marvelettes "Hunter Gets Captured" is being used on a perfume ad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dickiemint View Post
    At the moment TV advertising in the UK are being taken over by Motown music
    Frank Wilson Do I love you Happy Egg company
    Get Ready not the Temptations Thomas Cook Holidays
    Velvelettes Really saying something fabulous on line bingo
    This could be the beginning of a Motown resurgence !!!
    I haven't heard the Velveletes yet

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    There was a perfume ad a couple of years ago that used A Funky Space Reincarnation.

    Also, Upside Down was used in a Mercedes car advert

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    Quote Originally Posted by rovereab View Post
    Also, Upside Down was used in a Mercedes car advert
    Haha, yes, the one with the chickens!!!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by dickiemint View Post
    Get Ready not the Temptations Thomas Cook Holidays

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsmith View Post
    Marvelettes "Hunter Gets Captured" is being used on a perfume ad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jsmith View Post
    "Get Ready" has been used on 2 / 3 different UK TV ads in the last 12 months.
    I remember this one...


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    ...I expect the most famous was the Nick Kamen Levi's 501 ad...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q56M5OZS1A8


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    The Sunday Mirror used Needle In A Haystack some 10 years ago

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    "Needle In A Haystack" is currently being used in a Channel 5 gambling advert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dickiemint View Post
    Velvelettes Really saying something fabulous on line bingo
    Quote Originally Posted by theboyfromxtown View Post
    I haven't heard the Velveletes yet
    boyfromxtown...... I FOUND IT!


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    Ok, so this isn't Motown [[kill me!) but is still an excellent advert and great choice of music!


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    And now for what is quite possibly the worst use of a Motown song in a TV advert....



    ....EVER

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    This is the WORST use of a Motown song and Motown legend EVER!

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    Quote Originally Posted by grapevine View Post
    ...I expect the most famous was the Nick Kamen Levi's 5 ad
    I think this ad was the one the kick started the 're interest in Motown in the U.K in the '80's.

    And didn't Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' get to number 1 in the singles chart around the time of this ad?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaap View Post
    This is the WORST use of a Motown song and Motown legend EVER!
    Oh my! LOL

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    Just heard The Supremes' version of "Get Ready" being used in an advert for Stella on Sky 1... it threw me 'cause I recognised the song but not the version... until Diana came in of course

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakedistrictlad1 View Post
    I think this ad was the one the kick started the 're interest in Motown in the U.K in the '80's.

    And didn't Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' get to number 1 in the singles chart around the time of this ad?
    Reet Petite hit #1 in late 1986.

    And Nina Simone's 'My Baby Just Cares' hit #5 a few months later after being used for a Chanel perfume ad.

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    Do I love you was also used in KFC's Soul Food tv ad back in 2003/2004.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TomatoTom123 View Post
    boyfromxtown...... I FOUND IT!

    Fabulous

    Well found!

    The Sunday Mirror once used Needle In A Haystack

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    This one with the Four Tops was the worst:


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    Quote Originally Posted by alexstassi View Post
    Do I love you was also used in KFC's Soul Food tv ad back in 2003/2004.
    I couldn't find that one, alex, but I did find this one...



    Not quite Motown... but written by Ashford & Simpson and recorded by several Motown acts... so it'll have to do!!!

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    NOT MOTOWN but a track included in a French film from 3 years ago ...
    a UK NS biggie ....

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    Don't think that was filmed at the Torch lol

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    Santander are using the instrumental break in "Want Ads" [[a Motown tune in all but name ) in their latest advert...



    Man I love that instrumental break

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