Music in VW Ads

Volkswagen has some of the coolest music in their commercials. I've compiled a list of the commercial, song, and atrist (mainly because I wanted to locate and acquire this music for myself). I figured there must be others searching for this too, so I put my list here. I've also added CD information (when I could find it) and a link to purchase from Amazon. This is not a complete list, and as I have time, I will continue to build it. Anyone that can help fill in the blanks, please send me an e-mail!

The Beetles : Greatest Sounds of the 60's and 70's by The Bugs Believe it or not this CD consists of recordings of three actual Bugs : a 1960 Beetle, 1100cc; a 1973 Beetle, 1600cc; and a 1978 Beetle, and 1600cc Fuel Injected. How cool is that? I know I miss the old engine sounds when driving my New Beetle!

You can view some of these commercials onVW's web site at http://www.vw.com/commercials/.

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Year	Volkswagen	Ad	Song	Artist
1991*	Golf*		Harry's Theme	Clannad
Clannad: Greatest Hits
1995	?	Are You Free?	Are You Free?	Psychic TV - Roman P
1997	Golf		Da Da Da	Trio
The Trio: Da Da Da
1998	New Beetle	Motor Trend Car of the Year	Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space	Spiritualized
Spiritualized : Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
1998	New Beetle	UFO	Absurd	Fluke
Fluke : Risotto
1998	New Beetle	Less Flower, More Power	Parsec	Stereolab
Stereolab : Dots and Loops
2000	Jetta	Synchronicity	Jung at Heart	Master Cylinder
2000	Jetta	Great Escape	II BS	Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus : Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
2000	Passat	Brief Encounter	Palomita Blanca	Hector Varela
2000	Golf	Crazy Guy	Mr. Roboto	Styx
Styx : Greatest Hits
2000	New Beetle Turbo	Turbonium	Turbonium	Ben Neill
Ben Neill : Automotive
2000	Passat	Chase 30	Cargo G	Ben Neill
2000	Cabriolet	Milky Way	Pink Moon	Nick Drake
Nick Drake : Pink Moon
2000	New Beetle	Vapor	Renaissance Affair	Hooverphonic
Hooverphonic : Blue Wonder Power Milk
2000	New Beetle	Reflex	Dynamite!	The Roots
The Roots : Fall Apart [EXPLICIT LYRICS]
2001	New Beetle	Cute	La Guitaristic House Organisation	«Rinôçérôse»
Rinocerose :Installation Sonore
2001	New Beetle	Valet Test	Satellites	Ben Neill, Green Beet Productions
2001	New Beetle	No Touchy	Bugfunk	Ben Neill, Green Beet Productions
Ben Neill : Automotive
2001	Jetta	Woods	Untitled	Andy Newell, Ripe Sound
2001	Jetta	Big Day	A Million Miles Away	J. Ralph
Spy : Music to Mauzner By
2002	I wonder that they'll think of next.	DNA	Allele Bit O' Soul	Music for Picture
2002	Golf	The Passenger	The Passenger	Music for Picture
2002	Jetta GLI	Co-Pilot	Co-Pilot	Scientific American
2002	Jetta	Master Plan Run with a slightly smaller crowd.	Master Plan	Tonal Music
2002	Jetta	Roasted	The Staunton Lick	Lemon Jelly
Lemon Jelly : lemonjelly.ky
2002	Golf TDI	Getting Warmer	Chanty	Son Volt
Son Volt : Wide Swing Tremolo
2002	New Beetle Convertible	Bubble	Mr. Blue Sky	Jeff Lynne (ELO)
Electric Light Orchestra : ELO's Greatest Hits
2002	New Beetle	Squares	Squares	J. Ralph
2002	New Beetle Convertible	Chain Reaction - One good thing leads to another.	Chain Reaction	John Dragonetti
Ok, I haven't been able to locate a CD with this particular song on it, however, here are a couple of John Dragonetti (aka Jack Drag) CDs if you are interested. Jack Drag : Soft Songs LP: Aviating Jack Drag : Dope Box
2003	Touareg	Drift		Music for Pictures
2003	Touareg	Name		Elias Arts
Lemon Jelly : lemonjelly.ky
2003	Touareg	Drift		Music for Pictures
2003	Touareg	Name		Elias Arts
2004	Phaeton	Shaking Things Up	Fiery Yellow	Stereolab
2004	Passat	Leaf	Violin Concerto Number 22	Giovanni Battista Viotti
2004	Jetta	Hum
2004	Touareg	Picture	Ariel Ramirez	Richard Buckner
Nice couple takes scenic drive to take a beautiful picture for an elderly tourist.
2005	Jetta	Duvet Cover (New Jetta's Coming)		Comoser: Mike Secher
2005	Jetta	Independence Day	Molly's Chambers	Kings of Leon

* Special thanks to Harry of the Unofficial Clannad News Page for this info.