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Cashodeen · 06-18-2006, 05:27 AM

Okay, this is going to be kind of hard to explain because I heard no lyrics, but it's a synth pop song playing in the background of a T-Mobile phone commercial. Actually I am not even sure if it is T-Mobile, and I should probably wait to watch it again, but let's see if you can figure it out. It's definitely some cell phone commercial. I also have heard this song play on a commercial for VH1 several months ago. I think when "I Love the 80s: 3D" aired (if that helps any). The song reminds me of Yaz's "Don't Go" sound, but it's not that song. Oh, and if you have a keyboard, it sounds like this:

I worked on this sucker for like 20 minutes so someone better figure this out, LOL. It's still not exactly right because the real song isn't in this key, but it's close enough. Play it an octave higher because the song's pitch is high.

Hollow · 06-18-2006, 07:05 AM

mmm, could it be "so easy" by royksopp?

Cashodeen · 06-18-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

mmm, could it be "so easy" by royksopp?

Hmm, I'll have to check that. I just came back to say that I saw it a bunch more times and it's Amp'd Mobile. Infact, there are at least 2 different Amp'd Mobile commercials with the song in the background.

Cashodeen · 06-18-2006, 07:36 PM

I wish I could find this song but I don't have any downloading devices. I have napster but I can't get it to work. If it is Royksopp then it's a newer song, so I'm wrong about it being from the 80s. I thought I remember hearing it years ago and if it was shown on "I Love The 80s" it would have to be from that time, but maybe it was featured on another VH1 show like "I Love Toys."

I'd rather download this myself because I don't want to make a fool out of myself, but if I throw it out then maybe I'll get lucky and someone can confirm it for me. I'm thinking it sounds like Kraftwerk? They were kinda before my time but I think this song sounds like them. Or some other synth band from the 70s-80s. I just wish I could hear all these songs myself so I wouldn't have to ask...

Cashodeen · 06-30-2006, 03:01 AM

Man, no one has come up with any more ideas in over a week? You guys suck.

Well, I haven't even seen these Amp'd Mobile commercials since the night I made this thread so apparently no one else has either. This will probably be a stumper for me until someday I enter the 20th century and can download songs. Or maybe I'll randomly come across the song somewhere else.

Corona Extra · 07-01-2006, 03:27 AM

Is this the commercial?
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningro...mercials/2322/
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RADL5TuueLo

The company seems to be sponsoring ultimate fighting.

Maybe this is the commercial? -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VUgxtO0TY8

jpcanes · 07-01-2006, 10:15 AM

Holy crap!!! I just figured out what the song is!!
It's "SOUL FINGER" by The Bar-kays.

jpcanes · 07-01-2006, 10:33 AM

Here it is: Soul Finger

Cashodeen · 08-03-2019, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cashodeen

Okay, this is going to be kind of hard to explain because I heard no lyrics, but it's a synth pop song playing in the background of a T-Mobile phone commercial. Actually I am not even sure if it is T-Mobile, and I should probably wait to watch it again, but let's see if you can figure it out. It's definitely some cell phone commercial. I also have heard this song play on a commercial for VH1 several months ago. I think when "I Love the 80s: 3D" aired (if that helps any). The song reminds me of Yaz's "Don't Go" sound, but it's not that song. Oh, and if you have a keyboard, it sounds like this:

I worked on this sucker for like 20 minutes so someone better figure this out, LOL. It's still not exactly right because the real song isn't in this key, but it's close enough. Play it an octave higher because the song's pitch is high.

I’m back, ladies and lads! Coming back to this site is like stepping into a time machine, and I am here. for. it.

Moral of the story, here was the mysterious song that stumped me for 13 years. Amp’d Mobile (RIP) ads in 2006 is what played it. I don’t think it was any 80s song in particular.

https://youtu.be/pmJu87kAwkw

Cashodeen · 06-27-2026, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Cashodeen

I’m back, ladies and lads! Coming back to this site is like stepping into a time machine, and I am here. for. it.

Moral of the story, here was the mysterious song that stumped me for 13 years. Amp’d Mobile (RIP) ads in 2006 is what played it. I don’t think it was any 80s song in particular.

https://youtu.be/pmJu87kAwkw

“THE AD IN QUESTION (AMP’D Mobile (2006)”
https://youtu.be/eGuknqxE_Ts?is=y2xCjbceX37MlaEQ

I don’t understand why I didn’t upload it when I made this post in 2019, lol. I guess because I put the clip from VH1 with the same song.

Riccardo Cioni’s “In America” is similar, but still not the same! When I saw that song sampled for Ben Stiller and Benson Boone’s Top-of-the-Pops-Inspired Super Bowl ad, I thought of this thread hahaha. (Well, like a week later: I was too busy cheering for my team winning SB LX when the ad played!!!!)

“In America”
https://youtu.be/OWa5O5K3e94?is=8y_b...hUn5m&t=00m16s

Super Bowl Ad:
https://youtu.be/a1ysUdRLjaE?is=ENZrnu23nPls8e2p

The 20-year-hunt continues. It’s gotta be a real song if both a cell phone ad and VH1 “I Love Toys” had it in the mid-2000s! It sounds positively 80s. Back then, I thought I heard it in my childhood, but I can’t even remember that anymore.

Dream Canteen · 06-27-2026, 11:44 PM

It could very well just be something from a stock music library. Shazam didn’t recognize it, so I’m leaning heavily toward that. It’s not unheard of for two companies to use the same piece of stock music for different purposes.

I honestly don’t know that Amp’d, as a discount mobile provider, would have been able to afford to license a “real” song, especially when you take into consideration the fact that they went bankrupt and dissolved the following year.

I used to edit videos for a living, and I’ve recognized royalty-free stock music I used in some of those videos (mostly from either Apple’s video and audio suites or Kevin MacLeod’s website) in commercials years later.

06-18-2006, 05:27 AM	#1
Cashodeen Hi. Forum Star Join Date: Aug 30, 2001 Posts: 11,363	What 80s song is on this commercial? Okay, this is going to be kind of hard to explain because I heard no lyrics, but it's a synth pop song playing in the background of a T-Mobile phone commercial. Actually I am not even sure if it is T-Mobile, and I should probably wait to watch it again, but let's see if you can figure it out. It's definitely some cell phone commercial. I also have heard this song play on a commercial for VH1 several months ago. I think when "I Love the 80s: 3D" aired (if that helps any). The song reminds me of Yaz's "Don't Go" sound, but it's not that song. Oh, and if you have a keyboard, it sounds like this: I worked on this sucker for like 20 minutes so someone better figure this out, LOL. It's still not exactly right because the real song isn't in this key, but it's close enough. Play it an octave higher because the song's pitch is high.

07-01-2006, 03:27 AM	#6
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07-01-2006, 10:15 AM	#7
jpcanes Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 28, 2005 Location: The L.R.G.'s Indiana Office Posts: 1,744	Holy crap!!! I just figured out what the song is!! It's "SOUL FINGER" by The Bar-kays.
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06-27-2026, 11:44 PM	#11
Dream Canteen Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 11, 2023 Location: California Posts: 676	It could very well just be something from a stock music library. Shazam didn’t recognize it, so I’m leaning heavily toward that. It’s not unheard of for two companies to use the same piece of stock music for different purposes. I honestly don’t know that Amp’d, as a discount mobile provider, would have been able to afford to license a “real” song, especially when you take into consideration the fact that they went bankrupt and dissolved the following year. I used to edit videos for a living, and I’ve recognized royalty-free stock music I used in some of those videos (mostly from either Apple’s video and audio suites or Kevin MacLeod’s website) in commercials years later.
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06-18-2006, 07:05 AM	#2
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	mmm, could it be "so easy" by royksopp?

06-18-2006, 07:36 PM	#4
Cashodeen Hi. Forum Star Join Date: Aug 30, 2001 Posts: 11,363	I wish I could find this song but I don't have any downloading devices. I have napster but I can't get it to work. If it is Royksopp then it's a newer song, so I'm wrong about it being from the 80s. I thought I remember hearing it years ago and if it was shown on "I Love The 80s" it would have to be from that time, but maybe it was featured on another VH1 show like "I Love Toys." I'd rather download this myself because I don't want to make a fool out of myself, but if I throw it out then maybe I'll get lucky and someone can confirm it for me. I'm thinking it sounds like Kraftwerk? They were kinda before my time but I think this song sounds like them. Or some other synth band from the 70s-80s. I just wish I could hear all these songs myself so I wouldn't have to ask...

06-30-2006, 03:01 AM	#5
Cashodeen Hi. Forum Star Join Date: Aug 30, 2001 Posts: 11,363	Man, no one has come up with any more ideas in over a week? You guys suck. Well, I haven't even seen these Amp'd Mobile commercials since the night I made this thread so apparently no one else has either. This will probably be a stumper for me until someday I enter the 20th century and can download songs. Or maybe I'll randomly come across the song somewhere else.

07-01-2006, 10:33 AM	#8
jpcanes Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 28, 2005 Location: The L.R.G.'s Indiana Office Posts: 1,744	Here it is: Soul Finger