The Cardigans – Nissan Altima Commercial

The Cardigans
Lovefool

Car commercials have always been interesting in their choice of music whether older or newer. Got a bit of a blast from the past the other day while watching TV when they started playing a song from The Cardigans during a 2006 Nissan Altima commercial. It was pretty much your typical car commercial, but I guess the song fit in all right. They played a good chunk of the actual song straight through the entire commercial.

The song in question was “Lovefool” off of their 1996 album “First Band On The Moon” off of Mercury / Universal. You probably know this song as it was pretty popular at the time of the album’s release. Cardigans were often billed by unimaginative reviewers as an updated version of Sweden’s Abba.

I think I’ve heard the song Lovefool on other commercials as well, though not for awhile. I did read (though I didn’t remember this from seeing the movie) that the song was appeared on the soundtrack for Romeo and Juliet. Even weirder, the band had a guest appearance on the tv show Beverly Hills 90210. Talk about your OVER exposure…

by Palebear