5.2.06
The 88
Coming Home
[Target Commercial]
Target continues their run at trying to be the hippest purveyor of indie music in commercials. Their latest bid is a song from the L.A. band The 88, called “Coming Home”.
I’ve actually caught a few songs from the band under sadder circumstances - it was at the Elliott Smith Tribute at the Henry Fonda theatre. On that note, I believe this band quite frequently used to play as backup members for Elliott Smith when he played live. (There is a MP3 on their website from 2003 that features them backing Smith on “Can’t Make A Sound”.
Back to the commercial… I heard this played twice the other day. It’s a great indie pop track that harkens back to the 60s or 70s a la the Kinks, Beatles, T-Rex, Elton John, etc. A little bit on the campy side at times. You’ll recognize it from any of the following lines: “Won’t You Be Night To My Day”, “Won’t You Be Someone New”, “Won’t You Be Good To Yourself”, and “It’ll Be Like Coming Home”. I actually don’t remember too much about the commercial because I was just paying attention to the song, which is quite catchy. (I read elsewhere that the commercial features people in towels and a girl in a Target ball gown, but I don’t even remember that!)
Unfortunately, to my knowledge they are not yet featured in Itunes.This actually IS available from Itunes. You can also get the track off of their Myspace site (embedded in the Flash player, though), and they also have the album on Amazon.
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Citified
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Hey, thanks for posting this I’ve been trying to find out who this song was by.
P.S.-
How come no one comments on these reviews? they’re tres useful.
May 4th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Kat - (Bryan writing): You’re welcome! I’m not sure about the commenting… it could be that music in TV isn’t our main focus, but we get a lot of visitors for some reason searching for music in tv. I think maybe they come here and find out what they need so there’s no need to post a comment… hehe. Welllll, that doesn’t explain why the regulars don’t comment as much! =)
May 10th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
thank you sooooo much for the song. i was searching forever for it. and it is on itunes by the way. i don’t know if they just added it but they do have it. thanks again.
May 10th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
hope - you’re welcome, and I also did just see that they have it on Itunes… thanks for the tip.
May 14th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
I saw this commercial two weeks ago and have been searching and searching ever since. Thank you! The funny thing is I knew it had to be from one of the bands I recently bought in iTunes. Come to find out it was! I have been enjoying “Hide Another Mistake” for a few weeks now.
May 17th, 2006 at 8:35 am
these guys are actually really great friends of mine. i will actually be attending one of there weddings next weekend. besides being absolutely fabulous musicians, they are GREAT people. thanks for posting the review or whatever. i actually haven’t seen the ad and was searching for it online when i stumbled across this. one bit of clarification though… they only played with elliot smith once at a show in costa mesa, ca. he was unfortunately gone soon after BUT i know he was an influence on keith. the 88 are amazing. check them out if you get a chance.
May 17th, 2006 at 9:18 am
musiclover - you’re welcome. it’s a great song…
happyfriend - that’s really cool you’re friends with them. I had read elsewhere that they used to play w/ elliott once in awhile, so perhaps i got the wrong info. They’ve been on my radar on bands to investigate further and i just haven’t got around to it yet…
May 17th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Awesome!! Thank you so much.
May 18th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
ahh! thank you!! I’d been looking like a mad person and couldn’t find anything and when i would find something it be from like a target comercial from months ago. so you’re basically my favorite person right now. thank you!!!
May 26th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
Wow, thanks… just heard this song on tv and - as is often the case w/ the Target commercials - I either sit and think about the song and try to guess who it is, or else I drive myself crazy by spending a half hour googling whatever song lyrics I can remember until I find something.
I dig this song, and look forward to hearing the whole thing.
May 29th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
thank you bundles! i was trying to find it!
June 4th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
THANK YOU! Found your post through google while searching for the song, and I’ve just added your RSS feed to my newsreader.
June 6th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
can you tell me what the song is in the “tara jarmon” for target commercial that’s currently airing?
it’s fast-paced with french lyrics. it’s a song i’ve heard out before and always loved. help!?!
September 4th, 2006 at 1:04 am
so i just say the movie beerfest and it had that same song that was in the target commercial and its called ça plane pour moi by plastic bertrand