1999 Volkswagen Cabriolet advertisement Pink Moon



promotional cd given buyers of vw in 2001.


on 11 november 1999 volkswagen announced debuting, first time, television advertisement on internet. campaign, named milky way , featured volkswagen cabriolet title track of pink moon soundtrack. ron lawner, chief creative officer of arnold communications stated in press release, song special. s old song guy named nick drake. s called pink moon , introduction nick drake if re not familiar him. s transporting. , seemed fitting beautiful drive in country on special night. volkswagen cabriolet commercial, directed jonathan dayton , valerie faris , filmed lance acord, led large increase in record sales, , number-five placing pink moon in amazon.com s sales chart. vw , pink moon pairing marked new step in advertising. bethany klein, professor in department of media , communication @ university of central england states, role of pink moon in success of milky way interesting, in both added artistry of commercial , protected visual artistry of spot: because ad worked (it aesthetic success) usual negative discourse surrounding use of popular music in advertising was, if not stopped, @ least reduced , accompanied positive appraisals ... linking of ad being watershed , being nicely done no coincidence; because ad executed , aesthetically successful industry , public reassessed use of music in advertising around example. in 2001, volkswagen honored music , advertising pairings had made on years giving new volkswagen cabrio buyers compilation cd featured pink moon first track.


u.s. sales of nick drake s pink moon album rose 6,000 copies, prior song s use in cabrio commercial, 74,000 copies in 2000, according palm, distributes drake s music through hannibal records. of 2004 has sold 329,000 copies in united states.








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