This year’s Super Bowl saw an impressive 18 commercials for high profile brands featuring songs penned by Universal Music Publishing Group writers. Highlights include spots for Volkswagen, Budweiser and Microsoft, and peeks at new films including "Bob Marley: One Love" and Stephen Schwartz's "Wicked". Featured UMPG writers include Ice Spice, Neil Diamond, Alicia Keys, Coldplay, INXS and more.
Check out the commercials below.
Volkswagen
Song: “I Am…I Said”
UMPG Writer(s): Neil Diamond
Artist: Neil Diamond
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Homes.com
Song: “A Milli”
UMPG Writer(s): Kamaal Fareed, Ali Jones-Muhammad
Artist: Lil Wayne
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He Gets Us
Song: “Never Tear Us Apart”
UMPG Writer(s): Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence
Artist: INXS
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Kia
Song: “Wish I was Here”
UMPG Writer(s): Guy Rupert Berryman, Jonathan Mark Buckland, William Champion, Christopher Anthony John MartinArtist: Cat Power, Coldplay
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Starry
Song: “Deli”
UMPG Writer(s): Isis Naija Gaston
Artist: Ice Spice
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Bud Light
Song: “Magic Carpet Ride”
UMPG Writer(s): John Kay, Rushton John Moreve
Artist: Steppenwolf
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E* Trade
Song: “Make My Day”
UMPG Writer(s): Coi Leray Collins, De-Quincey Thomas, Felicia Ferraro, Manuela Kamosi
Artist: Coi Leray, David Guetta
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Budweiser
Song: “The Weight”
UMPG Writer(s): Jaime Robbie Robertson
Artist: The Band
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Michelob Ultra
Song: “Quando Quando Quando”
UMPG Writer(s): Charles E. Pat Boone, Tony Renis, Albert Testa
Artist: The Drifters
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Doritos
Song: “One Beautiful Summer”
UMPG Writer(s): Alberto Pomeranz, Luciano Michelini
Artist: Alberto Pomeranz, Luciano Michelini
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Microsoft
Song: “Watch Me”
UMPG Writer(s): TBD
Artist: The Phantoms
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Hyundai (TelevisaUnivision National Broadcast / Regional on CBS)
Song: “Barracuda”
UMPG Writer(s): Michael Joseph DeRosier, Roger Douglas Fisher, Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson, Ann Wilson Dustin
Artist: Heart
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Bob Marley: One Love
Song: “Three Little Birds”
UMPG Writer(s): Bob Marley
Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
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Deadpool 3
Song: “Sirius”
UMPG Writer(s): Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project
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Wicked
Song: "Defying Gravity" (remix)
UMPG writer(s): Stephen Schwartz
Artist: Re-Record
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Tracker
Song: “Underdog”
UMPG Writer(s): Alicia Augello-Cook
Artist: Alicia Keys
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Survivor
Song: “Survivor”
UMPG Writer(s): Edan Dover, Eddie Ramirez
Artist: The Score
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Ghost [*aired twice]
Song: “Do You Believe in Love”
UMPG Writer(s): Mutt Lange
Artist: Huey Lewis & The News
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Content For Change PSA [*aired during NFL Today pre-game show]
Song: Title TBD – Original work for PSA
UMPG Writer(s): Tariq Trotter
Artist: Black Thought
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