That Axe Commercial

Posted on March 29th, 2005 in things i've learned.

If you live in Canada, and you watch television, you’ve probably seen a commercial for Axe Shower Gel. In this particular spot, there’s a naked man being chased by a pack of dogs through backyards, etc (ostensibly because he was cheating with the dog owner’s wife/girlfriend). In any case Sandy and I loved the music in the background, and as Meatwad would say “the beat is awesome.”

So I e-mailed the people at Unilever (parent company) to find out what the song is. Unfortunately, this is what they wrote:

From: Spcl-ConsumerCentre.CA-LP-Tor@unilever.com
Subject: RE: Home and Personal Care related enquiry
Date: 29/03/2005 09:27

Hi Victor,
Thanks for writing!
The song was created for the commercial by contracted composers, which is often
the case for advertising.  Unfortunately it is not available anywhere else.

Crap.

 

6 replies

  1. Matt says:

    Added on April 1st, 2005 at 2:32 pm

    Hey, actually you can d/l the song off the net. It’s called “Factor Miedo” by Cartel de Santa

  2. danalee says:

    Added on April 1st, 2005 at 2:48 pm

    thank you so much i’ve been looking everywhere to find the name of that song!!!

  3. Victor says:

    Added on April 1st, 2005 at 8:49 pm

    Thanks for the help folks! I’d been looking everywhere too. Now, to just find it somewhere…

  4. Jonathan Wise says:

    Added on April 4th, 2005 at 10:17 am

    Have you tried sites like this one:
    http://www.songtitle.info/

    That’s how I found the Mitsubishi Song (Breathe by Telepop Musik)

  5. Victor Rehorst says:

    Added on April 4th, 2005 at 11:49 am

    Jon: yes, of course.

    IMHO, they suck though, as they are extremely US-centric. It’s always the first place I check and they virtually never have the info I need.

  6. abby says:

    Added on April 16th, 2005 at 6:50 pm

    http://www.terra.com.mx/general/historico/formatos/formato1.asp?articuloid=143873&paginaid=1

    go there and on the side is a clip, i found it for my friend within 5 mins