Beatles on iTunes: Which Song For The Ad?

January 18th, 2007

AppleThere’s some speculation that the Beatles will finally make their music available on iTunes and therefore the iPod. I didn’t want to write anything before an announcement, but if the news is hitting Fortune magazine, something must be in the works.

There are also unconfirmed rumors that the deal will make a big splash via a Super Bowl Apple ad, probably announcing the partnership and that the Beatles’ music will be available only through the iTunes Music Store. The famous 1984 Apple Macintosh ad aired during the Super Bowl. Also, note how in Steve Jobs’ recent Macworld keynote, he played a track from the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper.

So a Beatles / iTunes advertisement is possible - but if so, I wonder which Beatles song will be used?

Having recently churned through all of the Beatles’ songs, I looked over the list to see which tunes might be especially suitable for an iPod ad. Here are some picks:

All You Need Is Love

This tune would make the most sense, since the recent Beatles album is called “Love” and the song could just be used to say (this album) is all you need. The “Love” album the one most are predicting will be the first to appear in iTunes.

From Me To You

Think about the lyrics - “call on me and I’ll send it along, with love from me to you”. The Beatles might as well be referring to an iPod with the “Love” album loaded on it.

All Together Now

Something about how the iPod and the Beatles are together at last, maybe hinting at an end (or at least a truce) to the legal battles between Apple records and Apple Inc.

Love Me Do

The first big Beatles hit could provide an interesting angle. It could represent the new situation of the Beatles’ back catalogue as a new “phase” of the Beatles. I think iPods bouncing around to this song in particular would make a neat ad.

A Mash Up

Since the “Love” album was promoted as a “mash up” of Beatles songs, maybe a new one could be created just for the Apple ad. The Lady Madonna one off of “Love” is pretty neat.

Tomorrow Never Knows

Commenter Dave suggests Tomorrow Never Knows… that’s a good one - plus one of the better “mash ups” on the “Love” album is that song combined with Within You Without You.

Money

On second thought… no.

Disclosure: I own a tiny amount of Apple stock.

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3 comments!

  1. comment Gravatar David - January 18th, 2007

    And the cliched choice would be ‘Revolution’ (though not necessarily a bad choice, just overplayed in the ad-world).

    If they did an ad for iTunes using the visualizations, I’d like to see Tomorrow Never Knows :-)

    “Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream…” is the kind of mood I dream of when sitting back for some audio enjoyment.

  2. comment Gravatar Webomatica - January 18th, 2007

    Cool… the suggestion of Tomorrow Never Knows is good - I added it to the list. I think Revolution was used for some NIKE shoes so that doesn’t sound too likely (although, with the NIKE iPod product there’s some strange coincidence)…

  3. comment Gravatar Setstage - January 27th, 2007

    like all the other songs an upbeat one is needed so love me do makes scence

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