Music on adverts is, sometimes, the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone, ever. Worse than being in a concentration camp for 10 years. Think we’re hamming it up? Let us remind you of the jingles from the Go Compare adverts. Or the We Buy Any Car one.

Wishing you didn’t have ears now?

Well, not all music on commercials is woeful. In fact, sometimes, it is really, really cool. Old hits are given new leases of life via TV and new bands break vital ground with a well placed piece of music.