If you live in the States, and have been watching the olympics at least half an hour a day {and really, with all this coverage how could you not?}, you’ve probably seen this recent Coca-Cola commercial. For those of you who won’t or can’t click through to that youtube link the commercial features inspirational music with a steady montage of famous olympic and special olypmpic moments. Each and every time I saw the commercial one thought nagged on my brain. What is that song? I knew I had heard it, I knew it was familiar, but I felt as if something was just slightly off.
mp3 : Sia - Breathe Me
Turns out I was right about everything {as I usually am}. The song is Breathe Me from Sia’s 2006 album Colour the Small One (amazon) (itunes). In all actuality the music they use is really an instrumental edit of the song. Basically they’ve taken the instrumental interlude and linked that first fifteen seconds together with a clip from the instrumental bridge which starts at about 3:15 into the track. Overall it’s a great commercial and it’s nice to see Sia getting more exposure {even if they cut her vocals from the ad}.
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Really liked her cover of Paranoid Android. (That WAS her, right?)
Don’t know if the first post went through, so I thought I’d try it again…
I’ve been a fan since Zero 7. This song has been big since the season finale of Six Feet Under. You should check out her stuff on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic
i really wish it wasn’t used in the commercial and so that it forever remains in the special world of sfu. But I do like the commercial though. the song is powerfully moving even without any vocals. whenever I hear this song it gets to me.
To be fair the vocals/lyrics don’t exactly resonate with the Olympic spirit..hah. Haunting song though.