Some music lovers feel that another example of selling out is when a band or artist allows their music, once it has been proven to be successful in the marketplace, to be sold to a company for use in commercial advertising. Some well-known examples of this practice are listed below with the company sponsor, in parentheses, after the artist and title of the song sold:

• Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up' (Microsoft)
• Led Zeppelin 'Rock and Roll' (Cadillac)
• Aerosmith 'Dream On' (Buick)
• Beatles 'Revolution' (Nike)
• Clash 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' (Pontiac)
• Ramones 'Blitzkrieg Bop' (AT&T)
• New Order 'Blue Monday' (Sunkist)
• Madness 'It Must be Love' (Snack Pack Pudding)
• Sting 'Desert Rose' (Jaguar)
• Barenaked Ladies 'One Week' (Mitsubishi)
• Madonna 'Ray of Light' (Microsoft)
• Styx 'Mr. Roboto' (Volkswagen)
• David Bowie 'Rebel, Rebel' (XM Radio)
• Bob Dylan 'Love Sick' (Victoria's Secret)
• Verve 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' (Nike)
• Fatboy Slim 'Praise You' (Mercedes)
• The Smiths 'How Soon is Now' (Nissan)
• Moby 'Porcelain' (Bailey's Irish Creme)
• Lenny Kravitz 'Fly Away' (Nissan)
• Pete Townsend 'My Love Open the Door' (JC Penny)
• Rick James 'Give it to Me Baby' (Papa John's Pizza)
• Queen 'I Want to Break Free' (Coke - C2, Ban - Deoderant)
• Squeeze 'Tempted' (Trident Gum)
• Friggs 'Bad Word for a Good Thing' (Chevrolet - Trailblazer)
• U2 'Vertigo' (Apple Computer - iPod)
• Eric Clapton 'Layla' (SBC)
• Franz Ferdinand 'Take Me Out' (Sony - PSP)