try to think of it less as music and
more as long commercials featuring the
biggest names in music welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down the top 10 music videos
with the worst product placement
for this list we’re excluding songs that
actually mentioned products in their
lyrics which then appear in the video
like Nellie’s Air Force Ones or Carrera
by Carl wolf
see
instead we’re focusing on music videos
featuring truly horrible blatant product
placement where’s the pain when you walk
out the door
it doesn’t hurt like he used faithful
number ten how long will I love you
ellie goulding
how long will i love you long as stars
above you talk about meta not only does
the Nokia Lumia appear a lot in this
video the video was actually shot
entirely using you guessed it a Nokia
Lumia so many layers we’ve come to
expect product placement from videos for
flashy pop songs but the thing that
makes this particular case so hard to
watch is that the song itself is a sweet
and dreamy love ballad the video shows a
couple spending a day playing some
version of truth or dare
where they tape everything using the
Nokia phone clearly they’re fun
adventures and quite possibly their
entire relationship are only made
possible by the fine folks at Nokia
nothing says I love you like corporate
funding hello and I love you song is
stars above you
number nine leave the world behind loo
leave the world behind you alright you
convinced us we want a Volvo no we need
a Volvo how else will we go on
breathtaking Scandinavian adventures
surrender yourself to Thurid
with your hands a penis
this video feels a lot more like a short
film than a typical music video and
features electronic supergroup Swedish
House Mafia in the starring roles like
many of the videos on this list leave
the world behind blurs the line between
artsy commercial and actual music video
but it’s so much more than the sum of
its parts
in the end commercial or music video
it’s a stunning result a beautifully
shot amage to Sweden that will make you
want to hop on a plane and well leave
the world behind in a Volvo
number eight live it up
jennifer lopez featuring pitbull from
the streets away to present in the
Grammys coming movie delay Jennifer
maybe now you understand cut them some
slack this video might be overflowing
with product placement but up-and-coming
artists like JLo and pitbull have to
find creative ways to make ends meet in
these trying times you really can’t
blame them for wanting to get a little
extra cash
this song is a party anthem and the
video Hawks assorted luxury products all
fitting with the Yolo theme
Swarovski check Beluga vodka check ice
watches check o and Nokia phones
naturally
this is exactly the type of music video
where you expect to see artists popping
bottles and flashing jewelry so we’re
not that surprised
at least the ice watches fit a little
more organically than in no doubt settle
down I’m into Joey yeah Thank You number
seven
sparks Hillary duck you can promise
castles changes babies I don’t care Kyle
you’re just an engineer who wouldn’t
join tinder if they knew there was a
chance that Hilary Duff would swipe
right on their photo whether this is art
imitating life or life imitating art is
a mystery to us but basically the video
features Duff’s dance sequences
interspersed with what seems like hidden
camera footage of her going on real
tender dates I want to know what it is
to connect with someone and what it is
that gives you those sparks who else is
a pop princess going to meet a nice guy
in this modern technological age in the
video for sparks
Hilary Duff shows she’s just like any
other young woman looking for a match
who’s cute and likes si Racha should I
reach out to Jason yes look at him
he sounds funny and he likes to Russia I
know that was gonna be a winning point
and cheese and vodka and Mouton
number six greyhound Swedish House Mafia
before they partnered with Swedish
automaker Volvo Swedish House Mafia made
a similar deal with another Scandinavian
export absolute vodka the beverage
itself doesn’t feature heavily in this
video appearing in only a couple of
quick shots that is until the action of
the video ends and the final shot is
inexplicably a bottle of Absolut on a
tray in the desert making you feel like
maybe you were watching a vodka
commercial all along but were somehow
tricked into thinking it was an
electronic music video
considering Greyhound was launched
alongside an ad campaign for Absolut
that featured images from the video it’s
clear that this was more than just your
standard product placement
number five hold it against me Britney
Spears it’s hard not to hold it against
Britney Britain has actually put out
some pretty solid songs in her later
career especially on the electro pop
influenced album femme fatale which
features the infectious hold it against
me Sony is the most prominent brand name
in the video which makes sense as Spears
was signed to Sony Music Entertainment
the director clearly went for though
we’re selling out and not ashamed to
show an approach giving clear attention
to Britney’s make up forevers eyeshadow
and her radiance perfume then Britney
gave us work bitch in 2013 featuring
Lamborghini and beats pill product
placement oops she did it again
number four focus
ariana grande Samsung Mobile had their
work cut out for them after Drake
dropped hotline bling which ended up
being the most talked-about music video
of 2015 and happened to feature the
rapper holding not one but two iPhones I
know how could the South Korean
conglomerate compete getting ariana
grande to feature the Galaxy Note 5 in
her video for focus was a valiant effort
but it admittedly came off as a bit
heavy-handed too 3 come on girl it seems
like lyrics focus on me are clearly
about the phone and not so much the
singer also is it a coincidence that
grande and her dancers appear in galaxy
inspired outfits for a portion of the
video we think not
number three wake me up Avicii feel my
way through the darkness guided by a
beating heart they may seem like
unlikely collaborators like Swedish DJ
Avicii an American fashion mainstay
Ralph Laura and team up for the
electronic artists video for his hit
song wake me up this video is among the
most viewed YouTube music videos of all
time so clearly they did something right
ralph lauren’s Dannemann supply line is
front and center in this video about two
sisters or a mother and daughter it’s
unclear who’s trendy clothing makes them
outcasts in their backwater town
Howcast they may be but what better way
to put the focus on their gorgeous denim
outfits luckily a nearby semi
apocalyptic city is home to other
fashionable people and the girls are
saved
number two adventure of a lifetime
Coldplay turning magical everything the
world’s a tree we dare you not to cringe
while watching this video
chronic placement aside there are a lot
of things to take issue of here
just try to imagine the marketing
meeting where the concept was conceived
CG Apes great idea choreographed a
jungle dance party amazing they play
instruments fantastic but wait I feel
like they also need to be singing the
lyrics oh they’re doing that too
splendid it’s bad enough without product
placement but the Apes initial discovery
of a beat speaker in an awkward parody
of the dawn of man seems to be the
catalyst for all the antics that follow
beats we hold you responsible for
temporarily robbing a once respected
band of their dignity
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
this
I just
can I get a hell number one rock and
roll Avril Lavigne is there anything
less rock and roll than the intro to
this video oh my new Sony phone is
ringing the intention here may have been
over the top irony with Avril blatantly
name dropping Sony in the first 10
seconds but considering the effort
Lavigne has put into marketing her
personal brand over the last few years
nothing feels ironic about this product
placement okay well how much more Arby’s
can I make it wait the Sony Xperia can
be completely submerged in water and
still work that’s actually pretty amazed
we will not be sucked in by that
demonstration no matter how impressive
the only saving grace here is that the
phone only appears in the intro with the
rest of the video remaining refreshingly
ad free
nonetheless those first few seconds are
pretty damaging and this isn’t by any
means admirals first offence
so do you agree with our list can you
think of any music videos with worst
product placement heat a turn it up it’s
about damn time to live it up I’m so
sick of you so serious
for more marketable top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com okay well I’m sorry if you
don’t get it by now I’m gonna have to
say goodbye sir
more as long commercials featuring the
biggest names in music welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down the top 10 music videos
with the worst product placement
for this list we’re excluding songs that
actually mentioned products in their
lyrics which then appear in the video
like Nellie’s Air Force Ones or Carrera
by Carl wolf
see
instead we’re focusing on music videos
featuring truly horrible blatant product
placement where’s the pain when you walk
out the door
it doesn’t hurt like he used faithful
number ten how long will I love you
ellie goulding
how long will i love you long as stars
above you talk about meta not only does
the Nokia Lumia appear a lot in this
video the video was actually shot
entirely using you guessed it a Nokia
Lumia so many layers we’ve come to
expect product placement from videos for
flashy pop songs but the thing that
makes this particular case so hard to
watch is that the song itself is a sweet
and dreamy love ballad the video shows a
couple spending a day playing some
version of truth or dare
where they tape everything using the
Nokia phone clearly they’re fun
adventures and quite possibly their
entire relationship are only made
possible by the fine folks at Nokia
nothing says I love you like corporate
funding hello and I love you song is
stars above you
number nine leave the world behind loo
leave the world behind you alright you
convinced us we want a Volvo no we need
a Volvo how else will we go on
breathtaking Scandinavian adventures
surrender yourself to Thurid
with your hands a penis
this video feels a lot more like a short
film than a typical music video and
features electronic supergroup Swedish
House Mafia in the starring roles like
many of the videos on this list leave
the world behind blurs the line between
artsy commercial and actual music video
but it’s so much more than the sum of
its parts
in the end commercial or music video
it’s a stunning result a beautifully
shot amage to Sweden that will make you
want to hop on a plane and well leave
the world behind in a Volvo
number eight live it up
jennifer lopez featuring pitbull from
the streets away to present in the
Grammys coming movie delay Jennifer
maybe now you understand cut them some
slack this video might be overflowing
with product placement but up-and-coming
artists like JLo and pitbull have to
find creative ways to make ends meet in
these trying times you really can’t
blame them for wanting to get a little
extra cash
this song is a party anthem and the
video Hawks assorted luxury products all
fitting with the Yolo theme
Swarovski check Beluga vodka check ice
watches check o and Nokia phones
naturally
this is exactly the type of music video
where you expect to see artists popping
bottles and flashing jewelry so we’re
not that surprised
at least the ice watches fit a little
more organically than in no doubt settle
down I’m into Joey yeah Thank You number
seven
sparks Hillary duck you can promise
castles changes babies I don’t care Kyle
you’re just an engineer who wouldn’t
join tinder if they knew there was a
chance that Hilary Duff would swipe
right on their photo whether this is art
imitating life or life imitating art is
a mystery to us but basically the video
features Duff’s dance sequences
interspersed with what seems like hidden
camera footage of her going on real
tender dates I want to know what it is
to connect with someone and what it is
that gives you those sparks who else is
a pop princess going to meet a nice guy
in this modern technological age in the
video for sparks
Hilary Duff shows she’s just like any
other young woman looking for a match
who’s cute and likes si Racha should I
reach out to Jason yes look at him
he sounds funny and he likes to Russia I
know that was gonna be a winning point
and cheese and vodka and Mouton
number six greyhound Swedish House Mafia
before they partnered with Swedish
automaker Volvo Swedish House Mafia made
a similar deal with another Scandinavian
export absolute vodka the beverage
itself doesn’t feature heavily in this
video appearing in only a couple of
quick shots that is until the action of
the video ends and the final shot is
inexplicably a bottle of Absolut on a
tray in the desert making you feel like
maybe you were watching a vodka
commercial all along but were somehow
tricked into thinking it was an
electronic music video
considering Greyhound was launched
alongside an ad campaign for Absolut
that featured images from the video it’s
clear that this was more than just your
standard product placement
number five hold it against me Britney
Spears it’s hard not to hold it against
Britney Britain has actually put out
some pretty solid songs in her later
career especially on the electro pop
influenced album femme fatale which
features the infectious hold it against
me Sony is the most prominent brand name
in the video which makes sense as Spears
was signed to Sony Music Entertainment
the director clearly went for though
we’re selling out and not ashamed to
show an approach giving clear attention
to Britney’s make up forevers eyeshadow
and her radiance perfume then Britney
gave us work bitch in 2013 featuring
Lamborghini and beats pill product
placement oops she did it again
number four focus
ariana grande Samsung Mobile had their
work cut out for them after Drake
dropped hotline bling which ended up
being the most talked-about music video
of 2015 and happened to feature the
rapper holding not one but two iPhones I
know how could the South Korean
conglomerate compete getting ariana
grande to feature the Galaxy Note 5 in
her video for focus was a valiant effort
but it admittedly came off as a bit
heavy-handed too 3 come on girl it seems
like lyrics focus on me are clearly
about the phone and not so much the
singer also is it a coincidence that
grande and her dancers appear in galaxy
inspired outfits for a portion of the
video we think not
number three wake me up Avicii feel my
way through the darkness guided by a
beating heart they may seem like
unlikely collaborators like Swedish DJ
Avicii an American fashion mainstay
Ralph Laura and team up for the
electronic artists video for his hit
song wake me up this video is among the
most viewed YouTube music videos of all
time so clearly they did something right
ralph lauren’s Dannemann supply line is
front and center in this video about two
sisters or a mother and daughter it’s
unclear who’s trendy clothing makes them
outcasts in their backwater town
Howcast they may be but what better way
to put the focus on their gorgeous denim
outfits luckily a nearby semi
apocalyptic city is home to other
fashionable people and the girls are
saved
number two adventure of a lifetime
Coldplay turning magical everything the
world’s a tree we dare you not to cringe
while watching this video
chronic placement aside there are a lot
of things to take issue of here
just try to imagine the marketing
meeting where the concept was conceived
CG Apes great idea choreographed a
jungle dance party amazing they play
instruments fantastic but wait I feel
like they also need to be singing the
lyrics oh they’re doing that too
splendid it’s bad enough without product
placement but the Apes initial discovery
of a beat speaker in an awkward parody
of the dawn of man seems to be the
catalyst for all the antics that follow
beats we hold you responsible for
temporarily robbing a once respected
band of their dignity
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
this
I just
can I get a hell number one rock and
roll Avril Lavigne is there anything
less rock and roll than the intro to
this video oh my new Sony phone is
ringing the intention here may have been
over the top irony with Avril blatantly
name dropping Sony in the first 10
seconds but considering the effort
Lavigne has put into marketing her
personal brand over the last few years
nothing feels ironic about this product
placement okay well how much more Arby’s
can I make it wait the Sony Xperia can
be completely submerged in water and
still work that’s actually pretty amazed
we will not be sucked in by that
demonstration no matter how impressive
the only saving grace here is that the
phone only appears in the intro with the
rest of the video remaining refreshingly
ad free
nonetheless those first few seconds are
pretty damaging and this isn’t by any
means admirals first offence
so do you agree with our list can you
think of any music videos with worst
product placement heat a turn it up it’s
about damn time to live it up I’m so
sick of you so serious
for more marketable top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com okay well I’m sorry if you
don’t get it by now I’m gonna have to
say goodbye sir
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