Car commercials with cool songs have yet to convince me to buy a car, but they have an excellent track record at compelling me to drop some scratch at iTunes or Best Buy. Last year, Phoenix's "1901" soundtracked the "re-imagined, re-inspired, and reinvigorated" Cadillac SRX. The SRX had a major improvement in sales, and "1901" landed at No. 4 on 17 Track's Top Songs of 2009 list. This year's contender for top car commercial song is Shiny Toy Gun's "Major Tom" which is featured in an ad for the Lincoln MKZ. It's a cover of the 1983 hit by German singer Peter Schilling. The song has a soaring melody, but it's about an astronaut lost in space. It's not exactly the kind of topic that makes you want to test drive a Lincoln, is it?
