The ULTIMATE Corporate Rock Song

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As noted on a previous thread, I believe it just might be "We Built This City (On Rock N' Roll)" — but I'm willing to listen to other offers...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:36 (twenty-one years ago)

"Are You Ready For Some Football?" - Hank Jr.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Takin' Care of Business" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive

― Brian Miller, Thursday, 4 December 2003 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Corporate America" by Boston

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

"Gimme Some Money" -- Spinal Tap
"Corporate Whores" -- Day Glo Abortions
"Corporate World" -- Prince

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

My daughter told me there's an mall-emo band or something called Something Corporate out now, but she's just making that up, right?

― chuck, Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

KOKOMO

― maura (maura), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Lust For Life - Iggy Pop

― may pang (maypang), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:25 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hip to be Square"

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The Devo Corporate Anthem

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 4 December 2003 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

"Addicted to Love"

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"workin' for a living"

― Felcher (Felcher), Thursday, 4 December 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

My daughter told me there's an mall-emo band or something called Something Corporate out now, but she's just making that up, right?

It's really a band.

― James Slone (Freon Trotsky), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"Marquaritaville" -- by virtue of Jimmy Buffett's rented performance
at Dennis Kozlowski's private corporate orgy in Sardinia.

― George Smith, Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Bob Seger - "Old Time Rock & Roll"

and

Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"

― Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Segar's Feel Like A Number is a corporate drone anthem of protest!

― Matt Helgeson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 4 December 2003 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Smells Like Teen Spirit

'Here I go again on my own' by Whitesnake

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Friday, 5 December 2003 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

"Here I Go Again" must have been recorded at least 8 squillion times!!!!! It's like there's a new version on every one of Whitesnake's albums!!!! He even changes the lyrics!!!!! (From "like a hobo" -> "like a drifter"!!!!) He'll probably still be re-recording it when he's in a zimmer-frame!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 5 December 2003 10:15 (twenty-one years ago)

If it ain't broke.....

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Friday, 5 December 2003 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Precisely my point!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Friday, 5 December 2003 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

corporate slave- snog

― kephm, Friday, 5 December 2003 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Songs that protest corporate culture (or whatever), aren't corporate. Right? So many of these suggestions are hereby disqualified.

I just called to say I love you.

― Debito (Debito), Friday, 5 December 2003 15:50 (twenty-one years ago)

If we want to extend into "Corporate Soul," what about the Stylistics' "Stone In Love With You"? It has that part about "if I were a business man, I'd sit behind a desk/I'd be so successful, I'd scare Wall Street to death."

― John Fredland (jfredland), Saturday, 6 December 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

anything by Flattened Feculent Female Formaldehyde Fetus

KROYZT, it's like every time I turn the dial, I can't avoid those sacharrine love ditties of theirs!!!

― lonenutnate, Saturday, 6 December 2003 05:57 (twenty-one years ago)

The Kinks: Denmark Street

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 6 December 2003 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

"All Mod Cons" by the Jam has always sounded very corporate to me. Its about short enough to fit a lengthy commercial.

― tyler (tyler), Sunday, 7 December 2003 02:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I wonder what song has appeared in the most commercials over time.

― Debito (Debito), Sunday, 7 December 2003 02:54 (twenty-one years ago)

'Don't let me get me' by Pink. Don't let the lyrics fool you, this IS the most corporate rock song ever written.

― pete s, Sunday, 7 December 2003 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ultimate Corporate Rock Band: Matchbox Twenty

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Sunday, 7 December 2003 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

So what was corporate rock anyway? Everyone was against it a few years ago, but I never figured out who qualified and who didn't. Were Boston corporate rock, even though they did that "Corporate America" song mentioned above? Pearl Jam? Huey Lewis? Someone enlighten me.

― Matt #2, Saturday, 10 May 2008 18:39 (seventeen years ago)

listen guys if it wasnt 4 corporations u would b eatin potatoes out of the ground and drinking rainwater u collected urself u fucken hippeys

― Bodrick III, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:03 (seventeen years ago)

And eating Geoff Travis' brown rice.

What a horrible thought.

― King Boy Pato, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:25 (seventeen years ago)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/Danj1234/CorporateRockStillSucks2.jpg

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:31 (seventeen years ago)

(I'm all for corporate rock, by the way. Whatever it is.)

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:32 (seventeen years ago)

Wikipedia sez :

Corporate rock is an often pejorative term used primarily by music critics to describe rock music, particularly music from arena rock bands, which are alleged to be purely commercial, formulaic, or lacking in creativity or authenticity, or to music which was thought to have used corporate record producing power to get an unfair playback advantage on radio over more music more deserving of exposure. According to these critics, the primary goal of the corporate rock artist or band in making music is profit and radio airplay rather than artistic creativity. As a result, corporate rock is typified by catchy, mainstream radio-friendly, formulaic songs following a pop music model. The term was first used in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Despite the negative opinions of critics, many corporate rock bands attained a high degree of commercial success, and some still have loyal followings today.

So that's cleared that up then.

― Matt #2, Sunday, 11 May 2008 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

"We Built This City" was what I immediately thought of, same as NTI.

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 11 May 2008 13:42 (seventeen years ago)

Like Blood and Sparkles, I thought of 'Hip To Be Square'. There is some sense in which that song really does stand alone.

― moley, Sunday, 11 May 2008 13:45 (seventeen years ago)

The most corporate of corporate rock songs are when actual talented songwriters get hits delivered by professional cliche hitmaker songwriters because their management/label or whatever believe those songs have more hit potential. Examples are "The Flame" by Cheap Trick and "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 11 May 2008 20:42 (seventeen years ago)

thirteen years pass...

"Double Vision"

― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 16:23 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UguqNYa90UM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id3qqS27xHE

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 19:53 (four years ago)

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