Choosing the right song for a TV Show, movie or ad campaign is an art form. You have to convey the right message and the right mood all while rocking your audience's face off. However, getting it horribly wrong and picking the worst possible song is a much funnier art form. We're gonna focus on that second one. Advertisement

9 GE Sings About Buying Your Soul Song: "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis Used in: Commercial for GE clean coal. Continue Reading Below Advertisement Why they thought it would be appropriate: The ad was part of a campaign to make coal sexy again (remember when coal used to be sexy?) and involved underwear models dressed up as coal miners. So we guess they figured using a coal mining song with a slower tempo would give the ad a bit of dignity and distract people from the fact that their commercial is just the coal mining scene from Zoolander played straight. Why it wasn't: Take a closer look at the lyrics of the chorus: You haul Sixteen Tons, whadaya getÃ¢ÂÂ¨ Another day older and deeper in debtÃ¢ÂÂ¨ Saint Peter don't call cause I can't go Continue Reading Below Advertisement I owe my soul to the company store This is a classic example of someone breaking the Golden Rule of advertising: never imply that your product or service prevents people from getting into heaven.

Doomed to Hell. Obviously on a rational level, we know that General Electric doesn't make coal miners sign over their souls, but they don't seem overly eager to distance themselves from the practice either. Probably just leaving their options open. Y'know, in case the unions start acting up again.

8 No Matter What "Turning Japanese" Means, It's Offensive Continue Reading Below Advertisement Song: "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors Used in: TV coverage of the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea Why they thought it would be appropriate: Well, it's a song with Japan in it. Sure, a song with Japan and South Korea would be better, but nothing rhymes with Korea except diarrhea. And with Japan hosting one of the world's biggest sporting events, it's like we're all turning Japanese! It's the perfect song for showing how open the world is to Japanese culture, right?

She's actually a white girl from Texas. Why it wasn't: Well, no. Most people think "Turning Japanese" is about a man masturbating to pictures of his ex-girlfriend. The idea here is that the face you make when you masturbate is all squinty and slit eyed. Continue Reading Below Advertisement

Just like Japanese people! Get it!? The Vapors deny it, which is probably what we'd do if the entire world found out we were racists, perverts, and pathetic all at once. By the time 2002 rolled around, it didn't matter--the song was an Asian-mocking masturbation joke complete with a Japanese protest song called "Turning Hakujin" (Japanese for white person). Plus, even without the racism, the lyrics are incredibly creepy. "I want a doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside"? What the fuck? Seems a little edgy for a soccer tournament, right? Although if that qualifies as a good match, we've got the perfect song for the next Jergens campaign. Continue Reading Below Advertisement