I remember hearing this song on a Cadillac commercial awhile back (and still hear it lately) and it really made me want to hear the rest of the song; not to buy a Cadillac.

Not long ago a friend of mine was playing the song in her car and I was pumped to hear it outside of the context of a commercial. She told me the name of the band was called Phoenix, which I had never heard of. But I finally got to hear the whole song – and it was in a volkswagen.

Perhaps you haven’t been able to hear the whole song yet? Well, it’s your lucky day because the video below features the full tune!

But I have to give the Cadillac’s advertising team credit for finding such a cool song. While it’s kinda of annoying that this awesome song is now associated with Cadillac, it’s deeper essence is perhaps even more associated with the joy and excitement of driving on the road. Beyond that it’s really a pump up song and gets you excited to live your life! And good for Phoenix who not only must have got paid very well for their song on the commercial, it also got their music out to a huge audience, including me.

I’m listening to their myspace as I type this, and I actually know another one of their songs – it’s called “If I ever feel better.” But it looks like it was on their older album.

See their myspace site here: www.myspace.com/wearephoenix
See lyrics to Phoenix’s ’1901′ song >>