Uses in Popular Culture
"Brass in Pocket" was used in the background of several commercials as part of an advertising campaign by National City Bank during the late 1990s-early 2000s. The Pretenders lead singer Chrissie Hynde is a native of Akron, Ohio, while National City was based in nearby Cleveland.
The song was covered by the character Dora Winifred "D.W." Read of Arthur as "D.W.'s Brass in Pocket" on the 2001 album "Arthur's Really Rockin' Music Mix."
In Australia around 2006, "Brass in Pocket" was used to inspire an advertisement for Kellogg Company's Special K. The song has a distinctive "call and response" bridge where Chrissie Hynde sings "I'm special (so special)/I gotta have some of your attention give it to me."
"Brass in Pocket" is used in a 2011 TV commercial for the Blackberry PlayBook.
In Season 2 Episode 5 of "The Greatest American Hero," Ralph Hinkley's students form a rock band and perform "Brass in Pocket" at a concert.
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