Nouvelle Vague (band) - Appearances in Media

Appearances in Media

• Nouvelle Vague's cover of Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon" appears in the 2010 Discovery Channel advert for a program on human Sacrifice.
• Nouvelle Vague's cover of Tuxedomoon's "In a Manner of Speaking" appears in a 2005 episode of the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush as well as during the end credits of the 2007 film A Mighty Heart; the song has also featured on an episode of Hollyoaks, and was prominently featured in the Korean drama Soulmate. It is also being played by the band in the party scene in the 2011 Justin Timberlake movie In Time. It is also covered by Mai Khalil in Lowkey song, Dear England.
• Their cover of "This Is Not A Love Song" also appears throughout the 2006 Korean drama Soulmate.
• Since at least 2008, their cover of "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC has been used as the background music for the telephone service of the frequent flyers' programme of KLM and Air France, Flying Blue. "Making Plans for Nigel" also appeared on the Air France website front page in a 2005 sale offer accompanied by an image of a woman dreaming of a beach vacation.
• "Just Can't Get Enough", "O Pamela", "Ever Fallen In Love" and "Teenage Kicks" have also been used in Channel 4's Sugar Rush.
• The United States television channel Turner Classic Movies began using Nouvelle Vague's cover of "Dance with Me" by The Lords of the New Church in 2007 for an advertisement featuring former selections from the Cannes Film Festival.
• In 2005, their cover of Modern English's "I Melt with You", was used for the soundtrack of the black comedy film, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and appeared in a 2007 American television advertisement for the GMC Acadia as well as UK adverts for Vicks Sinex and T-Mobile. It was also used in the third season of American reality series The Hills, in the second season (episode 8) of Grey's Anatomy, in the third episode of the first series of the UK drama Mistresses, and in 2012, in the pilot episode of Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23.
• Their cover of The Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to Fuck" was used in the 2007 film Planet Terror.
• Their versions of "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Teenage Kicks" have both been used in adverts in the UK.
• Their cover of Billy Idol's "Dancing with Myself" has been featured in advertisements for TLC's show LA Ink. It was also used as the show's opening theme song for the first half of Season 1.
• Their cover of "Marian" by The Sisters of Mercy appears in season 4 of Nip/Tuck.
• Their version of The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" appeared regularly in series 2 of Harry and Paul, during the "Cafe Polska" sketches.
• Their version of The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" was also used on an advert for the second series of The Inbetweeners.
• Their version of Bauhaus' 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" was used at the opening of the 2007 film Elvis and Anabelle.
• Their version of "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol was sung by Artie in the episode "Wheels" of the Fox television series Glee.
• Their version of "Heart of Glass" by Blondie was used in the episode "The Rhodes Not Taken" Fox television series Glee.
• Cover versions of "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Just Can't Get Enough", and "Ever Fallen In Love" were broadcast on The Delicious Miss Dahl, BBC Two, 23 March 2010
• Their version of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" appeared in the Uma Thurman film The Accidental Husband',' the German television series Türkisch für Anfänger," and the British television series Skins.
• Their version of "Blister in the Sun" was used in the 2011 film Bridesmaids. It was also in the episode "Empire of the Son" on The CW television series Gossip Girl.
• Their version of "In a manner of speaking" was used in the 2011 film In Time.