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Apologies up front if people here thinking I'm fishing in the wrong lake but I just don't know where else to post this. Wasn't sure if folks' music knowledge on this board extends to early 90s Brit-synth pop, but I figured I'd give it a shot:

I've been looking for a song that came out around 91-92 (maybe '90), it is as I alluded to, sort of ambient (not techno!) Brit synth pop, with these elements:

-acoustic guitar
-"airy" synth string chords
-I believe it's in the key of e minor (for the musicology-informed)

Last clue, it was used in the mid-to-later 90s (95-97 time frame) in a Nike or Gatorade commercial...the reason I don't know which is because I distinctly remember in the commercial they were playing soccer.

TIA

These must be the same rock solid clues that OJ is using to find his wife's murderer! [:D]

[quote][i]Originally posted by myirwin[/i]
<br>These must be the same rock solid clues that OJ is using to find his wife's murderer! [:D]

How about "The Life of Riley" by the Lightning Seeds?

"World in Motion" by New Order?

[quote][i]Originally posted by fiftypercent[/i]
<br>How about "The Life of Riley" by the Lightning Seeds?
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[quote][i]Originally posted by romanticide[/i]
<br>"World in Motion" by New Order?
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Allright, There are a few things that come to mind...

1. B.B.E. "Seven Days And One Week"
2. anything by BT from "ESCM" or "Movement In Still Life"
3. anything by Chicane from "From The Maddening Crowds"

Have a hunt around - I THINK that atmospher

[quote][i]Originally posted by jfiber[/i]
<br>Allright, There are a few things that come to mind...

1. B.B.E. "Seven Days And One Week"

Well, I found the darn thing...an early 90s "shoegazer" song called "Chrome Wave" by Ride. I described it to a friend who pretty much picked up right away what I was getting at. Thanks again all for your help.