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There's this advert for Freeview TV that uses the instrumentals from Enola Gay by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. I don't know if anyone intentionally decided to have a song about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki associated with their TV streaming company or if there's some exec out there that doesn't know what the song is about wanted for the advert and everyone else was too afraid to tell them no.
Ads choosing what-the-fuck songs has to be rooted in blind ignorance or cynical exploitation of blind ignorance. It can't all be deliberate. I think some people's range of hearing doesn't extend beyond the chorus. So you get everything from computer companies using twink anthem "Cherry Lips" to whoever the hell enjoyed the positive vibes of... "Blitzkrieg Bop."