Apple Music playlist highlights 40 songs from 40 years of ads

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Festivities for Apple’s 40th birthday have spilled over onto Apple Music this week, with an all-new playlist that celebrates songs from the company’s iconic ads over the years.

The 40-song playlist spotlights some of the best tunes of the present and the past. It’s available to all Apple Music subscribers, and includes hits from The Beatles, Rolling Stone, Eminem, Adele, Daft Punk, Lauryn Hill, Coldyplay, U2 and Bob Dylan.

Check out the full track list:

The Beatles – “All You Need Is Love”
The Rolling Stones – “She’s a Rainbow”
Feist – “1234”
Gorillaz – “Feel Good Inc.”
Chairlift – “Bruises”
Caesars – “Jerk It Out”
Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill”
Blackstreet – “No Diggity”
The Weeknd – “Can’t Feel My Face”
Goldfrapp – “Ooh La La”
Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
Eminem – “Lose Yourself”
Franz Ferdinand – “No You Girls”
Miss Li – “Bourgeois Shangri-La”
Nickodemus – “Mi Swing Es Tropical”
Phoenix – “Lisztomania”
The Fratellis – “Flathead”
Royal Blood – “Figure It Out”
N.E.R.D – “Rock Star”
Glass Animals – “Black Mambo”
Yael Naïm – “New Soul”
Adele – “Someone Like You”
Lauryn Hill – “Ex-Factor”
Mary J Blige – “Work That”
Coldplay – “Viva la Vida”
U2 – “Vertigo”
Muse – “Sunburn”
Matt Costa – “Mr. Pitiful”
Alabama Shakes – “Sound & Color”
The Ting Tings – “Shut Up and Let Me Go”
Daft Punk – “Technologic”
Major Lazer – “Too Original”
Prototypes – “Who’s Gonna Sing?”
The Submarines – “Submarine Symphonika”
Cream – “White Room”
Steppenwolf – “Born to Be Wild”
Elvis Presely – “Blue Suede Shoes”
Bob Dylan – “Someday Baby”
Stevie Wonder – “Someday at Christmas”
Paul McCartney – “Dance Tonight”

Source: iTunes

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