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1985

My Beautiful Laundrette

Famous television advert On Nick
  • In a famous television advert, singer-songwriter Nick Kamen washed his jeans in a launderette, while Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine played in the background.
  • The track was re-released and charted in the following year, while the advert was number 6 in a 2000 UK poll of The 100 Greatest TV Ads.