There are many Target commercials, but for the May-June 2011 Target commercial, the background music is from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo. This was the only hit Status Quo had in the U.S., in November 1967. Interestingly, two versions of this song were made, mono and stereo. The wailing "wah-wah" Guitars are only heard in the mono version(and in this commercial). The lyrics for this song can be found on Lyrics.com. The "matchstick men" that are sung about repeatedly in this song refer to the people in the paintings of L.S. Lowry, from England. He painted large landscapes, but the people in the paintings always appeared small and without detail, hence, matchstick men.
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