Madonna herself: Nick Kamen’s 1986 hit “Each Time You Break My Heart”.Nick Kamen rose to fame in 1985, thanks to an iconic television commercial for Levi’s.
Working as a successful model at the time, Kamen had the opportunity to star in a television commercial promoting Levi’s 501 jeans.
The commercial depicted him entering a launderette to wash his jeans, stripping down to only his white boxer shorts. The impact of this steamy commercial was immediate and far-reaching.Levi’s experienced an astounding 800% increase in sales, as well as catapulting Nick Kamen to stardom and a symbol of sex appeal.
The advertisement featured Marvin Gaye’s timeless hit, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” which also experienced a surge in sales.