Amazon.com music has released a new feature or grouping of music on their website. It’s called “As Heard On”, and the entire section features those songs you’ve probably heard on TV shows, commercials and movies. Many of the songs featured now are the original artists performing those songs you’ve been hearing one of the American Idol contestants singing every week.

Amazon's "As Heard On" website homepage

Without a doubt a great way for Amazon.com to capitalize on the popularity of American Idol, and continue getting their own piece of the downloaded music marketshare from iTunes and Apple.

Above and beyond American Idol though, how many times have you been watching TV and heard a song in the background of a scene or in a commercial and wondered what it was or who sang it. Perhaps my best example is the old eToys.com commercial that featured “Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World” by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.

What Amazon.com could really do to make this a great service though would be to allow you to search for songs by show title or commercial topic. Perhaps even putting in a date and time of the show you were watching to try and find the associated song. Now THAT would be cool. Almost like song tagging available on HD Radio and other services.

Go uncover some great music that was “As Heard On” by Amazon.com yourself

For some reason I missed these videos when they first were shown on the American Idol finale on Wednesday night. Don’t get me started on that as our DVR cut off literally right before they announced the winner!

The video portray the American Idol finalists air-guitaring with Guitar Hero a la Tom Cruise in the movie “Risky Business”.

Uncovered by Linda Sharp at “Don’t Get Me Started” who’s making a little bit of news herself with her fandom of David Cook.