Bringing a new buzz to the music industry

Since it had one of the highest budgets for a TV show up to that point, ‘Miami Vice’ wasn’t afraid of using licensed music.

Big bands such as The Rolling Stones, U2 and The Who all had their songs featured on the show.

$10,000 or more would be spent per episode on the rights to original recordings and it was a big boost for artists if their material was included.