The song was used by Microsoft in its 2001 advertising campaign for Windows XP . It begins with a man leaping through a green field and then lifting off into a sunny sky — a landscape lifted from Windows XP 's default " bliss screen " . There is also a series of images of people using Windows XP for real-time communications , to collaborate in an airy restaurant , to relay digital images of flying people , watch videos and listen to music . Then , a snippet from the song follows the phrase : " Faster than the speeding light she 's flying ... You soar . Yes you can " . The campaign was reworked after the September 11 attacks ; the tag line " Prepare to fly " was changed to " Yes you can " , to sidestep new concerns about air travel , said Stephanie Ferguson , director of the company 's PC Experience Solutions Marketing Group . In 2008 , a Sunsilk shampoo commercial included shots of Marilyn Monroe and Shakira with songs well known by them , and ends with several video shots of Madonna to the sounds of " Ray of Light " . Madonna reportedly received US$ 10 million for the song 's usage . The commercial premiered on Super Bowl XLII . In 2010 , '' Glee '' tribute episode " The Power of Madonna " featured " Ray of Light " playing in the background as the school 's cheerleading team performed a complicated stilts routine . In the 2011 '' Family Guy '' episode " New Kidney in Town " , main character Peter Griffin is seen in the " Ray of Light " video after drinking Red Bull
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Ray of Light (song)