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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Challenge - looking for commercials based on popular songs
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 16:11:41 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 16:11:41 1984
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I've been compiling a list of popular songs which have been remade
into radio or TV commercials. I'm interested in further additions to this
list; I know there are many I've forgotten or never heard. Some of these
are local to Canada (e.g., the Molson's and Labatt's beer).

Contributions are welcome. Please MAIL them to me - I'll post a
revised list when all contributions are in.

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ORIGINAL			COMMERCIAL

Enjoy Yourself			Enjoy yourself, take 5 for 50 ale
(1930's?)			Labatt's 50 Ale

Help me Rhonda			Help me Honda
(Beach Boys)			Honda automobiles

When You're Smiling		When you're smiling, say Labatt's Blue
(England, 1920s?)		(Labatt's beer)

Ma-tilda			Hey, Tilden!
(Australia)			Tilden Rent-a-Car

Volare, Cantare			Volare
				Plymouth Volare (automobile)

Hello, Dolly			Hello, Admiral
(musical)			(resurrection of Admiral appliances in Canada)

Put on a Happy Face		Let's have a Carlsberg Bock
(1920's?)			(Carlsberg beer)

Heart				Molson Light has got Heart
				(Molson's light beer)

What a Wonderful World		What a Wonderful World at Westney Heights
(Art Garfunkel)			(Toronto-area subdivision homes)

I Am the Very Model of		General Motors offers you
  a Modern Major-General	  Continuous Protection Plan
(Gilbert & Sullivan)		(GM 3-year extended warranty)

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah	Granada colour TV
(Allan Sherman)			(sales & rental)
(itself a parody)

We're the Great Pretenders	We're the Great Weekenders
(The Platters?)			Tilden rent-a-car

Sittin' on the dock of the bay	Sittin' with the Bock of today
(?)				Molson's Bock (beer)

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OK, any more out there?


There are two other types of commercials which don't fit into the above
mold. One is the commercials which have been so successful they've
been made into popular songs. The Coke song ("I'd like to buy the
world a Coke") is the best known. The other is commercials that
use existing popular songs without changing the words. Trans-Canada
Telephone System ran TV ads showing family-type scenes and playing
the song "Anytime you're feeling lonely". I'm not really interested
in these types of ads, unless there's something particularly unusual.



Dave Sherman
Toronto
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