Pointless Nostalgia
Today, I’m diving into a collection of hit songs that began their lives not on the charts, but in commercials. These tracks once sold you soda, soap, or sneakers—before they became the soundtrack to your wedding, your road trips, or your wildest disco nights. Believe it or not, every one of them started as a jingle. More
Am very thankful that Wisk “Ring around the Collar” never became a hit tune
That jingle plagued me for 50 years
Sourpuss – and now it will plague all of US. Thanks a bunch. Currently the Burger King one seems to show up just before bedtime, regardless of the channel I’m on. Seriously annoying.
Not a jingle per say but an instrumental version of a commercial. Not sure which came first.
The song by the T-Bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thobjyBX1lE
The commercial.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NIU7k4C3Y0
I keep thinking “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” was used in commercials and finally found Burger King using it in ’96. Funny, how these things stick in the brain but not well enough to leave a mark.
There’s a real benefit to have quit watching commercial TV several decades ago. The first jingle that came to mind when I saw this article here at iOTW was Bucky Beaver singing…
Brusha Brusha Brusha
Here’s the new Ipana
There are a few more recent jingles that come to mind now, but that one was first in my aging head.
Bucky Beaver reminds me of 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gperTK6heWU
Adding insult to injury
For those young uns who never experienced the atrocious marketing of the 60’s and 70’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7c4NUeA2cc
After that obnoxious commercial I vowed to never buy Wisk and I never have….
And then there’s always “you wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent” or John Cameron Swayze for Timex watches “it takes a licking and keeps on ticking” or the ads for Dr. Ross dogfood “Dr. Ross dogfood is doggone good.” Earworms totally unforgettable forever. And many other annoying ads that I still remember.
geoff – Did you ever watch Mad Men? It’s a seedy biz…
Not a jingle, but I remember this commercial.
https://youtu.be/D8bNL0YgWO4?si=sn8tpw5vuRcB-xRm
As if he just innocently thought he was lifting his girlfriend. More like copping a feel. And that’s why Mrs. Burk loved it.
The jingle I have not been able to find was “P-O-P-T-A-R-T-S Pop Tarts.” I don’t remember it all now, but I used to sing it — not that we ever had them in our house.
We still need the Euel Gibbons commercials for Grape Nuts to come back, those were classics. I still like to eat Grape Nuts on occasion.
And who knew that grapes had nuts.