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Ear Worm/Advertising

i agree the lyrics are genius. but they won't get out of my bloody head. seriously, i haven't slept for a week.
kgoonie, commenting about the Garmin "Carol Of The Bells" ads on Youtube

If you are annoyed by commercials, the sticky songs they use make it even worse. Jingles were big in the 1950s and 1960s.


Why'm I dressed up like a pirate In this restaurant?
Should've gone to freecreditreport.com...

"At Eastern Motors
Your job's your credit..."

    • Ford, Hyundai, Chevy beamers, and minivans. Over 600 cars, trucks, SUV's, are you listening, man? Let Eastern Motors. . . put you in a car today. Let Eastern Motors. . . finance it all the way.
  • The ((BROKEN))Clapper.

"Clap on! <clap, clap>
Clap off!" <clap, clap>

  • The Subway "Five Dollar Footlong" ads.
  • Flea Market, Montgomery! It's just like, it's just like, it's just like, A MINI-MAWHL!
  • BY MENNEN!
  • "HOT POCKET!"
  • Slinky: It's a slinky, a slinky! Fun for girls and boys!
  • We're happy little Vegemites, as bright as bright as can be... See here (at 2:10) from the Australian show Good News Week to see just how that jingle can stick in the head of every Australian alive. The reactions from the American guests just add to the glee! "We are an army forged by Vegemite!" (The audience did sing the whole thing - for some reason, the broadcast cut a line out.)
  • That horrible "zoom zoom zoom" ditty from the Mazda commercials.

"Za zoom zoom zoom
Za zoom zoom zoom..."

"Have you had your break today?"

Bebe Bao made a list
Of every birthday wish
But when she started to see
Her friends and her family
She said, what else could one girl need?

  • "Saaaaved byyy zeeeeeee-ro." Catchy tune - now, what's it for again?
    • It's a song by The Fixx. But some company thought using just the "saved by zero" parts (no other lyrics) would be excellent to sell 0% financing.
  • Good luck prying the shrill voice of the girl from the Microsoft Songsmith commercial out of your mind.
    • I'm singing along with my laptop, making up new songs!
      • OH DEAR CHRIST IT HURTS SO MUCH
  • And just to go a little retro...
  • "Wanna Fanta, doncha wanna, wanna Fanta?" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHMAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP
  • This old The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past advert. It leaves a firm loop of 'Deru deru deru' in your mind AND NEVER GOES AWAY. ARRRRG.
    • They're a girl?!
    • By the way, if I was Michael Jackson, I'd sue Nintendo for this.
  • "After these messages we'll be riiiight back!"
  • WAKE UP YOU SLEEPY HEAD< YOU CAN SLEEP WHEN YOU ARE DEAD! [dead link]
  • Charms Blow Pop take one, action.The fact that a director can be easily heard giving the actors their cues just makes it stick in the head more.
  • One day, one night, Saturday's alright. Online's just fine. Nighttime, anytime. Get your degree. Set yourself free. Nationalllll Americannnn Universityeee!
  • Anyone from the St Louis area knows this infuriating ad: "Call T-I-C-K-E-T-1 to get your traffic tickets done, T-I-C-K-E-T-1, Ticket-1, Ticket-1." What's worse is that it's a 15 second ad that airs twice in a single break. It's so addictive that even a year after I had moved away, when I got pulled over, that was the first thing in my mind.
  • Frisbie Tire! There's a lot we do! What can we do for you?
  • When you eat your smarties, do you eat the red ones last? - the jingle that kept M&Ms from getting any market penetration in Canada for years.
  • In the 1980s the tourism board of Prince Edward Island, Canada, commissioned country legend "Stompin' Tom" Connors to write a jingle. I can't remember where my keys are, but what's the phone number for Tourism PEI?

"Eight-seven-seven, five-six-five, seven-four-two-ONE!"

Phone numbers set to music

  • JG Wentworth: 877-CASH-NOW!!!
  • Empire Carpets: 1-800-588, Two-Three-Hundred, Em-pire! (Today!) This one has been around since the 1960's, when Empire was a Chicago-only business, and the phone number didn't start with 1-800. Many folks who first heard it back then think the "1-800" ruins the meter.
    • The holiday jingles were just as earworm-ish.
  • Stanley Steemer: Call 1-800-STEEMER, Stanley Steemer gets your carpet cleaner!
  • Speaking of Pizza hut: "Call 648-8888..." (This number, set to the melody of the William Tell Overture, reaches Pizza Hut delivery in one or two area codes.)
    • Call 488-8888! Pizza Hut Delivery is really great!
  • A taxi ad which appeared in September '07, EVERYWHERE in Australia. "1-3-1, double 0 8. So many taxis, why wait?"
  • ((BROKEN))1-877-Kars-4-Kids, 1-877--ARGH!
  • Call 8 2-5 2-5 2-5! The Denver Post guaranteed classified...
  • 0-800-double 0 - 1066
  • "1-800-SAFE-AUTO..."
  • Coldseal Windows 0800 double two double one double five!
  • ((BROKEN))"1-800-94-JENNY!"
  • "Call 1-800-EAST-WEST"
  • "1-3-double OH-6-triple 5-0-6".
    • Well, at least I'll never forget the number, even if I forget how to read and write.
  • "The Heavy Hitters are all you need, call 1-800-LAW-1333!"
  • Regional example from ITV in the UK: "Ring YTV's Christmas Line on Leeds double four-eight-one-NINE-NINE!
  • For those of us in the US state of Illinois..."United Auto Insurance...773-202-5000 We've got you covered...Chicago!
  • It's a pillow, it's a pet... its a pillow PET!
  1. It's a song about dildoes, did you really think it would be something you want playing in your cubicle?
  2. Morning Rescue is an energy drink whose commercial became known to North American anime fans thanks to Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
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