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[PsychBat!]

Has anyone ever noticed the last 5 notes of music at the end of those commercials?

These are in most of the commercials and advertisements Coca-Cola puts out:
Boy and Girl hooking up at Six Flags
Polar Bear helps a Puffin open his bottle of Coca-Cola.
Sounds of AHH
Cool Idea
Greece commercial of Share a Coca-Cola
Border Patrol Guards
Santa Claus moving the world with a snow globe.

I'm sure you guys can find more. Those last 5 notes share one common origin.

K'NAAN - Wavin' Flag
It's not the official song of 2010 FIFA World Cup, but it was better than the official one by Shakira.

Even the new song for the 2014 FIFA World Cup shares these notes in a few parts.

This new song is also pretty good. Give it a listen, it's much better than Pitbull's creation of the official song.

 

[NinjaFridge]

Didn't the coke jingle come before the K'NAAN song, and they just integrated it into the song?

Yep

Happy Beginnings: The notes first appeared in “Happiness Factory,” a 2006 TV commercial

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/coca-cola-music/5-facts-about-cokes-5-note-melody

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

New Santa Claus in the making?

only being half serious

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I remember the K'NAAN song having some sort of connection to Coca Cola, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[PsychBat!]

Didn't the coke jingle come before the K'NAAN song, and they just integrated it into the song?

the K'NAAN song was older than this. Coca-Cola chose it as it's promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with different lyrics that a had a lighter tone.

Song came out in 2009.

 

[santi_yo]

I always thought it came from the K'NAAN song. It worked and they still use it.

 

[PsychBat!]

Didn't the coke jingle come before the K'NAAN song, and they just integrated it into the song?

Yep



http://www.coca-colacompany.com/coca-cola-music/5-facts-about-cokes-5-note-melody

Ah yeah you're right, ignore my previous post then.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Is it only just 5 notes? I swear I know the next 6 notes.

 

[Transhuman]

In Australia the ads are always kids on a beach drinking Coke. The boy's are always ripped, tanned surfers in boardshorts. They don't like Coke and seem to spill that shit everywhere like an 8 year old trying to get rid of vegetables that they think the adults wont notice.

Drink coke and girls in bikinis will laugh because of all the fun that they are having.

Basically drinking Coca-Cola will keep you young forever and have you ejaculating like a 26 year old in your 80's.