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{{quote|''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, [[Ear Worm|the sticky songs they use]] make it even worse. Jingles were ''big'' in the 1950s and 1960s.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOxYXR1AhdY "When I wake up in the morning I'm still asleep I really don't want no toast / I want no water no tea or no cereal / Give me a yogurt drink I'm wanting first"]
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk0ARmuGvjY Super Timor!]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZe0VIejtw Bunnings Warehouse! Lowest prices are just the beginning. Na na na!]
* [[McDonald's]] changes its [[Ear Worm]] jingle every few years to something else, each one more inane and infuriating than the last.
** Ba da ba ba, I'm lovin' it!"
{{quote|"Have you had your break today?"}}
** "You deserve a break today at McDonald's!
{{quote|** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}en4muUSIRT4 "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun."]}} (This one only ran for a year and a half in the mid-1980s, but it's one of the most enduring ear worms in advertising.)
** "At McDonaaaaaalds, we do it all for you-ou-ou!"
** "You, you're the one ... you'd better watch your fri-ies ... or they might disappear ... before your very eyes! / You should keep your eyes on your fries..."
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bJOIqVAD-s "Give me back that Filet-O-Fish! Give me that fish!"]''
** And as much as we want to, we cannot forget their [[Repurposed Pop Song|butchering]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hc7gVmoMoA of "Do You Believe In Magic?"]. Far too many kids in [[The Nineties]] heard that version before the original...
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvhDw5bQbd8 "Big Mac McDLT a Quarter Pounder with some cheese..."]''
** At least one troper has one of the newer Happy Meal jingles stuck in their head.
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** For Christmas 2010 we have the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XddkuOBn0Ak Falalala] song.
** ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuxSl_4yLz4&fmt=18 We're busy doing nothing, working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do...]''
* Meow Mix cat food: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDIkpY6QsQULTunhRVyREU ((BROKEN))"Meow-meow-meow-meow, meow-meow-meow-meow, meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow!"]
* "The best part of wa-king up, is Folgers IN your cup!" The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujEqAi6-VGo Rockapella version] is so catchy...
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEyF80FFpTw Bringin' Home the Oil]", a late-'60s/early '70s Gulf Oil jingle done in the style of an Irish sea shanty, written and performed by the Clancy Brothers.
* The Sleepy's commercials...
** Remember when D.J. Jazzy Jeff was the star? Aw hell naw!
* What do we do when Christmas is coming? GOTTA CALL SANTA, GOTTA CALL SANTA!
* Who wants Trident? I do, I do!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhDOakx3Gk Mini-Mini-Mini-Miiiini Wheats!]
* Oh GOD, the Mentos commercial anyone?
{{quote|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}y_KsOnyuCGA DOO DOO DOO DOOOO DOO DOO, DOO-WAAAAH!]}}
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxjo2HOnhHg The avian version]....
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* 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?
{{quote|"Eight-seven-seven, five-six-five, seven-four-two-ONE!"}}
** Stompin' Tom also wrote a jingle for a tire store in Sudbury. There's a statue of Stompin' Tom in Sudbury to this day.
* Much embarrasmentembarrassment accompanies this admission - but those damned Taco Bell commercials of late{{when}}, about things for "Seventy-nine, Eighty-nine, Ninety-nine-ine-ine-ine!" MAKE IT STOP. Dear God, make it STOP!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3GH7Pn_eA It's a big ad! My God it's big! Can't believe how big it is!]
* 118 247. It may be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw_2IqWIpKk directory heaven] but it's [[Ear Worm]] ''hell''.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HETAnq5s58g WHEN I SAY HILLSHIRE, YOU SAY FARM. HILLSHIRE. FARM. GO MEAT.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5oN4Z0Qe9E bang bang, choo choo train, eat lunch meat on the aeroplane!]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0WDb-xzks Yipee yi yay, mini sirloin burgers.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FoyOvc4wS4 Mini buffalo ranch chicken sandwich!]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6TIsxTdrCU Snap! Crackle! Pop! Rice Krispies!]
* Frosted Flakes! They're mooooooore than good! THEY'RE GREAT!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBDWLM2AphA&feature=related Here's] our/jingle for goldfish/we wrote a song for goldfish/the wholesome snack that smiles back/until you [[Let's Meet the Meat|bite their heads off...]]
** How about "I love the fishes 'cause they're so delicious..."
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtkfE_OWSzo We wanna be (umph-umph) Smi-iths Crisps...]
* This troper recently got introduced to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czm0BQpTqHw ((BROKEN))this commercial] for Russ-K, and it's memetastic imitators. She's going ''crazy''.
* CVS Pharmacy's "Ordinary Everyday Miracle" song. Oh, God...
* "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBatr05BfJQ ((BROKEN))Hello Mother - hello Father. Fleas, ticks, mosquitoes - really bother! I saw the package - that's why I'm writing - K9 Advantix quickly stopped all the biting!]" Darn that cute puppy!
* ''First Energy'' always had a catchy theme in Ohio. Sadly, they seem to have disappeared since being a major part of the 2003 blackout. Sad. Great song.
* You save big money, you save big money, when you shop Menards!
* SING IT WITH ME, PEOPLE- "Should have gone to FREE CREDIT REPORT DOT COM, I could have seen it coming at me, like an atom bomb..."
* ONE EIGHT-HUNDREEEED... MY LEMON!
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8B0PfV2R0I Hey there kids, come gather round, see what just skipped into town! Just Skip It, Skip It...]
* And no one can forget: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agjcDO02oeY ((BROKEN))1-800-800-8553! Where your car credit is guaranteed! BING!]
* In Japan, the electronics giant [[We Sell Everything|Hitachi]] has a famous series of commercials using the catchiest song I have ever heard. Apparently, most people in Japan can sing the opening lines, "Kono ki, nan no ki, kininaru ki..."
* "Amazing siding and windows..."
* For all you southern Californians: Appliance Rescue will rescue you call 1800-APPLIANCE!
* Take Queen's "We Will Rock You", an [[Ear Worm]] in its own right, and then [[Repurposed Pop Song|make it into something about Domino's Pizza serving buffalo wings]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-GAD_Qs5g Voila].
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7SW5aOX2_I "Do, do, do, do, do, do a dollop 'a Daisy."]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOM_5J7Emkc "See Mack Mack if you're credit is whack whack."]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTunhRVyREU Meow Mix, anyone?]
* Ever wondered how "[[Dwight Eisenhower|I like Ike]] became a meme? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF9PsMDjc8g Here's the answer].
* h-o-t-w-i-r-e, hotwire dot com!
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN_Ml4PKdVU&feature=search This] Snuggie commercial.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN62PAKoBfE ((BROKEN))Heeeeeeey Ma-carena! Aie!]
* An Indian Safe Sex PSA is extremely catchy, campy, and hilarious all at the same time in a bollywoodBollywood [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZkJFJacTM "way"].
* "[[Your Cheating Heart|Ashley Madison,]] find your lovers here..." And when that got old, [[It Got Worse|they switched]] to a [[Schoolhouse Rock]] parody...
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7nsBoqJ6s8 "Genesis does! You can't do this on Nintendo! Genesis does!"]
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