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{{trope}}
{{quote|''Oh, has your family tried the powdermilk?''
''Oh, has your family tried the powdermilk?''
''Well, if your family's tried 'em,''
''You know you've satisfied 'em,''
''They're a real hot item, powdermilk.''
|[[Parody Commercial]] for Powdermilk Biscuits, ''A Prairie Home Companion''}}
{{quote|''Prepare for '''ultimate flavor'''''
''You're gonna get some milk!''
''And scream... for your cream''
''Duncan Hills''
''Duncan Hills''
''Duncan Hills''
''COFFEE!''
Comes from the days of radio. When all advertising had to be audio, a good way to get people to remember your product was to have a catchy short tune associated with it, often mentioning the product or company's name. This is even common with [[Phone Number Jingle|phone numbers]] for their services.
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{{examples}}
== Advertising ==
* The distinctive song used in the United States to advertise Mister Clean cleaning products has been around for about half a century, having been written in 1958.
* Chock Full o' Nuts coffee has a jingle that dates back all the way to the heyday of radio; as of late Spring 2007, they were running a contest for customer-created "modernizations".
{{quote|"Chock Full o' Nuts is a heavenly coffee..."}}
* Oscar Meyer has two: "I Wish I Was an Oscar Mayer Wiener" and "My Bologna Has a First Name."
* In Britain some recent{{when}} commercials for Mr. Sheen polish and Toblerone chocolate bars have revived jingles first heard in the 70s.
* One of the longest-running jingles on British TV was for Fairy Liquid, a washing-up detergent, first heard in the late 1950s and used for well over three decades.
** A recent{{when}} Fairy Liquid advert has restored this jingle. Well, sort of...
* R. White's Lemonade ran a ''single commercial'', featuring the Secret Lemonade Drinker song, for almost 20 years.
* The legendary [[Burma-Shave]] signs are a non-musical example.
* Anna Russell's "A Practical Banana Promotion" included not only "Eta Banana," a parody of the Chiquita jingle, but also "Alas, What Should I Do," which sounds like just a rather mushy ballad when played the first time, but with subliminal advertising supposedly included. The song is repeated to reveal many contemporary (1950s) commercial jingles and slogans.▼
* The very first commercial jingle was General Mills' "Have You Tried Wheaties?" in 1926.
* An early part of Barry Manilow's career was helping major corporations sell you stuff:
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** "Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there"
*** Apparently, singing the jingle in State Farm commercials can make State Farm representatives materialize into the area.
* [[Stan Freberg]] took this to a logical extreme with "Omaha!", a parody of ''Oklahoma!'' for Butter-Nut Coffee, that ended up turning into a ''six minute'' mini-musical released as a novelty record.▼
* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'s'' first episode features the band Dethklok perfoming a concert consisting of a ''single'' death metal coffee jingle.▼
* Another Dr Pepper jingle: "I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're a Pepper, wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too?" This was famous enough to be parodied by ''[[SCTV]]'' and ''[[Remington Steele]]''.
** And ''[[Ask a Ninja]]''.
** And ''[[Veggie Tales]]'', in one of their "Silly Songs".
** And [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4070610/44/Thrilling-Tales-of-the-Downright-Unusual a fanfic by Clell65619].
== Music ==
▲* Anna Russell's "A Practical Banana Promotion" included not only "Eta Banana," a parody of the Chiquita jingle, but also "Alas, What Should I Do," which sounds like just a rather mushy ballad when played the first time, but with subliminal advertising supposedly included. The song is repeated to reveal many contemporary (1950s) commercial jingles and slogans.
▲* [[Stan Freberg]] took this to a logical extreme with "Omaha!", a parody of ''Oklahoma!'' for Butter-Nut Coffee, that ended up turning into a ''six minute'' mini-musical released as a novelty record.
== Western Animation ==
▲* ''[[Metalocalypse]]'s'' first episode features the band Dethklok perfoming a concert consisting of a ''single'' death metal coffee jingle.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' with ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iebtccYzhzw Doofensmirtz Evil Incorporated!]''
* ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has the "Canyonero" jingle, sung by Hank Williams, Jr.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Advertising Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Jingle]]
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