1971: “I’D LIKE TO BUY THE WORLD A COKE”
This tune was so popular that it not only became a pop sensation, but also capped off the finale of one of the biggest TV shows of the 2000s. The “Hilltop” TV commercial, as it became known, featured freshfaced young people singing about spreading peace and love by giving everyone in the world a Coke. The commercial and jingle captured the countercultural spirit of the time and proved so popular that when The New Seekers re-recorded a version of the song in January 1972 as “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony),” it became a big hit in the U.S. In 2015, the Coke commercial and jingle also served as the final scene of the TV series Mad Men, which followed the fictional life and career of Madison Avenue adman Don Draper.
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https://daily.gazette.com/article/283381951663238
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