About This Quiz
Ad jingles are some of the catchiest tunes of all time, burrowing into your brain and lingering long after to influence shopping habits and pop culture. Take our quiz to see how much you remember about some of the best jingles ever composed.Leslie Pearl composed the original Folgers jingle, which has been featured in the company's commercials since 1984. It's also been revamped into other musical genres, including country, jazz, gospel and even Celtic.
Jingle composer Trentlage wrote the famous Oscar Mayer song — on a banjo ukulele — in just one day. It debuted in 1963 and became a massive hit for the company.
Children of the '70s may remember the tune, which goes "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun." No ketchup in sight.
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Big Red came out in 1976, but it was a 1979 jingle that encouraged buyers to get romantic — while chewing Big Red, of course.
Meow Mix had retired its famous jingle — consisting of earnest cat meows — back in 1996. The company asked CeeLo and his cat Purrfect to remix the tune in 2012 to benefit hungry pets.
Ever notice the song lyrics "double your pleasure, double your fun"? That was no coincidence. The Wrigley Co. paid for the song to help advertise its nearly 100-year-old Doublemint gum.
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Juicy Fruit has classically used an action-packed commercial to sell its gum, promising that the taste is gonna move ya! In 2008, singer Julianne Hough rerecorded the classic jingle for a series of modern commercials the company planned.
Crooner Barry Manilow penned the State Farm ditty and earned just $500 for the privilege.
Libby's is a line of canned veggies with an incredibly catchy jingle. Singer Sara Evans gave the song a modern twist when she rerecorded it in 2008.
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Subway rolled out the "$5 footlong" commercial, along with a catchy jingle, back in 2008 after a franchisee came up with the idea.
The novelty band recorded the famous Roto-Rooter jingle, which tells viewers to "call Roto-Rooter, that's the name" to send plumbing problems down the drain.
"Hold the pickles; hold the lettuce; special orders don't upset us" crooned singers in a 1970s Burger King ad spot, which encouraged diners to "have it your way!"
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Beverage makers encouraged buyers to "be a pepper" in 1977 by indulging in a nice, cold glass of Dr. Pepper.
In the episode "Lady Bouvier's Lover," the Simpsons family parodies the famous Armour hot dogs jingle "the dog kids love to bite!"
The jingle was shipped to radio stations in February 1971 and had already become a hit by the time the first commercials hit TV in July of that same year.
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The Coke jingle came first and actually charted on its own before The New Seekers recorded "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Toys R Us has a million toys that you can play with, "from bikes to trains to video games," according to the popular '80s jingle.
Kit Kat started with "have a break … have a Kit Kat," which came out in 1957. "Gimme a break" debuted in 1986.
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A 1959 jingle labeling Rice-A-Roni as "the San Francisco treat" sent sales for the Golden Grain Macaroni Co. soaring.
In 1999, Ad Age called McDonald's 1971 "you deserve a break today" campaign one of the best jingles of all time.
Oscar Mayer gave bologna a solid identity with the "bologna song," which came out in 1974.
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The jingle itself was catchy, and the technique of using a pair of plops and fizzes made buyers assume that two tablets was better than one, which further increased sales for Alka-Seltzer.
Marketer Guy Bommarito wrote the earworm in about five minutes. He also confessed in a 2015 interview that he's never actually eaten Chili's famous ribs.
Boy band NSYNC did a harmonized version of the jingle for a 2001 commercial. The jingle was also adopted into the "Austin Powers" movie in 1999.
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In the '90s, Ragu's Chicken Tonight simmer sauce used commercials with people flapping their arms like chickens as they sang the catchy jingle.
The official line is that these creatures, which "loved the subs" because "they are toasty," were called spongemonkeys.
Campbell's has used this famous jingle to advertise soup and other products since its 1931 radio ads.
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In 1975, Travolta and company stood in the shower as they sang an ode to Band-Aid.
Way back in 1926, Wheaties was the first to use a singing jingle with "have you tried Wheaties?"
"Fresh goes better" with Mentos in a series of cheesy '90s commercials that ended with the tagline "the freshmaker."
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