![]() The 1963 song “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” was already based on a classic song from the opera La Gioconda. Viewers already knew the classic song, so it was simple to get them singing the new version. The K9 Advantix commercial, which first aired in 2003, took an old classic and revamped it. If there is anything better than a catchy jingle, it’s a catchy jingle featuring a cute puppy. That’s when the creative heads in marketing came up with the iconic “Ba da ba ba ba!” that we all recognize instantly. The German branch of McDonald’s provided the answer with their suggestion of the slogan “Ich liebe es” (“I love it”). With declining sales, the company was looking for a dynamic new marketing campaign that would put them back on the map. The short jingle that is now one of the most recognizable in the world began in 2009, after McDonald’s had already been in business for decades. While there are many jingles that can be recalled at moments notice, like Kit Kat’s “Give Me a Break,” or State Farm’s “Like a Good Neighbour State Farm is There,” or even Huggies’ “I’m a Big Kid Now,” this compilation sticks to the most memorable of the 2000s. Brands can advertise to global markets with an ambiguous musical jingle (“Ba da ba ba ba”) but then have localized messaging produced to support the greater campaign’s messaging. McDonald’s achieved this perfectly with the addition of “Ba da ba ba ba” to their “I’m lovin’ it” slogan to create a jingle that transcended language and therefore had people in every nation recognizing and singing along with it.Īt the same time, such a versatile component to a jingle allows brands to tackle the transcreation of ad campaign materials. ![]() A recognizable sonic fingerprint, no matter where it’s heard, is the ultimate success of a jingle, meaning the most iconic jingles have elements of musicality that are not tied to language. It explains exactly why these popular jingles listed below will have you nodding your head with nostalgia of not just the jingle, but the moments in time and memories you associate with them.Īs with any marketing collateral, a great jingle transcends language and location. This TedTalk video breaks down how music, melody-and more pointedly-repetition impact the memory centers of the human brain. Among other elements, an undeniably successful component of jingles (and music) is repetition. K9 Advantix – Hello Mother, Hello Father What Are the Key Cornerstone Elements of a Good Jingle? RepetitionĪt its core, what makes a good jingle is also what makes a good song. Brands are achieving this oddly named success metric by focusing on two main elements. In the music and jingle production worlds, this phenomenon is referred to as earworm. For that purpose, it needs to be catchy-both capturing a viewer’s attention and staying in their head. When they catch a potential customer’s attention, they leave a mark even if the customer doesn’t plan on using the service.Ī good jingle is all about memorability. Jingles for a product or service are important because they massively improve brand recognition. In this fast-moving world, brand recognition is everything. Check out how we developed the Voices sonic brand. We extensively covered what sonic branding is and how a company can develop theirs successfully in Sonic Logos: A Master Class to Designing Your Brand Soundscape and we learned through experience as well. At the top of every company’s list is the ability to earn stable brand recall and recognition, which requires breaking through the noise of the crowded media space occupying potential customers’ attention.Ī jingle plays an important role in doing so, though is merely one element of your sonic brand. So much so that it becomes a beacon and sonic fingerprint for many brands. Different types of jingles can be a full song, a simple chorus, or even just a few notes.Ī jingle is powerful. What Is a Jingle?Ī jingle is a short advertising slogan, usually in the form of a song, that is designed to help advertise a product or service. First, we’ll take a quick moment to address what a jingle is and why they’re still vitally important despite the sporadic articles suggesting otherwise. In this article, we will talk about the 10 most successful advertising jingles of the decade and why they remain so popular. The 2000s were a particularly memorable era for commercial jingles. In other words, people have been sounding the death knell for brand jingles for 20 years-with no end in sight. Funnily enough, a similar article from The Economist said the same thing back in 2003. ![]() In 2016, an article from The Atlantic proclaimed that the era of commercial jingles was dead.
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