Top 20 Jingle Songs

All of us have probably hundreds of jingles floating around in our heads. Through advertising history, catchy tunes have always helped products become more familiar and successful in the eyes of the public. In fact, some of this jingles are so good that they have had life outside the marketing world and become hit songs on their own. For example, Barry Manilow and the 70's Argentine band Abracadabra still play a medley of jingles in their live sets, and people love them. These are my Top 20 jingle songs - where you will undoubtedly find a couple from my childhood in Costa Rica.

1. The Hillside Singers - I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing (Coca Cola)

2. Abracadabra - Sabor a Juventud (Productos Jack's)

3. Nsyc - Baby Back Ribs (Chili's)

4. Always Coca Cola (Coke)

5. The Wiener Song (Oscar Mayer)

6. You Deserve a Break Today (McDonalds)

7. Mmm Possibilities (Campbell's Soup)

8. Doublemint Gum

9. Mac Tonite (McDonald's)

10. Cascada de Chocolate (Chocolates Gallito)

11. Lovin' It (McDonald's)

12. David Naughton - Be a Pepper (Dr Pepper)

13. I Don't Want to Grow Up (Toys R Us)

14. Fresh Goes Better (Mentos)

15. Ray Charles - The Right One (Pepsi)

16. Gimme a Break (Kit Kat Bar)

17. Singing Pirates - Freecreditreport.com

18. $5 Footlong (Subway)

19. My Bologna Has a First Name (Oscar Mayer)

20. Meow Mix Song (Meow Mix)

Top 20 US Campaign Songs

A couple of days ago, we elected our first woman president. Election campaigns here in Costa Rica are very colorful and intense; however, candidates hardly ever choose an official campaign song (as they do in the US). I really like it when candidates incorporate pop/rock/country music to their campaign because I think it livens things up and gets people in the right mindset for voting. Inspired by these thoughts, here is my Top 20 US Campaign Songs…

1. Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow (Bill Clinton, 1992)



2. Frank Sinatra - High Hopes (John F Kennedy, 1960)



3. Brooks & Dunn – Only in America (George W Bush, 2004)

4. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA (Ronald Reagan, 1984)

5. Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land (George HW Bush, 1988)

6. Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (Barack Obama, 2008)

7. Patsy Cline – Crazy (H. Ross Perot, 1992)


8. Abba – Take a Chance on Me (John McCain, 2008)


9. Celine Dion – You and I (Hilary Clinton, 2008)


10. Billy Ray Cyrus – We the People (George W Bush, 2000)


11. The Call – Let the Day Begin (Al Gore, 2004)


12. Bruce Springsteen – No Surrender (John Kerry, 2004)


13. Nixon Now (Richard Nixon, 1972)

14. Neil Diamond – America (Michael Dukakis, 1988)


15. U2 – City of Blinding Light (Barack Obama, 2008)

16. John Mellencamp – This is Our Country (John Edwards, 2008)

17. Paul Simon – Bridge Over Troubled Water (George McGovern, 1972)


18. Sam & Dave – Dole Man (Bob Dole, 1996)


19. Heart – Barracuda (John McCain, 2008 – This was used as Sarah Palin’s theme)


20. Tom Petty – I Won’t Back Down (George W Bush, 2004; Tom Petty sued George Bush to stop the use of this song)


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