Coca-Cola, 1971 - 'Hilltop' | "I'd like to buy the world a Coke"

[@elgarjimenez8035]

Can't believe this commercial is 50 years old this year. Thanks Donald Draper for creating this masterpiece.

[@skullaveraz]

lmao

[@niallireland2940]

😂😂😂

[@ImNotADeeJay]

Even more impressive considering he was a baby that year

[@duanearcher7576]

I can't either, Elgar. Peace.

[@elvinaescobar]

Creator Bill Backer

[@jlassh]

Draper has done it again!

[@CrociatoAzzurro]

trha2222 hahaha

[@lmferg]

Did Don rip off The Pepsi Generation?en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Generation

[@OrdkaMarlSkirata]

Question: Can we be sure Don made it? Couldn´t it be, that Peggie did it, due to the zeitgeist and Don stayed at the community?

[@jlassh]

OrdkaMarlSkirata unless you're matthew weiner, it's up to your own interp.

[@scottdepue2405]

OrdkaMarlSkirata It's pretty obvious he invented it. There's literally a *lightning bulb* moment when he's meditating. A bunch of people in the episode commented on how Draper was going to come back (Roger). Some of the singers are dressed similarly to the hippies at his commune. Also, Don tried to find happiness wandering around on his own, but he failed. He figured out he's an advertising man at heart and found inner peace in accepting it.

[@anidernishanian3378]

I'm 66 years old. I remember singing along to this as a teenager in the 70s, whenever it came up on TV! 😢❤

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

Had the strippers at spearmint rino singing this owner came out looked and walked away

[@barryheath8123]

So do I.

[@libra74677]

Me, too!

[@natemcdonald8853]

Me too , I was 12 !

[@lovebug5439]

I was 9 and remember singing to it as well🌈

[@brianschmidt9919]

the guy who wrote this was a genius, and for just a television commercial, that's kinda like hitting a grand slam on a t-ball field

[@simondekeyrel2855]

Don Draper IS a genius

[@DIVINGinITALIANCulture-cv5qe]

It's all globalisation propaganda to start shove it in our unconscious mind. Only the weak fell for it. True christtians didn't , they never did

[@lindapayeur3621]

Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway wrote "I'd like to teach the world to sing" originally known as " True Love and Apple Pie", it was released in 1971. Bill Backer rewrote the song for the commercial.

[@0223eoin]

Bill Backman made the commercial

[@KevinBelhor]

"Advertising is based on one thing. Happiness. And you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of the road that screams reassurance that whatever you are doing is okay. You are okay."

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

John Richardson I'm right by your side, brother!

[@chapechape7543]

In my mind this ad will always be linked to don draper👏🏻

[@astrol64]

@John Richardson I was 6 or 7 when this came out (my birthday was in October so...)

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

“….it’s toasted”

[@Hotshot2k4]

Except when it's not. Like all those times that advertising is about laser-focusing on the watcher's insecurity and telling them they can make it go away with the product being advertised.

[@GX2re]

Just finished Mad Men, I feel empty

[@playertomek5821]

I was on the binge...what a mess I am right now.

[@franciscomendezlacomba3856]

I’m kinda sad I didn’t see it until now

[@proserfina21096]

Don Draper, we miss you. At least, he knows who he really is and always be, an ad man.

[@ibrahimaqel9092]

Are you the Myspace founder?

[@prithvisingh4479]

You are not alone

[@chrisop4428]

Imagine Don returning to Mcanns office after being missed for such a long time and telling his boss they have to shoot this coke ad with a bunch of hippies singing on a hilltop.

[@gracehaven5459]

chrisop 8 be like 😐.......................... BRILLIANT!!

[@mak_707]

@@mazharcoban AH, CRAP I GOT SPOILED AGAIN

[@lukegreen5696]

@@mak_707 don't watch KZbin Videos about TV series you haven't finished watching

[@frankyace4371]

@@lukegreen5696 except thats not a video about a tv series!

[@louisdellaperuta7666]

Also it's a hilltop in Italy with people from 30 countries.

[@gracemaryguerrero2340]

I grew up with this commercial. Reminds me of the best times in my life.

[@robertvillarreal7055]

Same here. Do you recall the commercial of Herbal Essence.Animated commercial? That voice always got me

[@TabithaReminiec3399]

This is the only jingle that taught me to sing

[@TavistockLiesBrainwashing]

Unrecognisable now Gen * would not believe it

[@linewerksllc1803]

so true

[@EmperorLemon]

Thanks Stan.

[@allcivildefense7053]

It was a very nice video.

[@angryguy5532]

our lord and savior

[@TheOfficialSpectralz]

And thank you EmpLemon, for shedding light on the man who spared us all.

[@carolfordyce3749]

Indeed the real legend

[@HeirofMacedon09]

Thank you for making that video. I heard that story in a lecture I’m listening too. It was cool to hear all the context behind it.

[@West3720]

Just finished binge-watching all 7 seasons of mad men on Netflix. What a great show. One of my favorites and one of the best of all time

[@trappnest4490]

Same, I spent the whole summer watching Mad Men. Best show ever

[@TheKim369]

That's what brought me here too. I couldn't believe how that series ended - brilliant!

[@kunaldani5189]

Same here :) best show ever ...

[@davejohnson3474]

Finished it a few weeks back. Was pretty good although season 6 was abit flat should've developed some of the characters abit more like drapers kids.

[@meetjanks4083]

Draper gang

[@TheBob3759]

One of the most memorable commercials ever.

[@ReginaTrans_]

The video SCREAMS Pluto in Leo Or baby boomers

[@idaniarodriguez825]

Lindo,hermoso comercial.

[@roberte.miranda6122]

The 70's 😎😎😎🧡💯💛💛

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes it is.

[@slouberiee]

In USA maybe. The first time I heard about this commercial was in Mad Men. I'm from Europe. In 70s I wasn't yet around.

[@DaddyZeke4587]

Over 50 years later and this is still one of the all time best commercials EVER! Brought a tear to my eyes seeing it after all these years. I remember when it was new.

[@edmund184]

Oh Do Get a Life

[@DaddyZeke4587]

@@edmund184 It must suck to be as miserable as you.

[@spenjor]

Mine too …. We need this attitude in our world today.

[@denisedaniel9010]

​@@spenjor I agree. I was a child when this commercial aired. Watching it definitely makes me tear up. Not because of cheap sentiment, but because it reminds me of how very hateful and bitter so many people are today who cannot enjoy a display of togetherness among people of different nationalities. They have to spit on this idea and belittle it. That is because their souls dried up and died long ago. And, yes, I know it's "just a commercial" but it's still a beautiful idea and one that would not occur today.

[@linewerksllc1803]

YES!!!!! there is value in itys heartfelt rendition especially in todays world

[@Z0mbiesAteMyNeighbor]

Thank you Mad Men and Coca Cola must be loving all this attention. :) I'd like to think Don wrote this ad up with Peggy and Stan. Joan helped with the production crew. Team effort. And it was filmed in Italy because Birdie loved Italy and after work was complete Don stood on that hill top and spread her ashes.

[@melquizedec]

wow...you really gave a thought on this...nice :)

[@daisylefleur]

Fuck, that made me tear up.

[@ruth078]

Why would don get birdies ashes

[@afonsolucas2219]

This is cannon now.

[@ggff3761]

Ruth Lusijah he wouldn't

[@209coach]

Can't believe these young lads are in their late 60s early 70s now 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Amazing how life is like a vapor.

[@lkbwheewhee53]

It really is. Over in a flash.

[@Floonetworks]

They're boomers now

[@kinghenry7058]

Vapor? VAPE? VAPE LYFE!

[@keanuuchiha1306]

@@Floonetworks they were boomers back then

[@watchmen-nehemiah4v20]

I was a kid when this was the pause between programming. Many hints there are at their being a much greater and much more profound Truth just outside of what we can taste and see. There is! Jesus is The Light - The True Light of the world. In heaven all people groups, all tongues, all tribes will worship in True Harmony and Love. Dont delay. Jesus is waiting and time is precious. Shalom

[@jamesow5163]

This tune still resonates since my childhood. Wonder how many of them are still around..

[@jimmyju76]

i remember on the anniversary they redid the commercial with the original crew and their children, still one of the greatist moments in advertising

[@annev.9414]

Are you on a wheelchair?

[@eventhisidistaken]

If they continued to drink coke, not many.

[@oopurpledove]

@@eventhisidistakenthe song was about unity and peace

[@rivermoon6190]

@@oopurpledove But did you not read what eventhisidistaken wrote? What is wrong with people? The comment is perfectly factual and correct - drinking too much coke is not at all good for you. But of course those of a more liberal mind just see it as a ‘unity’ drink. Smh

[@usgary567]

What a great message this world so desperately needs.......I miss those times...I remember this commercial like it was yesterday.

[@Peshiolini]

But please don't miss the coke just the advert they where great

[@arihaviv8510]

That the world needs to buy more Coke?

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

@@arihaviv8510This was Coca-Cola before the corn syrup turned it into garbage. Both Coke and Pepsi were amazingly good, ice cold out of a vending machine in the tall bottles.

[@dontellbenjamin417]

Don Draper was a genius

[@juancanik1]

Yes!

[@logicpolice2451]

You do know he didn't actually exist or make this, right?

[@zoNECS96]

Logic Police What are you talking about? Don was employed by McCann when he did this commercial

[@jorgeldejesus8465]

Dontell Benjamin , he still the boss 😅

[@shoe_gaze]

obviously ya fool

[@matthewnada913]

Undeniably, one of the most iconic television ads of all time. This commercial is usually in every top 10 I have ever seen of the greatest television commercials. I was just a little boy the first time I heard it, but I remember it being ear candy. I’m 47 now and this song, the visuals, the message still sends chills up my spine. Thank you for sharing this part of our youth.

[@franksanz1044]

This commercial came out in 1971 and you were born around 1976? I forgot about this song, but definitely heard it in my childhood as well.

[@matthewnada913]

@@franksanz1044 yes, indeed, I am a bicentennial baby!! Some days, I feel nostalgic for the media of my youth. It’s still a great song, ad, and I still drink Coke

[@romanmazur3793]

@@schmiggidy kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZi8nGB8aMlspdE

[@killingheros3554]

I actually like pea green.

[@crystalward7202]

Also 48 here. I love this commercial and the Christmas version as well. I still have a jewelry box my parents gave me one year for Christmas that plays this tune.

[@S0nyToprano]

Just when you thought Don Draper was a washed up relic of the late 50s and early 60s, he comes up with this masterpiece. Respect. 😉

[@jt.8144]

Sad your only references in LIFE is a TV show and the internet. Poor YOU. Truly. POOR YOU.

[@Josh-cw8by]

A thing like that...

[@vincenzovalentino5005]

@@jt.8144 Very helpful.

[@aolson1111]

@@jt.8144 ...the moron comments on an advertisement.

[@BestSolarLights]

@@Josh-cw8by thanks Pete!

[@AltoonaYourPiano]

This is one of the most iconic ads of the 70s, if not the most iconic. It really just captures the overall feel of the decade. I think this was also the commercial that debuted the new slogan "it's the real thing", before this it was "things go better with Coke".

[@markmurphy558]

As someone who loathes advertising, I have to say that was a great commercial.

[@ediewall6360]

True. Because you are human and have a heart. We humans love and are meant to love. I have not drank any soft drinks for decades.

[@caligulite]

It's still pretty creepy though. It's as if A.I. in the 1970's decided that we could all get behind a fizzy caffeinated beverage. No more wars. Just a brackish colored soda filled with love to keep us going.

[@davidx4120]

It's so iconic.

[@gammadion]

@@caligulite Yeah, anyone who can spot key signs in the collapse of a society can recognize the sinister nature of this commercial. Brackish, pacifistic, and impotent, eschewing nature for an inorganic notion of communal love. Half truth upon half truth.

[@t-bo2734]

The AllState commercial on the Norwegian island was great, too.

[@Aditya-qs7fh]

*"Don, my boy."*

[@ronaldoortiz1469]

The Best things in life are free

[@TheAustynatorrr]

Aditya Ranjan 😭😭😭

[@Oioiou73]

God that is one of the most heart wrenching things in mad men among soooo many others

[@HarshvardhanKanthode]

Bert stage performing as a singer and dancer is one of the things I didn't know I wanted but sorely needed.

[@jamiehamilton6887]

don i need you to go find a cardboard box and put your things in it but first lets hear your idea

[@stephaniedekinger2463]

I was 4 years old...and I still remember this commercial, I thought everyone in it was absolutely beautiful!

[@robbiekop7]

And here you are three thousand cans of coke later 😏

[@stephaniedekinger2463]

@@robbiekop7 I drank a Coke once in the 80’s...never again. I’m all about the H2O

[@ReginaTrans_]

i drank a cock in the late 80s when I was born

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, I remember it too.

[@vononymous8054]

They Still Are😊😊😊👍🏾👍🏻

[@A2GProductionProject]

My dad worked on the music for this Coca Cola ad.

[@teresa1857]

Kewl prpyd of his work

[@batphink2655]

What did he do produce, mix or play an instrument?

[@A2GProductionProject]

@@batphink2655he was a professional singer and played guitar, drums etc but when he moved to NY he worked in the recording studio on sound, mixing, etc.

[@teppeiando]

My dad worked on it too. He wrote it

[@A2GProductionProject]

⁠​⁠@@batphink2655he worked on music for the commercial in the studio. I remember as a child sitting in the studio watching this over and over and over on a tv as they were working on it.

[@billace90]

Don wraps it up with one of the most successful tv ads ever!

[@weezerfan911]

Guillermo Garraton and soon turned into one of most successful songs shakermaker oasis kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXfTf6ppZ51pr5o and wait until they start singing then you will hear if I would recommend you to listen to some of their other songs they were a good band

[@tamaravelasquez5324]

0:36 Girl who looks EXACTLY like the receptionist at the hippie retreat. Matthew Weiner, you are a genius.

[@DD-coder]

Omg!

[@K4ndieboi]

I thought you said “Weimer” and I was like THATS MY NAME and then of course it was weiner

[@benjamincox4211]

Tamara Velasquez 0:16 looks more like her to me

[@NolansArts]

There's a girl that looks a lot like Don's "niece" too like so much like her when I saw the finale I was shooketh

[@billace90]

So true. Draper perpetuated her in the ad.

[@p_davidson]

RIP the guy who made this ad. Passed away today.

[@iveywebb]

I was about to post that. #Respect

[@lizjdq]

DON?

[@pedrohenrique7488]

+Lies Bill Backer.

[@turkm]

The reverend did NOT make this ad.

[@carolsuet229]

R.I.P

[@stacyflood4319]

This came out the year I was born. I remember from a very early age learning to sing along with it. Oh the memories ❤️

[@winkeemanley1820]

Imagine getting all these people back after more than 50 years and singing I'd like to buy the world a coke. A great reunion.

[@karencamargo7177]

magínese traer allí a estas personas de vuelta después de más de 50 años y cantar I'd like to buy the world a come. un gran reencuentro

[@obduliocerceno4984]

Most of them are in intensive care units due to the consumption of the the sugary liquid. And I guess many of them are regretting to have participate in such deceiving comercial.

[@DantGryet]

​@@obduliocerceno4984 Gee you're just a shining ray of positivity aren't you

[@Adrians_films]

Probably a quarter of them are dead

[@vijenac_pelina]

20 years later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZi8nGB8aMlspdE

[@jss1877]

this commercial always gives me chills, I can't describe it. damn good marketing

[@ReginaTrans_]

it gives me chills for how cringe it is

[@andrewjohnstone963]

Shallow

[@festeradams3972]

Coke always had the best Commercials...

[@dholtemann]

@@ReginaTrans_ , it's not cringe, it's creepy as heck!

[@ReginaTrans_]

@@dholtemann also that !!!

[@762459]

"I'd like to sell the world a Coke" ~Pablo Escobar

[@valjean3663]

Underrated comment right here

[@polishedbydana]

@@deyversonlaconchadetumadre funny

[@PodcArne]

as a colombian, thanks

[@Chaser4906]

🤣🤣

[@gingergoat7084]

Lol

[@shirleystull9619]

Wow that brings back memories,I was 16 yrs old love that song the 70s was a great time to grow up in ❤

[@jeffersonrundell7540]

I was 15 years of age. That was literally the best year of my (very wonderful) life.

[@TheSaintFrenzy]

Back when coke had real sugar in it.

[@juliecrank9806]

Sooo true!! I was 16, also! ❤

[@brimstone9060]

Don did a great job with this, Just finished Mad Men....I may just rewatch it.

[@nonstophead]

Same here Xx

[@AnnaLVajda]

Aww the days of drinking and smoking at the office keep those creative juices flowing people dressed well aesthetics were better life seems so oppressive comparatively now.

[@mikegalvin9801]

@@AnnaLVajda My dad, who was of that generation, loved the show but used to laugh at the drinking in the office part. We wouldn't have got any work done since we would have all fallen asleep at our desks after lunch. My brother worked out that I'm the exact age of Sally Draper and I have to say the writers got the kids of that era right. Plus those of a certain age were looking at the sets and thinking OMG, mom had one of those in the dining room.

[@cherchehacknostale]

Mad men was awesome

[@fortyozsteak]

I’ve watched it 5x it never gets old

[@utahaztec]

McCann Erickson really did this ad.

[@johnkim5125]

Not the first time Donald Draper switched identity shrug '

[@rogerpatino3000]

pekau prometheus if you’d watched the show you would recognize that McCann-Erickson is the company he worked for.

[@A2GProductionProject]

Yes they did

[@ernestchacon4928]

My mother has a 45 record of this song and keeps it as a treasure. She also filed for divorce from her husband in 1962 something unheard of then at that time. She's now 88 and very hip with today's world.

[@faceman9117]

my mother worked for Coke and was gifted the forty-five.....I'm 72and still have it with original sleeve

[@lmb1962]

I'm 61 and remember this commercial, especially around Christmastime. I didn't speak English at the time; didn't stop me from singing along 😊

[@pevebe]

bragging about your mums divorce under an old coke ad video is crazy

[@christopherneyfeldt4587]

One of the best commercials ever made. If only everyone in the world could get along.

[@MrHans818]

You know your getting older when you remember seeing this on television.

[@georgieorgy5589]

Why did ppl look so different back fhen? Like...old

[@ZachRiley]

You know you’re getting older when time is linear! Am I right!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

"Getting" older? That ship has sailed!!!

[@michelmurphy1979]

And it sure doesn't feel like 50 years ago😮

[@scholaroftheworldalternatehist]

@@georgieorgy5589 Just the camera quality is different

[@Vikram787]

literally just finished mad men and I miss it already. nostalgic for a decade even my parents didn't experience

[@daphnelol]

Just got done watching "Mad Men" I went into the show having no clue what it was even about, and after finally finishing it I am so glad I watched it! I really enjoyed the plot, the cast, and the ending!

[@rexross7086]

Back in a time when TV was great to watch. Even the commercials were entertaining I do miss these commercials

[@mrsTraveller64]

I miss the 70's....the commercials were fun to watch, everything was fun back then!!!

[@kingtreedede7303]

Probably not everything, I mean, racism was still around back then Also ads can still be funny nowadays

[@mrsTraveller64]

@@kingtreedede7303 even racism was better, it was at least real, not fake and stupid like today, when you can't look at someone without beeing called a rasist!!!

[@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence]

Yes. I miss the days when pretending everything was rosey and perfect despite this not being the case too!

[@mrsTraveller64]

@@Cheeseburger.Launch.Sequence Noone pretended anything to be what it wasn't. That's todays mentality, to pretend through fb and instagram and youtube that your life is awsome,wonderful, and then you go and take your own life... How many youtubers haven't posted fake feelings for months or years recently and ended up committi g suicide???

[@blancalopez4731]

Todo era estúpido!!!

[@catlady8324]

I remember this commercial. It was like “Stop everything! That Coke commercial is on again”. Nowadays, the kids would call it….. Epic.

[@ReginaTrans_]

The people in this video are the Gen Z of the early 1970’s, probably making the Silent generation feel REPLACED, just like Gen Z are doing with millennials today in the early 2020’s, Gen Z have no idea this decade will put them to work, the 2020’s hasn’t even started........ just like Boomers were basically living like it was still the 60’s and it was already 1971!!!!! Still acting like children

[@catlady8324]

@@ReginaTrans_ Perhaps, but generalizing people all the same in their own groups is not correct. You, of all people, should know and appreciate that.

[@BattleGn0me]

I think the term you're looking for is 'Woke'

[@catlady8324]

@@BattleGn0me I’m not so sure about “Woke” but you could say that. To me it says, everybody loves Coca-Cola, that’s all. 🥤

[@ZenFox0]

They’d say it’s a banger.

[@Petemack6]

This commercial was still being shown on tv as late as 1980, I remember watching it as a 5 year old.

[@princedarius7224]

Me too

[@dalethelander3781]

It was replaced by the Mean Joe Greene ad campaign.

[@catlover2652]

This is a timeless piece. Loved it back then,love it now.

[@inwalters]

Okay Coca Cola, next July will be the 50th anniversary of this ad - hope to see it re-done on the same hill with a new cast.

[@Yuti640]

God, i hope they do it

[@asolly81]

I think they did remake this advert at some point.

[@Beamboy555]

They should just give the Gallagher brothers all the money to stand next to eachother again. They must’ve made coke millions

[@ItsIdaho]

Not long left, but I am hoping for it.

[@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827]

yeah - a bunch woke libtard broken alphabet mafia types. - no thanks

[@roblaskowski1030]

I was born in 1971. This song stayed true to Coke for about 10 years. The good old days when commercials were a full minute long.

[@kristenp5835]

I was born in 71 too. Great years 😊

[@JeanaeJonesPlanningAvonHome]

'71 baby here, too! I learned this song in elementary school, and the commercial still played.

[@TheDeepThinkingIntrovert]

I was born in 1977. No idea why I'm sharing that with you btw.

[@speziyee5071]

Why am I getting goosebumps watching this?

[@jovenintensa]

Because it's beautiful, and it's message about love is true, even if it's just to sell you a coke. It's love disguised as an ad.

[@cheetyliciousmeowmeow1085]

Me too...wanna cry😭

[@bigbay1159]

@@jovenintensa It's a simple commercial with paid actors on a set for coke with an okay song..."Love disguised as an ad" yeah no, it's an ad disguised as love.

[@truefilm6991]

@@bigbay1159Bang on! Just like any good ad, it is carefully designed to reflect the trends of its time, trying to come off as original while it's clearly not. That doesn't mean an ad can't be appreciated on its own. Just keep in mind that the creatives at an ad agency work under a lot of pressure to come up with results (=$$$). Nope, I didn't watch too many episodes of Mad Men, I actually worked as a musician/composer for TV commericals for over 16 years, until virtual libraries took over.

[@bigbay1159]

@@truefilm6991 That is just a given, no one is going to put money into an ad if will not bring results. It's not a horrible commercial but calling it "love disguised as an ad" is delusional. Not as bad as the Pepsi commercial with the police officer. Apparently the fix to all the issues was handing a pepsi to a cop. Talk about out of touch

[@kameza]

This ad exudes positivity with its iconic message, 'I'd like to buy the world a Coke.' It remains a timeless representation of joy and unity. I wish ads these days were like this.

[@needles1987]

It's been 50 years. There needs to be a reunion.

[@phillipph9882]

i volunteer for the firing squad

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

lol they will be like 70/80

[@needles1987]

@@pleasedontwatchthese9593 I still want the reunion.

[@phillipph9882]

@@pleasedontwatchthese9593 if they've failed to develop a centering morality by this time, then the "reunion" gambit may prove an effective method of cancelling the vapid culture of corporate idolatry. ok, boomers?

[@PabloBarnes617]

@phillip ph go home and get your shine box!

[@teresah.6696]

This was and still the best advertisement/commercial song ever....can't imagine why Coca-Cola stopped playing it. It would be cool 50 years later to see if they could find the singers and Coke do a then and now. I was a kid when this was on the air, I enjoyed it...they also made a Xmas one the same year or the following.

[@nickv1008]

I can imagine all the seniors with walkers and mobility scooters on the hillside "singing" the coke song with their wheezing and oxygen masks, ....ah..nostalgia.

[@perdition79]

Spoiler alert: they're all on kidney dialysis, thanks to all the sugary Coke.

[@dalethelander3781]

@Burr Anderson No, I'd say you are.

[@PEYPLACE]

Oh, it played for years. I remember it and was mesmerized as a child. I thought life was full of love and joy. Boy, was I wrong.

[@BarberJ95]

They should redo it with a modern international cast, it really is a brillant ad. Thanks Don!

[@justanamerican9450]

The 70’s what a time…..it was great. We were all poor and didnt know it.

[@iheomanwakpadolu2576]

.. today the rich show you how poor you are with over priced items they own. Manufacturers also show by creating new models of everything, every 6months.. simply cant keep up😜😜😜

[@ediewall6360]

True.

[@ReginaTrans_]

You were all poor??? I wasn’t even a Sperm, I was dust and mud

[@mattmichaela]

It was a terrible time, three day week, strikes, petrol shortages, power cuts, appalling fashions and bad music.

[@trevorjameson3213]

@@ReginaTrans_ LOL.. Yeah, well we weren't really poor. We had what we needed in 1971. It was a great time, we just didn't know how great it was until modern times. I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@roderickdawkins7625]

I am 56 years old and I was a little guy when this appeared on TV and I still love this commercial .

[@garystandsbury9591]

Here in 2023, this is still the greatest commercial ever! Unbelievable creativity.

[@davidadams2395]

Draper's "Ohm" moment come to life.

[@이주선-f7f]

R

[@Summer.605]

🤞

[@jmrodas9]

What really gets me of this commercial is the first verses in the lyrics: "I want to buy the world a home and furnish it with love" Beautiful. The man or woman who composed this was a genious. Just what is needed in these times where hate and violence seem to be the rule. We still have a chance but we must start now. Tomorrow might be too late.

[@daniellavaladez9538]

And it makes a lot of sense, too, because this was back in 1971 at the height of the Vietnam War.

[@tiliniglesias854]

Unfortiuonaly death is our common destiny

[@NathanStarkey]

You remind me of Patrick Bateman during the first dinner party scene in American Psycho

[@jmrodas9]

@@tiliniglesias854 So it is, but we can make our life happier by helping others, and promoting peace not violence.

[@enniomorabito9187]

I was born in 1972, so it is likely that my memories of this commercial are from the Christmas remake they did in 1977 with the singers holding candles. However, I'm sure I remember both and the reunion one in 1990. Such a treasured time to have grown up. The young kids of today have no idea what it was truly like.

[@scootermom1791]

That's the one I remember, too. Was the 90's one with the polar bear?

[@thezachmarsh]

I can't find an exact date this first aired, but it was some time in July of 1971. 50 years later, and it really still is the world's greatest ad.

[@ReginaTrans_]

Boomers remind me of Zoomers these days, they also looked entitled like they were trying to replace the Silent Generation & make them feel OLD, when the Silent’s were still kinda young !!! Being 40 is still young, the 1960’s early 70’s still belonged to the Silent Generation, so why Marilyn, James Dean, or Elvis were not there anymore ??? If they would be just 37 or 43?? They would even look young like Gwen Stefani in the 2000’s or BlackEyedPeas in the 2010’s, millennials NEVER made Gen X & Gen Jones feel excluded, we always included older generations, and they still did GOOD MUSIC & still look young cause we gave them a chance, Zoomers really are making millennials feel worthless and are trying to keep them AWAY at all costs

[@johnathandavis3693]

@@ReginaTrans_ I don't think these people were tying to "replace" anything. They were singing. Put the phone down for a minute...

[@ReginaTrans_]

@@johnathandavis3693 u guys see my point ? My generation never disrespected Gen X or Gen Jones, whatever, let’s hope Generation Alpha is nice to them, I’d like to feel empathy for them but if they’re not showing it to us, what can I do

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

Zach: May I also nominate "Look for the Union Label"? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX3KZZp9oJpmn7s If only we had listened, instead of prioritizing the accumulation of more stuff we didn't need at the expense of well-paying, American jobs. I agree that "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony" is also a powerful message that was generally ignored, even though people hummed the song and bought the Coke.

[@ediewall6360]

Because it strikes the heart and our humanity.

[@omma_ph]

Watched this today because it was mentioned in my devotional today (Our Daily Bread) 🤗

[@kingaling6701]

Beautiful. Not a single phone in sight and everyone just living in the moment.

[@kathyoneill4011]

And NO TATOOS Beautiful

[@ekfromaz1]

❤​@@kathyoneill4011

[@destinygc6082]

Maybe because it’s 1971

[@hyfr5053]

No shit, that was 36 years before the first iPhone. Your critique against modern technology doesn't make any sense. Good job typing this into a computer/smartphone and letting the world wide web know btw

[@ekfromaz1]

@@hyfr5053 i typed it into your mom's too too

[@joelperry8187]

Great commercial. Great message. Perfect harmony would be a blessing!

[@DavidLS1]

Maybe some day.

[@joelperry8187]

@@DavidLS1 that would be nice Maybe in a couple of centuries

[@DavidLS1]

@@joelperry8187 Gene Roddenberry predicted a United Earth would be achieved in the 22nd. century.

[@denisedaniel9010]

​@@joelperry8187 We actually had hope in the 1970s that things would become better for everyone. No more war. Equality for all. Racism would be eradicated. That hope certainly died!

[@joelperry8187]

@@denisedaniel9010 don’t be pessimistic. There is always hope. We are in challenging times, that’s all.

[@ellisburns1109]

When this commercial and jingle came out in 1971, I was 16 and a junior in high school with nothing but black hair on my head. Now 50 years later, I am a senior citizen with a head full of gray hair and living in a world where we need lots of LOVE. This commercial brings us back to happier times. The jingles should make a comeback once again. There were some great jingles during the 60's and 70's. There was the great jingles battle between Coca-Cola and Pepsi and RC(Royal Crown) colas. The great battles between cigarettes and cigars . Bring back the jingles and help make the world and people more caring towards those who are different from us.

[@nickv1008]

Ellis, lucky you missed the draft...you cant go home. 1950s to 1960s America was great, things changing for the better. We died in Dallas, no Thanksgiving, just lies.

[@ediewall6360]

Perhaps 2 years younger than you. We are headed into something MUCH better than the 60s and 70s. You will see.The Golden Age of Humanitu is around the corner. Think 5th Dimension song Age of Aquarius

[@gammadion]

You started it all, boomer. You normalized being welcoming and tolerant to outsiders who only wish to invade and destroy us.

[@nickv1008]

@@gammadion and all I remember is our government drafting us to fight people in a foreign country who never did us any harm.

[@nickv1008]

@@ediewall6360 1930s depression spawned some inspirational songs too.

[@jasonlindsey9946]

A total Classic. They can't spend enough on today's commercials to stand up to this one!!!

[@elizabethmckenna5397]

Damn. I remember this from my youth. It’s as great today as it was then. Got goosebumps

[@ninademci1500]

This was still broadcast on TV circa 1974. I loved it then. I love it now. I’ll probably always love it.

[@TonyWeaving]

I was born in March 1963 so was about 8 years old when this was television It has always been my favourite ad.

[@jjmboston5832]

Still a terrific commercial 50+ years later

[@ReginaTrans_]

I agree its horrible

[@jjmboston5832]

what is? @@ReginaTrans_

[@rique9330]

he said its wonderful dumbass, the commercial is great!@@ReginaTrans_

[@DANTEANDOLINI]

R.I.P to the great man, nearly my father in law for creating such a memorable advert. The man had vision. Very proud to have known him. Taught me a lot.

[@edonbytyqi3157]

Who Don Draper?

[@charlesmcbride7179]

Dude commodified happiness? :/

[@brt5273]

@Tepip ! Dude...go back to you sackcloth, nettles and gruel.

[@chriselyr2484]

I'll take "things that didnt happen" for 200 points please.

[@S4dB0i02]

I've been driving in my car, with my friend Mr. Soft Mr. Clean and Mr. Ben, are living in my loft Ah, shake along with me Ah, shake along with me

[@gavinhall3669]

I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil Just last week I changed the oil Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender, ha ha ha I've been driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill I drove along the A45, I had her up to 58 This copper stopped me the other day, you're mistaken what could I say The tyres were a little worn, they were O.K., I could have sworn I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far I like driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far I like driving in my car, even with a flat tyre I like driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far

[@juanignaciorojas5607]

I came here after listening to shakermaker from oasis

[@serojah1236]

I came here after heard oasis

[@fynnroberts5175]

I'm sorry but I just don't knoooow I know you said I told you sooooo

[@Tinyterror-dn5cs]

When you’re happy and you’re felling fine

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! A TIMELESS CLASSIC!!!!

[@ssscreeperkingsss4145]

Im here because of EmpLemon. Thank you Stanislav Petrov so much for giving us a second chance and letting us live another century. Have a coke, buddy!

[@RancidKari]

sssCreeperKingsss lmao

[@HPHP2]

Who?

[@nathanschmitz2302]

@@HPHP2 look him up on youtube with Emplemons video on him.

[@SwaggerNauts365]

HPHP2 The soviet dude who saved the world from nuclear annihilation in the 80s

[@CaneFu]

I would still rate this as the best commercial ever made.

[@fredjones7705]

It's right up there but there's a Bank commercial that has it beat in my opinion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mamvk6Ckq7KKg5I

[@Bangerjim5]

A timeless classic that still today is something that should be strived for.

[@ReginaTrans_]

I should be strived for

[@donsylvester2372]

Gawd, I remember this commercial. Back when we actually believed the world could come together and live as a single species. How naive we were. How sad that is.

[@aseyete]

Same here, growing up during the Viet Nam war debacle, I thought the commercial was showing us the way. I still think the message is correct, we just lack the intelligence and the will to making progress towards "perfect harmony".

[@DXPunx74]

Thank you for trying though. The future generations just got lost somewhere along the way.

[@girllfren5437]

@@aseyete Would that mean claiming their right to remain ignorant as the information is there.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

Reject socialism.

[@noturbeeswax6684]

It's still possible. With the exception of the few who profit from war and hatred, the whole world wants that. We were *this close* - then they sabotaged it. However, it was because they had lost the rational argument. They were losing a chess game, so they threw a tantrum and tossed the board on the floor. What's needed now is something not enough people are talking about: *A new wave of Nuremberg Trials.* A relative handful of high-profile mass-murderers must at last be brought to Justice for all the world to see. The 20th Century was a century like none before: A century of horror, evil, treachery, destruction, and bitter tears...but also a century of heroes, geniuses, and miracles. *Never let it die.*

[@williamjones7163]

This video makes me cry with a sweet sadness. The hope that things could/can be better.

[@ediewall6360]

Dear William Jones, Take heart, If you did NOT take the Vaxx you WILL see your wish come true. Guaranteed. I could speak to you for hours on what I know , what I have discovered. The planet has been ruled by parasitic peoples and that is changing. We are in a hidden war. See things begin to look better around the holidays. And upwards from there. We are on the brink of cocreating the Golden Age of Humanity

[@mozzajayjc]

Wo! Chill out it’s an advert for coke

[@dalethelander3781]

@@ediewall6360 And we're run by little gray aliens.

[@cg4754]

Good work, Don

[@Nate-gj7pb]

C G If you don't like what they're saying, change the conversation.

[@s.g.scheerer5781]

I was 4 years old when this original commercial was playing. I remember I'd run around the house and sing it. I still know the words to it even today and I'm 57.

[@nelliecurrie5625]

Me too!

[@spenjor]

Me three

[@heartstrings7814]

Even as a mere child when this historic commercial was aired over and over in real time, I completely got its strong powerful and beautiful message for all the world. One of my favorites.

[@willyboy6126]

It truly was a beautiful message...and if 'some' don't get it, then they're jaded and are part of what's wrong with the word today. Hugs and love from Canada to you, @ *Heart Strings* 🤗 💞 🌎 ☮

[@heartstrings7814]

@@willyboy6126 Thank you so much Billy!! I knew I couldn't possibly be the only one out there who got the beautiful message of this very historic and important commercial. It should go down in history as one of the most poignant pieces of Art in Television history. A Master piece of work in all areas of the message it was sending.

[@willyboy6126]

@@heartstrings7814 You're very welcome....and I totally agree! 😊

[@laoch5658]

@@heartstrings7814 do you work for coca cola

[@heartstrings7814]

@@laoch5658 You sound very intelligent, like a human with a loving and accepting heart of all beings. No, I do not work for coca cola but I'm certain your advanced IQ level, already indicated the answer before you blessed us with your ground breaking and loving question. Many blessings to you for your utter kindness.

[@Vz3gq]

Whenever I start to feel down, I just listen to this song and get a little bit of happiness back. Thank you, miraculous jingle overlords.

[@technofeeliak]

Wow!!!!!!! What a treat! Thank you for uploading this advertisement. The quality is amazing.

[@raypreseau5360]

This song, this ad, is the ultimate nostalgia trip for me, and I love it. As a toddler in the the 70's, I would run to the television stand, grab hold, and bounce up and down, as the standard toddler dance move of all time, and squeak my joyful approval. It still affects me the same way. It will always be a slice of joy in my life. Not bad for a "lousy commercial " thank you bill backer!

[@curly8029]

I feel the exact same way. I’m 55.

[@ediewall6360]

Stay in touch with your inner child and remember to dance

[@bonniemoerdyk9809]

Ray, that's so cute! My parents said that I'd always come running when commercial jingles would play, then when the show would return to the screen, I would go back to my room to play again.🧸

[@JW-ut7uk]

Makes me tear up thinking of my parents and childhood in the 70's

[@christinegelabert1651]

@@curly8029 me too! I'll be turning 56 in October! YOU KNOW you hit marketing gold in the first few bars of that music hit...and you know the rest of the song so you jump right in and sing it all the way straight through! 😉😂😎

[@lindawarwick8643]

This takes me back in time. I miss those days

[@makmakg242]

I came from Zone Tan I came from Mad Men I came from EmpLemon's Stanislav Petrov video

[@gretathuumberg]

*to

[@Thelunarguardian1]

Haven't heard the name Zone Tan in years. Glad to see it still gets around lol

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

I came from KZbin’s recommendation, but originally from a Cracked article

[@johnathanweeks2762]

Zone Tan XD

[@robertclark1669]

*i came*

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

Anybody else notice that everyone in this commercial is under 25? And now over 70?

[@stevesmith291]

'The caption says, "We assembled young people from all over the world." It's not a hidden agenda.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

@@stevesmith291 Merely an observation on the passage of time.

[@olliem4501]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH SHAKE ALONG WITH MEEEEEE

[@redbannerradio]

I'd like to be somebody else!

[@alqwibowo1572]

and not know where i been!

[@robbiewainwright9078]

i’d like to build myself a house

[@jime1741]

Biblical

[@oasisfanreviews3665]

OMG YES

[@graciebeecher4530]

Why aren't commercials made like this anymore! So classy and beautiful. ❤️

[@enriquesanchez2001]

They do - in a way - ALL DRUG COMPANY commercials with people with perfect lives :(

[@bennyc8020]

IMO the main problem is that more audience wants realism, they want the things happened on TV to be things that occur in their daily lives. As a result, stars are similar to the average public, and the plots are even less dramatic than what an average person encounters on an average day.

[@commentguy721]

You KNOW why you are here

[@CrociatoAzzurro]

***** Laugh ? Those are some hot looking girls.

[@dmulk1]

CrociatoAzzurro True, isn't it strange though when you stop and think those hot looking girls are senior citizens now, lol

[@CrociatoAzzurro]

dmulk1 True. They are surely even older than Megan's mother Marie. Poor Roger...

[@jaytaylor7740]

dmulk1 True; so-called Father Time has the last laugh on us all. Kinda sad, but what can ya do?

[@hideyojimmies4840]

+commentguy721 Zone?

[@neversate]

This song had a powerful message. This was during the cold war when there was always a threat of nuclear war. The song sents a message of friendship & pacifism

[@ernestoacosta7918]

Thank you, Stanislav Petrov, for proving that humanity deserves a second chance despite its flaws and mistakes in the generations before him and proved that humanity truly can reel back from the scariest era in history

[@shanesmith6941]

I remember this commercial when I was a kid. They did one for Christmas one year as well.

[@j.c.nightwalker5322]

I remember when this commercial came out, my friends and I all learned the lyrics and held hands and sang it with such joy. Best commercial ever made. To this day I smile about that. I still drink coke. Coke should re-air this exact commercial now in 2021

[@criticalthinker8374]

Boy are you a sucker......

[@Nope2479]

Jesus. That’s exactly what they wanted. So creepy. Coke had America by the balls.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

Its probably a rights and clearances thing. They'd probably have to pay residuals to all those elderly "kids" who were in the commercial.

[@kimchiman1000]

...all while drinking Pepsi! 😊

[@ReginaTrans_]

boomers were so cringey lol

[@Reyguel-xc8sc]

I get misty-eyed watching this. I was an observant kid. It seems to me there was a lot more unity and love back then. Being a Black kid, my best friend was a White kid. Him and his family showed my family nothing but love. I felt accepted for me and not my skin color. In fact, I had a lot of White friends and we all loved on each other. I miss those days!

[@denisedaniel9010]

It was definitely a better time. I remember thinking things were only going to get better for everyone. One major difference between then and now: Back then, we had HOPE.

[@curly8029]

The first song I remember as a child.

[@spideraxis5582]

How I remember this from 1971. I still like the early 70's hairstyles and fashions.

[@spideraxis5582]

+JJJ1234 it's possible. But there are plenty of making profitable livings so long as there are racial issues and battles. Just think of all the politicians, sociologists, educators, and troublemakers like Al Sharpton who'd be out of work or might actually have to do blue collar jobs if they couldn't instigate or live off racial divides.

[@bunjier4041]

Lol early ‘70s were terrible for fashion. But different strokes.

[@colinmacmillan2944]

@@bunjier4041 - ' ...But different strokes ..' Say, wasn't that a TV programme? :-)

[@dalethelander3781]

@@bunjier4041 In the late 70s, I had permed hair down to my waist, playing in a succession of heavy metal bands gigging around Chicagoland, and getting more ass than a toilet seat.

[@tamelamcghee1458]

Really, it is sad. I was four years old at the time of these commercials. I just remember a happy feeling and seeing people come together. That's all I remember in general. That I know of, Coca-Cola promoted inclusiveness and positivity for many years. I'm not sure what happened, but apparently times have changed :(

[@sjgh.r]

I kinda feel bad from coming here from zone tan

[@inevitablesound7465]

@@sjgh.r I feel proud coming here from zone-tan

[@georgieorgy5589]

Its the bad thing....

[@sebastianmelmoth7331]

Vested interests have revived “racism” they have divided us by telling us the world is more divided now than ever. The big lie is making woke cancel culture the norm. Google, Facebook, Twitter, and major news media have divided us. They have turned the world upside down.

[@johanna2059]

@@sebastianmelmoth7331 I totally agree with you 👍

[@Tree._.Hugger]

My dad was looking up old commercials from when he was a child/teen/young adult and this was one of them he showed us ❤

[@paulomagalhaes498]

when i missing Mad Men i came here

[@afrasalazar434]

Today is one of those days.

[@dominicmarcalsilva]

Omg so accurate hahaha

[@BLANKBANSHEEBR]

hahaha me too

[@verillo14]

I do exactly the same... and it always made me cry. Such a beautiful ad

[@revenge7762]

me

[@gg1000]

La escuché en mi infancia, y se me dejó una impronta que nunca se borró. La disfruto mucho todavía.

[@prima6170]

I know, right. Who can say they forgot this commercial ? ? ?

[@oscarmarcolini5402]

@@prima6170 en argentina lo escuché en 1972, yo tenía 14 años y estaba pasando una etapa muy dura, recuerdo la emoción que me provocaba al ver a esos jóvenes cantando en Roma.

[@FreshRose-z3s]

Whoever conceived this idea was an advertising genius.

[@AutPen38]

Bill Backer. He wrote the words "I'd like to buy the world a coke" while he was stranded at Shannon airport in Ireland. He'd earlier come up with the phrase "It's the real thing". He was also responsible for "Miller Time". Hall of fame ad exec, and obviously an inspiration for the writers of Mad Men.

[@margaretthompson1743]

Again I say I 'll always loved this advertisement because there's every nationality singing 🤗 and together singing for Coke Cola.

[@suemarie6032]

One of my all-time fav commercials. We need this message to be heard with all the unrest in today's society.

[@elizabethhein4261]

Finally a positive response! This was before my time but still enjoyable

[@suemarie6032]

@@elizabethhein4261 I was a teen when this came out. I did not know they did a reunion version in the 90's. Equally as good. Google Hilltop Reunion Coke to see it on KZbin.

[@Sageboy13]

@@suemarie6032 wow imma check that out!

[@gn2932]

I loved this commercial when first heard it on TV. I think that it it is best commercial ever done!

[@awooga_gamer]

"ONE NAME CHANGED THIS" ZONE TAN

[@Leavemealone670]

Waifu

[@JKingSniper]

Ayy boi

[@jarofdelisauce2266]

One man changed this Stanislav Petrov

[@fabiodlx]

A man of culture indeed

[@morticiamourning9990]

That's the reason I'm here