Commercial jingles are created to be unforgettable, so it’s no wonder that people can be heard repeating certain phrases for years – even decades! The iconic Meow Mix tune and even Bounty’s “quicker picker upper” tag came in the 1960s and 1970s and are still in use today. However, because commercials and catchphrases transcend time, it’s interesting to see when company taglines were created. Often, the year those jingles first air on television is the year they dominate all other marketing campaigns.
So, which advertisement was the most popular in the year you were born? Is it the Oscar Meyer jingle, Cindy Crawford chugging a Pepsi, or a chihuahua asking Taco Bell? See what the most popular commercial was the year you were born.
1960: Coppertone – ‘Quick Tan QT’
1961: Maxwell House – ‘Tastes As Good As It Smells’
1962: Hawaiian Punch – ‘How About A Nice Hawaiian Punch?’
1963: Coca-Cola – ‘Things Go Better With Coke’
1964: Charmin – Mr. Whipple And ‘Don’t Squeeze The Charmin’
1965: Oscar Meyer – Wiener Jingle
1966: Palmolive – ‘You’re Soaking In It’
1967: Tang – ‘Get That Old Tang Go’
1968: Tootsie Pops – ‘How Many Licks?’
1969: Alka Seltzer – ‘Spicy Meatball’
1970: Bounty – ‘The Quicker Picker Upper’
1971: Coca-Cola – ‘Hilltop’
1972: Life Cereal – “Mikey Likes It’
1973: Parkay – ‘The Flavor Says Butter’
1974: Meow Mix – ‘Cats Ask For It By Name’
1975: McDonald’s – Big Mac Jingle
1976: Rolaids – ‘How Do You Spell Relief?’
1977: Xerox – Monks
1978: Calgon – ‘Calgon, Take Me Away!’
1979: Coca-Cola – ”Mean Joe Greene’
1980: Army – ‘Be All You Can Be’
1981: Calvin Klein Jeans – Brooke Shields
1982: MCI – ‘Parents’
1983: Diet Coke – ‘Introducing Diet Coke’
1984: Wendy’s – ‘Where’s The Beef?’
1985: Coke – ‘Catch The Wave’ With Max Headroom
1986: California Raisins – ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’
1987: Isuzu – Joe Isuzu
1988: Nike – Bo Knows
1989: Energizer – ‘Energizer Bunny’
1990: Super Soaker – ‘Terminator’
1991: Maybelline – ‘Maybe She’s Born With It’
1992: Pepsi – Cindy Crawford
1993: Got Milk? – ‘Aaron Burr’
1994: IKEA – ‘Dining Room Table’
1995: Little Caesar’s Pizza – ‘Pizza! Pizza!’
1996: Bagel Bites – ‘Pizza In The Morning’
1997: Taco Bell – ‘Yo Quiero Taco Bell’
1998: Volkswagen – ‘Synchronicity’
1999: Budweiser – ‘Wassup’
2000: E*Trade – ‘Monkey’
