Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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Tuesday July 29, 2008 at 09:00 AM |
Word just leaked out that a new Chris Brown track is actually a jingle made for Wrigley Chewing Gum. The track, "Forever," is an extended version of a song Wrigley plans to use in chewing gum commercials airing soon. But did you know that this isn't the first time this kind of thing has happened? In fact, I have a little story about.
I was living in London a few years back when I heard something familiar on the radio. It was the McDonalds slogan "I'm lovin' it, " except it wasn't at the tail end of an ad. It was a full song. To my surprise, the DJ claimed the track was by none other than Justin Timberlake (or 'Trousersnake' as the tabloids over there referred to him). I did a little a digging and it turned out that Timberlake had recorded the single and released it only in England. It was co-opted by McDonalds and is, I believe, still used to this day. Whether Timberlake recorded the track specifically for McDonalds I do not know, but isn't it strange enough to learn that the man behind one of the best-known slogans in America is also one of the best-known singers in America. Here is the video for proof.
UPDATE: The video won't play on Indaba, but you can see it HERE .
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Tuesday July 29, 2008 at 10:43 AM
VIdeo is broken
Tuesday July 29, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Hahahahaaaaaaaa...........best singers ...........best slogans..............hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :-))))))))
You have make my day !!! That s to funny :-))))I am broken too but by laughing :-))
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