# "Beef, It's What's For Dinner" tune?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 7, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378 "2003-02-07T03:25:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378/1 "2003-02-07T03:25:13Z")

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Does anyone know if the “classical” (or neo-classical) piece used in the TV ads for “Beef, it’s what for dinner” has a name? I’m sure many of you have seen the TV ad… - Jinx

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**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378/2 "2003-02-07T03:33:47Z")

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No clue what it is, but I am in love with those commercials.  
_lifts steak_ Not yet…

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378/3 "2003-02-07T03:34:06Z")

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Not sure of the name, but I"m something like 98% sure it’s from the opera _Carmen_.

~Ferry

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**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378/4 "2003-02-07T03:36:11Z")

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My roommate in college had this song on CD, and was SHOCKED when at the end of the song, I erupted in the words “Beef Beef Beef” to the last three beats.

Good times.

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beef-its-whats-for-dinner-tune/153378/5 "2003-02-07T03:39:57Z")

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It’s _Rodeo: Hoedown_ by Aaron Copland. My favorite recording of it is [the one done by Leonard Bernstein](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000029XG/qid=1044589209/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-7569112-7877636?v=glance&s=music&n=507846). It’s one of my favorite pieces of music.

The CD I linked do has not only the “Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner” music (Rodeo: Hoedown), but the “Georgia Pacific” music (Appalachian Spring) and the “Wide World of Sports” music (Fanfare for the Common Man).