# ELO song in volkswagon commercial.. title?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345 "2002-12-04T02:57:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345/1 "2002-12-04T02:57:46Z")

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It’s been bugging me… I know it’s by ELO but I don’t remember the name.

Anyone?

Thanks,  
Clay

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345/2 "2002-12-04T03:02:32Z")

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Sorry to bother you all… Found it.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345/3 "2002-12-04T03:36:41Z")

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It couldn’t have been “Strange Magic”, could it have? 😛

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elo-song-in-volkswagon-commercial-title/140345/4 "2002-12-04T03:45:35Z")

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No, it’s _Mr. Blue Sky_. VW has this commercial on [their website](http://www.vw.com/commercials/popup/bubble.htm), though it doesn’t give out any credits.

Oh, BTW, I like it.