# Help me identify a commercial from a tune snippet **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419 "2021-05-19T04:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/1 "2021-05-19T04:21:01Z")
This morning I woke up with a snippet of a commercial running through my head. I know I’ve seen the commercial lately, and it’s driving me crazy. Please help me save my sanity by identifying it. Apparently I am a failure at music-based technology because I can’t figure out how to record the snippet and post it here, but it’s really easy to play. The notes are: GGGGGGAB This is sung, with lyrics. After that in the commercial, there’s another three-tone response from another person that IIRC is mostly spoken/singsonged in kind of a nonchalant tone. Then the original snippet is sung again, maybe with different words. I think the response is the same in both cases. Does anybody know what this is? I hope my explanation is clear enough. I have faith in the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/2 "2021-05-19T04:54:54Z")
Any idea of what the product is? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/3 "2021-05-19T07:46:20Z")
What is the response, and how long are the notes? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/4 "2021-05-19T14:39:00Z")
No idea what the product is. I was half-thinking it was Daisy (the dollop people) but I can’t find any commercials that have it. Pretty sure it’s some kind of food product. The response is three syllables. I don’t know what the words are. The notes are a quick succession. Just play one right after the other, with a very slight pause between the last G and the AB. Sorry, I’m not very musically inclined. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/5 "2021-05-19T16:37:49Z")
Not quite the right notes and not food related, but the count sounds similar to [Nationwide is on your side](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYMPSuwELrY). ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/6 "2021-05-19T17:06:32Z")
Definitely not this one, but thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/7 "2021-05-22T01:43:30Z")
I have the answer! The commercial actually came on tonight. It’s the Cheetos “It Wasn’t Me” spot with Ashton Kutcher. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lIxdasBrDMI/hqdefault.jpg "Cheetos Super Bowl Commercial 2021 Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Shaggy - It Wasn't Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIxdasBrDMI) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/8 "2021-05-22T02:03:13Z")
Here’s the original song by Shaggy (who appears in the Cheetos ad). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sTMgX1PDGAE/maxresdefault.jpg "It Wasn't Me") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTMgX1PDGAE) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-commercial-from-a-tune-snippet/942419/9 "2021-05-22T02:18:31Z")
I’m so out of touch I had no idea it was based off a real song.