# Help me identify a song, phone commercial, 2-3 years ago. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880 "2007-10-16T05:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/1 "2007-10-16T05:30:04Z")
A friend of mine (no, really) is trying to identify a song from a commercial from about 2-3 years ago. Here’s what she can remember. It was a cellular phone commercial, possibly Chocolate or RAZR. The commercial had the phones emerging from white, green and pink liquid. Music had female vocals. The musical style was a hybrid of 50’s girl groups and hip hop. I’ve been bragging about you people; don’t let me down. Answer this, and it’s everlasting glory for the next day-and-a-half. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/2 "2007-10-16T05:45:20Z")
My guess It’s by Goldfrapp, either Oh la la or Strict Machine ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/3 "2007-10-16T05:50:06Z")
Likely **Goldfrapp** - [Strict Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VktozqkSc)? ETA: Yargh! In the time it took me to log in and find a link to the song, I was beaten to the punch. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/4 "2007-10-16T05:53:29Z")
But wait! You say different coloured liquids… Maybe it was that Christina Aguilera one? Candy Man or Candyman… ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/5 "2007-10-16T05:54:45Z")
[This](http://youtube.com/watch?v=_7Ts4RNbnAk) commercial for the “Chocolate” phone features Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman.” There are phones covered in pools of white, pink, and green liquid. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/6 "2007-10-16T05:55:40Z")
_snip_! I was too slow. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/7 "2007-10-16T06:08:59Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] [This](http://youtube.com/watch?v=_7Ts4RNbnAk) commercial for the “Chocolate” phone features Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman.” There are phones covered in pools of white, pink, and green liquid. [/QUOTE] That’s a definite possibility. I’ll send her the link tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/8 "2007-10-16T17:53:51Z")
You guys rock! That’s the song. My friend sends her thanks. You wouldn’t happen to know a source for the whole song, not just the snippet in the commercial, would you? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/9 "2007-10-16T21:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] You guys rock! That’s the song. My friend sends her thanks. You wouldn’t happen to know a source for the whole song, not just the snippet in the commercial, would you? [/QUOTE] Check your email ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-phone-commercial-2-3-years-ago/422880/10 "2007-10-17T01:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] You wouldn’t happen to know a source for the whole song, not just the snippet in the commercial, would you? [/QUOTE] There is a [whole (double) album](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_Basics_%28Christina_Aguilera_album%29#Track_listing) with songs described as “a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s-style jazz, blues, and feel-good soul music, but with a modern twist,” by Aguilera. Oh, and the lyrics to _Candyman_ are quite humorously obscene.