# ID this song from an Intel commercial?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 26, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232 "2003-04-26T01:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232/1 "2003-04-26T01:37:36Z")

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The commercial is for Intel, and features people sitting and working at desks that are set in strange settings: a diving board, a driving range, one of those moving walkways in airports. I guess the message is “With Intel you can work anywhere!” (Either that or “Intel makes hobbies feel like drudgery.”)

The song that plays is up-tempo jazz with a man scat-singing over it. That’s really about all the description I can give, unfortunately. The guy has a really great, smooth voice, and I’m curious as to who it might be.

Help would be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232/2 "2003-04-26T04:47:59Z")

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You can view the ads from [Intel’s homepage](http://intel.com) by clicking a link in the lower right.

Sorry, I can’t identify the voice or the song. There doesn’t seem to be any credit other than to the ad agency.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232/3 "2003-04-26T05:06:07Z")

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My guess is it was written and performed especially for the ad.

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**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-song-from-an-intel-commercial/171232/4 "2003-04-26T05:31:21Z")

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Thanks, **Corbomite**! The one called “New Office - Desk” has the music I was thinking of (I didn’t listen to the others; they might have it too).

**GuanoLad** , I wasn’t as clear as I should have been; I’m not concerned with the actual song, but I’d like to know who the singer is.