# Music in Mitsubishi car ad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-mitsubishi-car-ad/277134>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-mitsubishi-car-ad/277134 "2004-11-29T13:16:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-mitsubishi-car-ad/277134/1 "2004-11-29T13:16:14Z")

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From the ad where the car drives past a solid line of people in red coveralls wherever it goes…

The song is a golden oldie that I remember was released when I was in grade school. I _think_ the chorus is “Begging the line”, but that could be a mondegreen…

What’s the name of the song, and the artist?

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**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-mitsubishi-car-ad/277134/2 "2004-11-29T13:36:50Z")

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I haven’t seen the commercial but you may want to try looking up the lyrics for the Tommy James song Draggin’ the Line and see if that’s what you heard.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-in-mitsubishi-car-ad/277134/3 "2004-11-29T13:41:35Z")

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> [@lavenderviolet](#):
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> I haven’t seen the commercial but you may want to try looking up the lyrics for the Tommy James song Draggin’ the Line and see if that’s what you heard.

**That’s it!!!** Thanks ever so much!