# Song from that Bacardi commercial with the flies

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375 "2004-10-21T09:51:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/1 "2004-10-21T09:51:34Z")

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Is he saying “Born to be a liar”? If so, that’s kind of a weird lyric; any context to it?

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/2 "2004-11-04T07:33:14Z")

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Anyone have any idea? They just played this commercial three times in a row.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/3 "2004-11-04T14:20:19Z")

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It seems like he’s saying, “Born to Be Alive”.

It’s a catchy tune and I was wondering this myself just last night.

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**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/4 "2004-11-04T14:21:07Z")

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The song is “Born To Be Alive,” by Patrick Hernandez.

🙂

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/5 "2004-11-04T16:41:55Z")

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> [@Agrippina](#):
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> It seems like he’s saying, “Born to Be Alive”.

:smack: I finally realized this when they played it 3 times in a row last night and I meant to add it to my last post.

> [@Chanteuse](#):
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> The song is “Born To Be Alive,” by Patrick Hernandez.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![EsotericEnigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@EsotericEnigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EsotericEnigma)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-from-that-bacardi-commercial-with-the-flies/270375/6 "2004-11-04T20:16:28Z")

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For future reference, [www.adtunes.com](http://www.adtunes.com) is usually very good for questions such as these.