# The Coke commerical/Olympics. Who is the singer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [August 15, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982 "2004-08-15T19:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/1 "2004-08-15T19:47:15Z")
Coke has a new ad campaign of an african american girl with a most excellent set of pipes singing beautifully while handing out bottles of coke. Who is she? What are the words to the song? I love this commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/2 "2004-08-15T19:52:31Z")
I only saw a piece of it last night, but I think that’s the girl who won American Idol this year, Fantasia something. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/3 "2004-08-15T19:56:00Z")
Don’t know the girl… the song is “I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)”. But she doesn’t sing that part in the commercial. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/4 "2004-08-15T22:34:01Z")
Is this the same one they’ve played off and on for about a year now? If so, that’s not Fantasia from American Idol. For some reason, I’m thinking it’s someone from one of the touring casts of “Rent”, but I could be totally off. I just think I remember hearing that. And if that’s the one that I’m thinking of, it kinda creeps me out. Would you take an open soda from a stranger on the street?? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/5 "2004-08-15T23:16:55Z")
Is there somewhere I can see this online? I’ve been keeping an eye out for it on NBC, but nothing yet. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/6 "2004-08-16T02:23:33Z")
It’s not Fantasia. I think I saw that commercial around American Idol time and I remember thinking she sang better than any of the contestants. I was also creeped out by the fact that she was handing out open sodas to people and they were taking them. Then again, I don’t think anyone actually drank it. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/7 "2004-08-16T02:43:17Z")
I’d just like to mention that the preview popup when you mouseover this thread in the message list says: “Coke has a new ad campaign of an african american girl with a most excellent set of …” New techniques for inflating viewcounts! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/8 "2004-08-16T02:46:35Z")
My mouse-over preview on this thread shows the whole text of the OP. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/9 "2004-08-16T02:51:50Z")
Huh. Maybe it’s a Mozilla thing … ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/10 "2004-08-16T04:26:07Z")
This is it, isn’t it? > **[Adweek](https://www.adweek.com/)** > > Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/11 "2004-08-16T05:54:51Z")
Yeah, that’s the one. I finally got Coke’s website to play the song. It’s a great tune, but compared to the version I’m used to hearing it was a huge yawner… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/12 "2004-08-16T06:04:24Z")
Sharlene Hector is the girl’s name. And, since the last thread I posted in was about this, she’s not African-American. She’s (Afro-?)British. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2004, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coke-commerical-olympics-who-is-the-singer/259982/13 "2004-08-16T08:06:50Z")
It’s one of those songs I’ve loved for years but a lot of people have never heard it before. 😃