# U2's Numb and a TV Commercial

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** commercials-ads, music\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161 "2022-11-18T19:25:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/1 "2022-11-18T19:25:02Z")

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When U2’s song Numb came out, I remember there being a TV commercial that sounded very similar out at the same time or maybe before. Can someone here help?

Here’s Numb:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/N4jR1RNypG0/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - Numb (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jR1RNypG0)

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/2 "2022-11-18T19:47:14Z")

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Only thing that springs to mind is _One_

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ftjEcrrf7r0/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 - One (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftjEcrrf7r0)

And Ben Stiller’s parody, a commercial for Lucky Clovers

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tAtJ7YUWoPQ/hqdefault.jpg "U2-Lucky Clovers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAtJ7YUWoPQ)

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/3 "2022-11-18T19:48:36Z")

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No, it was a regular commercial for some candy or something.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/4 "2022-11-18T19:51:47Z")

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Maybe for a sitcom?

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/F7qt5UlsoSQ/maxresdefault.jpg "U2 "Numb" - WKRP in Cincinnati / VH1 parody commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7qt5UlsoSQ)

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/5 "2022-11-18T19:56:34Z")

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Haha! That’s an awesome commercial. I wonder how many of those actors are still alive.

But, no, it was just a regular commercial for a regular product that had the same droning way of delivering the message. It wasn’t a parody or homage or anything.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/6 "2022-11-18T19:59:44Z")

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It’s so much fun finding these parody commercials or like Weird Al reciting Green Eggs & Ham to _Numb_ that I’m warning the mods right now it’ll be hard not to hijack this into some sort of “Parodies of U2 songs” thread.

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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u2s-numb-and-a-tv-commercial/975161/7 "2022-11-18T20:01:20Z")

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Fine by me, as long as the teeming hundreds are still thinking about the commercial I’m trying to track down.