# What is that music playing when Homer is in the land of chocolate?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 15, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663 "2003-01-15T02:21:01Z")\
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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:** [January 15, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/1 "2003-01-15T02:21:01Z")

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I don’t think this was made up just for the show. I’m 99% sure I’ve heard it before. Anyone know?

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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:** [January 15, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/2 "2003-01-15T02:24:36Z")

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By the way, nothing at [snpp.com](http://snpp.com). I checked.

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/3 "2003-01-15T02:26:18Z")

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Um, I am not sure, but wasn’t it the song from the tootsie roll commercials?

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**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/4 "2003-01-15T02:36:04Z")

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It’s credited as an original composition by Alf Clausen on “Go Simpsonic…” It does sound like other lounge-y tunes, like “Holiday for Strings” or “Gay Spirits” by Dave Ross.

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**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/5 "2003-01-15T02:37:07Z")

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er, Dave Rose

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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:** [January 15, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/6 "2003-01-15T02:50:57Z")

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D’oh. I could’ve swore I’d heard it before. It sounds extremely familiar.

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/7 "2003-01-15T02:57:16Z")

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I must’ve been thinking of a different episode – was there one with the tootsie roll song?

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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:** [January 15, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/8 "2003-01-15T02:59:43Z")

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Elaborate on ‘tootsie roll song.’ I can’t think of which song you’re talking about.

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-music-playing-when-homer-is-in-the-land-of-chocolate/148663/9 "2003-01-15T03:06:40Z")

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“Whatever it is I think I see,  
Becomes a Tootsie Roll to me!”