# What piece of music has been ripped off here? (cola commercial)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 27, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piece-of-music-has-been-ripped-off-here-cola-commercial/639054 "2012-10-27T16:47:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piece-of-music-has-been-ripped-off-here-cola-commercial/639054/1 "2012-10-27T16:47:09Z")

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Link to the watery sugar stuff:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMWxCCoKQTM)

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piece-of-music-has-been-ripped-off-here-cola-commercial/639054/2 "2012-10-27T16:51:44Z")

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The answer is in the comments section. 😉

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piece-of-music-has-been-ripped-off-here-cola-commercial/639054/3 "2012-10-27T16:52:06Z")

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In the comments it says Handel - Sarabande. Can someone confirm?  
Eta: yep, that’s it.

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**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-piece-of-music-has-been-ripped-off-here-cola-commercial/639054/4 "2012-10-27T17:04:11Z")

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Frack, completely missed that. Sorry.