# What's the instrumental song called in this commercial?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 14, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030 "2010-04-14T04:11:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![BMada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BMada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMada)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030/1 "2010-04-14T04:11:19Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFU_oAHG8PI)

Toyota Avalon

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030/2 "2010-04-14T04:17:01Z")

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I think that would be “Theme from ‘A Summer Place.’”

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**Author:** ![What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3bc359/32.png) [@What\_s\_That\_Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_s_That_Smell)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030/3 "2010-04-14T04:19:45Z")

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Theme From A Summer Place

Damn it!

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-instrumental-song-called-in-this-commercial/536030/4 "2010-04-14T04:52:14Z")

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[Obligatory Simpsons Reference](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0lwQaNyXS0)