# Who else loves the eToy commercial music? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446 "2000-11-16T13:40:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/1 "2000-11-16T13:40:37Z")
Oooooooh ooooooh ooh ooh oooo-oo-ooo-oooooooooh ooooh. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/2 "2000-11-16T16:23:01Z")
I do! I always shush people when it’s on so I can hear it. Makes the hair stand up on my neck. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/3 "2000-11-16T16:44:40Z")
Please insert [ukelele music] [/ukelele music] around the the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/4 "2000-11-16T16:51:29Z")
It IS a nice tune. I also like the bemused look on the mom’s face (but I wonder if she looks like that when Junior’s flinging mashed potatoes across the table). Is there a site where one can find out credits for commercials? I’ve always wanted to find out who was singing “Getting Better” on the Phillips commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/5 "2000-11-16T17:01:55Z")
I love it! I have a ukulele now, and would LOVE to find out who wrote it, so I could buy the sheet music from a reputable dealer! ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/6 "2000-11-16T20:20:23Z")
I sent an e-mail to eToys asking about the song on the commercial. Here’s the answer: The talented artist who composed the theme song heard on our commercials is a Hawaiian Musician, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (“Iz”). The song is featured on two of his CDs, “Facing Future” (track #14) and “Ka’Ano’I” (track #7). The CD, “Facing Future” is now available at eToys and can be found by entering the words “Facing Future” into the search box on our Web site, or by clicking on the following link: [http://www.etoys.com/prod/dvm/52614521](http://www.etoys.com/prod/dvm/52614521) We hope you enjoy listening to his music as much as we do. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/7 "2000-11-16T20:57:59Z")
I also love it. Every time I hear it I wish I had kids to buy toys for. It’s amazing how much the music in an ad can influence my choices in either direction. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/8 "2000-11-16T21:04:24Z")
Yes! I always thought I was nuts, but it sounds soo good…oooh…ooooh…oohhh oooh oooh. Those toys that the parents bought for the kids just about sucked, though. Ohh, pseudo diving equpiment. Fun! ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/9 "2000-11-16T21:26:51Z")
You guys are so great. Only my eleventeenth post and i get to talk with cool people about cool things. My wife and I are always wondering about the great music on commercials - the ones y’all are talking about. We’re just hesitant to tell anyone we hum along to TV ad music. The only one not mentioned here that we’re curious about - the “Zoom-zoom” music on the Mazda SUV commercials. (YAH-zoom-zoom-zoom. YAH-zoom-zoom-zoom.) Nothing that fun since the “Da-Da-Da” VW commercial. ---
**Author:** ![Sleazey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Sleazey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleazey)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/10 "2000-11-16T22:27:40Z")
“Brother Iz”, as he was known to his fans, passed away a very short time after that album was released. I have been listening to this song for a couple of years now, and I always perk up when I hear it. It was also used in the movie “A Guy Named Joe” (I think) The first time I heard this song was when NPR did a profile about him, and I haunted the Internet to find a copy. Just a couple of weeks later, he passed away. It was a shock. ---
**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/11 "2000-11-16T22:45:27Z")
Thanks, **Soup**. That’s some beautiful music. BTW, [CDNow.com](http://CDNow.com) has the disc on sale for $13.49 ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/12 "2000-11-16T23:30:36Z")
BTW, the 80’s group **Trio** were the ones tht did “Da Da Da”. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/13 "2000-11-16T23:52:18Z")
I love the eToys music. I cry whenever those commercials come on (either because they are _that_ beautiful, or because I am a basket case…you be the judge ;)) Soup, I don’t know who is singing in the Phillips commercials, but I know that the song is by the Beatles. I think it’s on the Sgt. Pepper album, but pepperlandgirl would know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/14 "2000-11-16T23:59:38Z")
Count me in as well. I’m awfully glad to hear it’s a real song, too, and not just a snippet created for the commercial. I hate it when I start loving music that exists _only_ in ads! Might just wander over and pick up that CD… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/15 "2000-11-17T01:47:17Z")
Know what’s good too? The music they play in the background of that Victoria’s Secret commercial. I dig that too!! ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/16 "2000-11-17T01:52:57Z")
Yeah, yeah . . . I love the MUSIC in those commercials 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DavisMcDavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@DavisMcDavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavisMcDavis)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/17 "2000-11-17T04:15:46Z")
After that eToy/eToys legal battle, I was all mad at eToys, but I LOVE that song. I’m glad to hear I’m not alone. It’s right up there with that “Pink Moon” song by…(let me check my Napster files, hang on…) Nick Drake. I don’t even remember what car that was for, but the song is so pretty. “Saw it written on a soy-say[huh?] Pink Moon is on it’s way. One of you something-something. Pink Pink Pink…” Anyone else know the song I’m talking about? Where the kids are in the car going to the party, but they get there and decide to drive around some more instead? Lovely ad. It makes me all nostalgic, and I don’t even know for what. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/18 "2000-11-17T05:22:35Z")
If you like that song, you’ll also like “White Sandy Beach.” I heard it for the first time shortly after he died, and _damn_, if that didn’t get me teary… ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/19 "2000-11-17T05:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sleazey \* > **It was also used in the movie “A Guy Named Joe” (I think)** It’s from “Meet Joe Black”: _Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What a Wonderful World_ …I love this song… ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446/20 "2000-11-17T15:49:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DavisMcDavis \* > \*\*…right up there with that “Pink Moon” song by…(let me check my Napster files, hang on…) Nick Drake. I don’t even remember what car that was for, but the song is so pretty. > > “Saw it written on a soy-say[huh?] Pink Moon is on it’s way. One of you something-something. Pink Pink Pink…” Anyone else know the song I’m talking about? Where the kids are in the car going to the party, but they get there and decide to drive around some more instead? Lovely ad. It makes me all nostalgic, and I don’t even know for what. \*\* Wow, thanks, DMcD! That’s the other one I was trying to think of… I’m with you - not sure why that ad hits as well as it does. Mebbe it’s 'cause of all the beautiful, starry nights I’ve done something else rather than go for a drive in the country. \<_sigh_\> Note to self: Self, you don’t **have** to watch Drew Carey on those niights when the air is cool, the stars are bright, and the moon is full. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-loves-the-etoy-commercial-music/41446.md?page=2)