# Who's Who in Gap Commercial
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 28, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703 "2001-11-28T14:39:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/1 "2001-11-28T14:39:18Z")
Seen the new Gap commerical? The one with the different musicians singing “Give A Little Bit”? I’ve figured out the first three guys are Dwight Yoakum, Robbie Robertson, and Johnny “Goo Goo Dolls” Reznik, but who’s the fourth guy?
And while we’re on the subject, I can only identify Cheryl Crow in the female version of this commercial. Who are the other three lady singers?
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### Author:  [@Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/2 "2001-11-28T14:41:40Z")
I had the same interests:
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101303](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=101303)
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### Author:  [@davesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davesink)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/3 "2001-11-28T15:10:07Z")
Isn’t the last guy Adam Duritz of Counting Crows?
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### Author:  [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/4 "2001-11-28T16:19:33Z")
Here is the [press release](http://vocuspr.vocus.com/PralityPro/xsl/gappr/Profile.asp?Entity=PRAsset&EntityID=15527&XSL=PressRelease&PublishType=Press+Release) from Gap.
The men in the one commercial are Dwight Yoakam, John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Robbie Robertson and Shaggy. The all female ad has Sheryl Crow, India.Arie, Lisa Lopes and Liz Phair. A third mixed gender commercial has Seal, Alanis Morissette and Macy Gray.
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### Author:  [@keithnmick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keithnmick)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/5 "2001-11-28T17:07:29Z")
And they’re all selling out, hawking GAP sweaters for dough. The first time I saw this commercial I thought it was great - these artists had obviously dedicated their time to a noble commercial about volunteering, or blood donations. WRONG.
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### Author:  [@MinkMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkMan)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/6 "2001-11-28T18:09:01Z")
Also from the press release I linked to:
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> Gap, the artists and the songwriters came together to give in ways most meaningful to them. The company made a charitable donation on behalf of each of the celebrities featured in the television ads to the charity of their choice. Charities included many different organizations, from women’s and children’s services and shelters to September 11-related funds. In addition, Gap and Supertramp together donated money to the Uniformed Firefighters Association Widows’ and Children’s Fund.
So they are both hawking sweaters for dough and dedicating “their time to a noble commercial about volunteering.”
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-who-in-gap-commercial/95703/7 "2001-11-28T20:07:34Z")
Thanks, MinkMan!