OMG!! OASIS RIPPED OFF "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"!!

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"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" is a pop song which originated as an advertising jingle, produced by Billy Davis and sung by The New Seekers, for Coca-Cola, and was featured in a 1971 as a TV commercial. The commercial featured young people from around the world singing on a hilltop, and was so popular that the song (without the Coke references) became a hit in its own right. Commercial recordings as a pop-song were issued by The New Seekers and The Hillside Singers.

In the commercial, the lead singer and the people surrounding her were filmed in isolation, and never met (or sang with) any of the hundreds of young people represented in the final version of the ad.

The song's success was particularly notable in the UK where it is one of the 100 best selling singles of all time.

The song's melody was later used as the basis of the song "Shakermaker" by the rock group Oasis. They were successfully sued for the unlicensed use by The New Seekers and had to pay out A$500,000. This incident was the inspiration for the Oasis parody/tribute band No Way Sis's cover of the song in an Oasis style.

A 2002 7-Up commercial parodied the famous Coke ad as an attack on its soft drink rival.

In 2005, Coca-Cola Zero was introduced with an ad campaign featuring "I'd Like to Teach the World to Chill", with rewritten lyrics intended to better match a new generation's sensibilities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'd_Like_to_Teach_the_World_to_Sing

Anything which contradicts this FACT is blasphemy.

Okay, gotta go "chill" now.

with each other.

That's 1 for The New Seekers, 0 for Oasis.

That's one for Oasis, zero for the Beatles :evilgrin:

I'd like to teach the world to sing

And tell it jokes and stuff

Then pull its pants down to its knees

And chase it through the rough

Then knock it out and tie it up

And check its purse for change

Then leave it out at Moose Grin hall

With cousin Ernie who's deranged.

and they're still doing it, no?