“I’d like to buy the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow white turtle doves.
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to buy the world a Coke
And keep it company
That’s the real thing.
What the world wants today
Coca-Cola
Is the real thing.”
~ “Buy The World A Coke”
~
famous Coca-Cola jingle circa 1971
The snow atop a Coca-Cola concession trailer gives a new flavor to the
term “Ice Cold Coca-Cola” on a late winter day in early March at Trexler Nature
Preserve, Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
(In Perfect Harmony)” is a pop song that originated as the jingle “Buy the
World a Coke” in the groundbreaking 1971 “Hilltop” television commercial for
Coca-Cola. “Buy the World a Coke” was produced by Billy Davis and portrayed a
positive message of hope and love, featuring a multicultural collection of
teenagers on top of a hill appearing to sing the song. “Buy the World a Coke”
repeated “It’s the real thing” as Coca-Cola’s marketing theme at the time.
Coca-Cola introduced that slogan in October 1969.
Coca-Cola, often referred to simply
as Coke, is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company of
Atlanta, Georgia. Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented by
Confederate Colonel John Pemberton and introduced May 8, 1886.
