Coca-Cola's hilltop ad — written by?

Written by: Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway.

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G33Z3R Jingle Files · 1971–1990

Who sang the Coke "Hilltop" commercial?

Coca-Cola's hilltop ad

Brand: Coca-Cola
First aired: 1971
Written by: Bill Backer, Billy Davis, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
The spot: Young people from around the world singing on an Italian hillside; the song was re-recorded as a pop hit by the New Seekers

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Ad executive Bill Backer was stranded at an Irish airport and watched strangers share Cokes, and wrote the idea on a napkin. The commercial, shot on a hill outside Rome, became the most famous ad of the decade.

The song was so popular that a version without the brand name went to the Top 10. It closed the Mad Men finale in 2015, which is how a lot of younger people met it. Older Gen X met it between cartoons.

Sources: Wikipedia — I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

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