McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today" — written by?

Written by: Sid Woloshin's team at Needham, Harper & Steers; Keith Reinhard wrote the line.

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Who wrote "You Deserve a Break Today"?

McDonald's "You Deserve a Break Today"

Brand: McDonald's
First aired: 1971
Written by: Sid Woloshin's team at Needham, Harper & Steers; Keith Reinhard wrote the line
The spot: Crews mopping, singing and dancing through the restaurant; the tune ran for two decades

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The first great McDonald's song, and the one Advertising Age later named the top jingle of the century. Crews in paper hats danced through a spotless restaurant and told America it had earned a rest.

The campaign came and went through the '70s and '80s in different arrangements, and the melody is still the one older Gen X hums when they see the arches.

Sources: Wikipedia — You Deserve a Break Today

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