They were the original ear worms – those songs you just couldn’t get out of your head, but they weren’t the hit songs on the radio. No, they were those catchy jingles advertising products of the most popular brands of the day!
Do you remember being a kid or even an adult with your own kids, singing along and humming the tune all day? We bet you could still recite them now.
Have a listen back to some of the best jingles of our youth. What was your favourite?
1. The classic VB ad — “A heard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer”
2. Weetbix — “Aussie Kids are Weet-Bix kids”
https://youtu.be/h9OSXSTFBKE
3. Louie the Fly
https://youtu.be/nqRY2-aCfAc
4. Happy Little Vegemites
https://youtu.be/0yA98MujNeM
5. Cottees Cordial
6. Meadow Lea Margarine — “You oughtta to be congratulated”
7. C’mon Aussie C’mon!
8. P&O – “Take me away”
9. Decore — “De-cor-e”
10. Holden — “Footballs, meat pies, kangaroos”