was the song whip it in a commercial?

hugh750 · Oct 30, 2010

today i was listening to the old devo classic whip it and i seem to remember it being used in a commercial and i think it may have been for gateway computers?:confused

LauraR · Oct 30, 2010

Found this:

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=722

In 2003, this was used in a commercial for Swiffer wet mops. In the ad, a woman cleans the house with a Swiffer while doing robotic motions like Devo. When her daughter, who appears to be a junior-high Goth girl, sees her, she says, "I hope it's not genetic." Jerry's thoughts: "The concept of that commercial is a generation gap where 'Whip It' is being used as a put-down of the girl's mother.
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This has also been used in ads for Gateway, Twix and Pringles. In the Gateway commercial, the chairman of the company is driving an 18-wheeler with the Gateway cow riding shotgun. The cow produces a CD labeled "Cow Mix," and when they listen to it, this comes on and the chairman and the cow sing along.
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Caliban · Nov 1, 2010

Just a had a sick thought - I wonder if the Chilean guys listened to Devo while they were in the hole?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOZnsTZYwQ
Yikes! roflmao

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was the song whip it in a commercial?

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Caliban I don't need no steenkin' title!