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South African Request for White Version[edit]

There have been claims that South Africa requested a white version. However, South Africa at the time the ad came out did not have television. Television began in South Africa on 5 January 1976 in English and Afrikaans and in Bantu languages on 1 January 1982. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HarryBowman (talk • contribs) 04:22, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It struck me as implausible that the Apartheid government would allow any version of this, given that it was probably the most anti-Apartheid TV commercial made up to that point. I read the reference and it made no mention of the song at all. It was all about the Coca-Cola and South Africa. The pertinent part of the article had no context once the unreferenced statements were removed, so I removed the whole thing. It read:

The South African government asked for a version of the commercial without the black actors. Coca-Cola refused its request. The company later reduced its investment in that country, the then CEO saying "We have been reducing our investment in South Africa since 1976, and we have now decided to sell our remaining holdings in that country".^[1]

Steve Lowther (talk) 18:06, 14 May 2023 (UTC) Steve Lowther (talk) 18:06, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Sing, Bill (September 18, 1986). "Coca-Cola Acts to Cut All Ties With S. Africa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

The Pepsi Song[edit]

This song was first sung for Pepsi, and a year later Coke bought out the rights to the song and stopped playing it. I remember the song as a child sitting in front of the TV in 1970 or '71. I'll never forget this great commercial. It started with one or two nice teenage girls singing the song, and the camera slowly panned out, showing over a hundred teenagers standing on a hilltop, singing. It was for Pepsi, not Coke, and it ended with the announcer saying, "Join the Pepsi Generation." What we're watching today on the internet ...if you search for the song on Youtube... is lowlife stuff I don't remember being aired. However, Coke did make one song, the "Hilltop Song", which was a knockoff of the Pepsi Song. The real song blew everyone away, it disappeared, and Coke replaced it with their horrible knockoff: The Hilltop Song. Do you remember? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord Milner (talk • contribs) 21:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are mistaken. It was a coke commercial, not pepsi. Steve Lowther (talk) 18:12, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Things go better with Coke" (OG Coke add @ Youtube) - FlightTime (open channel) 18:34, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas editions[edit]

This is missing the 1977 Christmas edition and the 1980 Christmas edition of the jingle and TV commercial in the US -- 65.92.247.66 (talk) 06:45, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Sing, Bill (September 18, 1986). "Coca-Cola Acts to Cut All Ties With S. Africa". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2017.

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