Do You Remember These Commercial Jingles From The 80s?

Remember when commercials were just as memorable as the TV shows they interrupted?

A new BuzzFeed quiz is putting Gen X memories to the test by asking people to finish some of the most iconic commercial jingles and slogans from the 1980s. And if you can instantly finish phrases like “The best part of waking up…” or remember who your “My Buddy” was, congratulations. You’re officially old.

Back in the ’80s and ’90s, advertising wasn’t something you skipped. It was part of the entertainment. Commercials had catchy songs, memorable characters, and slogans that lodged themselves into your brain forever. Decades later, many Gen Xers can still sing them word-for-word without missing a beat.

Click the link to take the 80s commercial jingle quiz: https://www.buzzfeed.com/audreyworboys/vintage-commercial-slogans-trivia-quiz

It features jingles and slogans tied to products and brands that dominated television during the era, including toys, fast food, coffee, candy, and household products that became part of everyday life.

What’s funny is that many of these ads have outlasted the products themselves. Some brands changed their marketing years ago, but the original jingles are still stuck in our heads like an earworm that refuses to leave.

For Gen X, hearing one of those old slogans can trigger the same kind of nostalgia as hearing a favorite song from high school. One phrase and suddenly you’re back in the living room, sitting cross-legged in front of a giant console TV, waiting for your favorite show to come back on.

The quiz may be a test of advertising memories, but it’s really a reminder of something bigger.

The ’80s and ’90s didn’t just give us iconic music. They gave us iconic commercials, too.

Doug O’Brien