The New Seekers - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" is a pop song that originated as the jingle "True Love and Apple Pie", by British hit songwriters Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, and sung by Susan Shirley. The lyrics were rewritten to become "Buy the World a Coke" in the 1971 "Hilltop" television commercial for Coca-Cola. The popularity of the jingle led to it being re-recorded in two versions: one by the New Seekers and another by the Hillside Singers, as a full-length song, dropping references to Coca-Cola. The song became a hit record in the US and the UK.

The New Seekers version sold 96,000 copies of their record in one day, eventually selling 12 million total. "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" climbed #7 in the Hot 100 in 1971 and #1 in the UK chart in January 8 1972 (4 weeks).

The Coca-Cola Company waived royalties to the song, and instead donated $80,000 in payments to UNICEF.

 

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