The following UK jingles were voted the catchiest of all time, in a survey carried out by McCann Erickson:

1. Wall’s Cornetto ‘Just One Cornetto’
2. Shake’n'Vac ‘Do the Shake and Vac’
3. R Whites ‘Secret Lemonade Drinker’
4. Kia Ora ‘I’ll Be Your Dog’
5. Mars ‘A Mars a Day Helps You Work, Rest and Play’
6. Kwik-Fit ‘Can’t Get Quicker Than a Kwik-Fit Fitter’
7. Club Biscuits ‘If You Like a Lot of Chocolate on Your Biscuit Join Our Club.’
8. Coca-Cola – ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing’
9. Cadbury’s Flake – ‘Crumbliest Flakiest Chocolate’
10. Um Bongo ‘They Drink it in the Congo

Love them or hate them, there’s always one you can’t get out of your head. Does one stand out for you?
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