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Is the original Discovery channel ad based on something of its own altogether?

Either way, the 'boom de ya da' is very catchy and nice.




It's originally a camping song called "I love the mountains"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ExQGwF0Z3g

*edit: fixed link


Hmm. Wiki says this: «I Love the World, also known as I Love the Whole World, is an advertising campaign launched by Discovery Channel in 2008 in promotion of their new tagline: "The World is Just... Awesome".[1] The song used in the ad is a re-writing of a traditional camping song known as I Love the Mountains or I Love the Flowers, sung to the tune of Hoagy Carmichael's 1938 "Heart & Soul", featuring a chorus of "boom-de-yadda, boom-de-yadda".[2]»

But the tune of 'Heart & Soul' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CSjDC18b0 ) isn't very similar to the one in 'I Love the Word'. Confusing.

Here's Hugh Laurie with his take of it, by the by!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJRSKvbiXA


Not really confusing at all. They combined the two with the verses taking their melody from 'Heart & Soul' and the 'boom de yada' from 'I Love the Mountains.'


Upvoted for recognizing that the melody is the same as in 'Heart & Soul' but the 'boom de yada' melody is also in 'Heart & Soul' as harmony. Well, it's technically not harmony (my music theory is a little shaky) but it's in the background of the melody. Just listen to the first few measures of 'Hear & Soul' and you'll hear it.

tl:dr All parts of the mountain song melody are in 'Heart and Soul.'


The "boom de yada" melody is the bass line from "Heart and Soul."




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