Vitara Advert

[Isla]

what's the music for the new Vitara ad - it's kids singing, something about 'you can do what you wanna do, go where you wanna go' - or something !

[jenstar]

The song is called "Go Where You Wanna Go", written by John Phillips and originally recorded by the Mamas And The Papas (I know of one other cover version too - by The Overlanders, of chart-topping Beatles cover "Michelle" semi-fame). I assume the version on the ad is just a load of stage-school kids they've bunged in a room specially for the purpose.

[mikewith]

As we all know, advertising tends to borrow successful ideas from others and dress them up as their own. In this case the ad's sung 'in the style of' the Langley Schools Music Project - "Innocence And Despair". These are recordings made by a rural Canadian music teacher in the mid '70s and rediscovered/ reissued last year. If you like the ad you'll love the album. Covers of Beach Boys, McCartney, Bowie etc all with huge exuberance and lack of self-consciousness (also lack of rhythm from the kids playing percussion). Highly recommended.