Don’t Worry, Be a Prius owner

July 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Here’s a rather close to the wire song that, to my ears, owes rather too much to the verse of ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’. Compare Emily J’s vocal in the advert [0:00] with Bobby McFerrin’s [0:28] first melodic phrase. And note the identical harmony in bars 1-4 of the verses.

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