Cola Cao song
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The "Cola Cao song" (Spanish: Canción del Cola Cao) was a popular radiophonic advertisement in Spain used to promote the product Cola Cao in 1952.[1] It is a nostalgia item identified with the metallic container.[2][3][4][5] The song was aired in 1955 and composed by Aurelio Jordi Dotras,[6] and its first verses are still remembered: "Yo soy aquel negrito del África Tropical / que cultivando cantaba la canción del Cola Cao /..." ("I am that little black guy from Tropical Africa / who sang the Cola Cao song while cultivating").[2][7]
It was one of the first advertisement in Spain which was repeated in the radio.[8] In 1956, due to the song success, the company had from seventeen employees to a hundred of them.[9] The company released a new version of the song in 2020, modifying the lyrics perceived as racist.[10]
