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Apple posts new iPod touch ad based on 18-year-old Mac fan’s commercial posted on YouTube
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 09:49 AM EST

A television commercial for Apple's new iPod touch, that began running in the U.S. on Sunday, has been posted on Apple.com.

The ad was created for broadcast by the longtime Apple agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day. It is based on a commercial that an 18-year-old English student and Apple devotee named Nick Haley, who got his first Macintosh at age 3, created on his own one day last month:

Direct link via YouTube here.

See the ad in various sizes and higher quality via Apple.com here.

Haley's original iPod touch ad via YouTube:

Direct link via YouTube here.

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Oct 29, 07 - 08:53 am Comment from: erk

hire that kid!

Oct 29, 07 - 09:04 am Comment from: I love glossy

Saw it while watching the World Series. Great commercial. Real attention getter.

Oct 29, 07 - 09:26 am Comment from: hmm......

It's great that Apple really didn't change the commercial too much. I noticed that they really only changed the content on the actual iPod and also got rid of the 8Gb and 16Gb graphic. I love the commercial and the song.

Oct 29, 07 - 09:42 am Comment from: OZZ

Right: hire that kid!!!

MW: "leaders"... guess what...

Oct 29, 07 - 09:43 am Comment from: iSteve

Getting rid of the 8gb and 16gb section gives the commercial more shelf life. Apple added "wi-fi" to the new version.

Oct 29, 07 - 09:57 am Comment from: Dolita

I'm shocked at the similarity. I mean, I know it's based on that youtube video, but I just didn't know the original one is that polished and super identical.

I love this ad more than the previous 'calamari', etc. but then again those were for iPhone.

Oct 29, 07 - 10:08 am Comment from: TJ

Hope they paid that kid well.... I love the commercial,,, Apple should get some good sales with it

Oct 29, 07 - 10:10 am Comment from: anaknipedro

I love the ad. The kid is one lucky guy. The genius of the ad is the great song that goes perfectly with the iPod Touch. It's as if the song was written specifically for the commercial. The kid probably got a nice payment for the ad and now that Brazilian band is going the have breathtaking album sales.

Oct 29, 07 - 10:15 am Comment from: Beryllium

The ad I found the most fun is the one with Mr. Bean.

Oct 29, 07 - 10:15 am Comment from: Crazy Ed

Love it. Agreed: Kid's a genius, and Apple improved on his (already great) version with this commercial.

Oct 29, 07 - 10:25 am Comment from: xxX

Modern day Cinderella story. Every Mac owner can see in themselves something like this, to some degree. Genius that Apple/Chiat approached this ad in the manner they did.

NO KID ANY LONGER WANTS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A MAC AND AN IPHONE/ITOUCH/IPOD

Oct 29, 07 - 10:25 am Comment from: BAC

What is the name of that song?

Oct 29, 07 - 11:19 am Comment from: Your mother again

Oops....sorry about that.
Try here

http://www.shopsindex.nl/gomaja/iphone/ipodtouch.html

Oct 29, 07 - 11:50 am Comment from: scottm4321

Wow, what does this say about YouTube, Powerfull.

Oct 29, 07 - 11:55 am Comment from: gwm

They cut the best part.

At the end of the original, a forefinger suggestively caresses the dimple at the base of the apple logo. Now, the logo just gets lightly tapped in the center. They shoulda left it. It was hot.

Oct 29, 07 - 12:26 pm Comment from: WHY?

Does Apple stick with TBWA/Chiat Day. That company has seen better days. Seems all they're good at his copying stuff now. Apple could hire their own internal copy cats.

Oct 29, 07 - 01:10 pm Comment from: Steve Ballmer

In related news, J Allard and a team of Microsoft lawyers took a graphic arts class at Redmond High School hostage, and is forcing them to produce Zune ads.

Oct 29, 07 - 01:20 pm Comment from: shmack

i think apple's version of the ad is somehow snappier.

Oct 29, 07 - 01:32 pm Comment from: Yours Smugly

The quality and 'pro-ness' (and 'Apple-ness') of the original ad is astonishing. Nice work there, kid. I hope Nick Haley gets a well-deserved boost to his possible career in designing stuff like this.

Oct 29, 07 - 01:35 pm Comment from: Maclouie

Any body else want to make an ad?

Oct 29, 07 - 01:43 pm Comment from: Wil

Was watching a documentary on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Channel) just about new advertising, and the fact the mass marketing through ads was essentially dead. Now you have ads designed to hit certain demographics only as well as contests and avenues where the consumer makes the ads through such delivery systems such as YouTube.

Nice to see it in action

Oct 29, 07 - 05:56 pm Comment from: smyhre

Nice I really liked it. The kids got some pretty good talent. Too bad I don't know that song name.

Oct 29, 07 - 06:10 pm Comment from: smyhre

I found it the song is: Music is My Hot, Hot Sex by CSS.

Oct 29, 07 - 08:22 pm Comment from: anaknipedro

Looks like the song has very high popularity on iTunes.

Nov 02, 07 - 09:00 pm Comment from: iPod Torq

The kid did a lot more that just putting the song with the video together. He actually edited the sond by combining the first half of the chorus with the second chorus, removed the "hot hot sex" line and moved in timewise the "my music is where I like you to touch"

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