Zingolo Explained

Zingolo
Client:Cadbury's
Product:Cadbury's Dairy Milk
Agency:Fallon
Starring:Tinny
Music:Tinny ("Zingolo")
Released:18 September 2009 (television)
Runtime:60 seconds
Language:English
Country: United Kingdom
Preceded By:Eyebrows
Followed By:Record Shop
Zingolo
Type:single
Artist:Tinny
Album:Big Swap Songs
Released:September 2009
Recorded:2009
Genre:African music
Length: (full-length)
(advertisement edit)
Label:A Glass and a Half Full Records
Next Title:"Pencil Full of Lead" (with Paolo Nutini)
Next Year:2010

"Zingolo" is the name of both a television advertisement for Cadbury's Dairy Milk in the UK in September 2009, and a single by Tinny released the same month, which features in the advertisement.

The song, "Zingolo", was released on the newly established record label Glass and a Half Full Records, established by Cadbury's Dairy Milk following their move to Fairtrade chocolate.[1] The song, and the record label, were also set up to celebrate "all things Ghana, its people, its rappers, its dancers, its cultural figures and, of course, its cocoa beans"Although featuring a range of musicians, it is credited to a single artist, Tinny, from the label.

The advertisement was broadcast on television and cinema. Featuring a 1-minute edit of the song, it is a short music video showing Ghana and a "cocoa head". It is the fourth advertisement in the Glass and a Half Full Productions campaign, which began in 2007 with the award-winning Gorilla advertisement.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2009/cadbury-zingolo-from-ghana/ Cadbury Zingolo from Ghana – The Inspiration Room
  2. http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/939646/Cadbury-Dairy-Milk-launches-music-video-ad---watch/ Cadbury Dairy Milk launches music video ad – watch it here