Editing Coca-Cola (section)

=== In mass media ===
[[File:VWT2 Coca Cola.JPG|thumb|left|Coca-Cola advertised on a [[Volkswagen T2]] in [[Maringá]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], [[Brazil]], 2012]]

Coca-Cola has been prominently featured in many films and television programs. It was a major plot element in films such as ''[[One, Two, Three]]'', ''[[The Coca-Cola Kid]]'', and ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]'', among many others. In music, such as in [[the Beatles]]' song, "[[Come Together]]", the lyrics say, "He shoot Coca-Cola". [[The Beach Boys]] also referenced Coca-Cola in their 1964 song "[[All Summer Long (The Beach Boys song)|All Summer Long]]", singing "Member when you spilled Coke all over your blouse?"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/All-Summer-Long-lyrics-Beach-Boys/A1E9E6CD61DA8C5F482569820027FD26 |title=All Summer Long Lyrics – Beach Boys |publisher=Sing365.com |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709051217/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/All-Summer-Long-lyrics-Beach-Boys/A1E9E6CD61DA8C5F482569820027FD26 |archive-date=July 9, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The best selling solo artist of all time<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best-selling solo artist |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-solo-artist |access-date=March 26, 2021 |website=Guinness World Records |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624165649/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-solo-artist |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Elvis Presley]], promoted Coca-Cola during his [[Elvis in Concert|last tour of 1977]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdJeY-r9To |title=Elvis Presley |publisher=YouTube |date=June 21, 1977 |access-date=August 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314135816/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdJeY-r9To |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Coca-Cola Company used Presley's image to promote the product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rica.alfahosting.org/everythingelvis/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23196:coca-cola-celebrates-125th-anniversary-with-elvis-and-coke&catid=26:elvis-presley-news&Itemid=107 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120425231553/http://rica.alfahosting.org/everythingelvis/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23196:coca-cola-celebrates-125th-anniversary-with-elvis-and-coke&catid=26:elvis-presley-news&Itemid=107 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |title=Coca Cola celebrates 125th anniversary with 'Elvis and Coke' |publisher=Rica.alfahosting.org |access-date= April 23, 2012}}</ref> For example, the company used a song performed by Presley, "[[A Little Less Conversation]]", in a Japanese Coca-Cola commercial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elvisnews.com/news.aspx/elvis-music-in-japanese-coca-cola-commercial/13178 |title=Elvis Music in Japanese Coca-Cola Commercial – Misc |publisher=ElvisNews.com |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415053157/http://www.elvisnews.com/news.aspx/elvis-music-in-japanese-coca-cola-commercial/13178 |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other artists that promoted Coca-Cola include [[David Bowie]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/david-bowie-coca-cola-planet-live-rare-euro-promo-flac-64418.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906044352/http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/david-bowie-coca-cola-planet-live-rare-euro-promo-flac-64418.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |title=David Bowie: Coca-Cola Planet Live (Rare Euro Promo) FLAC – Guitars101 – Guitar Forums |publisher=Guitars101 |access-date=April 23, 2012 }}</ref> [[George Michael]],<ref>{{YouTube|gp5SioXLdXQ|Diet Coke commercial}}</ref> [[Elton John]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfOepK2CgLc |title=Coca Cola Light CM – Elton John |date=May 8, 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520213349/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfOepK2CgLc |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Whitney Houston]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTg9BQn3PVU |title=Whitney Houston – Diet Coke Commercial (1986) |publisher=YouTube |date=June 14, 2010 |access-date=April 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520150658/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTg9BQn3PVU |archive-date=May 20, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> who appeared in the Diet Coke commercial, among many others.

Not all musical references to Coca-Cola went well. A line in "[[Lola (song)|Lola]]" by [[the Kinks]] was originally recorded as "You drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola." When the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] refused to play the song because of the commercial reference, lead singer [[Ray Davies]] re-recorded the lyric as "it tastes just like cherry cola" to get airplay for the song.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10483279">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/radio-industry/news/article.cfm?c_id=295&objectid=10483279&ref=rss |title=Banning songs not a rare occurrence for the BBC |date=December 19, 2007 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=October 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522195645/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/radio-industry/news/article.cfm?c_id=295&objectid=10483279&ref=rss |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ucr rerecord">{{cite web|last1=Giles|first1=Jeff|title=45 Years Ago: Ray Davies Flies Across the Atlantic&nbsp;– Twice!&nbsp;– to Re-Record Two Words in 'Lola'|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kinks-lola-lyric-changes/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=June 3, 2015 |access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607022039/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kinks-lola-lyric-changes/|archive-date=June 7, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Political cartoonist [[Michel Kichka]] satirized a famous Coca-Cola billboard in his 1982 poster "And I Love New York." On the billboard, the Coca-Cola wave is accompanied by the words "Enjoy Coke." In Kichka's poster, the lettering and script above the Coca-Cola wave instead read "Enjoy Cocaine."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rogallery.com/Kichka_Michel/kichka-new_york.html|title=And I Love New York|publisher=Rogallery.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804104428/http://rogallery.com/Kichka_Michel/kichka-new_york.html|archive-date=August 4, 2008|access-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref>