can't get that out of my head

[feliciter]

After using variations on I Still Call Australia Home as the subject header for various Down Under-related posts, it's only fair that I post links to:

The song, as used in a very popular series of similarly-themed ads for the national carrier Qantas since 1997:

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Which combined several principles of successful advertising

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[flemmings]

Ahh, context. I wondered what was up with 'I no longer call Australia home.' As in, did you ever?

It is, however, a catchy little song, ripe for earworming. Possibly a good thing I can't make out what the parody is saying or I'd be singing that too.

[feliciter]

Despite, or more likely because of the sentiments therein, I frequently found myself humming or singing bits of the original.

Lyrics of the parody:

I've been to cities that never close down,
From New York to Rio and old London town,
But no matter how far our off-shore jobs go,
The share price is sure to grow.

Good-bye Australia, we're moving abroad,
Replacing Neil Perry* with a chef from Lahore
And the in-flight entertainment will be in Mandarin,
More Kung Fu and less Kath and Kim.

Al the Qantas workers fearful for their jobs,
Please head to the Centrelink** lines,
'Cause after the take-over you're over,
Now only foreign girls can shag Ralph Fiennes***.

And someday this choir will be outsourced too,
And Qantas will be called "The Asian Kangaroo",
And we'll thank the cheap labor when our profits have grown,
I'll still call Australia (x3)
51% home!

*chef who planned Qantas in-flight menus before being lured over to Singapore Airlines
**Australia's equivalent of Job Centres
***A Qantas flight attendant was caught in flagrante