OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
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- Опубликовано: 4 фев 2012
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The new music video from OK Go, made in partnership with Chevrolet. OK Go set up over 1000 instruments over two miles of desert outside Los Angeles. A Chevy Sonic was outfitted with retractable pneumatic arms designed to play the instruments, and the band recorded this version of Needing/Getting, singing as they played the instrument array with the car. The video took 4 months of preparation and 4 days of shooting and recording. There are no ringers or stand-ins; Damian took stunt driving lessons. Each piano had the lowest octaves tuned to the same note so that they'd play the right note no matter where they were struck. Many thanks to Chevy for believing in and supporting such an insane and ambitious project, and to Gretsch for providing the guitars and amps.
For more information visit www.okgo.net.
Director: Brian L. Perkins & Damian Kulash, Jr.
Director of Photography: Yon Thomas
Editor: Doug Walker
Producer: Luke Ricci 
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I genuinely like this better than the album version
They have a special Needing/Getting Bundle that includes the video version of the song if you want it.
@@Ahiri13 its kind of weird when you arent watching it
This is my favorite of their videos because of how they play with the music itself and reimagine it even as they create a visual spectacle at the same time. All their work is wonderful to watch but this one feels like more of unified concept, and the musical aesthetic fits the lyrics better than the album cut, to me.
Right?!?
Me too
“OK Go is known for their low-budget music videos”
*sets up 500 pianos and 500 electric guitars on the side of the road*
But seriously though - they use broken / discarded pianos etc., e.g. ones that don't meet quality control. None of the instruments being played were bought off the shelf.
To be fair, they all looked old af and beat to hell
“In partnership with Chevrolet”
It's mainly labour in the desc its says guitars were provided and the pianos looks beaten up so probably got those at a really cheap price and the Chevy is sponsored
@ConfusionFusion The guitars were all factory rejects which would not have been sold either. There's a great video of the making of this here ruclips.net/video/qae4gAbXOZ8/видео.html in 5 parts.
Anyone still watching this in 2024? This video always put a big smile on my face! Legendary!
😂😂yeah
Yep. 2024 and I'm watching it yet again. I watched it a hundred times through the pandemic. It helped me keep my sense of humor through it all. I still need that sometimes. It is awesome.
Yes! even better, I showed it to someone who had no idea about this...and their reaction,
shock, awe, admiration was priceless. Just today. I hope they'll remember it as much as I do :>
Yep
I love this video! Engineering at it's finest!
holy shit, that guitar segment is like heaven and hell mixed together lmao
ikr, so painful
Yet so freaking dope!
@2:06 that is a real expression of joy
296 of them .....
"do you sell pianos?"
"Great, we'll take all of them"
Don't forget the guitars do you have guitars too😄
@@babeparty6903 The salesman: "How many strings?"
OK Go: "Uhh... one thousand in total maybe."
@@IndigoRyu probably more. 1 piano already has 88 strings.
Afterward... Craigslist ad reads "500 gently used pianos available... name your price."
At the guitar shop...
"yeah, we gonna need all of them"
When the radio’s broken and you’re on a road trip.
I agree XD
true but i use bluetooth music
XD
Octo -Chan no one cares
@@Impreza-bj5jh i stand corrected.
OOOOOOOO dat goofy movie reference
Teachers: "What do you play?"
*OK Go: "A Chevy 4 door."*
Yes
It’s been ten years. And I’m back here to say that it’s still the best video I’ve ever seen. I’ve got goosebumps every time I watch it 🔥
Are you twelve?
@@stejer211 are you dumb?
@@katiao73a8r I mean, you can't be very old if this is still the best video you've ever seen, can you?
I fully expected this video to be from 2020
It absolutely stands up to the test of time :O
I can't get enough of this! You're so right!
I like how they're always like "Holy shit, we actually got that take!"
Yep. In every video 😂
How incredibly hard would doing all of their videos be though?
Holy shit I found history
They do it on the first take that's there rule
@@AithonBear There's no way they could do this on only one take.
@@aphacitis that's how the band works they do it in one take of course they practice the song unless I'm thinking of a different band
I tried to learn the "Chevy sonic with attached slapping arm hitting random instruments going down a hill" back in high school, but i couldnt afford the gas and chose a tuba instead.
Sorry to bring up old shit, but was funny right there.
Most RUclips comments are wannabe memes bit this is just plain funny
A better choice to be sure.
How'd that turn out for you?
@@MeanBeanComedy quite well actually
i get goosebumps every single time i rewatch it. 10 years and counting!
Me too, me too... I first saw this 5 years ago, still remember that day like it was yesterday. The class went nuts. One kid threw a chair through the roof. Man, I miss simpler times.
same!!! this song never gets old and still stays relatable
The chorus section with the glasses and the guitar solo both give me chills
I know how you feel! I first watched it about 4 and 1/2 years ago, first heard it in class and we all loved it!
LOL I watched this in middle school band class
This deserves to be called a music track
Hey - what you did there: I see it. 👍
@@empath69 I saw it too! And I'm calling the police
🚓🚓🚓 🚔🚑🚒 whee whooo
"Is a car an instrument?"
"No Patrick, a car is not an instrument."
"Is a car an intrument?"
Ok go: *huddles for a minute*
Ok go: yes, producer. A car is an intrument
@@AriTheMothQueen 🤣
@@reddonut1518 yes? You have my attention.
@@AriTheMothQueen I was just saying it was funny. Maybe you can't see emojis on your phone
@@reddonut1518 oh. Yeah. Sorry. This is a tablet
"Did we get it?"
"Shoot, left the cap lens on, my bad."
Lol
Luckily, that's why there are multiple cameras
Better when they were recording This Too Shal Pass xD
Hey go and do a gen
Well I did and I didn't
As someone whos just discovered this in 2023, i can with my whole heart say that this is STILL the best music video ive ever seen. And also the most creative way of making music ive ever seen, absolutely love it!
I found this 2 days ago, I heard it already countless times..
Watch their other videos and you'll have discovered the best series of music videos you've ever seen!
Ok go is literally the kings of music videos.
Watch white knuckles! They dance with dogs it's awesome!!
you gotta watch their other videos!
All of the OK Go videos are miracles. But this one...
there's a reason I come back to this one every couple of years.
So, why do you want to rent a car with us today?
Producer: Starts to sweat
Do you want insurance with that? Producer: Sweats profusely!
Best. Comment. Ever.
@@GaryNumeroUno Ah yes yes I'll take 2 please.
:)
All jokes aside, the car was custom made specifically for this video!
i LOVE to imagine that some aliens randomly decided to observe humanity at this exact spot at this exact moment and from that point on thought that this is how humans make music all the time.
I doubt we would be lucky to have the aliens evaluate humanity by this video.. they'll likely find an old audio cassette tape of something bland and completely irrelevant.. I can't think of anything witty to say at this hour. Maybe I am reluctant to completely discredit anything. Maybe I'm stoned. Would you brats keep outta my yard!
And that every driver was an aspiring musician!
Oh my god yes!
There is exactly that in a mass effect fanficiton called first contact somwhere in it.
I actually first found this video because of a first contact story. The humans showed it to the aliens in the story to show the aliens what sorts of things humanity did.
My ex and I used to jam out to this song (and others, great band). Now I'm jamming by myself, just with more understanding of the lyrics.
Good luck, Giovanna.
1:03 this part mixed with the pianos is absolutely astonishing
YES.
But then later the ELECTRIC GUITAR part WOAH 🏆
It’s 2020 and my love for this hasn’t faded.
I just remembered them and rewatched their vids, can’t believe I hadn’t subbed
K
It's 2020 and I'm pretty sure my love for this particular video has grown. Maybe I got the right headphones some time in the past 8 years.
I was about to say the same thing. I think this one if my favourite of their videos, just... driving a car as their instrument.
I will die as them being one of my favourite bands.
I will be honest here.
I like this version a lot more than the studio version.
totally agree.
Yep..It really throws me off hearing the studio version because I actually heard this version before I heard the studio version. . . I keep waiting for all the bells and the pauses for him to turn.
But, alas, it will never be/
Same here.
RiftFuze same
well they did release this version for download
I love this version so much. There's a raw visceral aspect to the instrumental done this way that captures the emotion behind the lyrics. I went through a situation many years ago that made this song really resonate for me at the time. Having this to listen to was cathartic and helpful.
Fr
The studio version hurts my ears
@@brianaschmidt910I couldn't even find the studio version, does it really exist?
@@Habaralol Yes. If you go to their RUclips channel and type Needing Getting, you'll see it listed as just a song with a plain image background, not a video, and that is the recorded version.
The editing and sound editing on this video still give me chills after 11 years. Still just an amazing video after over a decade, and hell if the harmonizing at 3:06 doesn't get me every damn time.
"what kind of instrument do you play?"
"its complicated"
i play the car
The most impressive part is still getting the right pitch on the gOdDamN WoOD SCRATCH LIKE WTF
Oh yes
One might think they tested this before and adjusted the sound and pitch! *gasp*
:D
@@janelantestaverde2018 you have to remember there would still be stupid amount of testing and trials before they set the video so the fact they would get it 100% on is amazing and OP's reaction is a good one to have
@@janelantestaverde2018 Nope, this group only does one takes for every music video they've done. They don't do rehearsals.
@@IzzyTheTanuki Yeah but they obviously test stuff before. Making only one take doesn't mean they didn't practice their performance like 100 times before in theory and planned everything down to the very last bit in order to be even able to do everything in one shot.
"It aint real forgiving picturing someone else living" That. That, right there. I felt that
sittin’ here
Sometimes I forget how fecking amazing Ok Go videos are. Then someone mentions zero-G flights or Rube Goldberg machines so I come back here and I binge watch all of them. There's a passion in this art that is special, that makes me want to do something exciting and create something beautiful.
so what instruments do u play..... the classic car
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2:58 is my favorite part, where it switches from being very instrument/car-centric and just has nice harmonies before going back into the insanity
When i first watched that part I though they were all about to just send themselves off a cliff.
@@thepioneer6178^funny af
Same!! I love how chill the members in the back are, even though they're hurtling backwards at god knows how many miles per hour while they're doin their lil a capella thing
lol for some reason i love how the reversing sound the car makes slightly even adds to the vibe somehow
@@ishanbkumar3583builds up anticipation really well
Came for the spectacle, stayed for the lyrics. "There ain't much that's dumber, There ain't much that's dumber, Than pinning your hopes on a change in another" and "it ain't real forgiving, It ain't real forgiving, Sitting here picturing someone else living". So true, so sad, so beautiful. 😪😪
There's some understated poetry in asking "did we get it" after the take because, generally, to me, the song is about finding closure in a messy relationship. It's like asking whether finishing the take/finishing the song was finding the closure that's needed.
they are like a more hard core wiggles
yes
+thumpervan holy shit, that's super accurate
+Chris Munro how did u get 4 likes on saying "yes"?
+WiZaRd_iLLuZioNz
6
😂
ok go HAVE GOT to have an award for creativity and effort in their videos like COME ON
Marnie Lord fr!!
more like *many* awards
their are nominees in the gammys!! best music video ( actually thats how i found then like one hour ago, and now I'm amazed by their videos! wowwwww)
Marnie Lord you are sooo right
I believe they got an award for Here It Goes Again on the treadmills, but yeah, everything after that just got even more complicated. It ALL deserved awards!
Yeah this doesn't get old
I feel like this version of the song is just... way better than the studio version somehow, the singing sounds fraught and earnest, and the music is so thumpy and perfectly imperfect.
I Iove the ending when he asks "Did we get it?" as if the guys going to say "Oh, crap I forgot to press record" and they have to start over
+Charlie Simon Well they didn't do it with one shot
Yeah I'm guessing they were asking if they drifted in position correctly, not necessarily the entire video
+Bassically Strange I think they were talking about whether or not that whole take worked. Almost definitely something they had to do a bunch of times.
+Darien Richardson true, i was just saying i doubt they said that asking the camera man if he actually recorded it like the first comment suggests. but yeah i don't doubt they had a ton of takes
Bassically StrangeI think in the behind a the a scenes video they said that there were some things that they needed to do on the first try, specifically the line of guitars.
I can't tell if their videos are low-budget or extremely high-budget
Extremely high, probably :p
i would say high considering the amount of labor and pianos that went into it.
Olivia its not a big budget but its good
you know its really quite cheap to line 2 miles of road with instruments and tubes and everything. who r u kidding like every this band lives for music vids, theres no way they will spend anything less than a fortune on these masterpeices.
xD I love Scott's response
How does this not have a billion views yet? It deserves that for the lyrics alone.
"Been hoping for months, hoping for years, hoping I might forget. It don't get much dumber, it don't get much dumber. Then trying to forget a girl when you love her" is a devastatingly simple and perfect line.
2023 and this is STILL a masterpiece of work. I dreamed of something like this and this is better than dreaming.
"So what do you play?"
"I drive"
"..."
Driving is what I do
*Kavinski - Nightcall intensifies*
How Damian can sing that well while driving correctly at the right speed is beyond me !
They probably recorded the audio inside and the audio outside separately then matched everything properly in the studio. Is what I would do. Probably in several takes and taking the best of them. So its kind of fake, but its still awesome.
@@chemariz they explain it in a bother video. To make a long story short, how he did it is if you look carefully on the side you could see a bunch of red flags/marks. He can count to it like a beat with an mark on his window.
I'm pretty sure that's what that spring in the car is for they probably did everything they can to dampen vibrations from the vehicle itself as they were slamming doors and pounding on things while the instruments attached to the car on the outside where striking and recording the sounds
A car at idle you know vibrates a lot it's all it is it's moving vibrate and everything around so you'd have to kind of compensate for that or else you'd have tons and tons of crossover noise mechanical vibration and stuff I wonder even too if they used an electric vehicle
Everyone sings better while driving.
Kind of chokes me up this is 10 years old. Watched these with the kids when they were little. Still incredible a decade later.
Just saw these guys in a new tiktok video and was like omg i remember these guys and immediately came back here to hear this song again after almost a decade last time i heard it. Still as good as i remember 😊
The only song that is measured in miles per hour as opposed to beats per minute.
Lol
wow I never knew that
rock
rockerseven ever seen the movie baby driver
the only car in the world that has played the piano and guitar
I remember first seeing this video as a kid on MTV early morning right before I went to school. I was so fascinated by this! It was one of the most creative things I had ever seen anyone do. Years later it still amazes me as one of the coolest and most creative things I've ever seen in my life.
This video deserves far more attention. Like fuck dude , if I could I would. This shit is beyond amazing and you can’t help but feel it in your gut. It FEELS authentic. Doesn’t matter how it was edited or if it was edited because the entire vision came through and I appreciate that. It feels right. Periodt.
periodt. 💅✨
I do have to ask. How many songs to the gallon does the car get?
Less MPG and more MP3.
That buckled me xD
Well that'd depend on how fast you were driving. So I'd say 42 1/2 black sabbath songs
depends on the bpm.
Pretty sure that's a Volt so 0spg
Your Uber has arrived
5 stars before i get in
@@adantewalker5882 pays before getting in. And then just left
Nice...
I like it
Lol🤣🤣
One of the things I loves about this video are the looks of wonder and joy on Tim, Dan, and Andy's faces theoughout the ride.
2022 and Spotify just told me OK GO was my most played band of the year. Love this band
Honestly this version of the song is allot better than the one they released
The pauses in the time that it takes the car to get from section to section and the road noise give it a unique feel, the release feels kinda hollow to me
I agree
I still the album release but this is the one
Yup
Especially when they got to the rock guitars and the ending
Hard agree!
These are the people who buy hundreds of pianos in math problems
Lmfao
Modern solutions require modern problems
Then there Ok Go
Ha! I always wondered who those people were!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Still watching this video. It makes the world a better place.
A combination of comedic genius and musicality... The essence of free expression, as it should be!
Chevy should do all their ads like this, instead of those “ThEsE aRe ReAl PeOpLe” ads 🚫🧢
It is actually a chevrolet ad lmao
as someone who owned a Sonic, this is an ad because the little 1.8 4 pot in that thing sounds like a garbage disposal drain with a fork in the blades at WoT
Dude fr. This is the only thing I’ve ever seen that’s made me want a chevy 😂
*Slaps the roof.*
This bad boy can take out so many mail boxes.
🤫...that never happened 🥴
This proves that timing really is EVERYTHING. Wow!!!!!😳
In music at least
Far and away the most creative and ambitious music video that actually *enhances* the song it’s paired up with.
the lead singer's voice melts my heart
Same
SO MY EARS
You should alert your doctor about that.
I did he said that's normal for this band and just listen to them more and i'll get used to the feeling
If you like this singer then check out the band Spoon. Brit Daniels has a similar vocal style.
When I was in year 11 my music teacher first introduced my class to this song during a lesson on percussion. It’s now 6years later and this song still makes me so happy, cheers Ms Humble
6UYJYJ7J7
My old teacher introduced me to this band too!!
Same here!
My teacher introduced it to me in Religious Studies. It was in a lesson related to the design argument and the belief that everything is designed. It just popped up after their Rube Goldberg machine video.
Yeah me to it was 4weeks ago
This has to be one of the greatest videos to exist on RUclips
And I’m finding out about it just now
This is probably my favorite of their videos. I love the combination of ingenuity, musical genius, and stunt driving needed to pull this off. Not to mention the song itself is a bop and a half with great lyrics.
"DID WE GET IT?"
"...got it"
Lucas Lidgard "No, forgot to take the lens cap off. Let's do it again"
+Evan Roden lol that would have killed me
i would be so pissed it would of taken day to set the whole thing up then your camera man forgets to take lens cap off.
gotem
*got eeeeem
Wait so this isn't how the original sounds? This is so much better than the original I love the bells
Yeah well the original is like the album version so its gonna have much clearer sound but I agree this one just gives that rock band vibe that I love so much!
I love the natural stripped-down sound of his voice in this version better
Single greatest Chevy Ad I have ever seen.
RIP Chevy sonic 2012-2020 your contribution to making this banger will not be forgotten
I've seen this video so many times...
same
Not me
I've shown this to so many people it's not even funny anymore I just want my friends to enjoy this as much as I do
Me too
I feel like I'm here everyday.
Wow the wiggles really changed their style from when I was a kid
Lmao
Wiggles?
The Wiggles are a kids music group, that is also a tv show (or was when I was a young kid). There are four members, and each member had a specific color: yellow, blue, red, and purple.
Toot toot, chugga chugga.
This is why these guys aren’t just artists, they’re poets. They not only concoct these amazing choreographies, they come up with the EXACT thing the song needs (and gets, lol)-flying forever impossibly with I Won’t Let You Down, changing perspectives in The Writing’s on the Wall, and driving fast and smacking things repeatedly with this one. 😂 Seriously though. So satisfying. 🤣🤣
I think this is the single greatest musical performance ever.
These car commercials are getting serious!
ikr
How ever millions they spent to show the super commercial, setting everything up and all the clean up, you better believe they were serious.
If all advertisements were like this, I wouldn't mind them so much... earning my attention as opposed to demanding it.
Guys, it’s all fake! They filmed it then used video editing to piece them all together with the audio as though they’re nicely timed. Fake news, suckas!!
When i was little in 2012 my mom showed me this.
It was one of the best things that have happened to me.
I have not listened to OK go in years.
i came back.
i just want to say Thank You for existing.
you are the *best* band in the world.
SalmonParadise xurnibRzźahàźlñg
@Jaxon Dean this song has that feeling of happiness
@Jaxon Dean that makes 3 boys
SalmonParadise
You mom is cool.
No the best boy band ever is bts but ur not an army so ..............ok go is great but bangtan is the best
And the Chevy sonic was born.
These guys’s videos are great!!
I remember seeing this when they debuted it for the 2012 Super Bowl. Still one of the best commercials/music videos ever (or at least one of my favorites).
Is it bad to like this version more than the actual one on the album?
dud that was amazing!!!!!
Adam Wolf That's exactly how I feel!
well, they re-wrote every thing mostly, in the actual version in the album they repeat words too much, in this one, they repeat some, and that's just for the chorus
Not.at.all my kind sir.. there newly released material seems more enjoyable
Adam Wolf I agree
I can feel the pain of his words
same
+biadrum 2edgy4me
same
biadrum same
12 Years later - still crying
Every time I witness this band's quality, creativity, and commitment it makes me weep.
I just realised I like most of ok go's music video version than the album version
right? For some reason my sisters had this version on the computer and I had only heard this version until later haha
Me toooooo
*When ur budget is the absolute value of the national debt*
That's pretty high.
Team Cyborg me too
The debt of sealand?
Yes
Meh chevy fucking paid for the damn thing.
Undoubtedly the greatest music video I've watched--thank you Leadguy, Hobbit, Bald, and Beardbass for giving us the music we needed.
I absolutely adore this video. I dont care how old it is, or even if the band breaks up. I just want to listen to this song for hours. The direction is amazing, and to the crew, the person who had this idea and the people who built this course, thank you. I love this band, this song, and everything about this. I truly could not bear it if this song was not made. I couldnt live without it. Edit: ALSO FUCK YEAH DAMIAN GREAT DRIVING. I read the description. This took FOUR MONTHS to plan and FOUR DAYS to shoot. HELL YES KEEP ROCKING MY DUDES! I FUCKING LOVE THIS BAND.
I was one of the crew. I had it easy compared to some of the other guys on this but it was a really hard job. It was windy af which complicated matters. The art department deserved an Oscar for their work on this!
As an engineer, I relate to this video more than I can say. Four months to plan. Four days to pull off. All for a product that is beautiful....
It's what we live for - these guys do it with music. And it is beautiful.
"This is your insurance company how can i help?"
"Yeah hi, am i covered for hitting 100 pianos and 100 guitars? Asking for a friend..."
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It’s currently 2021, it’s been seven years since I heard this song last and it’s still just as good as the first time.
I discovered this song 12 years after if was posted.... exactly when I needed to hear it 😢
hi great video just a quick question Have You Ever Just Chilled Even Once In Your Life
Before OK Go, they probably did once - even more than once, yes.
maybe during their OK Go (the album) era?
ShrubRustle H-Y-E-J-C-E-O-I-Y-L
yea I still don't get it...
Spaceman it's not code, im just capitalizing for Emphasis
ShrubRustle 👌
That smile at 1:30 is just wholesome. Like, knowing that you love what you're doing.
But the smile at 2:06 is best.
@@jenniferwaldron2513 Tim always seems to me that he's just having a blast on this OK Go ride.
Wow. I’m 58 years old and freaking love these guys. Not my normal style of music, but their videos are more creative than anything I’ve seen, in a looong time. Really great stuff!
Have you watched ‘White Knuckles’?
@@annebruecks7381 WOOF!
to all of those who are wondering : it's probably not in one take : at 1:17, when the car drift, all the little ... tiles/keys/thingies on the car bumper are there, the next shot almost all the things are gone (yes, i think i have whatch it to many time to notice that ...)
this version is so much better than the actual album version which feels over-produced
The car version definitely sounds more genuine and raw, but I really like the album version, it's so intense and feels more mournful and emotional than this one. I think they both have their positives
My train of thought is more like a roller coaster than an actual train, and man am I glad it is. It's 11 O clock at night I'm thinkin' "do I wanna make some toast? I do like toast... Hey remember that song with the car hitting the things to make a song? I wanna listen to that!" And that is my story.
Now if you'll excuse me, the bread is calling me.
+clarkeclarkenson ...This, and not Last Leaf?
what the actual fck bro its 11:30 and those were my thoughts exactly I was wondering why I was reading my thoughts in the comments??? small world I guess.
BEST.COMMENT.
EVER.
I love this comment.
Indeed. And now, If you excuse me, I have some Pasta to get to
the fact that this is now 9 years old makes me feel old.
This song still hits me in the feels every time
"...it don´t get much dumber, it don`t get much dumber...than tryin' to forget a girl when you love her" - it simply confounds me, when people in their 20's decipher things - that took me almost a lifetime to figure out...
i still think the end is my favorite part. I just love the question after crashing the car, "Did we get it?"
I laugh my head off every time.
I think that's the best part about OK Go's music videos is there's always just a little bit at the beginning or end where the music isn't playing and it's just the band amazed at what they've done or are about to do.
"Did we get it?"
"no"
Kalmnir what if he said no
This has been stuck in my head for weeks, and i'm not even mad.
It’s been 20 years and as much as I want to I don’t forget her.
13 years for me brother. I guess everyone has "the one that got away"
Best chevy commercial ever