By Molly Fleming 14 Jun 2018 3:15 pm. With the gorilla's eyes closed expressing an emotion you could start to think it was unhappy or the likes. Reset password: Click here. Previously seen ‘Gorilla’, Recognised that the ad was a parody, and; Associated Cadbury with using palm oil. It was a 90-second television and cinema advertisement, which formed the centre piece of their new ad campaign. Gorilla, entrusted with restoring faith in the brand following a salmonella scare, led to a 10% increase in sales and propelled Collins’ track back into the music charts. 3 Reasons Why Cadbury’s Eyebrows Ad is So Powerful It seems like Cadbury’s Eyebrows ad is everywhere. Trouble signing in? Instead they used a gorilla playing the drums to Phil Collins. Why the drumming gorilla ad was a huge success for Cadbury? Most people expect brands to prominently display their logo, and make what they are selling front and centre. Rarely is one TV ad so utterly absurd and effective that it touches a nation, reshapes a brand and leaves advertising purists scrambling for the rulebook. by Jennifer Whitehead. Stay signed in . When Cadbury launched ‘Gorilla’ in 2007 the brand was suffering after a salmonella scare, and despite the brand’s former marketing director admitting it was the hardest concept he’s ever had to sell, the ad went on to increase sales by 10%. I see it on the bus and also in the malls and I hear people talking about it. Email address. Email: support@campaignlive.co.uk. It was created and directed by Juan Cabral … 1: Unexpectedness. Cadbury "gorilla" wins Campaign of the Year. Sign In. Gorilla ad works its magic on sales of Cadbury bars. Why Cadbury’s ‘Gorilla’ ad nearly didn’t get made. Cadbury said its multi-media “Gorilla” advertising campaign had helped increase sales of its core Dairy Milk chocolate brand in the UK by about 8 per cent since its launch at the end of August. Password. GORILLA AD CAMPAIGN OF CADBURY Anuj Kwatra – U110009 Hitesh Agarwal – U110024 History of the Ad Gorilla Ad is a British advertising campaign launched by Cadbury Schweppes in 2007 to promote Cadbury Dairy Milk-brand chocolate. Then the drum kit appears and you are still piqued as to what is happening and low and behold he/she starts drumming with the rhythm of the music and its oddity makes it amusing. Sign in to continue. But that’s the beauty of this beast. The success of Gorilla (created by Fallon in 2007), which depicted an ape rocking out to the tune of Phil Collins’ ‘In The Air Tonight’ had got Cadbury hooked on campaigns that failed to reflect the brand. Unsurprisingly, this group consisted of precisely zero people – meaning viewers didn’t perceive the ad as taking a dig at Cadbury’s use of palm oil, nor signal that Darrell Lea is a modern and progressive company. LONDON - It is the debate that has been raging in the industry since the Cadbury Gorilla first hit his drums -- great ad, but will it shift chocolate bars? Here are some of the reasons I think it worked so well. Cadbury’s did not.