{"id":39222,"date":"2023-11-06T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1921241"},"modified":"2023-11-07T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T09:57:54","slug":"amazon-christmas-ad-to-launch-with-the-beatles-cover-song","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/amazon-christmas-ad-to-launch-with-the-beatles-cover-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Christmas ad to launch with The Beatles cover song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Amazon has released an advert celebrating enduring friendship and shared moments of joy. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 November 2023 at 17:33 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon has kicked off its 2023 Christmas campaign with an advert featuring a cover of the well known The Beatles\u2019 song In My Life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Titled Joy Ride, the 60-second advert features three older women reliving their youth and celebrating their decades-long friendship while sledging \u2013 all thanks to a bit of spontaneity and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/amazon\/\">Amazon<\/a> shopping app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Set against an instrumental rendition of In My Life played by a 40-piece orchestra, the film begins with the trio sitting on a bench and looking wistfully at at a number of youths racing down a hill in the local park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When one of the women sees her two friends watching the scene wistfully, she pulls out the Amazon shopping app on her mobile phone and adds padded seat cushions to her basket.<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next day, the delivery arrives, and the friends are presented with the presents and are baffled \u2013 until, that is, the leader of the group encourages them to put their cushions in their sledges and follow her down the slope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Laughter, cheers and a flashback to their youth spent together on the same hill ensue, before the advert ends with the trio turning to pull their sledges back up the hill \u2013 and go all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can watch in full below.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Joy Ride | Amazon Christmas Ad\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ga1SjIqKX50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The advert will debut on ITV on <strong>Monday evening (6th November)<\/strong>, during the first ad-break of Coronation Street at 8pm GMT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis year\u2019s Christmas campaign is inspired by our Amazon customers and their thoughtful ideas and traditions,\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said Jo Shoesmith, VP Global CCO, Amazon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe stories we tell serve as a reminder that sometimes the joy you receive from doing something special, for those you love, can uplift us all at this time of year. We also wanted to give these wonderful women the chance to celebrate the different facets of themselves and how they express joy, regardless of their age.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ed Smith, GM of EU Integrated Marketing at Amazon, added: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe festive season is a time when people revel in traditions, past memories and embrace their inner-child. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe recognise that many customers may still be feeling the impact of economic uncertainty this year and that is why we\u2019ve focused on the joy of shared experiences in our new Christmas campaign. 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