Judging by the traffic I’m getting related to that wacky background music in the Vonage and Chevy television ads, I figure a lot of people are looking for identifying information.

Since I hate for folks to visit and come away empty-handed, I’ll provide some answers:

- The original “woo-hoo” music, which wound up playing on concurrent ads for both the phone service and the car company, is “Woo Hoo”, by The 5.6.7.8’s. The song is also on the soundtrack for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (which I saw, but don’t remember the song; I do remember the band, though).

I guess there was a slightly different rendition on the Chevy ads, performed by a band other than The 5.6.7.8’s. No clue about who did that version.

- A couple of weeks later, after the coincidence was obvious, Chevy replaced “Woo Hoo” with a new track. According to a comment left by one Summerville Steve — who I have no reason to doubt — the new music is the 1966 Yardbirds classic “Over Under Sideways Down” (sorry, no mp3 for that one; look for it yourself).

Also thanks to Steve for reminding me that the Chevy model being pimped in the commercial is the Cobalt. My brain still refuses to process that part of the ad message, which perhaps speaks to its lack of effectiveness.

So that’s that. Try not to get either tune stuck in your head.