Cher sings I Got You Babe in EastEnders’ Queen Vic to launch streaming service
The song was a UK number one single for Sonny and Cher in 1965, and the singer later re-recorded it as a duet with Beavis and Butt-Head in 1993.
Cher sings I Got You Babe in EastEnders’ Queen Vic pub in an ad campaign for a new TV streaming service.
The 78-year-old singer has re-recorded the track, slightly altering the song’s title to I Got U Babe, to promote UKTV’s U streaming platform.
The advert also sees her superimposed into scenes from a number of TV series, as she appears in a life jacket in comedy drama series, Annika, and presents a cake in the shape of a U to MasterChef Australia judges.
It has been covered numerous times, with UB40 and Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde also having a UK number one with the track.
Sir Mick Jagger also comically mimed the track with Rolling Stones impresario Andrew Loog Oldham on ITV’s Ready Steady Go music show during the 1960s.
The song rocketed Cher to fame as her first number one, before she went on to have three more UK number one singles and two UK number one albums, after her split from Sonny Bono in 1975.
Speaking about her appearance in the advert, UKTV creative director, Scott Russell said: “We wanted to create an ambitious advert to launch U to highlight the variety of quality programming and to stand out in a hugely competitive landscape.
“It had to be joyful, have content at its heart, and to tell the story of whatever you love, we’ve got U.
“What’s more, it needed to be memorable and have a surprise factor that was not only authentic but connected with current and new viewers.
“Who better to do this than mega superstar, Cher? Performing a brand new version of her iconic song, I Got You Babe, whilst meeting some new and familiar friends on the way.”
During the advert, Cher is also digitally placed on top of a rock with Orlando Bloom, and in the backseat of a car driven by Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling in Sri Lanka in World’s Most Dangerous Roads.
She is even placed in an electricity box in a scene from Secrets Of The London Underground.
The advert will be shown on Dave, Yesterday, Drama and W from July 16.
The U streaming platform will make an array of shows from UKTV’s channels available to stream for free online, including Holby City, Red Dwarf and Bangers And Cash.
