VIVA VIAGRA! - An In Depth Look With Lyrics

I have this Viva Viagra song in my head today and at first I was annoyed. Nine times out of ten when a random song enters your brain, it does so in an intruding, uninvited manner. It refuses to leave, not unlike a best friend who’s been kicked out of the house by their girlfriend and never leaves your couch afterward.

You’ve seen it. You’ve probably sung along to it at one point or another. You know the men that sing it by heart. You may have even come up with names for some of them as I have. I decided an article needed to be written because this song is going to be one of those things they talk about on VH1 a few decades down the road on I Love the 2000s. After searching youtube, I easily found the commercial posted and watched it again, and again, and another time just to be thorough.

First, I want to post the lyrics for clarification sake. The first few times I saw this commercial I could’ve swore the second man was singing “At the end of the day I’m not a guy who’s straight” and was in turn horribly confused until I realized he was actually saying strayed. To avoid further confusion, I present to you the lyrics to Viva Viagra:

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Got me a honey gonna set my soul I’m gonna set my soul on fire

At the end of the day I’m not a guy who’s strayed cause she’s my heart’s desire.

Now this old toad is sick of the road I can’t wait

Can’t wait!

Can’t wait to go home

VIVA VIAGRA x 5, or until you’re bored or lose your erection.

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Now being a 26 year old man, I’ve never taken viagra. I have nothing against anyone that has to. Nature can be a heartless bitch at times and as humans we all just kinda have to work around it. I could compliment the company that markets Viagra for this commercial as it certainly stands out but how exactly are they trying to sell the product here? “Take viagra and you too could be sitting around an empty bar with your five friends singing about all the sex you could be having right now if you were somewhere other than in an empty bar singing about it with your five friends.”?

The fact that they look to be lost in complete bliss doesn’t help their case. Have you ever seen anyone so happy to be on an erectile disfunction drug that’s not in the vicinity of a woman? Not even smiley Bob Dole was this joyful. That’s what this commercial really needed: Bob Dole hanging out in the back tooting on a harmonica like a wise old man, watching the next generation discover the joys of defeating a flaccid penis for the first time. There’s an alternate ending to the commerical that I hadn’t seen before until I watched the youtube video where the six men leave the bar and race off in different directions and I was shocked they didn’t all drive off in the same direction.

Viagra needs to dump their plans for any other planned commercials. Instead, all future commercials must focus on these six smiling singing men. I want more songs, and I want more adventure.