List of Burger King marketing campaigns

• "Imagination is King"
• "Burger King Kids Club, Where it's cool to be a kid!"
• "Great food, cool stuff, kids only" (Burger King Kids Club) (1995–97)
• "Just for fun, and just for you!" (Burger King Kids Club) (1989)
• "Its always something special when you're with Burger King" (1980)
• "Magic makes it special when you're with Burger King" (1979)
• "Burger King: Where kids are king" (1970–1975)
• "Taste Rules!" (Burger King Kids Club) (1990's & 2000s)
• "Burger King Kids Club, It's a cool place" (1992)
• "Burger King Kids Club, I Love This Place!" (1994)
• "Burger King Kids Club, Where Kids Rule!"
• "The Burger King Kids Club! It's just for fun, and just for you!" (1980s)
• "Home of the real, Big Kids Meal!" (2000s)

• "You're gonna love us!" (1990)

• "Les burgers, c'est notre affaire" (1986)
• "Au rhythms et au gout d'aujourd'hui" ("The rhythms and taste of today") (1987)
• "Laissez-vous fêter!" ("Let's celebrate!") (1989)
• "Mets-en que c'est bon!" ("Make it good!") (1990–1992)
• "Laissez-vous captiver par le goût!" ("Let yourself be captivated by the taste!") (1991)
• "Je préfère Burger King" ("I prefer Burger King") (1993–1996)
• "Le Restaurant du Whopper" (1994)
• "Je préfère le gout de Burger King" ("I prefer the taste of Burger King") (1999–2000)

• "Así lo quiero" (1992–1995)
• "Simplemente sabe mejor" (Simply tastes better) (1999)
• "A la parrilla sabe mejor" (2005– )
• "A tu manera" (Current)

• "Got the Hungry's"
• "The Burgers are Better at Hungry Jack's"
• "Aren't You Hungry?, Aren't you hungry for Hungry Jack's...now?"
• "We're all about fresh at Hungry Jack's"
• "Love it at Hungry Jack's"
• "Home of The Whopper"
• "Oh Yeah!"
• "Tastier burgers and more funner!"
• "Gotta get back to Jack's"

• "There's 'OK', And there's BK!!" (2002)
• "The original flame-grilled taste" (1988)
• "It's Flaming Tasty" (1990)
• "No sun, no fun" (1995)
• "It's Not A Secret, It's Real Fire"/"No Secrets, It's Just Fire" (2021)
• "We give up." (2023; used to promote the Chicken Royale)

• "Burger King – It just tastes better" (2000–present)[10]
• Have it your way
• Have it our way (November 2021–

• "Der König der Hamburger" (1980)
• "Weil's besser schmeckt" ("Because it tastes better") (1999–2001)
• ”Geschmack ist king” (2010)[11]

• "Grillat ÄR Godast" (1998)

In 1973, BK introduced a jingle in response to McDonald's Big Mac song.[12] The lyrics proclaimed that Burger King would serve you a customized product (for example you can have whatever toppings you wanted on a burger, or even plain), according to its slogan Have it your way, and that it would happily do so:

(Chorus) Have it your way, have it your way! Have it your way at Burger King!

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce;

special orders don't upset us.

All we ask is that you let us serve it your way...

We can serve your broiled beef Whopper

fresh with everything on topper.

Anyway you think is proper; have it your way...

(Chorus) Have it your way, have it your way! At Burger King, eat at Burger King!

The jingle was used for several years in the 1970s, and has been modified several times and reused: during the 1980s the phrase at Burger King today was added at the end of the song. A commercial with Shaquille O'Neal had different tempos of jingles as Shaq goes into a 1950s malt shop, then 1960s and 1970s styles and finally a 1980s neon theme, each line reflecting music styles of said decade. During a 2006 commercial called the Whopperettes featuring Brooke Burke, the performers sang a modified version of the song during a musical number overseen by the King.

The Whopper Whopper song is a variation of The Burger King jingle, and was played in ads during 2022 and 2023.[13]

Crispin Porter + Bogusky created a series of web-based advertisements to complement the various television and print promotional campaigns on sites such as Myspace and various BK corporate pages. These viral campaigns coupled several other new advertisement campaigns drew considerable positive and negative attention to BK.

• The Subservient Chicken

This ad program was used in 2004 to introduce the TenderCrisp sandwich. The first appearance of the Subservient Chicken character was in a commercial called the Subservient Chicken Vest. The commercial was the first in a series of ads for the sandwich utilizing a line of viral marketing promotions by Crispin Porter + Bogusky for Burger King. In the ad, a man is sitting in his living room directing a person in a chicken suit to behave in any way he wants. The tag line was "Chicken the way you like it." After the success of the Subservient Chicken, Burger King used the character in several subsequent advertising campaigns. Other versions of the character appeared for various other promotions of new and limited time versions of the product.

• Coq Roq

In the summer of 2005, Burger King introduced BK Chicken Fries to its menu. The advertising campaign featured a faux metal band named Coq Roq in a commercial called Bob Your Head, members of whom wore chicken masks parodying the style of masks of nu metal band Slipknot. The website included music videos, downloadable cellular ringtones, and a store selling band merchandise. In addition, there is a MySpace page for the "band" that features bios, pictures, and their songs.[14] While successful, the campaign drew scorn for sexual double entendres and a lawsuit from Slipknot in regards to the promotion alleged copying of Slipknot's "look and feel".[15][16]

• Chick Flix

Chickflix.com, a play on the term "chick flicks", was another interactive website campaign based on BK's Chicken Fries. At the website, users could not only play ads created by Burger King, but also create their own.

• Sith Sense

Sithsense.com was an interactive website that tied in with the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith advertising program. The site featured an interactive video of Darth Vader utilizing a 20 Questions-style answering program which operated in way similar to the Subservient Chicken website.[17]

• Dr. Angus

Dr. Angus was a CP+B creation launched in 2004 to promote the new Angus line of Sandwiches. Played by British comedian Harry Enfield, he is a smarmy self-help "doctor" with gleaming white teeth and a starched toupee who encourages eaters to "sit down" and enjoy the BK's large Angus burgers. In 2006, the character was again used to advertise BK's new Cheesy Bacon Angus and TenderCrisp sandwiches.[18]

In addition, CP+B added a viral marketing web page called The Angus Diet. Designed to work with the larger Angus campaign, this site featured the such things as the Angus diet testimonials, a faux diet book and Angus interventions. The "interventions" could be sent to people via email by filling out several fields on the page. As CP+B stated: "They were a way of getting people to spread the idea of the basis of the Angus Diet – just enjoy life. Do whatever you want. Eat whatever you want as long as it makes you happy."[19]

• Manthem

In May 2006, in promotion of the Texas Double Whopper, Burger King released a campaign called the "Manthem" which parodies Helen Reddy's I Am Woman. It depicts a man and his girlfriend at a fancy restaurant. Disappointed by the meager portions he is served, the man bursts into song, expressing his desire for a Texas Double Whopper, in place of what he deems "chick food." As he walks out of the restaurant, he is joined by a chorus of men who rebel by not only eating Texas Double Whoppers, but also go commando, lift a minivan over the side of an overpass, and unfurl a banner which says "Eat This Meat." This has been the source of some controversy, as the commercial has been described as demeaning to male vegetarians/vegans, as well as misogynistic toward women.[20][21] This ad was reused in January 2007 when the sandwich was reintroduced and in Germany for a sandwich in the company's BK XXL line, and in January 2008 in Great Britain for the Double Whopper.

• Ugoff

Ugoff was a character in a 2004 ad campaign for Burger King directed by Roman Coppola. He was used to promote the new "Fire-Grilled Salads" and the paper "Salad Pouch" which was used to keep the chicken and shrimp warm for the salad entrées. Ugoff was designed a stereotypical male fashion designer with an indeterminate middle-European accent and haughty personality.

• Earl, Employee of the Month

In Summer 2006, Burger King launched a commercial stating that its broilers, named 'Earl' on the commercials, won the most valuable employee award. With the Earl logo stamped on the side of the broiler on the commercial, it seems that this name was made up and that their broilers are actually made by Nieco and not named Earl.[22]

• Fries King

On 2 October 2013, Burger King announced on Twitter that it was changing its name to Fries King. The name change was a publicity stunt held in conjunction with the introduction of the new Satisfries. The chain also rebranded one of its locations with the new Fries King logo, signage and packaging.

London-based Mother had been working in partnership with McGarryBowen for the company beginning in December 2011.[23] Mother took over as the company's firm of record on 19 February 2013, from McGarryBowen. The partnership only lasted one year until the agency was dropped on 6 January 2014.[24]

• John the Manager

John the Manager is a series of ads that feature the main character, a Burger King manager named John, and an eclectic cast of customers that form a family unit. The members of this family unit consist of a Muppet, a cheerleader mom, a cowboy, a security guard, a park ranger and an astronaut.[25]

Burger King supports its advertising and change efforts with the opportunity for customers to fill out a My BK Experience survey every time after they eat at Burger King, keep their receipt, and go online to complete the survey. Customers receive a free survey code they can exchange for their choice of a Whopper or Chicken Sandwich, and Burger King receives invaluable feedback they use to continually improve upon their service, customer experience, and to get advertising ideas and inspiration.

• AOL[73]
• DirecTV[74]
• Konami[75]
• Major League Baseball Players Association[76]
• Maxim Magazine Hometown Hotties[77] Flash based section on the US Burger King website that allows visitors to engage in a "conversation" with some of the Maxim's Hometown Hotties models and drivers from Waltrip Racing.
• MTV In December 2005, Burger King teamed with MTV for a "Have It Your Way" rap contest. Burger King and MTV selected Anthony DeSean Stokes out of 400 entries to star in a commercial. Part of his winning rap was "You can have it your way, there's nothin' to it / If you can dream it, you can do it!" The commercial ran for a short time, exclusively on MTV.
• NASCAR
  • Dale Earnhardt[78]
  • Joe Nemechek's 87 Chevrolet in the mid-1990s
  • Michael Waltrip Racing BK co-sponsored the 00 Toyota driven by David Reutimann with Domino's Pizza in 2007, and Bill Elliott(part-time) in 2006.[79]
  • Tony Stewart (2009–)
  • BK Racing (2012–) BK is one of the Primary Sponsors of the Team, and Co-Sponsor of 83 Toyota driven by Matt DiBenedetto with Cosmo Motors and Dustless Blasting
• Formula One
  • Sauber (minimal sponsorship that began at the 2010 European Grand Prix)
• NFL[80]
  • Jacksonville Jaguars[81]
• Nintendo[82]
• Microsoft Windows 7 and Xbox[83][84][85]