If you have ever visited the physical centers of Mercadona and enjoyed strolling through its various sections, surely you’ve heard the jingle of the ‘Uncle Roig’ supermarket chain. We mean the one that sounds like “Mercado-o-na, Mercado-na”. A tune that gets into your head and when you can forget it, it always comes back when you hear the company name. In case you don’t remember, you can listen to it in the following video.
However, even if you have integrated it a lot, you surely will not know who is the interpreter of said song. And when you find out who plays it you will be amazed. Because it is very likely that on some occasion you have seen her acting on stage or in a television series.
Mercadona’s tune was recorded in 1986 and hasn’t changed since
First of all, it is worth saying that this jingle from Mercadona was registered no less than 36 years ago, when the supermarket chain was not yet known throughout Spain and only operated in the Valencian Community. And how successful it has been that, despite the passing of the years, the managers of the distributor have kept it to be listened to every now and then through their loudspeakers to remind themselves of some of their offers.
And now yes. Without further ado, this song is performed by the actress Mamen Garciaactress in series like ‘What is coming‘tell me how It is gone’‘wedding scenes’ or’lord of the (hemp‘ nationwide, and also in the series of TV3 ‘Maniacs or’socrates. An actress with a long career in show business who has even been awarded twice since Performing arts of the Generalitat Valenciana.
This melody that won’t stop playing Mercadona for more than three and a half decades it was recorded 1986when Mamen Garcia was part of the group Patxinger Z. and was registered in Tobacco studiesthe first recording studio founded in Community Valencian and which was founded by Lluis Miquel Campos in 1977.
