The melody was written in 1971 by singer songwriter Barry Manilow early in his career, when he worked writing commercial jingles. State Farm, an American insurance company, adopted the line for its television and radio advertising and kept it for decades, making it one of the most recognised advertising refrains in the United States. Short clips of the sung tagline later spread on soundboards and in video edits, where creators reuse the familiar promise of help arriving exactly when it is needed most, often for comic effect.