Top trending commercials from Super Bowl 51

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Emily Clement

For many, commercials are the most anticipated part of the Super Bowl.

Here is a look into the highest trending commercials of Super Bowl 51 on Twitter:

“America the Beautiful”– Between the Schuyler sisters, from Hamilton the Musical, singing the song before the start of the game and Coca-Cola‘s commercial that featured the song, there were already 10,500 tweets pertaining to this song in the first 20 minutes of the game.

“Skittles”– The hilarious commercial came just in time for Valentine’s Day as a young boy was throwing Skittles into what he thought was a window with his true love waiting inside. We see the whole family, plus a cop and a masked man, taking turns catching the indulgent Skittles. The commercial was trending with 18,500 tweets just minutes after it premiered on TV.

“Christopher Walken”– Christopher Walken and Justin Timberlake premiered in the Bai commercial together where Walken mocked NSYNC’s song “Bye Bye Bye”, which Timberlake played a huge part in, with his phrase “Bai Bai Bai.” Christopher Walken was trending with 4,000 tweets just minutes after the commercial premiered.

“84 Lumber”– 84 Lumber premiered an emotional, but controversial commercial of the story of a mother and her daughter attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border for a better life. The whole commercial was not aired because it was “too political,” according to Super Bowl broadcaster Fox. 84 Lumber was trending with around 25,000 tweets by the end of the game. There were many tweets from different viewpoints pertaining to this commercial.

“Buick”– Cam Newton, quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, was featured in Buick’s commercial where Newton leads a young football team to a speedy touchdown. Buick was trending with 23,000 tweets soon after the commercial premiered.

“Mr. Clean”– In this somewhat controversial commercial, a woman daydreams of Mr. Clean, the mascot for the company, cleaning her home with all of the Mr. Clean products. Mr. Clean was trending with almost 50,000 tweets after it aired on TV. 

Also, “Gaga” was trending after Lady Gaga’s halftime performance with almost 2,000,000 tweets just 10 minutes after the performance.