The Boss Got Outvoted.
Two to one. Country over reggae. And the boss was rooting for the reggae one.
Final Tally - Reader Vote
The Country Cut
WinnerThe Reggae Cut
Runner-upTwo votes for country for every one vote for reggae. The people have spoken.
How a Pool Company Ended Up Asking the Internet to Pick Its Jingle.
A few months back, somewhere between an unusually busy spring of weekly pool service across Ventura County, I had what felt like a simple idea: Primary Pools needs a song. Something you'd hear on our trucks. Something that loops gently in the back of your head while we're vacuuming your tile line. Something that sounds like us.
I called the team at The Final Code and said, basically: "Write me a Primary Pools jingle. Whatever you want. Surprise me." A week later, my inbox had five different versions waiting in it. Country, rock, reggae, and two others I didn't really know how to describe. They were good. All of them. That was the problem.
So I narrowed it down to my two favorites - country and reggae - and posted the vote here on the site and sent it out to our customer list. The ask was simple: listen for thirty seconds, pick the one you like better, click a button. No name, no email, no pool quote follow-up. Just a vote.
"The fastest way to find out what people actually want is to ask them - and then have the discipline to trust the answer."
The whole vote ran for about three weeks. Customers across Ventura County chimed in. A few people from outside the county too. A couple of family members (who are not counted but who are very loud). When the dust settled, the math wasn't close.
I listened. You voted. Country it is.
Real talk: I was rooting for the reggae one. Something about that beat just felt summery and easy to me, like a pool day in audio form. I had it in my head that's where we'd land. I might have even told a couple of people, off the record, that reggae was definitely going to win.
Then the votes came in. Country, by a mile. Two votes for country for every one for reggae. A runaway.
And honestly? Good. That's exactly why I asked.
For more than 20 years, the way we've run Primary Pools has been by listening. To our customers. To our team. To the folks who actually use the service we provide every week. I've got opinions, sure - but my opinion is one vote among many. The people whose pools we keep clean, balanced, and swim-ready are the ones whose ears actually matter.
So country it is. You'll start hearing it on our trucks, on our hold music, and around the internet soon enough. I hope it puts a smile on your face when it pops up. And if it doesn't, well - you'll know who to blame. (Not you.)
Thanks for weighing in. This kind of thing is exactly why we do what we do.
Dillon Owner, Primary Pool Services
Hear the new Primary Pools jingle.
The Country Cut. The one you picked. The one we'll be playing for a long, long time.
We owe you one.
A FREE Pool Health Check - for you, or for a neighbor or friend.
Twenty seconds of your time helped us land the right jingle, so we're paying it forward. A full visual and chemistry assessment of your pool - totally free, no obligation. Don't have a pool of your own? The offer's fully transferable - pass it to a neighbor or friend who does.
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This wasn't really about a jingle.
Don't get me wrong - I'm thrilled we have a song now. But the real reason I ran this whole experiment is the same reason I run our weekly pool maintenance routes the way we do, and the same reason we sweat the small stuff on every pool repair, acid wash, and equipment install we touch.
Pool service is a relationship business. You're not just hiring a company to clean a thing - you're trusting someone with one of the most-used, most-loved parts of your home. The chemistry has to be right every week. The equipment has to work when the kids are already in their suits. The truck has to show up when it says it will. None of that happens unless you're listening - really listening - to what your customers actually need.
We ask before we assume.
Pool's looking a little cloudy this week? We want to know what you've been doing with it - parties, kids, dogs, big swims - not just chase the chemistry numbers blind.
We follow up after we fix it.
A repair isn't done when the part is installed. It's done when the next-week visit confirms the issue stayed fixed. That's the standard.
We trust the answer we get back.
Even when it isn't the answer we expected. Especially then. That's the whole point of asking in the first place.
Asking what jingle you wanted was a small, fun version of the same thing we do every week. We asked. You answered. Country won. And now you know - if it works for a jingle, it works for the pool service in your backyard, too.
The Reggae Cut (a.k.a. Dillon's pick)
The one I was personally rooting for. Lost the vote, still a banger. Slot it in your summer playlist.
Have a listen The Other Three CutsThe ones that didn't make my shortlist
Rock, plus two more The Final Code workshopped before I narrowed it down. Up on their blog for the curious.
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