Serious cleaning tips with a smile

KENNEWICK, Wash.-- Health officials encourage constant cleaning and disinfecting as a way to help combat the spread of coronavirus, and that's especially true for businesses that begin to emerge from closures.

Visit Tri-Cities team, in collaboration with local musicians, created a fun music video to highlight the importance of disinfecting spaces.

The musican public service announcement (PSA) titled “Wipe It!” was released Friday.

Visit Tri-Cities partnered with Rob Ivey and Scott Okerlund from the local band Fastlane. The pair is known for covering classic songs by The Eagles, and created a coronavirus parody of DEVO’s “Whip It” to the aptly named “Wipe It!”. 

Rob Ivey wrote the lyrics and the two musicians lent their singing abilities for the vocal performance. Visit Tri-Cities created a music video with the song to use as part of a series of segments promoting Tourism Week.