A new television commercial produced by Tourism Australia that features a catchy tune will be unveiled next week.

Josh Abrahams, a Melbourne musician who created the dance hit Addicted to Base back in the 90s, composed the song Nothing Like Australia to which "ordinary Australians" will be singing along to in the commercial.

They will be composed of lifesavers, an Aboriginal elder, the captain of a Manly Ferry in Sydney, park rangers and buskers in Melbourne.

Also to be seen in the ad are a researcher in Cairns and people riding a bus in the Adelaide Hills and at a winery in Tasmania.

Abrahams helped out Baz Luhrmann in producing the soundtrack for the movie Moulin Rouge and has also done remixes for John Farnham and Icehouse songs.

He wrote the song for the new tourism commercial with the help of the advertisement's director Michael Gracie. Gracie directed Hugh Jackman's Lipton Ice Tea commercial, as well as the Evian Roller Babies and T-Mobile.

According to Tourism Australia's executive general manager of marketing Nick Baker, the new advertisement was not done in a professional manner.

"All the people who appear in this sing... in a way that captures the Australian spirit with fun and with humour,'' he said.

"You will see a pilot going over Sydney Harbour singing and the captain of a ferry coming over from Manly.

"We have used song to bring the whole thing together."

The song will be divided into verses that may be used in different markets.

Mr Baker said that the tune was picked because it would be able to connect people on an emotional level and can also cross cultural boundaries.

"Some of the most powerful ads in the world use song,'' he said.

Australian animals and the country's indigenous culture which that sets it apart from the other areas in the globe will also be shown on the "friendly and welcoming" advertisement.

It will be launched at the Australian Tourism Exchange conference in Adelaide next Monday night during the There's Nothing Like Australia campaign.