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Thursday
Sep062012

Angry Birds Meet Freddie Mercury

It seems you just cannot shake off those pesky Angry Birds. Not happy sapping the lives of commuters everywhere, the titular stars of the hugely successful video game have now invaded the Viral Video Chart.

Thankfully, it is all for a good cause. The new video campaign, in which the Angry Birds don moustaches to do a cover of Queen's popular hit, Bicycle, is in support of The Mercury Phoenix Trust, which hosts National Freddie Day on September 5th each year.

Set up to commemorate Freddie Mercury's birthday, Freddie For a Day encourages people to sponsor others willing to dress up as the legendary Queen front man, with all proceeds going to the AIDS charity, the Mercury Phoenix Trust.

No doubt boosted by the cult followings both the birds and the band enjoy, the video has racked up 1,791,868 views and 26,325 shares in just three days.

Wednesday
Aug152012

Lady Gaga Launches Perfume with Predictably Weird Ad

It has come to the point where the world would probably be more shocked if Lady Gaga were to come out in jeans and a T-shirt.

But as attention-seeking as she is, this advert for her new perfume, 'Fame', looks more like one of her music videos than an advertising campaign.

As with every celebrity perfume, this probably smells like fairy liquid mixed with motor oil, but the spot is still pretty cool.

Set in what seems to be a gothic spaceship from the future, Gaga wanders about screaming with a mouth filled with black goo. 

When she's not dressed in black leather and her glasses aren't exploding, small men crawl about her giant naked body. And we're not even surprised anymore.

It's a mystery what this scene could possibly have to do with perfume, unless Fame smells like ectoplasm and leather, but with 414,447 views and 35,437 shares in just 24 hours, it's clear that in the eyes of her Little Monsters, Gaga can do no wrong.

Wednesday
Aug012012

The Walking Dead Are Back With A Vengeance 

Could zombies live among us? AMC set a load of them free in the streets of New York and found that the answer was, in a word, no.

As a PR stunt for the new series of The Walking Dead, everyday New Yorkers were transformed into zombies and let loose in the city to scare the crap out of everyone.

Hot dog vendors, cab drivers and cops were among the few to hobble around the Big Apple with blood and gore dripping from them. One living dead even appeared to have his jaw hanging off.

The video shows the actors being transformed into flesh-eating zombies, as well as the hilarious public reaction, with girls running and screaming, while guys casually photgraphed the event.

Made by PutZombiesBack, it closes by saying "Zombies don't belong here, put them back on TV," in reaction to the popular AMC show being dropped from Dish Network's line-up.

The new series is ready to launch this October, and with the stunt gaining 474,421 views and 52,899 shares in just two days, it looks likely to be a success. 

Tuesday
Jul032012

Hood Rat Belle Creates A Modern Day Disney Classic

What would Beauty and the Beast have been like if Belle had lived in 'the hood' rather than the South of France? Would it still be one of our favourite Disney classics?

Well, based on the response to this version, directed by American Idol's Todrick Hall, the answer is, yes. 

The video features a cast of YouTube stars, including Hall's American Idol peers, Katie Stevens and Vonzell Solomon, as well as DeStorm, Antoine Dodson, GloZell and Miles Jai, who recreate the movie's opening scene.

The ghetto-fabulous Belle attracts a lot of attention from men - and trannies - while she skips around 'the hood' dressed in the traditional Disney costume. In a weave shop one woman even gives her a baby, parodying the bookstore owner letting Belle keep her favourite book. 

Belle should probably be carrying her copy of Ebony magazine in a flourescent Paul's Boutique bag rather than a picnic basket.

"Isn't this a hood-mess, who would name their first born Blue Ivy?", she sings to an uninterested man sat by the fountain, rather than the sheep from the provincial movie setting.

The stereotypical video shows girls spinning skipping ropes in the street, men with their girlfriends asking for her 'digits' and a woman (GloZell) shouting abuse from the window of her car, yet still managing to perfectly parody the original.

Since its launch last week the video has already racked up 591,607 shares and almost 3 million views. 

Tuesday
Jun262012

Coke Zero's New Commercial Gets Carmen Electra's Toes Tapping

This tongue-in-cheek hip hop song might sound like a Teach Me How To Dougie spoof or a poor Lonely Island imitation, but this latest Coke Zero campaign has the likes of Carmen Electra and Perez Hilton wiggling their phalanges “like it’s toe porn”.

The strange video is, surprisingly, a genuine song performed by Knucklehead - that’s his pseudonym, not a description – who won Coke Zero’s ‘Make It Possible’ competition.

But despite questionable lyrics, such as "Now my big toe is swollen, I do my dance in my wheelchair, but I’m still rollin’,” Knucklehead is determined to make his dance the next big thing. It’s even choreographed by JaQuel Knight, the brains behind Beyonce’s ‘Single Ladies’ routine.

The video has received 2,758,018 views and 20,583 shares, but whilst it probably won’t be the modern day Macarena, it will certainly get your toes tapping.

Wednesday
Apr042012

The Most Hilarious LOL #Fails From The Month Of March 

Are you one of those people who love to see others hurt themselves while doing idiotic things? If so, then you're in the right place.

That's right folks. Come the start of the month, fantastic YouTubers spend their valuble time cutting together the best of the previous month's YouTube fail activity from across the globe into one handy video.

This month we have a whole 9 minutes and 44 seconds of bone-crunching LOL action for your viewing pleasure.

The video has currently only been seen by just over 300 people on YouTube. But with a little Viral Video Chart insight, I can tell you this video has been shared 2,100 times already on the social web.

How is this possible? I hear you say. Well, YouTube is renowned for taking some time to accurately track viewing figures. The view counter sticks on 300, then suddenly jumps to a considerably larger number. Don't just take my word for it, take a look at the Viral Video Chart yourself. 

Anyhow, let's get down to business. Sit back and watch this host of idiots on fantastic failing form. Go on, you know you want to.