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| Viral Video Chart: Doctor Who's Matt Smith thanks fans, hot dog cools off | |
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| There's been no shortage of cover versions of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, from this charming Tunisian version to Black Simon & Garfunkel's folky outing, so it's no surprise that the US president has got in on the act. YouTube channel Baracksdubs has mashed up a selection of the president's speeches to great effect – it's especially good how his hand movements are cut to the beat. Who knows, it might be enough to get George Osborne to forgive Obama for repeatedly getting his name wrong at the G8 summit. | There's been no shortage of cover versions of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, from this charming Tunisian version to Black Simon & Garfunkel's folky outing, so it's no surprise that the US president has got in on the act. YouTube channel Baracksdubs has mashed up a selection of the president's speeches to great effect – it's especially good how his hand movements are cut to the beat. Who knows, it might be enough to get George Osborne to forgive Obama for repeatedly getting his name wrong at the G8 summit. |
| Doctor Who fans were left grieving by the sudden news that Matt Smith is leaving the show at the end of this year. He released an official statement at the start of June, but this week the star paid a more personal tribute to the show's cast, crew and fans. Owing more than a little to the video for Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, it was recorded in Detroit, where he's shooting the film How to Catch a Monster with Ryan Gosling. Watch out for the handwritten notes where he thanks writer Steven Moffat – "the pen" – and Karen Gillan – "the crazy ginger one". | Doctor Who fans were left grieving by the sudden news that Matt Smith is leaving the show at the end of this year. He released an official statement at the start of June, but this week the star paid a more personal tribute to the show's cast, crew and fans. Owing more than a little to the video for Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, it was recorded in Detroit, where he's shooting the film How to Catch a Monster with Ryan Gosling. Watch out for the handwritten notes where he thanks writer Steven Moffat – "the pen" – and Karen Gillan – "the crazy ginger one". |
| Finally, a couple of animal clips manage to burrow their way into the chart this week. First up is an ad for Ibis hotel featuring 40 rabbits snuggling up with a soundtrack by Richard Hawley. Impossibly cuddly, it's already been voted cutest ad of the year by Adweek magazine. Finally, we have a video of a dog trying to cool off by squeezing all four legs into a tiny bucket. It's all very well, but it makes you wonder – why don't his owners just turn on the hose? | Finally, a couple of animal clips manage to burrow their way into the chart this week. First up is an ad for Ibis hotel featuring 40 rabbits snuggling up with a soundtrack by Richard Hawley. Impossibly cuddly, it's already been voted cutest ad of the year by Adweek magazine. Finally, we have a video of a dog trying to cool off by squeezing all four legs into a tiny bucket. It's all very well, but it makes you wonder – why don't his owners just turn on the hose? |
| Guardian Viral Video Chart. Compiled by Unruly Media and tweaked by Dugald | Guardian Viral Video Chart. Compiled by Unruly Media and tweaked by Dugald |
| 1. Barack Obama Singing Get Lucky by Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell) Better than the POTUS's version of Let's Stay Together? | 1. Barack Obama Singing Get Lucky by Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell) Better than the POTUS's version of Let's Stay Together? |
| 2. No, I'm not going to the world cup Brazilians kick off in protest video | 2. No, I'm not going to the world cup Brazilians kick off in protest video |
| 3. Kenichi Ebina Performs an Epic Matrix- Style Martial Arts Dance - America's Got Talent Look out for the head drop | 3. Kenichi Ebina Performs an Epic Matrix- Style Martial Arts Dance - America's Got Talent Look out for the head drop |
| 4. Pepsi Max & Dynamo present: "Bus Levitation" #LiveForNow One way to beat overcrowded transport | 4. Pepsi Max & Dynamo present: "Bus Levitation" #LiveForNow One way to beat overcrowded transport |
| 5. Matt Smith thanks fans Doctor Who (21 June 2013) Featuring a freshly shorn Matt Smith | 5. Matt Smith thanks fans Doctor Who (21 June 2013) Featuring a freshly shorn Matt Smith |
| 6. Dog tries to cool off in a tiny bucket Paws for thought | 6. Dog tries to cool off in a tiny bucket Paws for thought |
| 7. What is the Shortest Poem? The last word on verse | 7. What is the Shortest Poem? The last word on verse |
| 8. KHQ Reporter Lindsay Nadrich Swears On Live TV - June 21st, 2013 Double F-bomb – not surprisingly, not safe for work | 8. KHQ Reporter Lindsay Nadrich Swears On Live TV - June 21st, 2013 Double F-bomb – not surprisingly, not safe for work |
| 9. ibis Snuggling Bunnies OK, it's an ad – but the bunnies give cats a run for their money | 9. ibis Snuggling Bunnies OK, it's an ad – but the bunnies give cats a run for their money |
| 10. Amazing Resonance Experiment! Sound ideas | 10. Amazing Resonance Experiment! Sound ideas |