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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Sweney

Guardian Viral Video Chart

With Led Zeppelin and Ike Turner in the headlines this week music was the only direction the viral video chart could really be expected to gaze.

On that note (sorry) check out the pole dancing girls (well they, er, dance to music) on the New York subway - go on, MediaGuardian.co.uk is a necessary work-related website remember.

Or perhaps the bizarre orchestra that plays instruments made of vegetables. Yes sir.

But the "A" for effort this week has to go to the group of guys who sing an amazing version of "Twelve days of Christmas" in a way you have never heard. Two words. Toto's "Africa".

While Led Zeppelin managed a couple of entries off the back of their reunion in London there are, somewhat surprisingly perhaps, No Ike clips to be found.

However, a quick delve into a list of the top 20 viral videos of the last 24 hours - as opposed to our weekly round-up - shows that there was a clip for the classic song Rocket 88.

Rocket 88 - apparently a classic number that started Rock 'n' Roll I grandiosely read somewhere - was firmly lodged in second place over the last 24 hours but a visit to the YouTube link finds that the video has been removed.

A clip cut down in its prime.

Still Led Zeppelin's reunion gig at the O2 Arena prompted a few clips to be YouTube'd.

The two that made it into the chart managed to rack-up 1.2m views between them. What odds would Coral have given on Stairway to Heaven being handycam-ed, I wonder?

Now given there were reportedly more than 20m people who attempted to snaffle a ticket to the gig that seems a mite small.

Although I guess there could be a giant Led Zeppelin in London video clips long tail out there running to gazillions.

The last thing to say on the music front this week is "Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go!"

Hollywood in remake hell again.

The full list this week:

1 Here Comes Another Bubble -- The Richter Scales It seems a copyright claim has led to this clip being removed. A slightly ropey live version is here.

2 Sex and the City Movie Official Trailer Yup. That's the sound of a franchise sinking under the sheer weight of pointless exploitation

3 Is Europe a country? You know this one by now

4 Speed Racer Trailer Go speed racer, go speed racer, go speed racer go!

5 Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven 2007 arena 02 Londra I wasn't there so I'll settle for 9 minutes of Zep action

6 Holiday Thank the Troops Ad Does what it says on the tin

7 HuckChuckFacts First Conan the Babarian and now Chuck the Unstoppable YouTube viewing machine

8 Straight No Chaser - 12 Days Now this is one clever, clever medley with surprising twists

9 Imagine John Lennon classic

10 Arbol Navidad "Comecocos" Pac Man Xmas tree Madrid It is a massive Pac Man pyramid Christmas tree in a square.

11 "Man Cold" from Man Stroke Woman Cracking skit with Nick Frost on why men are shite with colds

12 The vegetable orchestra An orchestra that appear to be playing instruments made of vegetables. Really?

13 Kant Attack Ad Spoof ad attack on Immanuel Kant, by Friedrich Nietzsche

14 Mikontalo Lights preview A massive game of Tetris somehow on the side of a building

15 Sexy Pole Dance girls on New York subway The looks on the faces of the commuters are the best

16 "With You" - Chris Brown World Premiere Video Music video

17 Kashmir - Led Zeppelin More Zep in action

18 Holiday Support the Troops Ad Everyone deserves a happy Christmas

19 Episode 20 Woody Allen in a clip supporting the writers strike

20 Huckabee: Divine Providence Helps My Poll Numbers Forget financial support, he has God backing his campaign

Source: Viral Video Chart. Compiled from data gathered at around 16:00 on 13 December 2007. The Weekly Viral Video Chart is currently based on a count of the embedded videos and links on approximately two million blogs.

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