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Featured era: 2007
Chocolate Rain
“I move away from the mic to breathe in.”
- Featured era
- 2007
- Peak era
- 2007
- Company
- Tay Zonday
- Category
- Viral Videos
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Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain"
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About This Video
- From:
- TayZonday
- Added:
- April 22, 2007
- Length:
- 4:52
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What Was It?
"Chocolate Rain" is a song written and performed by Tay Zonday, whose deep baritone voice and small step away from the microphone to breathe became instantly recognisable. Its lyrics use the image of chocolate rain as a metaphor for racism.
The video was uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2007, and became one of the biggest viral hits of that summer. It won the music category at the 2008 YouTube Awards and was parodied and covered endlessly.
Tay Zonday went on to a long career as a performer and voice actor, and the song remains one of the most memorable things YouTube produced in its early years.
Things You Probably Forgot
- "I move away from the mic to breathe in" appearing on screen
- The voice that didn't seem to match the face
- Every parody that summer
- That it won a YouTube Award
The Story
- 2007 Tay Zonday uploaded "Chocolate Rain" on April 23; it became the viral hit of the summer.
- 2008 The song won the Music category at the YouTube Awards.
Its Legacy
The original video is still on YouTube with well over a hundred million views. It is remembered as one of the defining viral music videos of 2007.
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