Sing Us a Song - Our Favorite Web Music Videos

Posted By Terry the Producer, 02 September 2008

Chocolate Rain
Let's get this one out of the way right now. Tay Zonday was toiling away in obscurity on YouTube until one of the internet's most infamous underground forums found his videos and gave him a big push into the limelight. It's not just the catchy tune, or the earnestness, or Tay's strikingly deep voice, or the subtitles (**I move away from the mic to breathe in), or the way Tay looks directly into the camera at the very end. It's the sum total of the thing.

Money!
You'll never think about karaoke the same after you've seen this video that features two Korean girls who really know how to have a good time. It's the girl on the right that really steals the show, though. She's got amazing moves and even throws a little deathcore in there for good measure. If you're not laughing while watching this, you have no soul.

The Average Homeboy
Denny "Blazin" Hazen raps about life in the suburbs as an average middle-class homeboy. Prepare to be magically transported to a simpler time: 1991.

Hey Jude
Two year old Ha Youngwoong (whose nickname is Hero) might be the biggest (and smallest) Beatles fan in the world. His spot-on cover of "Hey Jude" is just the tip of this iceberg. He's four now and can sing more than 40 Beatles songs from memory. I can't wait until this kid learns how to strum that guitar.

Lazy Sunday
This is the one that kind-of started it all. Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell show the internet how to make a proper viral video, complete with infinitely quotable phrases like "I'm Ghost like Swayze" and "Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious". Sure, it's been done to death, but I still love it.

Harvey Danger Lipdub
Those crazy kids over at College Humor started a sensation with their collaborative lip syncing video for Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta". They called it a LipDub and inspired numerous copy cat videos. Sure, they weren't the first to do it, but they definitely set the standard for lip syncing videos.

Natalie Raps
Yes, she does and I love her for it - loaded with obscenities and anger, this video shows a less-soft side of Natalie Portman.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Okay, so this isn't exactly A music video. I like to think of it as SIX music videos. Dr. Horrible's got Neil "Doogie Howser" Patrick Harris in it and it was written and directed by Joss Whedon. What more do you want? Watch it already!

Weezer's Pork and Beans
As viral music videos about viral web videos goes, this one out-virals them all. Pork and Beans is a who's who of internet superstars, plus it's a darn catchy tune!

Tesla Coil Super Mario Bros.
Talk about overkill. The 8-bit sounds of the classic video game theme song recreated using high voltage electric currents. Now you're playing with power.