'Gangnam Style' most watched YouTube video ever
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean rapper PSY's "Gangnam Style" has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time.
YouTube said in a posting on its Trends blog that "Gangnam Style" had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin Bieber's "Baby," which has had 803 million views.
By Sunday morning, the video had surpassed 816 million views
The blog says the "velocity of popularity for PSY's outlandish video is unprecedented."
PSY's video featuring his horse-riding dance was posted on YouTube in July, while "Baby" was uploaded in February 2010.
PSY's video has become a global sensation, with many people around the world mimicking his "Gangnam Style" dance. In their October meeting, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean, joked that he had to relinquish his title as "the most famous Korean," and tried a few of PSY's dance moves.
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YouTube said in a posting on its Trends blog that "Gangnam Style" had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin Bieber's "Baby," which has had 803 million views.
By Sunday morning, the video had surpassed 816 million views
The blog says the "velocity of popularity for PSY's outlandish video is unprecedented."
PSY's video featuring his horse-riding dance was posted on YouTube in July, while "Baby" was uploaded in February 2010.
PSY's video has become a global sensation, with many people around the world mimicking his "Gangnam Style" dance. In their October meeting, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean, joked that he had to relinquish his title as "the most famous Korean," and tried a few of PSY's dance moves.
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Well I actually DID watch it  many months ago... sent to me by a  long-time friend  fending off colon cancer for the third time up in the Puget Sound area who keeps me laughing or smiling or awestruck by poignancy by sharing a variety of musical videos  he comes across, and I actually liked it for varying reasons. It made me laugh ( as did he) and god knows in this day and age we need all the laughs we can get to keep our hearts light considering the state of the world or the state of personal affairs (such as his). The dancing and singing, the duck paddle boats and over-the-top old-lady tours bus, the amazing carousel, the typical Korean backwards-walkers (for exercise) and more. A chunky Korean guy in his 30's dancing like no one is watching and clearly enjoying himself while doing so. He was making a ironic and humorous statement about a place in Korea that is way too full of itself, BTW.  I want to ride on than carousel and those duck paddle boats now, dang it!
Stupid,,,
Yea...my life is complete now.
Korean Macarena.
Whew! I've managed not to watch it, thank goodness.
Watching people dance like retarded chickens just doesn't interest me.
 @Mikey If only you weren't one yourself :)
Well, I guess Korean's have nothing better else to do.......
Well I guess I'm about the only one on the planet who hasn't seen it. Been trying to avoid it, looks dumb.