On August 9, 2007, Zonday performed the song on the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! as part of its "Internet Talent Showcase". If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs." Performances Ĭlips of the video have been played or referenced on television and radio shows, including G4TV's Attack of the Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Maury. I don't know what causes people to listen to my music. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. Zonday said, "I'm pretty sure the 'Chocolate Rain' attention started as a joke at, an internet forum that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. The initial spread of the popularity of the song was due to 4chan. This echoes Zonday's comments posted to the video's page on YouTube. ĭuring a brief interview on The Opie and Anthony Show, Zonday called the song "cheesy" and commented how its lyrics dealt with racism.
Garth Montgomery of The Daily Telegraph described the song as having a "hypnotic quality", with "curious vocals that sound like a man much older than the young artist", playing over a "cheesy" drum loop. The video has garnered over 130 million views as of May 2021. The music video was ranked as the hottest viral video of summer 2007 by CTV. A caption appears early in the video – "**I move away from the mic to breathe in". Occasional cuts to Zonday playing a digital piano are also shown.
The video portrays Zonday in a recording studio wearing a white T-shirt and singing into a condenser microphone. The official music video for "Chocolate Rain", lasting 4 minutes and 52 seconds, was uploaded on Apto Tay Zonday's official YouTube channel.
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