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"Chocolate Rain" is a song and music video by Tay Zonday, created as a commentary on racism and social injustice in the United States. It quickly went viral after it was posted to YouTube on April 22, 2007, and has since been viewed more than 100 million times. The music video portrays a bespectacled Zonday in a recording studio wearing a white T-shirt and singing into a condenser microphone. Occasional cutbacks to Zonday playing a digital piano are also shown. A caption appears early in the video - " * *I move away from the mic to breathe in" - which has been parodied many times. "Chocolate Rain" is ranked as the hottest viral video of summer 2007 by CTV. It was awarded the 2007 YouTube Award in the category "Music". ==Critical response== "Chocolate Rain" is known for Zonday's dark tone and his mannerisms while singing.〔〔 〕 David Lowe of ''The Sun'' characterized Zonday's voice as being "gravelly as Rod Stewart but alas without the groove", expressing no surprise at Zonday's lack of formal musical training. Other reviews have been more favorable. Garth Montgomery of ''The Daily Telegraph'' praises the song's "hypnotic quality" while criticizing its "cheesy drum loop".〔 The melody and the drum track of the song have also been noted for being very similar to one of the music tracks from the arcade game ''UN Squadron''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=U.N. Squadron – A forgotten favorite )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=UN Squadron and Chocolate Rain )〕 During a brief interview on ''The Opie and Anthony Show'', Zonday called the song "cheesy" and stated that its cryptic lyrics dealt with racism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Tay Zonday on the Opie & Anthony show )〕 This echoes Zonday's comments posted to the video's page on YouTube.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=All Comments to "Chocolate Rain" )〕 Many attribute the initial spread of the popularity of the song to 4chan.〔 〕 Zonday said, "I'm pretty sure the 'Chocolate Rain' attention started as a joke at 4chan.org, an internet forum that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. I don't know what causes people to listen to my music. If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs."〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chocolate Rain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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