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"Gangnam Style" is a single released by South Korean rapper Psy on July 15, 2012. It has achieved widespread international recognition and became the most viewed YouTube video, becoming the first one to gain a billion views on December 21, 2012. "Gangnam Style"'s unprecedented worldwide popularity was acknowledged by YouTube, who called it a "massive" hit at a global level "unlike anything we've ever seen before" while ''Billboard'' noted that "Gangnam Style" was nothing short of a pop culture phenomenon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/11/26/12/wacky-korean-singer-who-made-youtube-history )〕 As a result, it has influenced worldwide popular culture in many aspects. == Television == * In a ''Saturday Night Live'' sketch, a Lids employee (Kenan Thompson) feels down in the dumps, so another employee (Seth MacFarlane) cheers him up by pushing a button which brings out Psy (Bobby Moynihan), who dances "Gangnam Style". Later in the sketch, the button press reveals the real Psy. * During VH1's ''Big Morning Buzz Live'' show, the television host Carrie Keagan told the audience that everyone in her office is "completely obsessed" with the dance moves of "Gangnam Style", which she later performed with Jason Dundas. * South Korean boy band Shinhwa also showed their interests in "Gangnam Style" (especially lead vocalist Shin Hye Sung) with the members dancing to the "horse-riding choreography" repeatedly on episode 24 of their own variety show ''SHINHWA Broadcast'', which was aired by JTBC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Shinhwa Broadcast Ep24 – Shinhwa Gangnam Style Dance Cut )〕 * During the late night comedy talk show ''Chelsea Lately'', the American stand-up comedian and actress Chelsea Handler told the audience she considers Psy to be a "revolutionary musician, dancer and sex symbol". She also compared him with the Latino pop singer Ricky Martin. * ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' has presented several jokes involving the dance. On August 31, Leno showed parody video footage of US presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who made his entrance at the Republican National Convention "Gangnam Style". The October 8 "Headlines" segment started with the fake headline "''Joe Biden will debate Paul Ryan 'Gangnam Style'.''" On October 25, the day after Barack Obama's appearance, Leno shows parody footage of a KTLA news story about Obama on ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars'' dancing to the song with another contestant. * ''Big Brother Australia'' created a commercial with the housemates dancing to "Gangnam Style" to promote the 2012 series. It was danced again on the series finalé on November 7, 2012 by the ex-housemates with a taped recording of Psy appearing to announce the start of the performance. *Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan danced "Gangnam Style" during the Indian television game show ''Kaun Banega Crorepati''. * In the Brazilian comedy show ''A Praça é Nossa'' aired by Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, the actress Marlei Cevada teaches the comedian Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega how to dance "Gangnam Style".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sbt.com.br/apracaenossa/noticias/10967/Nina-ensina-Carlos-Alberto-a-dancar-Gangnam-Style.html )〕 * The Pakistani telecommunication company Zong created a mobile phone network advertisement in which actors were seen performing Gangnam dance moves. The advertisement also loosely imitated some scenes from the original "Gangnam Style" music video. *The Mexican television series ''Sabadazo'', aired by Televisa, uses "Gangnam Style" as the series' theme song. The show also features a parody of the dance itself, named ''Sabadazo Style'', which is danced differently than the actual "Gangnam Style" dance. * Animated series ''South Park'' episode "A Nightmare on FaceTime" featured a Halloween party in which a large portion of the attendees dressed as Psy and danced to "Gangnam Style". Stan attends the party in disguise as "Gangnamstein", wearing a Frankenstein costume sporting a hairstyle similar to that of Psy and sunglasses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】) ">url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/16331/20121025/gangnam-style-takes-over-south-park-halloween-monster-bash.htm )〕 * Contestants Kirstie Alley, Emmitt Smith, Kelly Monaco, and Gilles Marini, along with professional partners Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Cheryl Burke, Val Chmerkovskiy, and Peta Murgatroyd, danced to the song in the fifth week of competition on ABC's ''Dancing with the Stars'' in the fifteenth season. * At the 2012 Country Music Association Awards, hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley danced to "Gangnam Style" during the opening speech. * In the German television show ''Wetten, dass..?'' broadcast by ZDF, the television host Markus Lanz challenged the city of Bremen to find 100 residents willing to dance "Gangnam Style" on stage, which the city eventually completed just before the end of the programme. * In the British television show ''Strictly Come Dancing'', the contestants with their partners as well as the judges and presenters danced to "Gangnam Style" on the Halloween Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/tv-film-news/bruce-forsyth-dances-to-gangnam-style-1403374 )〕 * In the "Thanksgiving" episode of the fourth season of ''Glee'', the cast performs "Gangnam Style". * The retired Brazilian footballer Ronaldo danced "Gangnam Style" during the Brazilian TV show ''Medida Certa Ronaldo Fenomeno'' as part of his weight loss programme,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-real-ronaldo-does-the-gangnam-style-dance-as-part-of-his-weight-loss-programme/ )〕 prompting sports journalist Michael Cummings of Bleacher Report to write that "Gangnam Style" is already "out of style a few weeks ago", but Ronaldo is now jumping onto the "bandwagon" like everyone else. * Disney has parodied "Gangnam Style" in several of its cartoons. In the ''Phineas and Ferb'' episode "Happy New Year", Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, and the Fireside Girls do the "Gangnam Style" dance. Phineas is dressed in a blue suit as Psy; Ferb is dressed in a yellow suit as Yoo Jae-suk as they dance in a parking garage. Disney has also featured "Gangnam Style" in some of their promotional material in South Korea. On the videocast ''Doof's Daily Dirt'', Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz comments on the video, and calls it ''Open Quantum Style''. In ''The 7D'' episode "The Jollywood Jam", The 7D briefly dress up in blue suits and perform "Gangnam Style"; the queen and her assistant also do the dance. * In ''Total Nonstop Action Wrestling'' shows and events, Christopher Daniels and Kazarian, as tag team Bad Influence, dance "Gangnam Style" as one of their in-ring taunts. * Zara Phillips, the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, performed "Gangnam Style" in a video with Team GB as part of the BBC's charity telethon programme ''Children in Need''. * In a sketch from an episode of the 2015 revival of CBBC series Horrible Histories, Kevin Eldon performs a song titled "Norman Style" as William the Conqueror. 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「Gangnam Style in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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