"Old Spice | The Man Your Man Could Smell Like": Speaking of Super Bowl ads, this is another example of how a clever commercial with high production values can provide entertainment value in its own right. "Annoying Orange Wazzup": Somewhat creepy talking fruits reenact the Budweiser "Wassup" commercial that aired during the 2000 Super Bowl, adding one moderately clever plot twist halfway through.
He is, in fact, quite good, as a host testifies afterwards: "In my opinion, he just taught Lady Gaga a lesson." "Greyson Chance Singing Paparazzi": Sixth-grader performs Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" at a talent festival. (I should confess here that, being old and in the way, I hadn't seen the original video until after viewing this clip.) "TIK TOK KESHA Parody: Glitter Puke - Key of Awe$ome #13": This sendup of Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" was better on the first viewing than on the second. The song sped up the charts after it went on sale at the iTunes Store. "BED INTRUDER SONG!!! (now on iTunes)": Proves you can make a song out of anything-here, a young man's anger at the attempted rape of his sister by some creep who crawled in through a window-if you add a catchy backing track and digitally tweak the vocals beyond recognition. For your avoiding-work-on-a-Monday-morning pleasure, embedded versions follow after the jump.
Read on for links to those top ten clips, plus my comments on each. (Another way to look at YouTube's impact on our lives came in an e-mail from publicist Annie Baxter: In the middle of 2007, the site's users were uploading an average of 6 hours of video every minute that rate has soared to 35 hours of video per minute.) She then attempted to quantify what a colossal time-suck this Google subsidiary has become: "During 2010, you all watched more than 700 billion YouTube videos, and uploaded more than 13 million hours of video." In a blog post announcing the results, YouTube community manager Mia Quagliarello also ticked off the most-viewed major-label music videos (Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga accounted for six of the top 10) and the most common search terms for each month (from "haiti" in January to "firework" in November). YouTube released its top-10 list for 2010 this morning. The year isn't done, but a site devoted to short-form videos may not have the attention span to wait until Dec.
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