Now that newspaper staffs are doing it, it's probably not cool anymore, right?! Best Meta Music Moment: Rae Sremmurd, the hip-hop group whose song Black Beatles is the unofficial soundtrack to most of the Mannequin Challenge videos, somehow got an entire concert crowd.

In October 2016, Black Beatles became the anthem of a social media viral trend called the Mannequin Challenge in which individuals and groups shot footage of. You can see that at the top of this column. The song name checks John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and although it does not musically resemble a Beatles song, there are sly lyrical references to the song Day Tripper. Stream songs including Black Beatles (Mannequin.

Of course, I made FLORIDA TODAY jump on this train too. Listen to Black Beatles (Mannequin Challenge) - Single by Kyle Edwards & DJ Smallz 732 on Apple Music. Here are a few examples:ДЄnd here's an example of how the challenge is turning into a pretty powerful form of self expression: Some are silly and some are using the trend as a way to send a powerful message. Just search #MannequinChallenge on Twitter and your feed will be inundated with videos. Superstars, politicians and everyone in between areВ putting their personal spin on the trend. Since its late-October debut, the trend has spread like wildfire. Or maybe that's just me being deep and there's no deliberate context to it at all whatsoever. White High SchoolВ in Jacksonville, and if you watch their original video it looks as though they are telling a story or sending some kind of message about high school life. The challenge apparently started at an Edward H. So where did the Mannequin Challenge come from? Of course it started in Florida. I'd post the music video, but he's got a bit of a potty mouth, so I had to find a clean version: Except instead of awkwardly wearing it on his cheek, he wears it vertically over part of his lip. If you haven't watched the music video for this song, one of the members is trying to bring back the Nellie Band-Aid. Do you think thatвЂ™s directly because of the Mannequin Challenge Gunner: To me, it was going to be a hit. Many of these videos are set to the song 'Black Beatles' by the duoВ Rae Sremmurd. But it has unleashed some serious creativity, and for that, I must give it credit. Everyone freezes and someone walks through with a video camera documenting the frozen action. It's the #mannequinchallenge and it's probably already at a high school near you. So what's the next craze taking over hashtags these days? Let me tell you. The ice bucket challenge, the Harlem shake, planking. There's always some new trend taking over our feeds and trending on Twitter, am I right? Love those Black Beatles #MannequinChallenge Video: VIDEO: Florida Today's #MannequinChallengeДЄhhh, the Internet. But вЂњCloserвЂќ still is doing exceptionally well with radio airplay while вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ saw a resurgence in digital streaming and sales.Д«y tomorrow we should know if Rae Sremmurd earned themselves a Billboard No. An official report from Billboard should be on its way given the surge in popularity of the song. The track features a guest appearance from Gucci Mane and was released in September as a single off the groupвЂ™s album вЂњSremmLife 2.вЂќДЄfter McCartney gave the song a co-sign in his Mannequin Challenge, Billboard confirmed that the track is doing so well that it could knock ChainsmokersвЂ™ вЂњCloserвЂќ off the top spot on the Hot 100 chart. вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ has become the standard soundtrack for most Mannequin Challenge these days after getting an infamous cosign from a real life Beatles, Paul McCartney. The song name checks John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and although it does not musically resemble a Beatles song, there are sly lyrical references to the song Day Tripper. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 thanks to the Mannequin Challenge. Rae Sremmurd himself did the challenge live on stage. It has received a big boost because of how many times it has been used for the вЂmannequin challengeвЂ™ videos. According to Billboard, вЂBlack BeatlesвЂ™ shoot to No.

Rae Sremmurd could score a classic hit with вЂњBlack BeatlesвЂќ climbing back the charts and could hit No. The song you hear over and over is Rae SremmurdвЂ™s вЂBlack BeatlesвЂ™.

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