VIDEO: See why this Korean pop song is shattering records

Posted By: Dan Spector · 9/14/2012 7:49:00 PM

Since it was posted in July, the music video for "Gangnam Style," by the Korean rapper Psy, has gotten more than 170 million views. The song recently made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The song recently made it onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart. And at the rate it's going it will surpass the summer earworm "Call Me Maybe" in YouTube views.

Now this video is hardly a ballad to a youthful crush. The music video shows the rapper in a tuxedo doing a ridiculous dance as he gallops through a materialistic world. The dance caught Britney Spears' attention. She tweeted that she wanted to learn it. 

The rapper also recently performed on The Today Show on NBC, appeared on Ellen and more...

So why is this song sweeping the nation?

See what all the fuss is about below!

 

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