Antoine Dodson's 'Bed Intruder' viral video makes Billboard 100
It was a rare case of a product of Web culture jumping the species barrier and becoming a pop hit...
From- The New York Times
Viral videos tend to have a short lifespan online. The best ones might attract a few million views on YouTube and get a mention on a late-night talk show before fading into oblivion. But in one of the stranger twists in recent pop-music history, a musical remake a local news clip transcended YouTube fame and reached the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August.
It was a rare case of a product of Web culture jumping the species barrier and becoming a pop hit.
The song’s source material could not have been more unlikely: A local TV news report from Huntsville, Ala., about an intruder who climbed into a woman’s bed and tried to assault her.
