Mar 21 2008'Chocolate Rain' kid wins YouTube awards
Tay Zonday the creator of the Internet smash hit "Chocolate Rain" (above) won the YouTube award for Best Music Video of 2007. If you haven't seen the video, you probably have way more sex than I do. Therefore I hate you. The AP reports:
"It's the new Emmys," Zonday, 25, said of the video-sharing site's awards in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It's the next Oscars. The next People's Choice Awards. It'll be interesting to see what happens five years, 10 years (from now)."
The next Oscars, Tay? Reel it in there, Interweb singer. That being said, your art has inspired me to write my own version. I present "Chocolate Rain: The Superficial 2 Xtreme Version Remix Jam for the Children":
Chocolate Rain,
Makes me write about my laser wang.
Chocolate Rain,
If it were real, I'd carry a cup outside.
Chocolate Rain,
Makes girls in bikinis drive the tanks all day.
Chocolate Rain,
Is this song about black dudes peeing?
Chocolate Rain,
If so, where is Kim Kardashian?
Chocolate Rain,
I should really wrap this up soon.
Chocolate Rain,
Holy crap, I want a sandwich.
Chocolate Rain,
Preferably with the mustard all spicy and brown.
Chocolate Rain,
I love to run a joke into the ground.
Chocolate Rain,
Hold on, I think I can squeeze out one more verse.
Chocolate Rain,
Never mind, I'm going to get my Subway on.
USA!
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Reader Comments
1. Jaan Kanellis - March 21, 2008 1:10 PM
Plain scary
2. Skeps - March 21, 2008 1:10 PM
I wonder if that song made him more or less popular with his friends, I could go 50/50 that they thought he was awesome, or a complete loser with a ridiculous voice
3. junior - March 21, 2008 1:30 PM
I've never been soo confused in my life......even after that time when I was 8 and I woke up in the middle of the night with my dad leaving my room and I had mustard all in my hair....weird I know....but not compared to this guy
4. shadow of char - March 21, 2008 1:34 PM
How old is he?
5. http://www.funderoos.com - March 21, 2008 1:34 PM
how could a video i've never heard of win this award? perhaps i have been having more sex than the average nerd?
6. toomean - March 21, 2008 1:35 PM
Is there a reason he picked Chocolate?
7. The Easter Bunny - March 21, 2008 1:40 PM
I don't get it. Fuck this kid. *writes on list* Empty basket for the little black You Tube kid.
8. nipolian - March 21, 2008 1:44 PM
This has to be Alfonso Ribeiro’s kid. And to #2…….Do you really think this freak has any friends?
9. So F-in Bored! - March 21, 2008 1:46 PM
If that is the best YouTube video of 2007, we need to immediately disband YouTube. It had a nice run, but now it's gone too far. I want my 5 mins back!
10. WTF? - March 21, 2008 1:47 PM
I gotta go with The Easter Bunny on this one. If this won, I don't want to see any of the others.
11. Guy - March 21, 2008 1:52 PM
*I move away from the mic to receive youtube award
12. Sambo the Ass Pirate - March 21, 2008 1:52 PM
um, slow news day?
why not cover the story where Jenna Jameson is trying to get Charlize Theron to strip for PETA?
13. Umbrellaellaella - March 21, 2008 1:57 PM
Huh? There's no nudity, no injuries, no animals... how could this possibly be the best of youtube. At least throw in some kissing lesbians.
14. Felicity - March 21, 2008 1:59 PM
it's just creepy....expecially when he starts talking about insurance rates?
15. Rossco - March 21, 2008 1:59 PM
This won? Really? Wow, the bar must be set incredibly low, or people on Youtube are overwhelmingly stupid. That could go either way, or it actually could be both...
16. Famous Plastic - March 21, 2008 2:01 PM
He's got an interesting and marketable voice, but he could use some help in the song writing department. Eitherway, I'm glad (and surprised) that someone with some sort of real talent won
17. Pavarotti - March 21, 2008 2:05 PM
This is a joke right? I could stick a freakin kazoo up my ass and fart a better tune than this shit. Who voted on this "award", Jerry's kids?
18. It's Britney Bitches - March 21, 2008 2:10 PM
Hahaha at #17. I never heard this gay shit until just now, and when that kid started singing I actually jumped. I was not expecting that at all. That was a retarded video though. You want to see some funny videos, AND talent, check out Jon Lajoie's videos on youtube. Genius.
19. Kim - March 21, 2008 2:19 PM
He's not a kid, he's actually 25. I checked out his page on youtube. Still creepy as hell no matter how old he is!
20. T-Dawg30 - March 21, 2008 2:24 PM
He is actually a love child of the late Eazy E. For real.
21. T-Dawg30 - March 21, 2008 2:24 PM
He is actually a love child of the late Eazy E. For real.
22. woodhorse - March 21, 2008 2:36 PM
Tay Zonday Everyday!! (btw Fish, his video is working quite a bit better than your site today. What's the matter? Did the hamster quit running your engine? Try solar, it doesn't have to be fed.) Tay Zonday made me happy to watch him. He's a huge improvement over most of the douche singers out there.
23. Hohoho - March 21, 2008 3:04 PM
When did Steve Urkel start wearing such small glasses?
24. Mr Tom - March 21, 2008 3:05 PM
I've never managed to watch Chocolate Rain all the way through, but the version he did for Dr Pepper (Cherry Chocolate Rain) genuinely made me laugh out loud.
25. BDazzled - March 21, 2008 3:15 PM
With the face of Akon and a voice like Della Reese, how could he NOT win that award?
26. HuckyDucky - March 21, 2008 3:17 PM
...
27. Willups Brighton - March 21, 2008 3:57 PM
Is this the right place to call that guy a fuckin' douche? I hope so.
Fuckin' douche.
@#15 - Both, dude. Both. Big time.
28. FRIST!!! - March 21, 2008 4:20 PM
Does that song ever end? I don't know, I couldn't get through it..
29. Rumpledforeskin - March 21, 2008 4:25 PM
that shit is about 4 minutes and 45 seconds too long
30. shadow of char - March 21, 2008 4:42 PM
Okay, so I juset looked at his YouTube page. Apparently he's 25 years old but has the looks of a twelve year old and the voice of Barry White... either way, I enjoyed this. If you take the time to read the lyrics, they're really meaningful and clever. This video definitely deserved to win.
31. Ryan - March 21, 2008 5:10 PM
Meaningful??? Come on now. This kid's got talent, but this was terrible. For example, check out my poem...
Abortion Rises...
The Dollar Falls...
Scandle..
Nukes...
Iraq...
Obama...
Drugs...
Terror...
Murder...
Hillary...
War...
fin
See? I can be deep too! Where my award?
32. fatboy - March 21, 2008 5:12 PM
Great. Now I'll have "chocolate rain.....something, something, blah, blah,
blah, something, something........chocolate rain" in my head for the next two days. Thanks.
33. Carlos de Paula - March 21, 2008 5:17 PM
I guess there is still some hope for my musical career...
34. mroblivious1bmf - March 21, 2008 6:37 PM
so is chocolate rain about being shit on, because that's what i feel like when i listen to that song.
35. caljenna66 - March 21, 2008 6:42 PM
@34 - Try "Chocolate Rain, makes me write about my laser wang", I think Fish is onto something...kinda catchy, no?
36. Viv - March 21, 2008 6:51 PM
you bastard, this is going to be stuck in my head now
37. Kleinfeld - March 21, 2008 6:59 PM
Please give me 4 minutes and 45 secs of my life back.
I weep for the future.
38. vob - March 21, 2008 7:05 PM
If that is the best YouTube video of 2007, we need to immediately disband YouTube. Many friends i met on a millionaire dating site calledmeetingwealthy .c o m. think so too. They are successful men and women. We usually talk together.
39. iHateDemocrateSCUM - March 21, 2008 7:13 PM
OH god, just when I thought I had forgotten about chocolate bowel movement
40. Danklin24 - March 21, 2008 7:13 PM
Only three words can sum up that song...
What
The
Fuck?
41. Wow - March 21, 2008 8:44 PM
It would be cool to have this song come on when I lower the toilet seat to take a dump.
42. lambman - March 21, 2008 9:58 PM
I like that this looser, like half of this Paris Hilton generation, is so dellusional and full of himself he doesn't even realize people are only voting for him because they are making fun of him...man people are so stupid
43. herbiefrog - March 21, 2008 10:12 PM
Only three words can sum up that song...
and a one
and a two and a one... two... three..
44. fukchocolaterain - March 21, 2008 10:27 PM
Just die already steve Urkel.
45. Donkey Punch - March 21, 2008 11:41 PM
Of course most White Americans are too stupid and too hate filled to understand that song.
46. shadow of char - March 22, 2008 1:35 AM
@ #47
I totally agree... I don't understand what people don't appreciate about the song... if the lyrics, then that really is sad. If the length, then that is also sad. If your attention span isn't long enough to sit through a song about something so important, then that is a shame.
Honestly, to all the haters, what song would YOU consider to be good?
47. mimang - March 22, 2008 1:38 AM
i have nothing against this guy. it' good but there are way better videos on youtube than this one.
48. Shockolot - March 22, 2008 8:57 AM
Umm, it won because it is f'ing retarded. He probably thinks he won because he is a good singer and that is even funnier. William Hung needs to officially pass the torch.
49. proteon - March 22, 2008 12:26 PM
THE EMPORER WEARS NO CLOTHES
50. Chick with hearing - March 22, 2008 2:40 PM
I must get laid way more than you, because I had never heard of this until today. Like a sucker, I watched it. Holy crap! That won an award?
51. The Laughing God - March 22, 2008 6:03 PM
I guess it won on the lyrics and the voice. It basically talks about all the problems in society. People who are content in the age of Paranoia, everything is not suppose to be ok, and the reasons why that is. However, if you only look at Youtube videos to see people get hit in the crotch or pitch adjusted singers, sing about their: bitches, hoes, pimps, and/or generalized non-specific teenage angst/rage, then yes, this video does suck and does not deserve an award.
Now get back out to those malls and buy a new commercial product that is nearly the same as the thing you already have at home, remember, you have a war on terror to support! Do your part!
52. Altimas - March 22, 2008 6:26 PM
Unwatchable. Unlistenable. Get the losers off the internet, you know the ones, that think every stupid is cool.
53. shadow of char - March 22, 2008 6:51 PM
@ #44
Yeah, people ARE stupid... some, like you, can't even spell 'delusional' or 'loser.'
And why would people be making fun of him? What is there to be made fun of about the video? His voice and his looks? That's pretty shallow and ignorant. Take a listen to the lyrics and come up with a mature judgment.
Oh, and to all the people who say that YouTube must really be a pitiful site if that video was voted #1, then stop complaining and start making some videos for YouTube yourself. People these days are so selfish... they take and take, but don't want to give. If you have a problem with the music videos, make your own. This guy is intelligent and creative enough to do so... apparently none of you are.
54. blizzy - March 22, 2008 7:04 PM
For the record, I'm black and i don't get that shit at all.
Listen last time I checked all "good" songs had a bridge, or chorus, discernable verses, etc. That song really just hurt my ears.
Instead of chocolate rain i'll give him a hawaiian punch!?
55. shadow of char - March 22, 2008 10:04 PM
@ #56
The song DOES have a chorus. When the chorus is sung, the music changes slightly. The chorus is:
Chocolate rain,
History quickly crashing through your veins,
Chocolate rain,
Using you to fall back down again.
[repeat]
The chorus is sung thrice. The verses are discernible; all three are each sung before a chorus.
And if you "don't get that shit," then that's a sign that you need to spend less time on the Superficial and more time reading and enhancing your mind. If you understand the lyrics, you see how clever and meaningful and wonderful they are. If you don't understand the lyrics, then don't judge the singer; judge yourself for being too stupid to understand.
56. cate - March 23, 2008 1:03 AM
ITS CHOCOLATE REIN YOU MORONS!!!!! R-E-I-N. obviously a dumb "song", but makes a bit more sense now?? Journalism now days...even CNN Has it wrong!!!! CHOCOLATE REIN!!!!!! NOT RAIN!!!!!! Damn!
57. cate - March 23, 2008 1:56 AM
REIGN. SORRY, that was a hasty mistake. Still a stupid song.
58. Eniach - March 23, 2008 2:32 AM
Do you catch the Yahoo video awards instead.
http://www.urbanread.com/news/winners-yahoo-video-awards
59. what the hell - March 23, 2008 4:52 AM
CHOCOLATE RAIN MAKES ME THINK OF GETTING THE RUNS.
CHOCOLATE RAIN FROM MY ASS, WTF?
60. what the hell - March 23, 2008 4:52 AM
CHOCOLATE RAIN MAKES ME THINK OF GETTING THE RUNS.
CHOCOLATE RAIN FROM MY ASS, WTF?
61. shadow of char - March 23, 2008 3:54 PM
@ #58
It's actually 'rain.'
And how is it a stupid song? You can't just go calling it stupid without a reason. Listen to the lyrics and make a mature judgment. What about the lyrics is stupid?
62. DP - March 24, 2008 3:37 PM
CHOCOLATE BRAINS!!!
63. GOODYMAN - March 24, 2008 4:44 PM
It's the best YouTube MUSIC Video of 2007. Not the best video OVERALL, stupid.
He's weird but actually quite talented and his keyboard one (even though looped and quantized) is excellent. Excellent arpeggios on the Yahama.
The best video of 2007 on YouTube has to be the one where the herd of Buffalo go head to head with a pride of Lions. That one was gripping. Ever see a lion get horned and tossed into the air by a Bull? You gotta check that one out.
I'd like to see Tay Zonday get horned and flipped into the air by a Bull. That would really be some Chocolate Rain coming down.
64. GOODYMAN - March 24, 2008 4:53 PM
Oh.. and check out his "Demons on the Dance Floor' joint. The words are dumb, but the music is tight as hell.
65. cate - March 24, 2008 8:39 PM
IT'S CHOCOLATE REIGN!!!! HE SAID SO HIMSELF ON A RADIO SHOW, STUPID!!!!
66. Billy - March 24, 2008 9:55 PM
More like:
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WHEN THE FUCK, WILL IT STOP
CHOCOLATE WHINE
HAS ANYONE SEEN MY POP?
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WAAA WWAAA BOO HOO BOO HOO
CHOCOLATE WHINE
WE HAVE AN EXCUSE SO WE DONT HAVE TO TRY
WAAA WAA BOOHOO POOR ME POOR ME
CHORUS AND FADE.....please fade.... the sooner the better .....so tired of the whining....
67. Ollie - March 26, 2008 2:21 AM
Dude, #43, that is the funniest thing I have ever read, I am literally STILL laughing. For some reason, that just appealed to my sense of humour and I can imagine lowering my toilet seat to hear "chocolate rain.... something something blah blah blah chocolate raaaain!"
You, sir, are a hero and you deserve a medal..
The song sucks, though, and this kid sounds like a retard.
68. Shadow of Char - April 2, 2008 9:50 PM
Still, no one has answered me... what makes the song stupid? Listen to the lyrics and then make a judgment.
@67
It's 'rain.' If it was 'reign,' then he would have titled the video and the mp3 'Chocolate Rain.' Rain actually makes more sense... consider these lines:
Chocolate rain,
Build a tent and say the world is dry,
Chocolate rain,
Zoom the camera out and see the lie.