I don't know that anyone is still checking comments on this, but you MUST know that this is the best ever TH-cam video. I come back annually to appreciate it. I hope that each of you include a QR scan of this with your resume so that employers know you mean business.
I watch this a lot! These young men were fantastic. They must have rehearsed for months, it's such a difficult routine. I wonder where they are today. Cheers, Alouellette!
Wooahh Just because it was already choreographed doesn’t mean doing the dance is easy. It took OK GO a dozen tries to get it correct. These guys did it live and nailed it the first try. It’s incredible what they did.
How did it take 17 years for the algorithm to recommend this video to me? I I'm surprised this videos Got a little less than 6.5 million views. Thanks, thumbs up, have a great day.
Hi! I also just got recommended it. I think because OK Go posted some shorts recently that have captions about the making of the music video that I just watched.
This was exactly what youtube was for. Just random kids being creative, not all over-produced stuff, being viewed worldwide from their school hall. Just pure entertainment. Not special message or agenda. Brought a tear to my eye remembering the start of youtube, the good old days.
Fair point. If that were the case, though, I wonder if the teens were able to access the machines without supervision. Since (US) schools are usually very careful about liability concerns, it's hard to imagine they would've knowingly let students use the machines that way, even after hours.
Forget liabilities, would a US highschool even have that many treadmills for student use? They're not exactly known for their generosity when it comes to funding for school equipment
They missed the part where Damien stumbles on a backwards turn step, I was waiting for it but he did it perfectly but then again at least I go to see what the routine would have looked like without thr stumble
I know that's to much for me I would never try to do that because one time my neighbor had one of those and I accidentally pressed the button to speed it up and fell and got in trouble so I will never do that again!!!!😲😲😲
Seven years later to this date, this vid has become legendary... the boys are grown up now and probably have moved on, but this epic performance of their high school youth remains forever for others to see years to come... where ever you guys are, Trend on boys... trend on! :)
Is it important to you to be anally precise? My original comment was posted to this month now March, 5 months earlier, last year, 2014... Do you know what month this originally came out? If I posted this in January of THIS YEAR, then your correction is valid.
I come back to this video every 2ish years just to marvel in the amazing early-2000s video quality, the raw performance, the confidence, the coordination & choreography, but most importantly the testament to friendship this shows. I hope all these guys stayed friends & stay in touch now.
meragan12487 They didn't do it better than OK Go. These guy just imitated the band; the band was taught the moves by the singer's professional ballroom dancing sister. A tiny slip doesn't mean the students did it better. Don't get me wrong, they did great, but I doubt they were coached on technique like the band was.
Odds are at least one of them has probably ODed by now.. I mean, they are listening to that devil music and emulating it move for move.. Im sure they are probably injecting joints and huffing magic mushrooms also..
The kid doing Tim's parts was awesome - he had all the little moments down that give so much character to the original. They all did amazing, but so cool that he got those things in.
Damn, I wish people were nearly half as cool as these guys when I was in highschool. This may be 7 years old now, but mad props to these guys. Also i like how at the beginning the kids were laughing like "har har look at these dorks- wait HOLY SHIT YES"
This was so well done, it's insane, even the small things like the jacket flip and the jaw dropping and even the occasional looking back at or towards the audience is all accounted for and done perfectly.
This was just recommended to me 17 years after it was uploaded and I love it so much I remember watching the MV when it came out they did such a good job hope they are doing well
so many questions left unanswered! Did they win the talent show? How does the tall guy look so much like Damian? How did they get those threadmills to the stage? Did they get more respect from fellow students after this? I NEED THE ANSWERED AA
back of the stage has large double doors that is how they go the treadmills on. one of them was our Valedictorian. They were all well liked in school. And i cannot honestly remember if a winner was declared but if one was it was them.
@@joshuareynolds2515 god bless u Joshua Reynolds for answering the questions I was going to ask in my head tmmrw while I spend an hour to make breakfast
@@joshuareynolds2515 Were they all friends who did this on their own or did some one else at the school produce/direct and cast them? I truly think it is more awesome than even the original.
Genuinely brilliant. To get that in one take is incredible. They must’ve rehearsed so much. The attention to every tiny detail and move is spot on. Feel so pleased for them watching it must’ve been great to be a part of.
Every time I’m reminded of this song this is the video I come to watch. I hated school but this captures that pure joy of teenage friendship that’s one of the only fond memories I have of childhood. I’m so proud of them and so happy and ecstatic they pulled it off and it’s just so freaking pure. The amount of time they put in for this absolutely legendary performance was so worth it.
@@l0sts0ul89 Not actually, the song was made on 2005, the video for the song is from June or July of 2006 and they performed it live in August of 2006, not even a year to practice hahaha
I was waiting for 2:01 and then I gave it thumbs up (even though it's most probably a minor glitch in the original and not meant to happen). Those guys did a nice job!
@@RikDog91 kid on the left straightening his jacket. Exactly like the original video. They did such a good job! Oh wait, I already wrote that... I'll leave it in anyway.
I didn't realise this performance was so many years ago. A friend showed it to me just the other day, and I thought it was a very recent callback to the OK GO vid. It's somehow just that little bit more touching and awesome that it was recreated so close to the original video. Great performance, a great achievement, and I hope those lads are still kicking ass to this day.
lol the point I'm trying to make is that there is way more talent in this video and the bottle flip video blew up way more, which is dumb as fuck to me
This is definitely the best of all of the high schools that attempted this dance. They hit this almost dead on.I would give these guys 15 out of 10 stars no questions asked.
Those guys' creativity is incredible. Their timing was great, and the moves incredible. Who would ever think that a treadmill could be fun. Loved it. 🇨🇦
I love that it was for a talent show, like just imagine setting that up with the teachers. “So what are you going to do for your performance? Singing? Dancing?” “We need 8 Treadmills.”
This rendition is so good that I think I prefer it to the original - I bookmarked this some years ago & still enjoy watching from time to time - please don't ever take it down!
There was a lot of jokes like this back in the day on the comment section, about how much sex the boys were having after this With how long it's been, the prospective kids they fathered from all that would likely be entering senior year of high school around now Do with that information what you will
He’s the most enthusiastic, demonstrative with his movements and looks directly to the audience most of the time (therefore, connects more). He also sings, which seems to help him look the most at ease and convincing out of the 4. I think 2:05-2:40 is a good example of this.
How am I just seeing this now? This is an incredible video! Even if they didn't win the prize at school, they have won 6.4 million hearts. Good job guys 👏👏👏👏👏
One of the coolest things TH-cam recommended to me in a while. Bet those guys were proud after performing that at their talent show, with the crowd going nuts. What a fun school...... And who knows, If they polish up and get the gang back together, something like this could do quite well on AGT 👍🏻🤔👍🏻
Watching again one day later, going to leave another comment so that the algorithm knows that I enjoy this. And I'm going to add this to my feel good videos playlist.
14 years later and me comparing the original to this and it’s the exact same and it goes to show these dudes had talent and I hope their out there entertaining because holy shit it was smooth
I don't know that anyone is still checking comments on this, but you MUST know that this is the best ever TH-cam video. I come back annually to appreciate it. I hope that each of you include a QR scan of this with your resume so that employers know you mean business.
Hahaha
I watch this a lot! These young men were fantastic. They must have rehearsed for months, it's such a difficult routine. I wonder where they are today. Cheers, Alouellette!
😂😂😂
Same. I have to come back to this every once in awhile 😂😂
Same as well right here!
If they didn't win the competition it's a crime
How. How is this statement even true if you didn't see anything else. All they did was copy a routine that was already a thing.
Anybody know if they actually DID win?
Wooahh Just because it was already choreographed doesn’t mean doing the dance is easy. It took OK GO a dozen tries to get it correct. These guys did it live and nailed it the first try. It’s incredible what they did.
@@Ragan31687 Agree totally. Do you know if they won?
Roy W Unfortunately I have no idea
How did it take 17 years for the algorithm to recommend this video to me?
I I'm surprised this videos Got a little less than 6.5 million views.
Thanks, thumbs up, have a great day.
Same! 2024 youtube finally recommended it to me 🤷♀️
I know right?
I was wondering the same thing. These kids are 36-38 years old now… wow
Hi! I also just got recommended it. I think because OK Go posted some shorts recently that have captions about the making of the music video that I just watched.
Same here. What is going on?
This was exactly what youtube was for. Just random kids being creative, not all over-produced stuff, being viewed worldwide from their school hall. Just pure entertainment. Not special message or agenda. Brought a tear to my eye remembering the start of youtube, the good old days.
What’s creative about copying a famous bands music video?
16 years later, I still revisit this video from time to time and wonder what became of those brave, talented kids.
Me too
Facts
11 years ago, still a legend
15 years now and I’m still impressed
@@Xmurdermittenx honestly it's so interesting you responded to this comment because i was just thinking of this video
17 years now!
17 Years later, still super good
@@aGAMINGsork damn. i cannot believe this comment is 6 years old. i'm now an adult w a full time job 😭😭😭
How do you even practice for this? You just happen to have eight treadmills on hand?
FightYourMother they probably used the schools treadmills. Most schools have gyms
Fair point. If that were the case, though, I wonder if the teens were able to access the machines without supervision. Since (US) schools are usually very careful about liability concerns, it's hard to imagine they would've knowingly let students use the machines that way, even after hours.
Forget liabilities, would a US highschool even have that many treadmills for student use? They're not exactly known for their generosity when it comes to funding for school equipment
My school has only 4 and one is never working properly
Omg why was this recommended to me in 2024, I remember this from back in the OG TH-cam days
I love how the guy in the black jacket pulls his jacket down just like Andy in the original video.
They nailed every subtle thing in this video. It was perfect
They missed the part where Damien stumbles on a backwards turn step, I was waiting for it but he did it perfectly but then again at least I go to see what the routine would have looked like without thr stumble
They should do a 2019 remake.
The attention to detail was sublime. Now if only the little fella could have shaved his head like Tim, it would have been perfect
You plan a presentation like this, God dammit you find those treadmills.
I'm impressed high schoolers could wrangle together 8 treadmills.
Tara Strong that's the first thing I though lol
That's a really nice *ahem* not stolen at all comment
huh
Our school has a gym in it, instead of a sport hall. It has treadmills and swimming pools and all the equipment
I know that's to much for me I would never try to do that because one time my neighbor had one of those and I accidentally pressed the button to speed it up and fell and got in trouble so I will never do that again!!!!😲😲😲
Never have I been so proud of a group of people I've never met.
almost 18 years later and still one of the best videos on here
Seven years later to this date, this vid has become legendary... the boys are grown up now and probably have moved on, but this epic performance of their high school youth remains forever for others to see years to come... where ever you guys are, Trend on boys... trend on! :)
ill allow it
It's eight years later, smart child.
Trolls4daLols lelelellelelelele trold xd :^)
Is it important to you to be anally precise? My original comment was posted to this month now March, 5 months earlier, last year, 2014... Do you know what month this originally came out? If I posted this in January of THIS YEAR, then your correction is valid.
odiemodie1 hey they became famous if you were wondering. Look up OK GO and they have vids with like 100 mil views.
I come back to this video every 2ish years just to marvel in the amazing early-2000s video quality, the raw performance, the confidence, the coordination & choreography, but most importantly the testament to friendship this shows. I hope all these guys stayed friends & stay in touch now.
definitely a joke comment right? Kinda confused.
its been 2 ish years, come back
Because you don't have friends?@@scoob4333
Can we appreciate for a moment how fucking well those guys did?
+ThePipea8a They fucking killed it!
They did it better than OK GO. In the original the guy in the red pants slips a minute in just a bit. But these guys did it perfectly
meragan12487 I like how they mimicked everything to perfection.
+ThePipea8a yes
meragan12487 They didn't do it better than OK Go. These guy just imitated the band; the band was taught the moves by the singer's professional ballroom dancing sister. A tiny slip doesn't mean the students did it better. Don't get me wrong, they did great, but I doubt they were coached on technique like the band was.
17 years and this video doesn't get old. Hope the legends are still living their best life.
🎉🎉🎉
Odds are at least one of them has probably ODed by now.. I mean, they are listening to that devil music and emulating it move for move.. Im sure they are probably injecting joints and huffing magic mushrooms also..
It still amazes me how fantastic it is and in front of a live audience. Absolute legends.
How about the fact they’re all now probably in their early 30’s. 😲
We need a 2023 version. 😅
this may be a coincidence but they also got the sizes of the band members right
I bet they chose their different roles by the their relative sizes :)
OrigamiMarie and hairstyles because the guy with the pink pants had baggy hair along with the guy in the black jacket
I still come back here from time to time to watch this. Just love the talent and the crowd enthusiasm. Best impersonation ever.
Did I just applaud at the end of a TH-cam video? Why yes. Yes I did! Great job.
I know! I have never said "f**k yea!!!!" out loud after a video before! Will smile rest of day now.
An absolute joy to watch. ... repeatedly. 😂
The kid doing Tim's parts was awesome - he had all the little moments down that give so much character to the original. They all did amazing, but so cool that he got those things in.
their attention to detail of the actual video is pretty amazing #loveit
Damn, I wish people were nearly half as cool as these guys when I was in highschool.
This may be 7 years old now, but mad props to these guys.
Also i like how at the beginning the kids were laughing like "har har look at these dorks- wait HOLY SHIT YES"
4 years now. How's it going? :)
They were literally screaming and getting excited at the start but nice fanfic
6 years
It didn’t get any better
How I wish we had music videos and camcorders smaller than spare tires when I was in high school.
This was so well done, it's insane, even the small things like the jacket flip and the jaw dropping and even the occasional looking back at or towards the audience is all accounted for and done perfectly.
And even the styling (colours)
Even in 2016, this is still fucking awesome.
Lexi Cardona i agree
Even in 2017 this is still awesome
But in 2018, it will be awesomesauce!!! :)
It is my friend! It is!!!
Hot dam, I called that one!
This was just recommended to me 17 years after it was uploaded and I love it so much I remember watching the MV when it came out they did such a good job hope they are doing well
so many questions left unanswered!
Did they win the talent show?
How does the tall guy look so much like Damian?
How did they get those threadmills to the stage?
Did they get more respect from fellow students after this?
I NEED THE ANSWERED AA
back of the stage has large double doors that is how they go the treadmills on. one of them was our Valedictorian. They were all well liked in school. And i cannot honestly remember if a winner was declared but if one was it was them.
@@joshuareynolds2515 god bless u Joshua Reynolds for answering the questions I was going to ask in my head tmmrw while I spend an hour to make breakfast
I went to high school here, their talent shows weren't competitions and just a showcase.
@@joshuareynolds2515 Were they all friends who did this on their own or did some one else at the school produce/direct and cast them? I truly think it is more awesome than even the original.
17 years ago! Lol where has this been! ?
Now this is the TH-cam of the past i loved so much
Genuinely brilliant. To get that in one take is incredible. They must’ve rehearsed so much. The attention to every tiny detail and move is spot on. Feel so pleased for them watching it must’ve been great to be a part of.
I went to the wrong high school.
I feel same way 🤣
I live in the wrong country
NO YOU DIDNT I GO HERE
😭😭😭
Lmao no you didn’t. It almost was shut down for bad test scores at this time 😂
I’m finding this 17 years after. The video lives and is awesome. Great job. Killed it.
😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😲😮😮😮😮😁😁😁😁my facial expressions watching this the entire time.
WOW!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Every time I’m reminded of this song this is the video I come to watch. I hated school but this captures that pure joy of teenage friendship that’s one of the only fond memories I have of childhood. I’m so proud of them and so happy and ecstatic they pulled it off and it’s just so freaking pure. The amount of time they put in for this absolutely legendary performance was so worth it.
I would love to do this for my talent show but first i need 3 friends and 8 treadmills. Lol.
The 8 treadmills are possible, but 3 friends are too out of my realm of possibility’s
@@timoshea207 Brilliant 👏
Isn’t there 4 treadmills? 😳
I love the detail and effort put into this - It's so true to the original.
Brilliant to pull this off so perfectly live!
you guys went to some fancy schools...
funny i should see you here Mr. T1J
I go to the same HS and I guess you could say it looks like a heckin collage
These are the hero’s of nerdcadamia
I rickrolled all my school.
Your friends all had money for phones and sneakers and trendy clothes? That is how much one used treadmill cost.
Priorities.
A whole 13 years ago, jesus... And they performed it almost perfectly. That's really impressive :D
I come back to watch this every year or so.
"What was that sound?" "137 teenage girls wetting their pants simultaneously."
This could also apply for a Beatles concert
This is a fucking weird comment
crass
I can't believe Ima be going to school here this year... I hope the talent shows are still like this.
Only if you come up an act to top it. Good Luck!
Come up with something great!
@Miss Miserycip
So how was school there?
@@Nokorola well now that I’ve graduated from it… I can tell you it was a roller coaster… so many fights and drama at that place. Glad it’s over with.
Randomly remembered this video existed. Still incredible
Same haha
Yup, me too.
What great contributions are they making in the world today?? Where are they now?
Just checking in here (15 years late to the party) to say....well done, boys!
I hope they are all living their best lives these days.
And I graduated in 2014. I wonder how they are doing now??
17 attempts for the original, one for high school
that's because i bet they practiced a shit ton XD
For the original, they could afford to mess up. These kids couldn't. More was on the line, so I have no doubt they practiced harder than Ok GO.
On the 2006 MTV awards they did it live, obviously in one try c:
@@amikireicraftstore
Years of practice :)
@@l0sts0ul89 Not actually, the song was made on 2005, the video for the song is from June or July of 2006 and they performed it live in August of 2006, not even a year to practice hahaha
Legends never die and neither will these guys
This was amazing and I still watching all over the years. I love Ok Go and this kids was epics.
Anyone who gave this video a thumbs down is an outright jealous hater...this was spectacular!
I was waiting for 2:01 and then I gave it thumbs up (even though it's most probably a minor glitch in the original and not meant to happen).
Those guys did a nice job!
What was the glitch
@@RikDog91 kid on the left straightening his jacket. Exactly like the original video.
They did such a good job! Oh wait, I already wrote that... I'll leave it in anyway.
I didn't realise this performance was so many years ago. A friend showed it to me just the other day, and I thought it was a very recent callback to the OK GO vid. It's somehow just that little bit more touching and awesome that it was recreated so close to the original video. Great performance, a great achievement, and I hope those lads are still kicking ass to this day.
It's been 17 years and it's still amazing
This barely went viral, but a dude flips a bottle on a table and blew up...
jon fleeticvs I wouldn't call 33million views barely viral :l
This only has 5,000,000 view?
the original by ok go has 33million
lol the point I'm trying to make is that there is way more talent in this video and the bottle flip video blew up way more, which is dumb as fuck to me
That video was hilarious, a lesson on satirical comedy.
This is definitely the best of all of the high schools that attempted this dance. They hit this almost dead on.I would give these guys 15 out of 10 stars no questions asked.
They did great! And the fact that it was live w/everyone screaming is amazing
Those guys' creativity is incredible. Their timing was great, and the moves incredible. Who would ever think that a treadmill could be fun. Loved it. 🇨🇦
I will forever love this video, almost as much as the original! These guys rocked it!!
I love that it was for a talent show, like just imagine setting that up with the teachers.
“So what are you going to do for your performance? Singing? Dancing?”
“We need 8 Treadmills.”
"We need 8 IDENTICAL treadmills".
That is so fucking cool guys!!!
First time watching this video, I wish these people the best in life, that was awesome!
One of my favorite moments from teaching at GHS. Was an awesome performance and a lot of fun to watch!
I go there right now, so I think it’s mind boggling that I haven’t discovered this video till now.
I'd love to know where these guys are now and if they still talk to each other.
This rendition is so good that I think I prefer it to the original - I bookmarked this some years ago & still enjoy watching from time to time - please don't ever take it down!
This is still the best thing I've ever seen tbh
They better have won
Great job, gentlemen! You guys nailed it. Congrats on a great performance. This is something you can share with your kids.
Still love this video xxx awesome job guys xx
and legend says to this day they are still getting laid
I think we should all just no more like this post, for it has 69 likes and I think that is just PERFECT for what the comment said. Just sayin
Beautiful 👌🤣
And they deserve it.
There was a lot of jokes like this back in the day on the comment section, about how much sex the boys were having after this
With how long it's been, the prospective kids they fathered from all that would likely be entering senior year of high school around now
Do with that information what you will
I just realized how dope treadmills are.
I'm very impressed that a group of teens managed to pull off this amazing performance.
The original Ok Go video was fabulous. This was a good copy. LOVE it. Saw ok go do it live in their concert back then.
The short guy was the most entertaining for me cause I thought he was gonna be too short to do certain things lol
100% he orchestrated this
He’s the most enthusiastic, demonstrative with his movements and looks directly to the audience most of the time (therefore, connects more). He also sings, which seems to help him look the most at ease and convincing out of the 4. I think 2:05-2:40 is a good example of this.
11 years later TH-cam recommends me this vid. Not even mad I’m grateful.
Same. I think it's the oldest TH-cam video I've seen
Little dude is loving the crowd reaction 😂
Brothers and sisters, the sacred algorithm has brought us together for this moment, after 15 years. 🙏
An absolute delight to watch. Thank you!
OMG you totally got it
Never stops being awesome.
That is so so rock and roll man. love it
*Claps* Tremendous work!! Even attempting that in front of a live audience deserves enormous respect.
OK SERIOUS TALENT HERE. I can barely even walk on a treadmill.
This is gold. congratulations to the guys that did this, it sure was epic! ;)
I watched this 14 years ago. I’m here now 14 years later.
I hope the band saw this.
This is so cool, the asian guy nailed it good job boys
This is ridiculously impressive. I can't imagine how much time these young dudes had to practice this. Well done!
How am I just seeing this now? This is an incredible video! Even if they didn't win the prize at school, they have won 6.4 million hearts. Good job guys 👏👏👏👏👏
Same❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂
I miss when songs like this were the ones that got popular.
THAT'S SO AWESOME, YOU GUYS TOTALLY NAILED IT DAMN, YES PLZ
One of the coolest things TH-cam recommended to me in a while. Bet those guys were proud after performing that at their talent show, with the crowd going nuts. What a fun school...... And who knows, If they polish up and get the gang back together, something like this could do quite well on AGT 👍🏻🤔👍🏻
Watching again one day later, going to leave another comment so that the algorithm knows that I enjoy this. And I'm going to add this to my feel good videos playlist.
Excellent video, greetings from Argentina
I wanna be 15 again! Brilliant stuff guys!
14 years later and me comparing the original to this and it’s the exact same and it goes to show these dudes had talent and I hope their out there entertaining because holy shit it was smooth
This just plastered a huge grin across my face in 2021. Maybe even a tear to the eye.
16 years ago. *16 years ago.*
wow my high school used to be cool
+Randomizer482 HAHAHA
This was the day when they became the most popular kids in high school
true
WHAT A GREAT JOB THESE GUYS DID!!!
is this the fetus cast of the big bang theory