Chocolate Rain
Chocolate Rain Zonday's homemade 2007 song "Chocolate Rain," whose startlingly deep voice, deadpan delivery, and on-screen note that he "moves away from the mic to breathe in" made it an early YouTube sensation.
Origin
Musician Tay Zonday uploaded "Chocolate Rain" in April 2007, a self-produced piece using racial and social injustice as its metaphor. The contrast between his boyish appearance and a booming baritone caught viewers off guard.
Spread
The video spread through forums and blogs, spawning countless covers, remixes, and parodies, including a well-known one by John Mayer. The recurring caption noting he steps away "to breathe in" became its own running joke.
Legacy
It stands as a landmark of the pre-viral-era YouTube, when a bedroom recording could reach millions on novelty alone. Zonday has periodically revisited the track and it regularly appears on lists of the site's foundational memes.
The Chain Trail
No tracked memecoin is currently mapped to this meme.
Key facts
- April 22, 2007: Tay Zonday uploads "Chocolate Rain" to YouTube.
- 2007: The video earns tens of millions of views and mainstream press coverage.
- 2007: Cover and parody versions, including one by John Mayer, proliferate.
- 2008: Zonday appears in advertisements riffing on the song's fame.
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