Chant: Russian Army liven up their training drill by singing the cheesy pop hit
A hilarious video has emerged online of a group of Russian soldiers attempting to liven up their training drill - by chanting the lyrics to 90s pop hit 'Barbie Girl'.
The men were filmed marching up and down a yard as they shouted the cheesy lyrics at the top of their voices.
'Barbie Girl', which was originally released by Danish-Norwegian pop group Aqua, topped the charts worldwide back in 1997.
The catchy dance track was number one in the UK charts for three weeks and, as of 2012, has sold 1.79 million copies here, making it the 13th best-selling single in Britain.
And now the soldiers are enjoying their own fifteen minutes of fame, after the clip has gone viral with more than 1.1 million YouTube views in just two days.
Viewers have expressed their amusement at the clip by posting a flurry of comments on the video site.
One viewer wrote: "This is the best video I've ever seen," while another added: "Ahh... this makes me happy."
The footage was published by YouTube user Steel Giant, but it is unclear exactly where in Russian it was filmed.
Reader Comments
Joan, I think you underestimate . . .
The ubiquitousness and perniciousness of the West's sundry flunkies; and,
the malevolence of the PTB.
R.C.
P.s., If they were singing "Hey, There; Georgie Girl," we'd know that Brehznev (sp?) was still alive. :-D
RC
The cheese is applied liberally, as if by some benevolent invisible hand, to ward off creatures of ill-will and non-being who remain unwilling to shed those dowdy feathers and fly.
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They're not all inebriated, some of them feature cats and lots of them feature snow and ice. Some of them are large machinery and objects falling. One of them is even a rat on an escalator. Funny.
"The ubiquitousness and perniciousness of the West's sundry flunkies; and,
the malevolence of the PTB."
is spot on.