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2007 Internet viral video

Charlie bit my finger - again !
Charlie Bit My Finger screenshot.png

Harry and Charlie equally seen in the video
Starring Harry Davies-Carr
Charlie Davies-Carr

Release date

 22 May 2007 (2007-05-22)

Running time

 55.7 seconds
Country United Kingdom

"Charlie bit my finger - again !",[1] more simply known as "Charlie Flake My Finger" or "Charlie Fleck Me", was a 2007 internet viral video famous for being at the time the virtually viewed YouTube video.[ii] [3] Equally of July 2021, the video received over 886 one thousand thousand views. In May 2021, the video was sold as an NFT at auction for over $700,000. On 24 May, the video was set to Unlisted.[4] [v]

The 56-second-long video,[6] which was uploaded on YouTube in May 2007,[7] features Harry Davies-Carr (aged 3) and Charlie Davies-Carr (aged i), 2 brothers from the Great britain. Both seated in a chair, Harry puts his finger into Charlie'south mouth and gets bitten. He says "Charlie bit me", before putting his finger back into Charlie'due south mouth, upon which information technology gets bitten harder. Harry says "ouch" repeatedly, and his brother begins to giggle. Afterward, Harry smiles and repeats "Charlie bit me. And that really hurt."[2]

On 23 July 2021, the video was set to "Individual" due to a change in YouTube policy that automatically marked individual all "unlisted" videos dated 31 December 2016 or earlier. YouTube announced the modify on June 23, 2021 every bit a 30-solar day warning earlier the change took event.[8]

The Charlie Fleck Me "Official Remix" and "Working With Harry and Charlie" NFTs were auctioned off in May 2021.[9]

Background [edit]

Even had I idea of trying to get them boys to practice this I probably couldn't have, neither were coerced into whatsoever of this and neither were injure (for very long anyway).

Howard Davies-Carr, father of the boys[10]

Howard Davies-Carr, the father of the boys, said the video was "but an endeavour to capture the boys growing upwards". While watching the finger-biting scene on his camera afterwards recording information technology, it "didn't particularly stand out". It was non until he transferred the video onto his figurer a few weeks afterwards and played it once more that he found it to exist comedic.[11]

The Davies-Carr family unit lives in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. Howard uploaded the video onto YouTube so that it could be watched by the boys' godfather, who was living in the United states.[2] He chose YouTube because the size of the video file was and then big that information technology could non be sent by email. Originally the video was prepare to individual and he mentions, "I was just nigh to remove (the video) before it exploded. But once it had (exploded) I had lost command of the clip anyway and so I left it."[12] Howard commented on the video: "The prune only went up equally I wanted to share it with the boys' godfather. I was naive near the whole YouTube thing. It became viral and once that happened at that place was null I could do. People have sent lovely comments and messages and I now upload a new video of the boys every six weeks."[two]

Views [edit]

"Charlie Bit My Finger" had received 2.6 million views on YouTube by the outset of Feb 2008[13] and 12 one thousand thousand views by March 2008.[fourteen] In Dec 2008, it was the twelfth about viewed video on YouTube with 65 million views.[15] By April 2009, the video had received 92 one thousand thousand hits.[sixteen] It became the 2d most viewed video in August 2009,[17] and took over the title as the well-nigh viewed video ever at the end of Oct 2009, when it surpassed Evolution of Dance.[2] By November 2009, "Charlie Bit My Finger – Again!" had received over 130 meg views.[two] In addition to being the well-nigh viewed, it was too the "near favourited" and the second "near discussed" video on the website in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland.[7] In a May 2009 report compiled by Visible Measures, which measures video hits across 150 video-sharing websites, "Charlie Bit My Finger" was the thirteenth most viewed viral video on the Net.[18]

By the finish of 2011, it had been surpassed past music videos Justin Bieber's "Baby", Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", Eminem feat. Rihanna'due south "Love the Way You Lie", Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" and Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull's "On the Floor", becoming the 6th near viewed video on YouTube. Despite being able to regain its position to number 3 (and condign the third YouTube video to attain 800 million views), it has been since surpassed by many other videos, dropping out of thirty almost viewed YouTube videos. Every bit of Dec 2020, the video had reached 878 million views, with over ii million likes.[xix]

Legacy [edit]

As a result of the video's inadvertent fame, the boys gained recognition. Following the video, multiple clips were uploaded by their father to YouTube. They feature Jasper, the 3rd child in the family. Shelley Davies-Carr, their mother, commented on the success: "Susan Boyle has never had the hits we take had. The video got on to a college networking site in the U.Due south. and from there it went viral. I call back the British accents take helped get in so globally viewed."[2] According to a 2008 interview with Shelley, the boys feel embarrassed when they see themselves on television set. She as well noted that in 2008 they were "shy near their new fame."[15] Howard commented in 2009 that his sons "are now almost legendary. People want their autographs, it's just crazy."[7]

In their list of YouTube's 50 greatest viral videos, Fourth dimension ranked "Charlie Chip My Finger" as number one.[20]

The video's lasting affect was underscored past the Davies-Carr family unit's appearance as mystery guests on Channel 4's Big Fatty Quiz of the '00s on 30 September 2012. Among the references to the video includes an episode of the U.S. television series The Office.

In a 2012 interview Howard Davies-Carr discussed the pitfalls of his sons' accidental fame proverb, "In that location are an awful lot of unscrupulous people out there who will try and take advantage of people that don't empathise what they have."[21] When information technology comes to the topic of the boys getting older, the boys' father has reflected, "When the boys get to eighteen, I'd similar them to remember dorsum and call up, 'O.K., I've got something in my life which is more but what I was when I did the 'Charlie Scrap Me' video."

The parents have passed on invitations to talk shows and on making public appearances in media outlets.[21]

In 2014, during his "Later on The Oscars Special" on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel enlisted the help of many big-name celebrities to showcase some of YouTube's greatest videos. The first video to exist showcased was "Charlie Flake My Finger" and was parodied in a video entitled "Bitman Begins" and featured Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and brothers Chris & Liam Hemsworth. Chris played the role of Harry, while Liam played the part of Charlie. The video was a mock trailer for a film featuring the actors. The climactic scene takes identify on the roof of a building where Harry wants revenge on Charlie for biting his finger. "Harry" screams the line "Charlie chip me, Charlie scrap my finger!" They autumn off the roof onto the street beneath. "Harry" then utters the famous line "Ouch Charlie, that actually hurt" while "Charlie" simply laughs.[22]

In an April 2015 interview, Charlie said he thought information technology was "a flake odd that loads of people take watched information technology." Likewise according to the interview, Charlie and Harry's parents take made "thousands" from the video through advertising and sponsorship.[23]

The Davies-Carr family now includes ii additional sons, Jasper and Rupert.[24]

Osama bin Laden had the video in his computer's audio/visual collection.[25]

A sound prune from the video is featured in "Pulse 8", the first rail of the 2015 album Integrity past grime MC Jme.[26]

Auction [edit]

In May 2021, it was reported that the video would be auctioned off every bit an NFT, and that following the sale, the video would be removed from YouTube.[27] The winner of the sale, with a top bid of $760,999, was 3F Music – a company which also owns NFTs corresponding to the Disaster Girl and Overly Attached Girlfriend cyberspace memes.[28] Following the sale, it was announced that the buyer had decided that the video should remain on YouTube,[29] however as of Feb 2022 the video remains unavailable to public eyes.

Financial affect [edit]

It was reported that in 2011 the family made over £100,000 in advertizing acquirement from the video. The profit from the video was plenty that the family could beget to purchase a new firm.[30]

Their success has been compared to winning a lottery, a so-called "meme lottery".[21] Since the "Charlie Bit My Finger" video was posted, other videos of babies have gone "viral" on YouTube and the families are monetising them, often making over U.s.a.$100,000.[31]

In response to requests from viewers online the family created "Charlie Bit My Finger" T-shirts, mugs and limited edition calendars.[2] [32]

The family signed into a partnership with a Viral Screw, a viral meme video management company specialising in viral videos, which has helped identify the viral video in meme advertisements for companies similar Sprint and helped to create a viral meme brand.[21] [33] There was also news of a spider web series featuring the boys in the works. As of 2021[update], no information has been released since the initial announcement in 2012.[34]

Come across also [edit]

  • David After Dentist
  • Laughing Babe
  • List of Internet phenomena
  • Listing of nearly viewed YouTube videos
  • Viral video

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External links [edit]

  • Charlie bit my finger - again ! on YouTube
  • Charlie Bit My Finger at IMDb
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