Added: May 25, 2009
From: dascottjr
Duration: 5:33
2010 Webby Award Honoree!!! TIME's #6 Top Viral Video of 2009!!! TIME's #18 Top YouTube Video!!! MP3: http://www.mediafire.com/?kuvzz10m24z T-SHIRTS, ETC: http://www.printfection.com/dasjr/Literal-Total-Eclipse/_s_287428 Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video? Well now they do, in my sixth take on Dust Films' concept! Lyrics: David A. Scott / Vocals: Felisha Noble & David A. Scott, 5/25/09 Facebook fan group (Bryan Schmidt): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104701591982 #1 Literal Video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/03/the-7-best-literal-music_n_249976.html #2 Best Internet Find of 2009: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121802002.html?hpid=sec-tech 1,009,331 VIEWS IN 10 DAYS! 2,001,171 IN 3 WEEKS! 3 MILLION IN 2 MONTHS! 4 MILLION IN 4 MONTHS! 5 MILLION IN 6 MONTHS! 6 MILLION IN 8 MONTHS! 8 MILLION IN ONE YEAR! THANK YOU!!!!! Entertainment Weekly site 5/28/09: http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/05/new-literal-vid.html Wall Street Journal site: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/05/29/daily-procrastinator-total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literal-video-version/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod= Metro (UK print mag) 6/01/09: http://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/05/total-eclipse-of-the-heart-literally.html POPTUB 6/01/09: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNtjwHG32Y&feature=channel_page The New Yorker site 6/02/09: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/goingson/2009/06/watch-and-learn.html NPR website 6/04/09: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/06/the_really_weird_total_eclipse.html?ft=1&f=93568166 TIME Magazine website 6/15/09: http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1904508,00.html Bloggasm Interview 6/18/09: http://bloggasm.com/david-scott-and-the-art-of-the-literal-music-video "Tosh.0" website 9/21/09: http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/2009/09/21/tosh-0-idol-6/ CNN's AC360 6/08/09: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/09/the-shot-literal-videos-rock/ E!'s Daily 10!!! 6/09/09: http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/daily10/index.jsp Dr. Blogstein's Radio Happy Hour 6/10/09: http://www.drblogstein.com/category/bonnie-tyler Good Day L.A.!!! 6/16/09: http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/entertainment/surf_the_web/On_the_Web_Total_Eclipse_of_the_Heart_20090616 WIRED Magazine!!! 7/20/09 (August issue): http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2009/07/pl_playlist?slide=9&slideView=3 ABC's "Nightline"!!! 08/18/09: http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=8360092 "iReport for CNN" 08/22/09: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/ireports/2009/08/22/levs.viral.videos.your.pick.cnn Twitter linked by Ashton Kutcher 5/31/09: http://twitter.com/APlusK Twitter linked by Rock of Ages cast 5/31 & 6/23/09: http://twitter.com/ROCKOFAGES Twitter linked by Greg "Opie" Hughes 6/01/09: http://twitter.com/OpieRadio Twitter linked by Kelly Osbourne 6/01/09: http://twitter.com/MissKellyO Twitter linked by Dita Von Teese 6/02/09: http://twitter.com/DitaVonTeese Twitter linked by Douglas Coupland 6/02/09: http://twitter.com/DougCoupland Site linked by Perez Hilton 6/02/09: http://perezhilton.com/2009-06-02-total-eclipse Twitter linked by Tony Hawk 6/03/09: http://twitter.com/TonyHawk Twitter linked by Jane Wiedlin 6/03/09: http://twitter.com/janewiedlin Twitter linked by Felicia Day 6/04/09: http://twitter.com/feliciaday Twitter linked by Chelsea Staub 6/08/09: http://twitter.com/itschelseastaub Emailed by Moby to ABC News 6/09/09: http://a.abcnews.com/m/blogscreen?id=7861681&sid=75&pid=7158658 Twitter linked by Natalie Tran 6/10/09: http://twitter.com/natalietran http://www.youtube.com/communitychannel Twitter linked by Richard Roeper 6/10/09: http://twitter.com/richardroeper Twitter linked by Robot Chicken 6/16/09: http://twitter.com/cyborgturkey Linked by Andrea Bennett (The Onion) 6/16/09: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrea-Bennett-Onion-News-Anchor/38257616045 Twitter linked by Michael Seater 6/24/09: http://twitter.com/michaelseater Twitter linked by Lee Unkrich (Pixar) 7/01/09: http://twitter.com/leeunkrich Butterfly Boucher liked it!!! 8/10/09 (comments): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqsCPgumu-o Ken Levine (writer: Mash, Simpsons, etc) 8/21/09: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2009/08/funniest-literal-music-video.html Twitter linked- Jaime King/Selma Blair 08/24/09: http://twitter.com/Jaime_King Facebook linked by Bob Rivers 09/19/09: http://www.bobrivers.com/ Twitter linked by Simon Pegg 11/06/09: http://twitter.com/simonpegg Twittered by Scottish Falsetto Socks 01/22/10: http://twitter.com/falsettosocks 6/08/09: #1 - Top Rated (This Month) #1 - Top Rated (This Month) - Entertainment #1 - Top Rated (All Time) #1 - Top Rated (All Time) - Entertainment 6/11-25/09: #1 - Top Favorited (This Month) - Entertainment #74 Most Viewed Channel 7/01/09: #8 - Top Rated (All Time) 7/24/09: #3 - Top Rated (All Time) - Comedy THANK YOU ALL!!!
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BeNotNormal Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - This is the best thing ever!
uVueD2b Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - @wmedlin07 TRUE DAT!!!!
uVueD2b Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - forced to watch Glee tonight...they sung Total Eclipse....I HAD TO SEE THIS AGAIN....THIS IS FAAARRRR BETTER!!! I missed watching this---but it's still funny!!!! LOOK AT ME I LIFTING MY ARMS......
kirby52385 Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - Such an awesome version of this song! It cracks me up everytime. thanks for the mp3 of it!
hawking22 Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - this is gold! Hilarious!
HughWalenski Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - I think I need a mop now, cause this made me urinate on the floor laughing.
buffelschedel Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - It is so funny..I really love this... Dit is zooooooooo grappig, vond het bij toeval...maar als je zin hebt om te lachen,moet je zeker kijken ...en de tekst lezen.. ; ) Jacqueline
AngeliaClaire Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - oh my gosh I lauged so effen hard! this is good!
wmedlin07 Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - honestly, i think about 5 million of the views have come from me alone.
67jcrosby Says:
Sep 1, 2010 - "Mullet with headlights." Hilarious.
spennysee Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - There's nothing else to shoot so zoom camera under this arch....... too funny
sirant Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - mullet with headlights.... ?!?!?!?!?!/ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG!!! Best Line EVER!!! Awesome video Just awesome.....!!!
nilsen93 Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - HUAH! *Fart*
yuvgotubekidding Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - This is outrageously funny!
GameKeeper28 Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - The 80s were a strange time indeed. Glad I wasn't in it.
lilmissygrace Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - That was the first time I've actually seen the music video for this song :P I'm sure I'll laugh if It comes up on the music channel!
JustinBiberQueen4526 Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - MOVE OUTTA MY WAY I GOTTA PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE XD HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
JustinBiberQueen4526 Says:
Sep 2, 2010 - @nilsen93 i think u mean the stupid chair xD
Dinoluver12357 Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - I'm TOTALLY shaking his hand.....
lionofct Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - So fackin' awesome! We need more! Death to all the copycat losers who suck at doing this!
reubenthetadpole Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - Anyone else notice that the shot of the two hands crushing the goblets is also stock footage?
cagv818 Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - what the effin crap?
spongebobforever13 Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - haha im a big beatles fan and i laughed so ahrd when it said ringo starr. lol
natalie3197 Says:
Sep 3, 2010 - Literally, this is the most hilarious video ever. I showed this to my mom, and was slightly worried she wouldn't like it because of the minor language. She was laughing so hard through the entire video! (And has showed many of her friends already!) Keep up the AMAZING work!
urlovesmine2 Says:
Aug 31, 2010 - all i have to say is WOW!!!!