hello and welcome to Top X where we
countdown the very best that YouTube has
to offer i’m your host Dan and today for
our 25th episode will be getting real
specific and counting down our picks for
the top 10 youtube videos of 2014
for our ranking we decided to use
YouTube’s own list of the most popular
videos from 2014 and the most popular
VEVO videos from 2014 and then combine
the two lists with a few of our own
personal pics youtube decided on their
own ranking based on views comments
shares likes and more and seeing as
we’re borrowing from those two lists
many of our pics or reflect that
criteria number 10 devil baby attack as
we saw in our episode about the top 10
ranked channels pranks in YouTube
essentially go hand in hand so it might
be a bit surprising to you that this
video was not featured on that list but
the explanation is quite simple this
video has a much more sinister motive
viral marketing
created by think moto this devil baby
jack in the box was actually created to
promote the movie Devils do with 50
million views it’s safe to say that this
campaign was more successful than the
movie it was promoting that’s not to say
they didn’t work hard on this one not
only is the baby extremely lifelike but
the stroller is also rigged to a remote
control meaning it could chase down
potential victims that tried to flee
damned if they are creative number nine
apparently this kid is awesome steals
the show during interview if you only
had one shot at Fame would you take it
cuz apparently all you really need is an
interview with a local news station at
the state fair to get extremely famous
just ask little noah over here
apparently don’t watch the news because
I’m a kid in a pearl every time
brilliant grip on it gives me a remote
after we watch the Power Ball if there’s
one thing that people find irresistible
cute it’s small children acting like
adults and little noah here use just the
perfect combination of big words one in
particular of course and the deadpan
delivery to make himself an overnight
phenomenon because you’re spinning
around apparently every time you get
dizzy yes all your stools get busy yeah
as someone who talks on camera for a
living I find this all extremely
frustrating if I say something with a
weird voice or not use enough synonyms
or something I get destroyed in the
comments but this kid does it and he
gets to go on Ellen go figure and the
word apparently is your favorite word
isn’t it yeah buddy got over it now
we got over us you don’t use apparently
anymore yep not all right okay number 8
10 hours of walking in New York City as
a woman coming up next is a video that’s
rather controversial for a number of
reasons which we’ll get to in a second
but either way you definitely found
yourself talking about this one in 2014
girl are you attempting to demonstrate
the sort of sexism and harassment that
women face every day while walking on
the street Shoshana Roberts was filmed
as she walked around NYC for a few hours
the results initially seemed to speak
for themselves doing good hey however
there was a considerable amount of
backlash generated by this video on all
sides first and most damningly hollaback
the new york-based group that
collaborated on the video admitted to
editing out some of the white cat
haulers who many claim created an unfair
and rather racist biased towards the men
of color who were left in however the
woman featured in the video also
received a lot of death threats and rape
threats after participating in the video
which essentially sort of proved the
sexism angle it was going for so discuss
at your leisure I am in my business
exactly i’ve been harassed right after
my grandfather died I’ve been harassed
on my way to a religious function it
doesn’t matter what you wear i was
wearing completely modest clothing not
showing up to my neck down to my arms
down to my ankles number seven always
like a girl at number seven we have
another video that deals with sexism and
how women are perceived in society this
one has a more positive message so it
should come as no surprise that they’re
trying to sell you something show me
what it looks like to run like a girl
here essentially the video shows young
women and at least one young man being
asked to do things like a girl run like
a girl throw like a girl that sort of
thing then the same questions are posed
to even younger girls and the responses
are somewhat different basically the
younger girls show more athletic
tenacity more vigor emphasizing that you
know society hasn’t crushed their
spirits yet what does it mean to you
when I say run like a girl means ren
fest is Yuki originally a Super Bowl
commercial the idea behind the video is
2d stigmatize the term like a girl to
remove its negative connotation and to
examine how such a label can be damaging
to a young woman’s self-esteem is like a
girl a good thing actually I don’t know
what it really if it’s a bad thing or
good thing it sounds like a bad thing
sounds like you’re trying to ameliorate
some they may be trying to sell you
feminine products but the message is
still commendable number six SIA
chandelier at number six we have the
first VEVO video and I think the first
VEVO channel to ever appear on top X
here to get stuck in your head you see
us handily
the shin
written and performed by Australian
singer SIA chandelier earned four Grammy
nominations last year and is the 19th
most viewed video in youtube history
CF herself doesn’t actually appear in
the video although she did direct
instead the video was focused on the
young dancer maddie ziegler closed in
what’s quickly becoming her standard
outfit which you can also see on display
in the video for elastic heart as with
any popular music video especially the
artsy ones like this there are multiple
parodies which exist of this one
including one on SNL with Jim Carrey
which is pretty good
number five lip-sync battle with Emma
Stone hey remember when late night TV
was popular for compelling hosts and the
interviews and not just the stupid skits
they put on online me neither but who
cares about Jimmy Fallon anyway unless
he’s doing one of these pretty hilarious
lip-sync battles appearing on the show
to promote the amazing spider-man 2
stone is naturally challenged by foul
into a lip sync battle he opens with
Iggy azalea’s fancy and she proves her
verbal mastery with hook by blues
traveler me the same to me is not for
free so we see me sing via valent almost
takes it down with his rendition of mr.
Roboto but true to the name of the song
that she picked Emma Stone wins the
crown with all i do is win by DJ Calvin
this segment was so popular that
recently spike TV made it its own
standalone show hosted by your mom’s
favorite rapper LL Cool J number four
first kiss and number four it’s the
ultimate in soft corn lady porn yes it’s
that video that pretty much every female
friend on Facebook shared at some point
last year he turned out the life come on
Justin reason now how are you nice shall
we make out absolutely okay I can snark
all I want but the truth is this is a
pretty well-made video with a very
simple concept perfect strangers kissing
for the first time it’s so simple and
well put together you’d swear they’re
selling something oh wait they are never
mind those same same she didn’t die yes
it turns out that this video was created
by Melissa Coker founder of the red
clothing company and the video was
intended to promote the new fall
clothing line I’m not sure how well that
collection sold but Dan was this ever a
popular video
Oh
number three Katy Perry dark horse
featuring Juicy J out of all the vevo
channels that dominate YouTube none is
more dominant than katy perry in fact
one of the top five VEVO videos for 2013
was her video for roar so it should come
as little surprise that the number one
VEVO video for 2014 was her clip for
Dark Horse you but you better choose
carefully I’m capable of anything the
song itself is a mash-up of pop hip-hop
and tramp so it makes sense that the
video itself and all the imagery there
in would be a mishmash as well blending
ancient Egyptian imagery with Americana
bright colors fancy costumes and a nice
amount of special-effects abound
the video is not without its controversy
though one of katie’s potential suitors
in the video apparently was wearing a
pendant that or the arabic word for
Allah this apparently had to be removed
from the video following a petition
number two nike football wiener stays by
nike football 2014 might go down as the
year that viral videos were completely
co-opted by branding well here to sell
you some sweet sporting goods is nike
when it stays on gonna stays on meds
kind of stays on yes i’m tresh on
ronaldo it in the premise is actually
pretty cool essentially a rather
standard game of pickup football becomes
epic as each player calls out which
famous player they are and then
magically transforms into them leading
to a star-studded video featuring
Ronaldo Neymar and Rooney just to name a
few to expand their demographic past
soccer some non footballers do appear so
Kobe Bryant Anderson Silva and even the
Incredible Hulk make appearances at
certain points
oh of course the final goal is scored by
an average Joe because all he needed was
the power of believing in himself and of
course those sweet nike cleats
of course this video is terribly
unrealistic not because the players
magically transform into different
people but rather there are five goals
scored and it looks like fun to watch
totally not soccer before we get to our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions that’s okay yo mister please
help me please don’t play shit what
exactly please but you only need the
light things burning low only ice the
Sun when it starts to snow only know you
love her when you let her go
number one mutant giant spider dog
thankfully our topic isn’t trying to
sell you anything although you may be
inclined to stock up on bug spray after
seeing it yes YouTube’s most popular
video that wasn’t on VEVO for 2014 was
the mutant giant spider dog
created by polish pranksters sylwester
wardega and his wiener dog chica the
premise is super simple dress chica up
like a spider and scare the crap out of
people
although there are some elaborate setups
involving body parts wrapped in webbing
the best part of this is chica not only
do her movements help to simulate the
bombing of the spiders legs but the
enthusiasm which she chases down her
victims is both cute and terrifying
terrifying to think of a spider that big
coming at you and cute of course because
if you think about it it’s just a dog
who wants to play
after a series of music videos and
veiled viral marketing it’s nice to give
the top spot to a video that does what
YouTube does best cute animals and
strangers getting the crap scared out of
them thats it for our list we hope you
enjoyed it be sure to vote on upcoming
episodes on our suggesting a check us
out on twitter facebook and instagram
and for more great top tens published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
countdown the very best that YouTube has
to offer i’m your host Dan and today for
our 25th episode will be getting real
specific and counting down our picks for
the top 10 youtube videos of 2014
for our ranking we decided to use
YouTube’s own list of the most popular
videos from 2014 and the most popular
VEVO videos from 2014 and then combine
the two lists with a few of our own
personal pics youtube decided on their
own ranking based on views comments
shares likes and more and seeing as
we’re borrowing from those two lists
many of our pics or reflect that
criteria number 10 devil baby attack as
we saw in our episode about the top 10
ranked channels pranks in YouTube
essentially go hand in hand so it might
be a bit surprising to you that this
video was not featured on that list but
the explanation is quite simple this
video has a much more sinister motive
viral marketing
created by think moto this devil baby
jack in the box was actually created to
promote the movie Devils do with 50
million views it’s safe to say that this
campaign was more successful than the
movie it was promoting that’s not to say
they didn’t work hard on this one not
only is the baby extremely lifelike but
the stroller is also rigged to a remote
control meaning it could chase down
potential victims that tried to flee
damned if they are creative number nine
apparently this kid is awesome steals
the show during interview if you only
had one shot at Fame would you take it
cuz apparently all you really need is an
interview with a local news station at
the state fair to get extremely famous
just ask little noah over here
apparently don’t watch the news because
I’m a kid in a pearl every time
brilliant grip on it gives me a remote
after we watch the Power Ball if there’s
one thing that people find irresistible
cute it’s small children acting like
adults and little noah here use just the
perfect combination of big words one in
particular of course and the deadpan
delivery to make himself an overnight
phenomenon because you’re spinning
around apparently every time you get
dizzy yes all your stools get busy yeah
as someone who talks on camera for a
living I find this all extremely
frustrating if I say something with a
weird voice or not use enough synonyms
or something I get destroyed in the
comments but this kid does it and he
gets to go on Ellen go figure and the
word apparently is your favorite word
isn’t it yeah buddy got over it now
we got over us you don’t use apparently
anymore yep not all right okay number 8
10 hours of walking in New York City as
a woman coming up next is a video that’s
rather controversial for a number of
reasons which we’ll get to in a second
but either way you definitely found
yourself talking about this one in 2014
girl are you attempting to demonstrate
the sort of sexism and harassment that
women face every day while walking on
the street Shoshana Roberts was filmed
as she walked around NYC for a few hours
the results initially seemed to speak
for themselves doing good hey however
there was a considerable amount of
backlash generated by this video on all
sides first and most damningly hollaback
the new york-based group that
collaborated on the video admitted to
editing out some of the white cat
haulers who many claim created an unfair
and rather racist biased towards the men
of color who were left in however the
woman featured in the video also
received a lot of death threats and rape
threats after participating in the video
which essentially sort of proved the
sexism angle it was going for so discuss
at your leisure I am in my business
exactly i’ve been harassed right after
my grandfather died I’ve been harassed
on my way to a religious function it
doesn’t matter what you wear i was
wearing completely modest clothing not
showing up to my neck down to my arms
down to my ankles number seven always
like a girl at number seven we have
another video that deals with sexism and
how women are perceived in society this
one has a more positive message so it
should come as no surprise that they’re
trying to sell you something show me
what it looks like to run like a girl
here essentially the video shows young
women and at least one young man being
asked to do things like a girl run like
a girl throw like a girl that sort of
thing then the same questions are posed
to even younger girls and the responses
are somewhat different basically the
younger girls show more athletic
tenacity more vigor emphasizing that you
know society hasn’t crushed their
spirits yet what does it mean to you
when I say run like a girl means ren
fest is Yuki originally a Super Bowl
commercial the idea behind the video is
2d stigmatize the term like a girl to
remove its negative connotation and to
examine how such a label can be damaging
to a young woman’s self-esteem is like a
girl a good thing actually I don’t know
what it really if it’s a bad thing or
good thing it sounds like a bad thing
sounds like you’re trying to ameliorate
some they may be trying to sell you
feminine products but the message is
still commendable number six SIA
chandelier at number six we have the
first VEVO video and I think the first
VEVO channel to ever appear on top X
here to get stuck in your head you see
us handily
the shin
written and performed by Australian
singer SIA chandelier earned four Grammy
nominations last year and is the 19th
most viewed video in youtube history
CF herself doesn’t actually appear in
the video although she did direct
instead the video was focused on the
young dancer maddie ziegler closed in
what’s quickly becoming her standard
outfit which you can also see on display
in the video for elastic heart as with
any popular music video especially the
artsy ones like this there are multiple
parodies which exist of this one
including one on SNL with Jim Carrey
which is pretty good
number five lip-sync battle with Emma
Stone hey remember when late night TV
was popular for compelling hosts and the
interviews and not just the stupid skits
they put on online me neither but who
cares about Jimmy Fallon anyway unless
he’s doing one of these pretty hilarious
lip-sync battles appearing on the show
to promote the amazing spider-man 2
stone is naturally challenged by foul
into a lip sync battle he opens with
Iggy azalea’s fancy and she proves her
verbal mastery with hook by blues
traveler me the same to me is not for
free so we see me sing via valent almost
takes it down with his rendition of mr.
Roboto but true to the name of the song
that she picked Emma Stone wins the
crown with all i do is win by DJ Calvin
this segment was so popular that
recently spike TV made it its own
standalone show hosted by your mom’s
favorite rapper LL Cool J number four
first kiss and number four it’s the
ultimate in soft corn lady porn yes it’s
that video that pretty much every female
friend on Facebook shared at some point
last year he turned out the life come on
Justin reason now how are you nice shall
we make out absolutely okay I can snark
all I want but the truth is this is a
pretty well-made video with a very
simple concept perfect strangers kissing
for the first time it’s so simple and
well put together you’d swear they’re
selling something oh wait they are never
mind those same same she didn’t die yes
it turns out that this video was created
by Melissa Coker founder of the red
clothing company and the video was
intended to promote the new fall
clothing line I’m not sure how well that
collection sold but Dan was this ever a
popular video
Oh
number three Katy Perry dark horse
featuring Juicy J out of all the vevo
channels that dominate YouTube none is
more dominant than katy perry in fact
one of the top five VEVO videos for 2013
was her video for roar so it should come
as little surprise that the number one
VEVO video for 2014 was her clip for
Dark Horse you but you better choose
carefully I’m capable of anything the
song itself is a mash-up of pop hip-hop
and tramp so it makes sense that the
video itself and all the imagery there
in would be a mishmash as well blending
ancient Egyptian imagery with Americana
bright colors fancy costumes and a nice
amount of special-effects abound
the video is not without its controversy
though one of katie’s potential suitors
in the video apparently was wearing a
pendant that or the arabic word for
Allah this apparently had to be removed
from the video following a petition
number two nike football wiener stays by
nike football 2014 might go down as the
year that viral videos were completely
co-opted by branding well here to sell
you some sweet sporting goods is nike
when it stays on gonna stays on meds
kind of stays on yes i’m tresh on
ronaldo it in the premise is actually
pretty cool essentially a rather
standard game of pickup football becomes
epic as each player calls out which
famous player they are and then
magically transforms into them leading
to a star-studded video featuring
Ronaldo Neymar and Rooney just to name a
few to expand their demographic past
soccer some non footballers do appear so
Kobe Bryant Anderson Silva and even the
Incredible Hulk make appearances at
certain points
oh of course the final goal is scored by
an average Joe because all he needed was
the power of believing in himself and of
course those sweet nike cleats
of course this video is terribly
unrealistic not because the players
magically transform into different
people but rather there are five goals
scored and it looks like fun to watch
totally not soccer before we get to our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions that’s okay yo mister please
help me please don’t play shit what
exactly please but you only need the
light things burning low only ice the
Sun when it starts to snow only know you
love her when you let her go
number one mutant giant spider dog
thankfully our topic isn’t trying to
sell you anything although you may be
inclined to stock up on bug spray after
seeing it yes YouTube’s most popular
video that wasn’t on VEVO for 2014 was
the mutant giant spider dog
created by polish pranksters sylwester
wardega and his wiener dog chica the
premise is super simple dress chica up
like a spider and scare the crap out of
people
although there are some elaborate setups
involving body parts wrapped in webbing
the best part of this is chica not only
do her movements help to simulate the
bombing of the spiders legs but the
enthusiasm which she chases down her
victims is both cute and terrifying
terrifying to think of a spider that big
coming at you and cute of course because
if you think about it it’s just a dog
who wants to play
after a series of music videos and
veiled viral marketing it’s nice to give
the top spot to a video that does what
YouTube does best cute animals and
strangers getting the crap scared out of
them thats it for our list we hope you
enjoyed it be sure to vote on upcoming
episodes on our suggesting a check us
out on twitter facebook and instagram
and for more great top tens published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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