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chocolate rain
I just watched Chocolate Rain played live on Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.102.101.40 (talk) 04:13, 9 August 2007(UTC)

As much as I detest that song, I strongly disagree with the article protected from creation. Choclate Rain has become an Internet phenomenon (over 4 million YouTube views, as well as several parodies), plus Tay Zonday performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live, which is brodcast nationally. Does that not fall under WP:NOTABILITY? CardinalFangZERO 09:32, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I came here looking for information on the song/phenomenon, was a little disappointed a few days ago when there was nothing at all, happy to find something here now. Contemporary culture is an area where Wiki has great value. 24.203.45.242 15:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Chocolate Rain has an article on WP? Chocolate Shame...—Wasabe3543 11:44, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

#chan
its because chocolate rain was made famous due to the many #chan sites, and as a result the wiki admins refuse that it can be notable, due to this reason alone. There is no reason for this article, or the article about Tay Zonday to not exist, especially when there are thousands of articles about bands that have no where near as much notability. The song (chocolate rain) has even been played on BBC Radio 1 on the Scott Mills show, plus his numerous tv-shows he has been on recently in the States. --Scuzzmonkey 10:51, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * WP:RS. It's policy. Show us the citations or the matter is closed. &mdash;ptk✰fgs 13:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Appearance on a national radio show in the UK - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HxVM82Nv0xI
 * Appearance on Jimmy Kimmel - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NattlyH0IeM

--Darksun 15:38, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

If we show you the picture of Taz Zonday, AKA Adam Bahner acknowledging 4chan as discovering will the admins allow it?
 * This has nothing to do with admins. It's about policy. A picture is not a reliable source. A quote, however, would suffice. the_undertow talk  04:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Tay Zonday wasn't notable at all three days ago, but thanks to the benevolence of the exalted admins he shall be henceforth. Thank you for giving him permission to be noteworthy. As we all know nothing is worthwhile if it isn't deemed acceptable by the Wikipedia blackshirts. --NyBob85 05:12, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * And just another example as to how the mass censorship of wikipedia is totally undermining the reasons as to why it was set up. --81.178.217.78 17:24, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Notability cannot be established without published sources. You and all your friends could have been watching this video six months ago, but until someone publishes an account of this phenomena, it would not merit inclusion. the_undertow talk  21:06, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Verifiability and notability guidelines are policies supported Wikipedia's founder. It's not 'going against the reason as you why Wikipedia was set up' atall - Wikipedia was set up to be an encyclopaedia, not an indiscrimated collection of knowledge. --Darksun 14:17, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Here is full proof that chocolate rain was started on 4chan's /b/. http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=32640395&x=chocolate+rain It comes from a site that archive's 4chan threads. After that thread was made, Tay became famous. Gliabrant 02:53, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 4chanarchive is not a reliable source. Odd how 4chan folks seem to spend a lot of time here blowing smoke about starting internet fads, but no reliable source ever seems to commit that to print. Almost makes you think it's not true, eh? &mdash;ptk✰fgs 05:19, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, on an imageboard where any given thread will be bumped off and deleted as quickly as 5 minutes after the last post, it's hard for anything that originates there to be proven reliably. Darkwhistle 09:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * True, but when the thread was made, Tay Zonday has NO subscribers, and no comments. After that thread was made, he skyrocketed in popularity. And also, this particular thread had 268 posts, which means it was around longer then 5 minutes. :) 76.3.186.148 20:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * WIKIPEDIA RUNS ON RELIABLE SOURCES. This is non-negotiable policy. No sources? Nothing to discuss. Have a nice day. &mdash;ptk✰fgs 21:38, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Have a nice day yourself! ;-)


 * So, even given the fact that the dates are placed on the posts, you still do not believe it originated on 4chan? - !Malomeat 08:16, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


 * If you think about the memes that are about at the moment, Caturday, Mudkips, Seaking, Bitches Don't Know About My {Insert}, all of them have originated from 4chan and /b/ no matter what the guys on SA or ebaums say. But as they are just that, internet meme's it will never get articles in The Times or any WP:RS because it is the internet. If celebrities were running around telling reporters to "Do a Barrel Roll" and saying "sup /b/rother" then WP:RS would find out about it, but they are not. There are certain aspects, especially meme's that cannot be subject to WP:RS as they quite simply do not exist outside of the internet, and thus there is no RS that covers them, except maybe on a complete off chance, and even then does not credit them with where they came from. --Scuzzmonkey 00:29, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * the WP:IAR exists for a reason too. --Scuzzmonkey 00:33, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I hope you know a good deal of fag 4chan's memes aren't theirs.--Thelostcup 20:00, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Definitely originated on 4chan and the Wiki neckbeards can't keep removing the references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.255.241.85 (talk) 23:07, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Chocolate Rain Lyrics Permission
Hello, I am now aware that to post the song's lyrics requires copyright permission, well I have contacted Tay Zonday with my request for permission, and I am still waiting for a response. If he grants permission for the Chocolate Rain lyrics to be included in this article, should I add them? I just want some opinions. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Firejunk (talk • contribs).
 * It wouldn´t hurt, but I still don´t think it needs them. - !Malomeat 08:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * They would be better suited to Wikisource if permission can be gained. Darksun 20:16, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No. Lyrics are almost never good ideas for article content. this isn't an exception -- F i r e j u n k   10:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Chocolate Rain The video says: (Some right reserved under Creative Commons License). You know what this means? --Xinjinbei 14:01, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's a moot point as Firejunk said, lyrics do not belong on this page. the_undertow talk  00:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the Creative Commons licence mean we could upload a sample of the song without the need for claiming fair use? anemone  │  projectors  20:43, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's a noncommercial license, so we'd still need to do so through fair use (although it does make passage of WP:NFCC easier). IronGargoyle (talk) 21:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find which CC licence was in use so thanks for clarifying. anemone  │  projectors  23:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Chocolate Rain was discovered by 4chan.
It's pretty incredible and sad when the article on encyclopediadramatica (under "Tay_Zonday") is more factual and accurate than the one on Wikipedia. I mean, it's pretty clear the people erasing the 4chan references have an agenda. I'm not going to even try to post links because the 4chanarchive should be proof enough. But hey, people spend all their time on wikipedia building sock puppets. Why? I'll never know.

I've seen archive.org used as source before. Why not 4chanarchive.org? Whatever. Because of anon you now have a funny song in your MP3 player. You're welcome. And Carson Daly clearly has someone lurking /b/ for his comedy "ideas." It happens all too often that our memes make it to air.Utils 19:19, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

What you guys must remember is that wikipedia is VASTLY inferior to Encyclopedia Dramatica in terms of the truth in the articles, because wikipedia has a policy of "verifiability over truth" (moar liek shittyness over truth whatwhat). They also seem to have some kind of deep rooted agenda against 4chan. It is sad to see not a SINGLE mention of 4chan's involvement in promoting this abomination of a song, but not really surprising--Tapok 20:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC).


 * If someone added verifiable information about 4chan's role in promoting this song, we should keep it. Until then, what is there to talk about?  Friday (talk) 14:50, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * WP:IAR?--Scuzzmonkey 17:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * See What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means - "Ignore all rules" does not mean that every action is justifiable. It is neither a trump card nor a carte blanche. A rule-ignorer must justify how their actions improve the encyclopedia if challenged. --Darksun 20:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Lurk moar. WP:POLICY, more specifically WP:RS, is not something we make exceptions to without incredibly good reasons. Also see WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. Anyway, go find a RELIABLE SOURCE that backs this up, and come back when you do. -- lucid 20:22, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure they're doing it out of fear of the repercussions of breaking rules 1 and 2 of the internet. --Super Bhaal 22:18, 5 September 2007 (UTC)


 * wiki can to accept that O RLY? had some credit from 4chan using an 4chan achieved post O_RLY%3F yet when shown a achieve on this, rejects it? Adjective Noun 20:13, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. &mdash;BurnDownBabylon 22:26, 12 September 2007 (UTC)


 * This is about confirming a detail in its rise to fame, the O RLY was accepted with evidence from a achieve, and this can also be confirmed with an achieve, so why the diffrence? WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is for countering the "they have this article X, so why not this article Y? not for verifing somthing Adjective Noun 20:34, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * The point of the essay is that one defect in Wikipedia should not be used to justify retaining another defect. All that would promote is a race to the bottom. &mdash;BurnDownBabylon 22:50, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
 * hahahah, so you go and remove that valid citation. "Defect" should be the motto of wiki Adjective Noun 08:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

POST ELECTRONIC ART MUSIC?
Who is the cool guy who called it that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.234.226.72 (talk) 06:37, 12 September 2007 (UTC) xD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 (talk) 18:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC) yeah, i know. it's pretty funny. art music is complex, and requires a clear understanding of music theory. chocolate rain is the opposite of complex. Itachi1452 (talk) 00:37, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Why not...
Why not put something in the article to the effect that "Many people suspect" that 4chan started the meme, and give the rationality (4chan thread just before popularity surge), but then cite t he lack of evidence for that claim. Surely that's acceptable... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.146.33.10 (talk) 16:32, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

4chan sourced
Tay Zonday stated his initial popularity is probably due to repeated postings on 4chan.

"I'm pretty sure the "Chocolate Rain" attention started as a joke at 4chan.org, an image board that is credited with starting lots of popular internet phenomena. It spread to a general audience and people started uploading spoofs. I don't know what causes people to listen to my music. If I could speak it, there would be no reason to write songs. " —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.28.175.4 (talk) 01:25, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * good hustle Adjective Noun 17:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Seeing as this is not a resolved issue, I slightly edited the line from "The spread of the popularity of the song is attributed to 4chan" to "Many attribute the initial spread of the popularity of the song to 4chan." This better represents current consensus on the issue, and also is more acurate (only the initial spread was from 4chan.  Word of mouth probably played a much larger role afterwards, as well as simple links on youtube and elsewhere).  This also avoids the passive voice.  But most importantly, don't enact an unresolved change.Eebster the Great (talk) 02:25, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * See this maybe . And the 4chan article. Christopher Connor (talk) 07:42, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Tributes / Spoofs?
Or whatever that section is called. What leads something to be listed in this section? For example, searching Chocolate Rain on YouTube produces some tribute link by the "WHB Chorus" and that's not listed on here. Wobblies 13:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There are too many nothing spoofs listed. For some reason any time you go to CR's video on youtube "Vanilla Snow" always shows up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.185.6.18 (talk) 14:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Chocolate Rain and Jenkem
I was quite intrigued about the lyrics reading the Encyclopedia Dramatica article (www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Jenkem) connecting this video with the Jenkem phenomenon, asserting (about the alleged emergence among American teenagers of Jenkem as a recreational hallucinogenic drug): "This increase has been partly attributed to the success of Chocolate Rain, whose lyrics implicitly refer to the practice and social effects of jenkem abuse." Having first read about this link in the About.Com:Urban Legends page Jenkem &mdash; Drug Warning I became very curious to investigate the actual lyrics of "Chocolate Rain." In a section above the need for including the lyrics is dismissed, however, I would still be very interested in at least having a link to a page which contains the lyrics. Perhaps they could find their place on Wikisource if the licence would permit that. __meco 08:30, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA here's the lyrics --84.250.45.172 (talk) 18:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Encyclopedia Dramatica is a paroday website. 78.144.108.38 (talk) 03:57, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Cherry Cola
I actually made the first post about an internet phenomenon. Usually people make it here before me. Someone edited it and made it better, but still, I win for once. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.3.145.36 (talk) 01:40, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

genre?
--220.233.201.76 (talk) 12:21, 14 February 2008 (UTC) how is this "post electronic art music"? somebody fix this!

Lyrical interpretation
I believe that a link of the external variety regarding a lyrical interpretation, if you will, of the song in question would be in order. Wherefore am I inexplicably seeming to sound knowledgible, I ask thee.  Kodster  (Talk) 01:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. Without a lyric interpretation, the song makes little to no sense at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperSmashBros.Brawl777 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Benefit Power?
Should we add something about the Benefit Power album? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.45.149.42 (talk) 21:11, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

why the hell is this locked!!!!
this is horrible. why. someone answer me why —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.180.96.113 (talk) 20:46, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Because it's been a target for vandalism. As the protection log says, the protection will expire eventually. Cheers,  Alex Muller  20:48, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

what exactly is the song about?
I do know that the song has something to do with chocolate rain, but what exactly is the idea/story that the song is supposed to tell of? Is there even one at all? I can't identify it, if someone could please clarify it would be appreciated. If there is one, should there be a section on it? I can vaguely sense a meaning to the lyrics, but can't figure it out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.162.146.185 (talk) 02:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

from the article "The song deals with many race issues in America, invoking high prison rates among African Americans ("The prisons make you wonder where it went"), economic racism ("Raised your neighborhood insurance rates") and in many instances how society glosses over racial problems ("Every February washed away")." -cryokeen —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.123.177 (talk) 21:06, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Youtube references
The youtube references don't seem reliable. I might remove them unless there are objections. --Banime (talk) 23:32, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No objections here. Not only are they unreliable, they're mostly copyvios and discouraged per WP:EL. Stifle (talk) 11:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Unbelievable.
Wikipedia is so biased, they'll have a lengthy article about someone who made a sub-par song on his computer, but they refuse to have an article about the Tourette's Guy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.6.143.133 (talk) 03:50, 29 May 2009 (UTC) You know, if you provided a link to what you're talkting about, people might actually side with you - but people are lazy, few will actually search for whatever it is you're talking about.--Cyberman TM (talk) 20:13, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

copyright infringement?
http://www.imeem.com/metalmaniac19/music/eQkk8xUQ/heavenly-sign-of-the-winner/

From around 2:30-3:00 of this 2001 song by Heavenly, the beat/progression is oddly familiar. My friends, better instrumentalists than I say the same. Feel free to shoot this proposal down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.235.84.175 (talk) 04:15, 22 October 2009 (UTC) Would anyone else confirm this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by A metal shard (talk • contribs) 04:18, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

This song needs an image
The breathing away from the mic thing doesn't seem appropriate for the song. Let's at least try to get some art for the song since it has no album. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.166.212.221 (talk) 03:27, 19 December 2009 (UTC) On iTunes, there is a little animated graphic of Tay in his studio. Could this be an acceptable replacement? http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/chocolate-rain/id350211864?uo=4 The Sunglass Parlour (talk) 07:14, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

A video on youtube was taken down comparing the keyboard riff and how it was stolen (alike) to Rick Rossner's song
A video on youtube was taken down comparing the keyboard riff and how it was stolen (alike) to Rick Rossner's song push it and it violated youtube's TOS. There was a guy who spoke into webcam and showed on youtube how he played the notes of one keyboard riff melody and then alternated back and forth and slow speed then fast speed. The melodic sequence was different but it used the same arpeggiated progression of 4 chords repeated over and over again. I know that all music basically uses arpeggios of 4 chords repeated over and over again; but, has this not ever been mentioned before on the discussion archives? Has it been deleted? Has anyone mentioned this before? Obviously the media is not going to do a "60 minutes" piece on this guy because he was an internet viral celebrity, but this video had like 100,000 views and was a reply to his video at the peak of its popularity. If there are any deleted discussions of this in old archives, I'm willing to do the leg work and follow leads if there are any cold trails which needed an hour of effort to find reliable sources. Can only an admin see the deleted discussions on talk pages? Are they archived? How do I know if there has been a discussion of this before on this article? What if this article was deleted. Does the old discussion page get deleted too forever? Thanks to anyone who can answer this question, I'll check back in about a month. 66.231.146.7 (talk) 23:23, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Lack of formal training
How encyclopedic is it to say that a critic from a tabloid is not surprised "by his lack of formal training?" Vocal art, like any art, is entirely subjective. So, I'm not sure how much weight the opinion of a tabloid writer should carry. Primium mobile (talk) 18:02, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

My Little Pony Reference
The most recent episode of my little pony appears to reference Chocolate rain. It should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.222.145.211 (talk) 01:16, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * No, it shouldn't; that's just WP:TRIVIA. (Also see WP:XKCD.) Now, if the reference was called attention to by a WP:RS, or Lauren Faust/Jayson Thiesson/someone else involved in the production of MLP were to talk about the reference, then it might be worthwhile to mention it. But as is, there isn't much more you can say about it than "On the Sept 17 episode of My Little Pony, it rained chocolate." Why is anyone who reads that sentence (who doesn't already know about it) going to care? They won't. Why is that sentence important to the understanding of the song Chocolate Rain? It's not. (The above is merely my opinion on this type of trivia, but WP:XKCD holds regardless.) Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 21:31, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Added a paragraph on the My Little Pony reference. I believe that this rightly belongs in the list of the Spoofs and Tributes as a measure of the spread of the song's influence. While Zonday is not explicity mentioned in the show, one of the main characters draws attention to the "chocolate rain" and refers to it in a comedic fashion. Because of this, most viewers of the show who are aware of the "Chocolate Rain" song would instantly recognize the cultural reference. If it had simply rained chocolate during the show and the characters hadn't drawn attention to it in such an obvious manner, I would agree with Pumpkinking0192.

Melody is a copy of Penguin Cafe Orchestra's Perpetuum Mobile
Title says all.

Not that I could care less.. just thought it was interesting.

Check it out for yourself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E3znZoFnN8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.175.23.34 (talk) 07:14, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

CRITICAL NOTIFFICATION
IT SEEMS TAY ZONDAY WAS HACKED! HIS COMMENTS SECION IS TURNING INTO A MESS!

Tay zondays youtube channel was hacked by someone, but who the hell was it? Tay zonday has halted production of videos becuase those videos are no longer in his hands. and now the hacker is on purposely trying to get the channel taken down by assumingly posting pornagraphic videos on tay zondays youtube channel.

the only problem is, I dont know who the hell hacked him, if you see any more suspicious activity please luanch a reform program for the hacker to seise and dessist or get arrested! DO NOT DELETE THIS! THIS IS CRITICAL INFROMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD! TAY ZONDAY WAS HACKED?! - furryletsplayersXtre 99.20.242.10 (talk) 17:04, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

lede
The video was originally posted to ebaumsworld prior to youtube existing, maybe a note of it's origins is warrented? 80.192.85.232 (talk) 12:35, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

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 * 1. Referencing & citations
 * Recorded   2007 at Tay Zonday's apartment (Minneapolis)
 * – which has been parodied many times.
 * This echoes Zonday's comments posted to the video's page on YouTube.
 * The Performances section needs more references and inline citations.
 * 2. Coverage & accuracy
 * Consider mentioning the music video in the lead.
 * "YouTube Award" is only mentioned in the lead.
 * The video has also garnered over 100 million views.
 * Many attribute the initial spread of the popularity of the song to 4chan.
 * Other reviews have been more favorable.
 * Otherwise, ✅
 * 3. Structure
 * The melody and the drum track of the song have also been noted for being very similar to one of the music tracks from the arcade game UN Squadron.
 * The License section may be given undue weight as a section.
 * The theme of the night was double chocolate donuts.
 * 4. Grammar & style
 * Consider changing Creative Commons by-nc-nd to Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.
 * Italicize "with Carson Daly", "Tosh.0", "The Office" and "SpongeBob SquarePants".
 * Garth Montgomery of The Daily Telegraph praises the song's "hypnotic quality"
 * The footnote of "**I move away from the mic to breathe in"
 * Capitalize every occurence of "Internet".
 * Change, but then he was killed at the end of this scene to . He was killed at the end of the scene
 * Zonday himself appeared as a guest voice on an episode of Robot Chicken
 * Change It was also a reference on the SpongeBob SquarePants episode to It was also referenced in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode
 * Change he "watched Cookie Monster sings 'Chocolate Rain' about a thousand times" to he watched "Cookie Monster sings 'Chocolate Rain' about a thousand times".
 * Paul Reubens debuted a spoof educational movie
 * On November 28, 2007, Zonday released a spoof/sequel to the song titled "Cherry Chocolate Rain".
 * "Chocolate Rain" is the subject of numerous parodies, tributes, remixes, and covers on the Internet.
 * It quickly went viral
 * 5. Supporting materials
 * The Performances section may benefit from a picture.
 * Otherwise, ✅
 * 6. Accessibility
 * Zonday also got a "Web Redemption" on Daniel Tosh's show Tosh.0.
 * Zonday also got a "Web Redemption" on Daniel Tosh's show Tosh.0.
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April 22/23
The release date in the infobox says April 22, but the article says it was uploaded to youtube April 23 (which checks out afaics clicking on the link, unless Youtube dates are based on where you are, in which case it might read differently depending where you are?). I see looking at the article history that it original said the video was uploaded April 22, and it stayed like that for years, so is the infobox date just a hang-over from that?219.88.68.195 (talk) 03:41, 19 August 2022 (UTC)