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In its first 48 hours, the video was viewed more than 3.5 million times.<ref>http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/gatherer/2009/07/25/kevin-marries-jill-–-and-its-the-best-wedding-march-ever/</ref> As of April 2011, the original upload of the video has been viewed over 64 million times and was the 3rd most popular video on YouTube in 2009.<ref>http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/features/weddings/wedding_news/wedding_is_watched_by_33_million_1_655421?referrerPath=home</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] ranked the video at number fifteen on its list of the fifty greatest YouTube videos.<ref name=Time> |
In its first 48 hours, the video was viewed more than 3.5 million times.<ref>http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/gatherer/2009/07/25/kevin-marries-jill-–-and-its-the-best-wedding-march-ever/</ref> As of April 2011, the original upload of the video has been viewed over 64 million times and was the 3rd most popular video on YouTube in 2009.<ref>http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/features/weddings/wedding_news/wedding_is_watched_by_33_million_1_655421?referrerPath=home</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] ranked the video at number fifteen on its list of the fifty greatest YouTube videos.<ref name=Time> |
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These guys are beautiful, lovely, and know how to make people happy and enjoy themselves. This is one of the only few instances of completely happy people. We could have tons of more of this stuff, but if people are consrevative Christians then they would rather faint rather than go through something like this again. God bless kevin and Jill I hope they live a long and prosperous life filled to the brim with happiness. |
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Another video has been posted, with the bride and groom, the judge, lawyers, and the two guards dance into the divorce, to the same song. |
Another video has been posted, with the bride and groom, the judge, lawyers, and the two guards dance into the divorce, to the same song. |
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Revision as of 01:37, 26 April 2011
On July 19, 2009 a viral video called JK Wedding Entrance Dance was uploaded to YouTube that received significant media attention, using "Forever" by Chris Brown as the song for the wedding march.[1][2] The wedding was between Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz.[3].
In its first 48 hours, the video was viewed more than 3.5 million times.[4] As of April 2011, the original upload of the video has been viewed over 64 million times and was the 3rd most popular video on YouTube in 2009.[5] Time magazine ranked the video at number fifteen on its list of the fifty greatest YouTube videos.[6]
Video
The video begins with ushers closing the church doors with everything appearing normal, getting ready for the start of a wedding. "Forever" by Chris Brown then begins to play. To the surprise of the audience, the ushers, groomsmen and bridesmaids then progressively dance down the aisle, culminating in the groom, Kevin Heinz, tumbling through the group. Ultimately, Jill Peterson dances down the aisle, eventually met by her husband-to-be. According to Jill, "[they practiced for] an hour and a half" the Thursday before the ceremony.[7]
Wedding
The wedding occurred on June 2nd, 2009 at Christ Lutheran Church, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, across from the state capitol building.[8] The video was posted on YouTube a month after the wedding at the request of the bride's father who wanted to share it with relatives who weren't there.
Sales
On July 26, 2009 sales of Chris Brown's 2008 song "Forever" reached number 4 on iTunes and number 3 on Amazon.com as a result of the post.[9][10]
Media
Jill told Good Morning America "I grew up dancing and I danced in college. It was something I always wanted to do. I wanted to dance in on the wedding. And Kevin jumped in on board."[1]
The couple appeared on The Today Show on July 25, 2009 to talk about the video.[11] The entire wedding party re-created the wedding entrance dance on stage live the next day[12] as Kevin Heinz's original YouTube clip became a worldwide sensation with over 6.6 million hits, over 36,000 top ratings and overwhelmingly positive comments by Sunday, July 26, 2009. The video has been viewed over 64 million times[13]
In Australia, the remaining contestants plus guests recreated the wedding dance on Dancing with the Stars.[14]
The wedding dance was recreated in the "Niagara" episode of U.S. TV series The Office. All main characters, except the bride and groom themselves, participated in the dance down the aisle.[15][16]
In the Netherlands the JK Wedding Dance was performed by two retired Dutch TV-stars in a competition called "Let's Dance" to raise money for a charity supporting research on children's cancer.[17]
On the show United States of Tara Season 2, Episode 4, a main character says: "I don't care what Nicks family says, we are dancing down the aisle and we are all wearing sunglasses."
The Nevada Humane Society in Reno has produced a video take-off, celebrating the adoption of a dog from the shelter, to tie in with their campaign to find "Forever Homes" for animals. NHS officials tell the Reno Gazette Journal the video has gotten 40,000 hits on their website at nevadahumanesociety.org since posting the video July 22, 2010.[18]
In April 2011, in the lead-up to the Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton, telecommunications company T-Mobile released a parody of the wedding entrance dance featuring lookalikes of members of the British Royal Family dancing to East 17's song House of Love.[19]
Charitable cause
Due to the controversy regarding Chris Brown, the couple set up a charitable contribution effort on their website for donating funds to the Sheila Wellstone Institute, an organization whose efforts are to end domestic violence. Two months after the appearance of the video, donations had reached $16,000.[20]
Parody
On July 27, 2009 Indigo Productions, a video production company from New York City, released a spoof video entitled "JK Divorce Entrance Dance." The parody was shot in a New York City Supreme Court rented for a night and featured professional actors and a professional choreographer.[21] The divorce video has gained considerable media attention receiving over 8 million views on YouTube[22] and was named #1 Funny Video and #2 Viral Video of 2009 by Yahoo! Videos.[23]
References
- ^ a b http://www.huliq.com/3257/84023/jk-wedding-entrance-dance-becomes-youtube-sensation
- ^ http://www.canada.com/Unusual+wedding+video+viral/1828664/story.html
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/24/2009-07-24_fun_minnesota_couple_jill_peterson_and_kevin_heinz_dance_down_the_aisle_at_their.html
- ^ http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/gatherer/2009/07/25/kevin-marries-jill-–-and-its-the-best-wedding-march-ever/
- ^ http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/features/weddings/wedding_news/wedding_is_watched_by_33_million_1_655421?referrerPath=home
- ^ These guys are beautiful, lovely, and know how to make people happy and enjoy themselves. This is one of the only few instances of completely happy people. We could have tons of more of this stuff, but if people are consrevative Christians then they would rather faint rather than go through something like this again. God bless kevin and Jill I hope they live a long and prosperous life filled to the brim with happiness. Another video has been posted, with the bride and groom, the judge, lawyers, and the two guards dance into the divorce, to the same song. Youtube's 50 Best Videos: Jill and Kevin's Big Day
- ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32122519/ns/today-today_weddings/#storyContinued
- ^ http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=820614&catid=391
- ^ http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/07/24/jill-and-kevin-chris-brown-wedding/
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/11/indigo-productions-video-technology-e-gang-09-indigo.html
- ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/32122519/ns/today-today_weddings/
- ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32141897#32141897
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0&feature=player_embedded#
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NReb743MflM&feature=related
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/the-office-wedding-video_n_314916.html
- ^ http://mashable.com/2010/05/03/the-office-star-b-j-novak-to-host-the-webbys/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-FEKLuwYcM
- ^ http://www.rgj.com/article/20100728/NEWS/100728052/-1/news1802
- ^ T-Mobile's royal wedding dance ad
- ^ http://www.wellstone.org/blog/-sheilas-birthday-were-still-dancing-down-aisle
- ^ http://indigoprod.com/nyc-video-production-blog/2009/09/jk-divorce-dance-the-making-of-a-viral-video-hit/
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbr2ao86ww0
- ^ http://video.yahoo.com/playlist/6936046