I watch every year of February 3, the day the music died

Very nice - Good job Grand Rapids - from San Jose, CA

This is wonderful! How come that after 13 years it has only 6 million views? I see something new with every extra viewing. So many people contributed so much that you cannot take it all in even after several viewings. It is not the longest continuous take in movie history, but it is still a major achievement which reflects huge credit on Grand Rapids and all the participants.

A great community lip dub - one of the best 🎉

I know the guy that helped video rap this

Cidade linda e pessoas maravilhosas. Seria um sonho morar e viver a vida ali. Parabéns!

Still relevant in 2024

Vote for President Trump tomorrow! Make American Pie Great Again! 😊

Did any of you see the "longest" and "more people" lipdub that Kapfenberg, Austria did after this? There's a HUGE banner in the video that says "GREATINGS TO GRAND RAPIDS, MI!" Not in a bad way, just paying tribute to you guys. Great job!!!

This one, and the Kapfenberg Lipdub, are still two of the coolest videos on KZbin! ❤

Watched this agess ago

Wow! Awesome video! I hope it made a difference for the city.

It's July 2024. We can be this united again. I believe.

It's amazing what people can do when they work together. I lived there for quite a while (but I'm really a Yooper from the UP) and those streets are normally full.

Beautiful!!!!! ❤❤❤

Live in a small town outside the Greater Grand Rapids metro (not Rockford!! everybody says ROckford!) I work in the city and is a great city. Great place to visit! It's off the beaten path , so to speak, but its bigger than Lansing and prettier too! I saw this about 12 years ago, my sister is somewhere in the video, I think. Wanted to see it again! Still awesome!

The very best 'Chamber of Commerce' video of all time!

Já fui várias vezes aos eua ainda vou conhecer essa cidade maravilhosa! Se Deus me permitir.

Wow it feels like the 80s this is the america we lost lets bring it back

There’s something really beautiful about this, the American dream is not dead

This made me cry 😭 Rise up America!!! You cannot die!!! You just can’t!!! 😠😡🥺😢😭😭😭✨🤍🕊️🌹🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️🤍💙

I've watched this video several times over the years, my biggest complaint is that i can only give it the thumbs up once. Absolutely an amazing job by the film maker and everyone involved!

this badly needs an annotated version showing who the people are. I'm guessing there's a fair amount of local celebrities

Just as awesome now as it was like 12 year's ago when I first seen it

Thank you for posting this BTS video! I produce lip dubs and this was so helpful to learn. (And the GRLD is simply the best... one of my favorite pieces of modern Americana!!)

Why copy someone's song for your own? Don McLean's song not yours

One take, amazing. The planning and organization made that happen.

A masterpiece! This director is a genius!

just saw this for the first time because of the American Pie documentary over on paramount plus. I can even begin how to plan and organize something on this scale

I had to watch this video since the song came on in the truck. This video moves me to tears more than the original song. Weird right? I grew up in GR and loved it!

I’m surprised I’ve never seen or heard of this before. It wasn’t until the director of photography of this video showed me this in class last week to demonstrate how a music video can be made that I knew this existed (he’s a cool prof by the way)

Born in Grand Rapids, first time seeing this. Mild case of being 9 years old must've kept this under my radar back in 2011. So much love, brought me to tears. Thanks for this, love our city <3

One of the best videos on KZbin. Imagine if they redid this today, how many more people they would get together!

Quando eu acho que o mundo tá muito louco eu vejo esse vídeo pra me lembrar oq nós somos capazes de fazer de bom

I want speak English, but I don’t know. Queria muito ter alma e palavras de poeta, mas me faltam palavras pra dizer o que estou sentindo. Estou chorando muito assistindo esse vídeo. Porque estou chorando? Não sei. Talvez seja minha alma emocionada querendo ser poeta pra transmitir através de palavras o que ela está sentindo. Obrigado.

GRAND RAPIDS IS A HUGE RED CROSS TOWN EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK A RED CROSS MASTER AND STATESMAN IS THERE TO GREET YOU IF YOU START A PROBLEM WITH THE GRAND RAPIDS RED CROSS MASTER AND STATESMAN BE PREPARED TO DEFEND YOURSELF

12 years later. This video still is epic👍👍👍🎉😊

Beautiful video and city pride ❤

My Husband is a Michigander who transplanted to Milwaukee, WI for work and when this came out, he was SO PROUD of Michigan. It was my intro to Michiganders. WELL DONE

I was in this as an extra with my mom when I was 8. Turning 21 in a couple weeks. Time flies. A forever memory.

Bro joke joke Bro

Cringe

As a Texan with a lot of pride in my state, I fell in absolute love with western Michigan. Good folk up there, much love for my Yankee friends up there along the Grand. One of the best places in the US.

The ballroom dancers near the end are my favorite part.

Always a lovely and uplifting video.

WHERE DOES HELTER SKELTER SUMMER SHELTER GUY SUIT JACKET GO? Where go?

Opus Live is Life is top dog when it comes to lipdups

God Bless America! 🙌

Never heard about this till I watched “the day the music died” documentary. What an amazing video. What joy in that community. Congratulations Grand Rapids and to the filmmaker

Thanks for explaining, I was blown away by the video and wondered how you did it. Actually, even after the explanation I am still amazed!