December 23, 2007

Digg, The Song

Michael Arrington

85 comments »

Really? Yes, Really:

The song, which is pretty damned good, is performed by Kina Grannis. Here are the lyrics (and hear Kina’s other songs here):

When I’m feeling lazy, at school or when I work
I sneak to my computer, and then I like to shirk
I don’t go online shopping, I don’t email with my mom
I open up my browser, and go to digg-dot-com

Chorus: Gotta digg, gotta digg, gotta digg
Gotta make this story big!
Did you hear that awful sound?
Another server’s down!

I always dig up Apple, and I bury Microsoft
But when I said I was a girl, all the diggers scoffed
And when I see those stories about Senator Ron Paul
I don’t even RTFA; I just digg them all!

Chorus: Gotta digg, gotta digg, gotta digg
Gotta make this story big!
Did you hear that awful sound?
Another server’s down!

The fanboys can be tiresome, they always are outspoken
And if you’re listening Kevin Rose, the comment system’s broken!
I know digg isn’t perfect, but be thankful for what we’ve got
It’s just like daddy always says: “At least it’s not Slashdot!!!”
Chorus: Gotta digg, gotta digg, gotta digg
Gotta make this story big!
Did you hear that awful sound?
Another server’s down!

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  1. Digg, The Song  »TechAddress
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  5. “Gotta Digg” - the Digg Song! | Earn Blogger
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  1. Eric Locken

    I have heard it all now. Give me strength.

    btw When is it being release on itunes?

  2. Michael Arrington

    I REALLY need to get this song onto my iPod.

  3. Cooper Mor

    http://digg.com/tech_news/Digg_The_Song

  4. Michael Arrington

    Cooper - this thing is already on the top of Digg, as it should be.

  5. MadMax3000

    That’s song was pretty good… congrats girls….

    If you need beats, go to http://www.givemebeats.com

    1.

  6. Cooper Mor

    My bad, should’ve scanned the front page first. Sorry! (wouldn’t be offended if you deleted both my comments)

  7. BubbleHead

    Double digg bait. First for the song, and second for the techcrunch article about the song. Sad.

  8. Mezeri

    Did Dan Akerman make this video for Digg?

    Seems a bit commercial to me

  9. BubbleHead

    One of the lamest things about Digg is how many stories about Digg show up on the front page of Digg. When I go to the New York Times, I don’t go to read a bunch of stories about the New York Times, yet apparently news and references to Digg are the main topic of interest to Digg users.

    In a way, it makes the whole site a sad echo chamber.

  10. cezinho

    for the record, it’s congressman ron paul - NOT senator ron paul

  11. Sarah Meyers

    Catchy!

  12. Matt Huggins

    Meh

  13. Amit Chowdhry

    Good voice and guitar-playing skill, but the lyrics are just mediocre.

  14. Michael Arrington

    tough crowd.

  15. Jason

    Buried

    congressman Ron Paul

    And I think congressman goes better in the lyrics

  16. lizv

    tough crowd is right! it’s a catchy song & a great way for her to try & win the superbowl contest.

  17. KUDOS!

    She has what it takes. Charm, humility and not a bad voice at all. Wish her luck!

  18. zoso

    very nice! now we ae waiting for the techcrunch song.
    or maybe an elfyourself version with the editors :D

  19. Ballmer

    Some really good stuff?

    virb.com/balm/

  20. Troll

    guitar-playing, weed-smelling hippy

  21. Amy

    This song is so catchy and the harmonies are great — I love it! She has my vote!

  22. Alex

    This was great! Thanks for sharing…

  23. joe

    I think this is a marketing effort of MySpace to squeeze more market share from facebook. Just speculation. Reason 1: these girls are too cute to be “real ones”; reason 2: go to her blog and you will see the need to sign up a MySpace account to support her. “tell your facebook friends” - that is fishy. Still, I really like the song and the girl.

  24. Jake Bouma

    Don’t forget the Facebook song!

  25. ZiZi

    I would bet 1 dollar that this whole thing is paid by digg… one whole daalah!!

  26. Ryan

    This is exactly why digg isn’t amazing. The potential is there but this kind of BS gets to the top. Does anyone agree?

    http://actionstalk.com

  27. other

    “She has what it takes. Charm, humility and not a bad voice at all.”

    I love how all it takes now is “not a bad voice at all.” Thanks American Idol for ruining the standards of great music by giving half-ass musicians delusions of grandeur.

  28. i am under age

    @26 Ryan, i agree with you.

  29. James Thomas

    Slashdot > Digg.

  30. Amit Chowdhry

    Here Comes Another Bubble raised the bar on tech-related songs. Its hard to compete against something like that. But I do have to admit that I think this song is much better than Valleyfreude (http://valleywag.com/tech/family-business/a-facebook-insider-dances-her-way-to-the-ipo-276235.php)

  31. Orli Yakuel

    Excellent!

  32. John Erik

    hey, but michael, you’re not going to help her out unless you post what she is trying to accomplish with that video — she may have youtube fame now, but she is trying to get people to vote for her so she can have her music video played at the superbowl:

    “Don’t forget to go to http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com to vote for me! (You have to login to MySpace to vote…urk…but it’s worth it!) There’s just one week left! Leave a comment if you vote so I know who to thank! :)”

  33. John Erik

    btw. yes! the song is awesome. hhehe

  34. britney spears

    Mike’s IPOD. he download infamous leave britney spears alone.

  35. Ouriel Ohayon

    le s take a bet: she receives at least one proposal from a label/major within the next 2 weeks (does not mean she ll accept)

  36. Nick

    Take a look at this Facebook song (not the same as previously mentioned) –

    http://www.rhettandlink.com/videos/facebook-song

    It’s hilarious.

  37. Matt

    for those that doubt that these are ‘real’ digg girls, i know the girl on the right and know for a fact she uses digg

  38. Rex Dixon

    @30 - yes, but that was like weird Al - this tune is original, and pretty damn good. Somebody will snatch her up quickly if they are smart. Get her in a real studio to lay some tracks. Interesting enough, I wonder if it will be a traditional label or something created online?

    Rex

  39. Jay Adelson

    This is a great song! How did you find this? Best Digg Fan submission yet.

    -Jay

    P.S… We’re working on the comments…

  40. cvander

    I’m downloding the song to my ipod with filsh.net. Great one! ;)

  41. dc

    Michael,

    What is the deal with your love for digg.com? Everything about that site ends up on techcrunch and written by you. Something is going on here.

  42. Paul

    @dc - “Something is going on here.” Yes, that something is that it’s Michael’s blog. *gasp*

    This song rocks, and it has to be said, the chick is very hot.

  43. Jesse

    35, 38 - Are you serious? No legit label is going to offer this girl a deal…

    “Get her in a real studio to lay some tracks.”
    With acoustic music like this you don’t need to be in a studio to sound good. Just about every band these days self-records, and every other kid in America wants to become a rock star.

    If she recorded a good album she would get a deal, but a cute Digg song is not going to draw any attention from any decent label.

    I feel bad for this girl for all the publicity she is getting for this. It is only going to make it worse when she doesn’t go anywhere, but that is what she gets for using Digg to promote herself.

    If you want to promote something and actually have it become popular, definitely don’t depend on Digg. Publicity from Digg, TechCrunch, Slashdot, Reddit, etc is only going to bring a spike in the short-run.

    If you want fans or a user base that stick around for the long-run, you better have a good product, whether that is a web app or an album.

  44. Gavin Schulz

    Awesome song, it’s hilarious.

  45. Yako

    PR to the work. Anyway great result

  46. RC

    I have voted for you already. She is a talent!

  47. Jared

    Wow, did that just happen?

  48. Directory Blog

    This is really a cool song, I was thinking that some thing like this will surely come up.

  49. Bob

    I hate digg.com, this song just re-enforces why.

  50. Fake Kevin Rose

    digg me MOAR1! i DIGG these chicks!

    disclaimer*im not actually fake kevin rose, perhaps im fake fake kevin rose

  51. ivvardhan

    Nice one! I think this what happens in many cases

  52. steveg

    To Jesse, 43:

    She has a couple albums that are very, very good that you can get to quickly through the links. This song isn’t for record labels, it’s for fans and digg users.

    Of course a cute song on digg won’t get you a record deal, but the point was to draw some quick attention, both to her other more legit tracks, and also (more immediately) to get fan votes for the myspace/superbowl contest she’s in. And it’s fun for the digg userbase.

    You should poke around the site and do some more research (or just read the descriptions) before giving us the tirade about ‘authenticity’. It’s that sort of attitude that ruins digg/slashdot — not a few girls just having fun.

  53. David Berkowitz

    TechCrunch should stick to web reviews, not music reviews.

  54. Saim Baig

    Hey nice song.Very nice.That Microsoft & apple thing was great.

  55. Marco Bonomo

    New Version!

  56. Marco Bonomo

    Sorry, not the original, but The New Version!

  57. Paul King

    really good - here’s a GREAT Facebook song -

    “Facebook Admirer” by Kelsey Skaggs -

    http://www.myspace.com/kelseyskaggs

  58. Jon

    How long do other people think before they get signed up by a record label? They are pretty talented.

    Jon

  59. Dog Turd Recycling

    Digg is full of Mactards and Linuxers in their parents’ basement.

  60. Christopher Harley

    C’mon folks, this is Wonka 101. Is it so hard to peg the technique? It’s web-media jet fuel. A song about Digg that mentions Kevin Rose, Ron Paul, and Apple! Of course it’s going viral . She’s getting attention by accessing the crowd. How many people knew who she was two days ago? Today, more than 120,000 people have watched the video.

    If Doritos doesn’t use this to their advantage by building anticipation during the SuperBowl, someone in their advertising division will be looking for another job that following Monday. If it’s left to a MySpace vote and she doesn’t win it, Tostitos should snap her up for use in their SuperBowl campaign.

  61. Dfactor

    Thanks to Chris Hurley for pointing out the obvious here - geez, for all you smart web developers and entrepreneurs here, you ain’t thinking marketing/PR are ya? This vid is no different than other viral wannabes that cram in a buttload of techpop references to drive that video around.

    Merry Christmas…

  62. David Mackey

    lol. I love it.

  63. bloggo

    This is painfully lame. Stuff like this makes me want to kill myself.

  64. Samwise

    Ron Paul isn’t a Senator….

  65. eillensamson.com

    Wow….what a nice self-composed song…I’m from Malaysia…Way to go…Gotta DIgg!!! Waiting for ur 1st release album:) Gotta Digg Boleh!

  66. Alan Gutierrez

    Hilarious and fun. Very creative. Instant Internet hit.

  67. Benjammin

    Check out Facebook Admirer by Kelsey Skaggs;
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoL5riuNa0o

    Very cool song..and she’s cute too!!!