Avril Lavigne's video for "Girlfriend" is currently
YouTube's all-time No. 2 clip, having been viewed some 88,739,107 (and counting) times; it's playing second fiddle by some million views to the "inspirational comedian" Judson Laipply's
"Evolution Of Dance," a clip that jerks the "OMG, remember this?!?!" chain harder than Girl Talk and is even
less enjoyable to experience than
Gregg Gillis' most recent nostalgia trip. (How many people have actually sat through its entire six minutes? Surely it has to be a fraction of the 89 million-plus views it's garnered.) Well, now that Avril Lavigne's fanbase is home from school for the summer, its members have started a campaign to oust "Evolution Of Dance" from the top spot—and they're not above engaging in some HTML trickery to get the result they so desperately need.
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