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The Internet’s latest viral video craze comes from group of students performing a full choreographed dance to Mark Ronson’s hit song “Uptown Funk.” Ronson’s track, featuring Bruno Mars’ vocals, has risen to the top of the charts. Now these Texas high school kids are taking it to the top of YouTube trends! Texas High School Uptown Funk Video Students at A. Maceo Smith New Tech H.S. in Dallas, along with theater teacher Scot Pankey, organized and shot the video earlier this month. So far, the video posted to YouTube on January 24 has garnered over 6.5 million page views. Writes Pankey of the clip that’s sweeping the nation: “This is a great example of how a bunch of [technology] students let go of their fears, trusted their teacher and got down to Uptown Funk!!!” “I heard the song before Christmas and fell in love with it. We are a project-based school,” he adds, so he gave them this as their assignment! “You put them in teams, and they have to come up with solutions. They had three weeks to work on it, then present as a group what they learned.” The video was shot by a student, walking backwards through hallways and up and down stairs as his classmates did their awesome thing. Even more impressively, it was shot in a single take. Mars shared the video on Twitter with the caption, “I cried at the end. I’m still a thug though. Thank you to everyone involved in making this video.” Indeed. And to YouTube user BaracksDubs for, as usual, making the lip dubbed gem featuring Barack Obama singing “Uptown Funk” as well … Barack Obama – Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson-Bruno Mars Lip Dub)

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Texas High School Students’ "Uptown Funk" Video Goes Viral, Makes Bruno Mars Cry