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Fifteen dubs of Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” ranked

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We love Drake’s new video for “Hotline Bling” as much as everyone else in the 6, but it turns out Drizzy’s turtlenecked, drunk-uncle dance moves are even better when set to other people’s tracks. Here, a countdown of the most ridiculous, strange and hilarious dubs of the video that launched 1,000 Vines.

First, here’s the original.

15. Yes, Drake, what do you mean?

14. Drizzy rocking the Casbah.

13. The RickRoll was inevitable.

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12. So this is what André 3000 was talking about.

11. A dance about nothing.

10. The Peanuts rendition.

9. Needs more cowbell.

8. The Aubrey Show.

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7. Wait, this isn’t the new Star Wars trailer.

6. You laugh, but this is a solid business model.

5. Star Trek: Deep Space Six.

4. We knew those moves looked familiar.

3. Tennis, anyone?

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2. Very sneaky, Champagne Papi.

1. And the winner: 30 seconds of jazzy, ‘90s-television glory.

Luc Rinaldi is a National Magazine Award–winning journalist based in Toronto. His work has appeared in Maclean’s, Toronto Life, The Walrus and Report on Business, among other publications. He has taught magazine feature writing at his alma mater, the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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