"Hotline Bling" was a huge success for Drake in regards to his career, but it had an even bigger impact on the internet community in the form of mashups, memes, covers and much more. While you may have thought that this trend has died down a bit, a new ad for Comedy Central India popped up this week, featuring one of the biggest missed opportunities to capitalize on the hype around the song. We're talking about "Hotline Bing," the mashup of the song with Matthew Perry's character from the hit NBC sitcom Friends, Chandler Bing!
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While this mashup isn't a full-on musical interpretation from everyone's favorite sarcastic member of the hit NBC series, it certainly adds to a great list of covers and other takes on the 2015 single from Toronto's own.
Remember when Jimmy Fallon performed a cover of "Hotline Bling" as Bob Dylan on The Tonight Show? How about that time the Philadelphia Police Department used the tune in a PSA last month? President Barack Obama got into the mix, as well as Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and even Matt Bomer on American Horror Story: Hotel. But is this Chandler Bing version the one to make us forget about these previous "Hotline Bling" remakes?
The answer is a sarcastic "duh."
His name is Chandler Bing, making for one of the easiest lyric replacements of all time. Also, we know he has trouble with phone calls, as this new promotional video for Comedy Central India shows. You remember that episode, right? It was certainly Drake-like.
Perhaps the most amazing similarity between this popular music video and the sitcom character is the dance. Why did it take us so long to recognize Chandler's signature dance moves were ideal for Drake's samba beat rap? This new ad has us all kicking ourselves for allowing this marketing team to figure all of this out before we did!
Okay, so we got Chandler to dance to our tune... No, not ours.#FRIENDSonCC, Mon-Fri, 10 PM.
Posted by Comedy Central India on Sunday, February 14, 2016
May we also suggest a "Hotline Ling" mashup, featuring Lucy Liu's character from Ally McBeal? There can even be some growls!
