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Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-01T21:29:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T01:55:39.000Z og:title: Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down' og:description: Hozier Covers Lay Me Down by Sam Smith on BBC Radio 1 og:url: https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down' twitter:description: Hozier Covers Lay Me Down by Sam Smith on BBC Radio 1 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production video:duration: 01:31 video:published: 2015-06-22 section: video topics: viral videos, cute animals, cute kids, remixes, spontaneity, social media sharing, Facebook feeds genre: listicle, entertainment clip compilation tones: playful, light, humorous, casual emotions: amusement (medium), delight (medium), curiosity (low) sentiment: positive audience: social media users, general internet audiences, video creators, marketers organizations: TIME products: Facebook transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable --- # Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down' > Sponsored content. 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It covers cute animals, cute kids, remixes, spontaneity, and the combination of cute kids and cute animals. The segments are brief and rely on visual examples and music between points. ## Key points - Cute animals are presented as the first element of a viral video. (00:12) - Cute kids are presented as the second element of a viral video. (00:29) - Remixes are presented as the third element of a viral video. (00:48) - Spontaneity is presented as the fourth element of a viral video. (01:07) - Combining cute kids and cute animals is presented as the fifth element. (01:18) - The video suggests that combining all five elements will likely lead to a video appearing on Facebook feeds. (01:22) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:12] Introduction to viral video elements. The video opens by posing the question of what makes a video go viral and introduces the presenter's guess. - [00:12 to 00:29] Cute animals. The first element, cute animals, is introduced and illustrated with a clip of an animal and a child's exclamation. - [00:29 to 00:48] Cute kids. The second element, cute kids, is introduced with a clip of children and accompanying music. - [00:48 to 01:07] Remixes. The third element, remixes, is introduced and illustrated with a remixed clip and an exclamation. - [01:07 to 01:18] Spontaneity. The fourth element, spontaneity, is introduced with a brief clip of unscripted moments. - [01:18 to 01:31] Combining the elements. The fifth element combines cute kids and cute animals, and the video concludes that together they will likely reach Facebook feeds. ## Key quotes - [00:02] narrator: "What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess." - [00:12] narrator: "Number one, cute animals." - [00:29] narrator: "Number two, cute kids." - [00:48] narrator: "Number 3, remixes." - [01:07] narrator: "Number four, spontaneity." - [01:18] narrator: "Number five. Cute kids and cute animals." - [01:22] narrator: "Put this all together and it will certainly end up on your Facebook feed." ## Questions this video answers - What makes a video go viral? [00:02] - Do cute animals contribute to a video going viral? [00:12] - Do cute kids contribute to a video going viral? [00:29] - Do remixes contribute to a video going viral? [00:48] - Does spontaneity contribute to a video going viral? [01:07] - What happens when cute kids and cute animals are combined? [01:18]  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:55 AM UTCPublished: Sep 1, 2015 9:29 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:55 AM UTCPublished: Sep 1, 2015 9:29 PM UTC **Correction appended, Sept. 2** Irish singer and songwriter Hozier performs a much more upbeat version of the ballad “Lay Me Down” by the English singer and songwriter Sam Smith in the BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. It works so well that it would make any fan wonder if the two stars would do a song together anytime soon. In [a November 2014 interview](http://radio.com/2014/11/04/hozier-sam-smith-collaboration-rumors/) with Mix 104.1, Hozier (whose real name is Andrew Hozier-Byrne) told the radio station, “It has crossed my mind, and nothing is definite . . . but there’s been very brief discussion about it.” And of course, Smith couldn’t help but [tweet](https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/638701503117660160) his appreciation, with the Irish musician returning the favor: > [](https://twitter.com/Hozier/status/638747477311684608) **Correction**: The original version of this story misstated Hozier’s nationality. He is from Ireland. ## Transcript [00:00] [ NOISE ] [00:02] What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess. [00:07] Mishka, I love you. [ NOISE ] [00:12] Number one, cute animals. [ LAUGH ] Charlie, Charlie [00:13] bit me. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ], [00:13] we're going to Disneyland. Oh, [00:29] my god. Number two, cute kids. [00:44] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [00:48] Number 3, remixes. [ MUSIC ] Whoa, oh my God, oh [00:52] my God. [00:59] [ LAUGH ] Oh my God. Whoo. Number [01:07] four, spontaneity. Look at all those Number [01:18] five. Cute kids and cute animals. Put [01:22] this all together and it will certainly end up on your [01:24] Facebook feed. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/"},"headline":"Listen to Hozier's Perfect Cover of Sam Smith's 'Lay Me Down'","datePublished":"2015-09-01T21:29:42.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T01:55:39.000Z","description":"The question is: Will the two stars collaborate anytime soon?","url":"https://time.com/4019381/hozier-sam-smith-lay-me-down/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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