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The July 2012 top viral videos bring you from a failed presidential kiss to a failed 4th of July fireworks show, a song you love to hate, a tragic breakdown, and a heroic save_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:26 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [4th of July Fireworks in Washington, New York and Atlanta](/video/tqUj4hyo/) ### 4th of July Fireworks in Washington, New York and Atlanta [The Best 4th of July Fireworks Displays](/video/VbYHox5w/) ### The Best 4th of July Fireworks Displays [5 Firework Fails for July 4th](/video/vYmNaGJ8/) ### 5 Firework Fails for July 4th --- ## Transcript Leave them alone. Now you're just somebody that I used to know. [ MUSIC ] I'm Nick Carbone from Newsweek, and these are our five favorite viral videos of the month. Gotye's" Somebody That I Used to Know ." The song has been completely drained of all originality over the month. Music stops. Turn up their noses at the mere mention of it. God, here comes this girl who's so like. Victim. So like victim. [ CROSSTALK ] my relationship. But don't deny it. When you hear those soft, subtle xylophone notes, your head starts to bop along and [ NOISE ] Change your number. [ MUSIC ] Go ahead, belt it out. [ MUSIC ] I don't even need to know. [ MUSIC ] Now you're just somebody that I used to know. It can be a little more difficult to let loose in front of thousands of basketball fans. Barrack and Michelle Obama refused to smooch for the pesky kiss cam at a basket ball game and the crowd was no amused. Boos rang out acorss the arena. So when the Obamas found the camera on them again later in the game, they obliged. [ SOUND ]. We learned this month that there are plenty of ways to disappoint a crowd. [ SOUND ] Fire work shows don't usually start with the grand finale. So San Diego residents were understandably confused this Fourth of July, when there fireworks show went off with a bang. [ NOISE ] And then, it was a bust. The 16 minute show was reduced to just 15 seconds. Leave them alone. Both of them. Mary Maddim is no Chris Crocker. The balling comedian who begged us to leave Britain alone five years ago. Leave Britain alone. I can't believe she would do this. But she makes her loyalty to the Twilight stars crystal clear. Why would you cheat on Robert Pattinson. What's the point of that? What do you stand to achieve? This 25 year old can't reconcile that Kristen Stewart cheated on Robert Pattinson. Working her way through the five stages of grief. And I thought it wasn't real but it's real. I don't believe she would do this. After that tragedy we will leave you on an inspirational note. He was just in the right place at the right time. [ INAUDIBLE ]. A seven year old girl had climbed out of the window of her third story apartment. On top of an air conditioning unit in Brooklyn, New York. So when she lost her balance, she fell into the arms of a hero. A New York City bus driver who was standing below to catch her. 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