Seven sensational online songs from 2004 to 2016

Xue Cun. [Photo/IC]

An online song titled Zhang Shichao, Where on Earth Did You Keep the Keys to My Apartment has become popular on the Internet. Some netizens considered it the first "miraculous song" of 2016. With the development of widely used Internet, people have cheaper and easier access to music than before. Distributing a song through the Internet does not cost as much in terms of time and hard cash as the old the way of CDs or tapes. A great quantity of online music has been born in the past 10 years, among which some songs became very hot and were known as "miraculous songs". Let's take a look at seven popular online songs from 2004 to the present.

All Northeasterners are Living Lei Feng (2004)

All Northeasterners are Living Lei Feng became popular on the Internet in China in 2004. The lyrics are simple and easy to remember. The song tells the story of a man hurt in a car accident who was rescued by a northeasterner. The song ended with "Cui Hua, serve pickled cabbage" (pickled cabbage is popular in Northeast China). The creator, Xue Cun, who also sang the song, adds a northeastern accent in it.

Compared to most "serious music", either about romance or an ode to the motherland, the song is funny and joyous. It quickly became hot as the Internet became more widely used.

If you want to listen to the song, here is the link