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Have you seen this? It's on my sister's blog, Facebook, and all over freakin' YouTube. It was shown on The Colbert Report and Jimmy Kimmel Live. And it is pure awesomeness, my friends.

I don't know how this thing became viral (according to Wiki it was uploaded to YouTube in 2009), but it's a video of Russian singer, Eduard Khil, from a 1976 performance of a wordless song.

This YouTube Video explains his history and the history of the performance. Apparently the song was not originally intended to be wordless. It was titled, "I Am Glad To Finally Be Home", about an American cowboy, but was censored by the Soviet government. Hence the wordless version.

The delightfulness of the song and the performance is contagious. Eduard is still around (he's 75 now) and is tickled at the renewed interest. He suddenly has a huge worldwide fan base! There are tons of "tribute" performances on the web, including one by Christoph Waltz, the actor who won an Oscar for Inglorious Basterds. And I swear once that tune gets in your head, you'll be humming it all day long!