How 'Gangnam Style' Broke YouTube

Gangnam Style video created sensation by breaking YouTube record with sensational views. Gangnam Style video from July 15, 2012 attracted international attention right after its uploading generating over 2 billion views and breaking YouTube counter in the process.

The music and the signature dance sparked craze among people across the world by making them emulate Psy's horse like dance. The video got twice as many views as Justin Bieber's video for the song 'Baby', which stood second.

Gangnam Style video with its ever increasing popularity forced YouTube to upgrade its counter to a 64-bit integer (9,223,372,036,854,775,808).