"Chocolate Rain" is a song by American musician Tay Zonday. It quickly went viral after the music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on April 22, 2007, and has since been viewed more than 110 million times. "Chocolate Rain" was ranked as the hottest viral video of summer 2007 by CTV and was awarded the 2008 YouTube Award in the category "Music".

The official music video for "Chocolate Rain", lasting four minutes and fifty-two seconds, was uploaded on April 22, 2007 to Tay Zonday's official YouTube channel. The video portrays Zonday in a recording studio wearing a white T-shirt and singing into a condenser microphone. Occasional cutbacks to Zonday playing a digital piano are also shown. A caption appears early in the video – "**I move away from the mic to breathe in" – which has been parodied many times. The music video was ranked as the hottest viral video of summer 2007 by CTV. The video has also garnered over 100 million views.

"Chocolate Rain" is known for Zonday's dark tone and his mannerisms while singing. David Lowe of The Sun characterized Zonday's voice as being "gravelly as Rod Stewart but alas without the groove", expressing no surprise at Zonday's lack of formal musical training. Other reviews have been more favorable. Garth Montgomery of The Daily Telegraph praises the song's "hypnotic quality" while criticizing its "cheesy drum loop".

The melody and the drum track of the song have also been noted for being very similar to one of the music tracks from the arcade game UN Squadron.

During a brief interview on The Opie and Anthony Show, Zonday called the song "cheesy" and stated that its cryptic lyrics dealt with racism. This echoes Zonday's comments posted to the video's page on YouTube.

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