As winter sets in, you’re likely feeling the need to blast the Frozen soundtrack or try to avoid it at all costs! But we’ve dug out a rendition of the Disney film’s greatest hit – “Let It Go” – destined to change the way you hear the song forever…
This viral clip has amassed an incredible 9.7 million views to date, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Music Man readers can check it out in the video below.
So, what makes this cover stand out? It’s an absolute parody of the original, with lyrics re-written from the unique perspective of medical students tackling the influx of winter patients. Titled, “I Don’t Know,” the students of University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine weave their real-world experiences into the lyrics, giving us a hilarious, but revealing glimpse into the lives of doctors, nurses, and GPs as the flu season kicks in.
The uni students have even complemented their cover with a music video, filmed in their medical school halls, adding an extra dash of reality to their ingenious rendition. Students in scrubs rush like cartoon characters to their practice rooms, flip through books of symptoms and diagnoses, dance while using the hand sanitiser dispenser, and even glide the halls on spinning chairs.
But, stealing the show is the lead vocalist’s unexpectedly spotless voice: her tone like that of a musical theatre pro as she masters the song at hand. This might be a parody, but hidden within is a pure rush of musical talent that’s clearly been waiting to be unleashed!
While the backing track matches the movie’s original, the students overhaul the lyrics to spell out the secret pressures of medical training, sung in identical melodies and rhythms to the 2013 soundtrack hit. This is a fantastic take on feeling completely clueless in your field of expertise and, thankfully, you don’t exactly have to be a medical trainee to relate.
Some lyrical highlights include the hilarious pre-chorus, “Don’t let them look, don’t let them see how I look up this stuff on Web MD / It’s time to round, my panic grows, oh God this blows…” and the revitalized chorus lines, “I don’t care what they’re going to say / Let the bad grades come / I wanna do psychiatry anyway.”
As the views on this viral clip rack up, one viewer stole the top comment when they wrote, to a response of 47,000 likes: “When you wanna be a singer, but your parents force you to be a doctor.”
Another jokingly commented, to an additional 21,000 likes, “This is why hospitals take so long, lol. Props to the singer. If the medical job doesn’t work out she’s got a perfect path for a music career!”