Filipino prison inmates at CPDRC dance to “Gangnam Style” in the rain

Grace Stanisci

Inmate style.

Jumping onto the "Gangnam Style" bandwagon, the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines have released a video featuring PSY's viral hit which includes dance moves from his Guinness World Record holding video.

According to the clip's description on YouTube, the dance included "at least a thousand inmates" and was performed under "heavy" rainfall.

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Posted only four days ago, the video has reached viral status with over 1.8 million views, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of hits generated from copycat postings.

This isn't the first time the prison-dancing troupe has gone viral. A video which shows them performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" blew up in 2007 and currently has over 51.2 million views on YouTube.

After the "Thriller" video's success, inmate Crisanto Nierre (who played Jackson in the clip,) said, "I hope that all the people who see us will be happy in knowing that we, despite being prisoners, we were able to do this."

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Speaking on how dancing while in prison has helped him, he also added, "Before the dancing, our problems were really heavy to bear. Dancing takes our minds away from our problems. Our bodies became more healthy. As for the judges, they may be impressed with us, seeing that we are being rehabilitated and this could help our case. We are being rehabilitated in a good way."

In addition to "Gangnam Style" and "Thriller," the inmates have also performed dance routines to songs like the King of Pop's "They Don't Care About Us," The Black Eyed Peas' "Bebot," and Queen's "Radio Gaga."

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Check out the inmates performing "They Don't Care About Us," which was organized by Jackson's choreographer Travis Payne in 2010, here.

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