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What do you get when you mix together Norwegian synthpop from the '80s with 2012 American rap? The answer is a surprisingly catchy tune.

Student Noah Charlick uploaded a mashup of the classic 1984 hit "Take On Me" by a-ha and "Backseat Freestyle" by rapper Kendrick Lamar. Since then, the video has gone viral. 

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"I’ve either made a great discovery or a terrible mistake," Charlick wrote as a caption for the video, which currently has 4,5 million views, 155,000 retweets, and over 400,000 likes. 

People on Twitter are really into this genre-bending mashup.  Read more...

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