The Gregory Brothers (using the YouTube username 'schmoyoho') first became well known for a series of
YouTube videos,
Auto-Tune the News (rebranded in 2011 as
Songify the News), in which recorded voices of politicians, news anchors, and political pundits were digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. National television networks featured the Gregory Brothers' early political satires in the spring of 2009, but the group did not achieve mainstream recognition until the summer of 2010, when they released episode 12b of
Auto-Tune the News, titled "
Bed Intruder Song," which featured excerpts from an interview with alleged crime victims Kelly Dodson and her brother,
Antoine Dodson, was viewed approximately 50 million times during its first six months online, making it the most-viewed YouTube video of 2010 (excluding major label music videos), and currently has more than 150 million views. Largely non-political in content, it marked a departure from the Gregory Brothers' roots in political material. Following the mainstream success of that music video, the Gregory Brothers have generally produced a mixture of both political and non-political videos. The band is best known for the
Auto-Tune and
Songify series, they have created several additional videos, independent of that series, which have received broad attention. The following videos are part of their first season of
Auto-Tune the News for 16 episodes. •
More than 200 Million views • "
THE MUFFIN SONG (
asdfmovie feat. Schmoyoho)" (210+ million views) •
More than 100 Million views • "
Songify This - Bed Intruder Song" (148+ million views) • "All The Way -
Jacksepticeye Songify Remix by Schmoyoho" (100+ million views) •
More than 50 million views • "Jabba the Hutt - sung by
PewDiePie" (61+ million views) • "Songify This - Winning - A Song by
Charlie Sheen" (66+ million views) •
More than 30 million views • "Songify This - DOUBLE RAINBOW SONG!!" (41+ million views) • "Songify This - Can't Hug Every Cat - a song about loving cats" (39+ millions views) • "Songify This - Oh My Dayum" (36+ million views) • "Songify This - Dead Giveaway!" (35+ million views) • "MY SIDE - OFFICIAL SONG (
LAURDIY +
ALEX WASSABI)" (32+ million views) • "Space is Cool -
Markiplier Songify Remix by Schmoyoho" (30+ million views) •
More than 10 million views • "Chicken Attack // Song Voyage // Japan // ft.
Takeo Ischi" (24+ million views) • "Titenic: The JonSong - sung by
JonTron" (17+ million views) • "Apparently - Songify This!" (13+ million views) • "I'm A Pretty Girl - sung by PewDiePie” (13+ million views) • "TAKIN MY BABY! *OFFICIAL SONG* (ALEX WASSABI + LAURDIY)" (14+ million views) • "Songify This - Auto-Tune Cute Kids and Kanye" (12+ million views) • "Songify This - Backin Up Song" (12+ million views) • "Songify This - Obama Sings to the Shawties" (11+ million views) • "Sunny D and Rum (The
=3 Musical)" (14+ million views) • "Celebration Time - Jelly Songify by Schmoyoho" (11+ million views) • "smash, Smash, SMASH!" (10+ million views) • "JUST DO IT!!! ft. Shia LaBeouf - Songify This" (10+ million views) • "Songify This - Reality Hits You Hard Bro" (10+ million views) • "WHAT IS MY LIFE - Jacksepticeye Songify Remix by Schmoyoho" (10+ million views) • "BAD HOMBRES, NASTY WOMEN" ft. Weird Al Yankovic (10+ million views) •
More than 5 million views • "Songify This - MOMMY & DADDY SONG!" (9+ million views) • "Rent: Too Damn High! Song." (9+ million views) • "Songify This - GINGERS HAVE SOULS" (9+ million views) • "Chrissy, Wake Up - Stranger Things," (9+ million views) • "Songify This - SunnyD and Rum - THE POP SINGLE!" (7+ million views) • "Songify This - CHUCK TESTA - a song about lifelike dead animals." (7+ million views) this • "Songify This - Strut That Ass Song" (6+ million views) • "Songify This - BEST NASCAR PRAYER EVER - in song" (6+ million views) • "Songify This - I'M NOT A WITCH - sung by Christine O'Donnell" (5+ million views) • Get Money, Turn Gay - Songify the News #1 (5+ million views) • Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles (5+ million views) • "Obama Mixtape: 1999 - Songify the News Special" (5+ million views) • "We're All Doomed" feat. Weird Al Yankovic (5+ million views) •
More than 3 million views • "FLY LIKE A BUTTERFLY - Markiplier Songify Remix by SCHMOYOHO" (4+ million views) • "Songify This - TORNADO SONG!! - look at the tree" (4+ million views) • FINAL DEBATE SONGIFIED (4+ million views) • Songify This - BELIEVE IN YOURSELF." • Debate Highlights Songified! • Songify This - Poke Me - Amir sings his plea" • Why, Why,
Manti? • Town Hall Debate Songified • VP Debate Highlights Songified • Songify This - Sanity Song • Songify This - 'Fast Don't Lie' Remix - feat. Slim Chin, Dwight Howard, & D. Rose" • I Don't Wanna Be Free UNPLUGED - Mark's Version (from
A Heist With Markiplier) The Gregory Brothers began to retroactively apply the series name "Songify This" to certain previously series-independent videos in late 2010, and they have released a number of new videos under this branding as well. The table above reflects the new "Songify This" branding where applicable. In 2022, they attracted media attention when their
Stranger Things parody "Chrissy Wake Up" and their remix of a
Recess Therapy interview with a boy who described corn as "a big lump with knobs", called "
It's Corn" both became major
TikTok trends.
83rd Annual Academy Awards The Gregory Brothers created a musical segment for the
83rd Academy Awards where they auto-tuned bits of 4 major motion pictures from 2010:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1,
Toy Story 3,
The Social Network, and
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Host
James Franco comically introduced the segment as a tribute to a "great year for the movie musical." Characters who were autotuned included
Ron Weasley,
Hermione Granger,
Sheriff Woody,
Sean Parker, and
Edward Cullen. On July 14, 2011, it was announced that this segment earned The Gregory Brothers a nomination for a 2011 Emmy award in the category "Outstanding Short-Form Picture Editing." Only Michael and Evan are nominated as there is a two-person nomination limit in this category. While only those four aired, an alternative cut was released on the official 2011 Grammy Awards YouTube channel on February 27, 2011, featuring an auto-tuned version of ''
The King's Speech in place of The Social Network''.
"Double Rainbow Song" In July 2010, the Gregory Brothers released an auto-tuned version of the
Double Rainbow viral video. The original video featured the overawed reaction of Paul "Hungry Bear" Vasquez to a double
rainbow at
Yosemite National Park. The Gregory Brothers turned Vasquez's astounded speech into a song and pledged all of the song's earnings to Vasquez and Yosemite. As of June 24, 2022, the Gregory Brothers' remix had received over 41 million views.
Punch Up the Jam podcast In December 2021, Andrew Gregory announced that The Gregory Brothers would be taking over the podcast
Punch Up the Jam from the network
Headgum. The podcast retired in December 2022. ==Musical collaborations==