Walk Off the Earth: YouTube Video 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Spreads Across the Earth (INTERVIEW)

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It's hit your inbox, your Facebook wall and your Twitter feed a dozen times already.

There's four men in black shirts (Ryan Marshall, Gianni Luminati, Mike Taylor, Joel Cassady) and one blonde woman (Sarah Blackwood). So far, so normal. Except all 10 of their hands are picking, plucking, strumming and tapping away at a single guitar simultaneously while they take turns on the vocals in a pristine cover of Australian band Goyte's hit, 'Somebody That I Used to Know.'

Twenty-six takes, 14 hours of filming and a week on the internet later and Burlington, Ontario band Walk Off The Earth have officially become a viral video sensation. We're talking 17 million (and quickly counting) views on YouTube and their version of 'Somebody That I Used to Know' currently sitting #1-with-a-rocket on iTunes Canada's top 10 sales chart.

Blackwood, a veteran solo performer and also member of the psychobilly band the Creepshow, knows these kind of events are lightning bolt moments and she's certainly enjoying the ride.