it's time to belt out some factoids
about everyone's favorite late night
segment welcome to top 5 and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top 5 facts about carpool karaoke
number 5 it
was inspired by a skit Corden did with
George Michael
every great late night segment has an
origin story during a skit for the comic
relief fundraising event Red Nose Day in
Michael were riding in a car together
when Wham's I'm your man came on the
radio
the two entertainers burst into song and
Corden later used the same premise in
the charming British documentary when
Corden met Barlow
it works so well that he eventually
turned it into a segment for his
late-night show and the rest as they say
is history
number four the Stevie Wonder
episode changed everything
carpool karaoke has had no shortage of
incredible guests everyone from Selena
Gomez to Elton John has participated in
the segment however it wasn't until
legend Stevie Wonder appeared alongside
Corden that the show's producers knew
they had a hit according to executive
producer Ben Winston after wonder
appeared on the show quote the labels
and the artists all sat up after that
[Music]
why you ask well how about the fact that
after wonder appeared on the show a 2002
collection of his greatest hits shot all
the way to the top of the iTunes chart
in the UK from that point on
nobody underestimated carpool karaoke
number three Anthony Kiedis saved a
baby's life while filming carpool
karaoke in one of the segments stranger
moments Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman
Anthony Kiedis saved a baby's life after
filming a draft the guys pulled over so
that cordon and Keita's could have a
dance-off
you know how celebrities are when all of
a sudden a woman came running out of her
house clutching a baby and screaming
that it wasn't breathing ever the cool
customer Keita's rushed over to the
woman and attempted CPR when that didn't
work he rubbed the infant's belly until
bubbles emerged from its mouth and it
began to breathe an ambulance soon
arrived on the scene with Keita's later
remarking quote it was just a dance-off
that ended with a seizure baby rock
stars
number 2 Gordon's car is actually
third in a convoy of six vehicles Gordon
who loves to kick off carpool karaoke
with a proclamation that he's stuck in
traffic and in a real rush this traffic
has been terrible I really appreciate it
but that's hardly ever the case when
Gordon is actually behind the wheel his
car never goes faster than 20 miles per
hour and he's part of a convoy of six
cars two in front and three behind
did you like my eardrums felt like I was
right in it it's pretty good because
it's a real car on a real road delays
aren't bound to happen and they do just
ask the Foo Fighters who openly lamented
the fact that filming went on and on and
on of course you'd never know it by
watching their segments hey that's
showbiz
number one the show was designed for the
Internet age ask ten people where they
saw carpool karaoke for the first time
and chances are nine will say YouTube
simply put the segment is a product of
the Internet age and the importance of
the world wide web hasn't been lost on
the creative team as producer Winston
asserted you're not necessarily making
the impact in the timeslot you're on
making it when people are watching it on
their tablets or their phones or their
mobile devices true to his point
Adele's appearance has more than 170
million views on YouTube and holds the
record for being the most-watched
late-night clip of all time
try getting 170 million people to watch
late-night TV on a weeknight go ahead
we'll wait so which of these facts did
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