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WATCH: Children’s hospital patients, staff lip-synch Katy Perry hit ‘Roar’

TORONTO — Katy Perry’s hit song “Roar” has been given new meaning thanks to a group of young patients at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire.

The kids teamed up with doctors, hospital staff and family members to produce a lip-dub video of the song.

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Three days after it was posted to YouTube, the video has been viewed more than 1.1 million times and has generated more than $650,000 for the hospital.

“Roar” was released in August as the first single from Perry’s latest album Prism. It was co-written by Toronto songwriter Henry Walter.

Perry has said the song is about standing up for oneself.

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