ABOVE: WATCH JIMMY SOMERVILLE JOINING COMEDIAN JONAS MANN IN AN ACOUSTIC VERSION OF “SMALLTOWN BOY.”
TORONTO — A video showing former Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville joining a supposed street musician in an acoustic version of “Smalltown Boy” has gone viral nearly two weeks after it was posted.
The one-minute clip, shot vertically on a mobile device, has had more than 1 million views since Oct. 23.
The video shows Jonas Mann of German comedy series Onkel Berni’s Butze performing the popular 1984 gay anthem on a Berlin street when Somerville — seemingly out for a walk with his dog — approaches him and joins in the chorus.
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When the song is done, Somerville jokes: “It’s a hit! It’s a hit!”
The busker says: “Very nice. Thank you very much. Is it you?”
“It’s me,” replies the 52-year-old singer.
The rendezvous was staged by German comedy group Onkel Bernis Welt and posted on its YouTube channel without identifying Mann as the “street musician.”
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