music · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
OK Go · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2013–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 170 other music videos tagged Music performance & songs, the mean is 1.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.6× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 1.2 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.
- Channel / speaker
- OK Go
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other music videos in Music performance & songs. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official VideoCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusolmusic · Le Pietre Rotolanti | 6 | 6 | 35% | 1 (50%) | Not verified | Not verified |
| William Shatner - Common Peoplemusic · dsjkhd | 6 | 5 | 86% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The Caretaker - Everywhere At The End Of Time - Stages 1-6 (Complete)music · vvmtest | 5 | 5 | 83% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The Greatest Shot in Television: James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene”. Its short rationale: Creative OK Go video using a moving car as an instrument.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Band OK Go Sued by Post Foods over “OK Go ” Cereal Brand – Billboard”. Its short rationale: Chevrolet ad music video showing the band's corporate collaborations.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Seriously.js”. Its short rationale: OK Go video making music with a car.