Charlie Bit My Finger

more simply known as Charlie Bit My Finger, is an Internet viral video famous for formerly being the most viewed YouTube video of all time with over 275 million hits as of January 2011. The clip features two English brothers, aged three and one. In the video, the younger brother, Charlie, bites the finger of his older brother, Harry. The boys' father uploaded the video online in May 2007.

Background

The 56 second long video[5] which was uploaded on YouTube in May 2007 features two English brothers, Harry Davies-Carr (aged three) and Charlie Davies-Carr (aged one). The two are seen sitting in a chair when Harry puts his finger into Charlie's mouth and gets bitten. Harry, who is hurt, says "ouch" repeatedly and his brother begins to giggle. Afterwards, Harry smiles and says "Charlie bit me Howard Davies-Carr, the father of the boys, said the video was "simply an attempt to capture the boys growing up". While watching the fingerbiting scene on his camera after recording it, it "didn't particularly stand out". It was not until he transferred the video onto his computer a few weeks later and played it again that he realized it was funny. The Vancouver Sun said the funniest part of the video is "the face on Charlie who appears as though he knows what he's doing."

Harry and Charlie (and Jasper too) - Holiday is Wales 2010

The Davies-Carr family lives in England. Howard uploaded the video onto YouTube so that it could be watched by the boys' godfather, who was residing in the United States. He chose YouTube because the size of the video file was so big that it could not be sent by email. Howard commented on the video: "The clip only went up as I wanted to share it with the boys' godfather. I was naive about the whole YouTube thing. It became viral and once that happened there was nothing I could do. People have sent lovely comments and messages and I now upload a new video of the boys every six weeks.