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Eight steps of handwashing technique with soap and water generated with the lyrics to smash mouth's all-star on the website WashYourLyrics.com. The article explains the memes generated by the website.

Wash Your Lyrics

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About

Wash Your Lyrics refers to a series of images generated on the website WashYourLyrics.com, which display "Handwashing Techniques with Soap and Water" through 13 illustrated directions for how to wash your hands. The generator allows users to set the drawings to music lyrics, so that those following the diagram can sing the song as they wash and reach the recommended 20 seconds of handwashing without counting numerals. The trend went viral on Twitter in March 2020 as health experts began recommending increased attention to handwashing following the worldwide outbreak of the coronavirus COVID-19.

History

On March 8th, 2020, William Gibson, under the Twitter[1] name @neoncloth, tweeted, "I made a little site in 24h that generates hand washing instructions accompanied by lyrics from a song of your choice instantly – check it out! 🔗 https://washyourlyrics.com." The tweet featured an example of the images generated by the site: a handwashing guide set to the song "Gone" by Charli XCX & Christine and the Queens. The images are taken from the United Kingdom's National Health Services guidelines for hand hygene, which were released in the late 2000s.[10]


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Features

The site requires users to input "Song Title" and "Artist Name." Using lyrics and information from Genius.com, WashYourLyrics.com generates a handwashing technique instructional guide with a portion of lyrics below each illustration.

Reception

The following day, Redditor [10] mattytmet posted an example that received more than 320 points (99% upvoted) in less than 24 hours (shown below).


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Over the next 24 hours, the use of the website continued to grow. Twitter[2] user @scum_m tweeted a version that featured the "1049 Gotho" by Idels. The tweet received more than 420 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left). Examples also began appearing on other platforms, like Instagram. In a post sponsored by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Instagram[3] account @worstigaccount shared a version that featured "All Star" by Smash Mouth. The post received more than 800 likes in 24 hours (shown below, center).

On March 9th, @neoncloth tweeted,[4] "Wash Your Lyrics: Day 1 Stats / 89,527 posters created / 121,279 unique users / 2,188,523 server requests" (shown below, right).


I'm Scum: An IDLEScast @scum_m Please enjoy this thread of #WashYourLyrics featuring some of our favorite songs! First up is #1049Gotho by @idlesband! Hand-washing technique with soap and water My friend is so depressed He wishes he was dead I swam inside his head And this is what he said Won't someone set me free There's no right side of the bed Help me Help me 10 11 12 With a body like mine and My friend is so depressed She wanted to have sex Ipissed in the kitchen sink a mind like mine As she slowly undressed 1049 Gotho Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com IDLES Adapted trom Natienal Heath Service, who adapted from the World Heath Organization Guidelines en Hand Hygiene in Health Care Creted under the Open Gevemet Lien tee wwnationalarhives gdepengvemmente/venin fer detai 10:57 AM - Mar 9, 2020 - Twitter for IPhone Hand-washing technique with soap and water Somebody once told me lain't the sharpest tool in She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb In the shape of an L"on her forehead the world is gonna roll me the shed Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming Fed to the rules and I hit Didn't make sense not to Your brain gets smart but live for fun the ground running your head gets dumb 10 11 So much to do, so much So what's wrong with taking the backstreets? You'll never know if you don't go You'll never shine if you don't glow to see William @neoncloth U Wash Your Lyrics: Day 1 Stats 89,527 posters created 121,279 unique users 2,188,523 server requests 8:52 PM · Mar 9, 2020 · Twitter for Mac

Several media outlets reported on the popularity of the images, including Daily Dot, [5] ScreenCrush,[6] The Verge,[7] Esquire,[8] CNET[9] and more.

Various Examples


Hand-washing technique with soap and water Didn't I do it for you? Why don't I do it for you? Why won't you do it for When all I do is for you? me They wanna see us, wanna see us alone They wanna see us, wanna see us apart They wanna see us, wanna see us alone They wanna see us, wanna see us apart 10 11 12 And I just want to feel you're there And I don't want to have to share our love I try, but I get overwhelmed When you're gone, I have no one to tell 13 And I just want to feel you're there Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com cellophane FKA twigs Adapted from National Health Service, who adapted from the World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Created under the Open Government License. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for details Hand-washing technique with soap and water Breakmy face in was the kindest louch yuu Wrap my dreams around Drape my hopes upon the Ever gave y thighs and chance to touch yourm Cremate me aher you Honey bay plare my athes No romance, ne sesinens Tabudoun Muncdes oum on my lps vae beneath your warkut bench but 10 12 Astar iled right Kneding down before Wgging out before the Fabulous Muades detormed penis broken neck 13 Cremate me after you c-- on my lies Fabulous Muscles Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com Xu Xiu Aaeen Nateral Heath Sevie, whe adapnedem the wane eth Organieation dines en Hand Hygiene in Heath Care Ot the Open ve te Hand-washing technique with soap and water 3. You could f--- my bitch, Based Godí Oh my god Based God! You swag to the Swag 100 thousand, 100 trillion! Oh god damn Based God! maximum 8. Hopped up in my car (Swag!) then I drop my roof (Swag!) Wet like wonton soup. That's just how I do (Swag!) Then I park my car, then I f--- your bitch Eat that wonton soup, wet like wonton soup 10 11 12 Eat the cake like Anna Mae Young Based God and I been doin my thing Take my shirt off and the girls go insane Four diamond rings, two big-ass chains 13 Eat that wonton soup I got the cash like chang chang chang Wonton Soup Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com Lil B Adapted from National Health Service, who adapted from the World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Created under the Open Government License. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for details
Hand-washing technique with soap and water Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Killing in the name of Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses Ugh! Killing in the name of Killing in the name of 10 11 12 Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya Now you do what they told ya 13 And now you do what they told ya Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine Adapted from National Health Service, who adapted from the World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Created under the Open Government License. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for detaiks Milkshake Kelis Hand-washing technique with soap and water My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard And they're like, it's better than yours Damn right, it's better than yours I can teach you, but I have to charge My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard And they're like, it's better than yours Damn right, it's better than yours I can teach you, but I have to charge 10 11 12 I know you want it What the guys go crazy for The thing that makes me They lose their minds 13 The way I wind Milkshake Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com Kelis Adapted from National Health Service, who adapted from the World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Created under the Open Government License. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for details Hand-washing technique with soap and water Is this the real life? Is this Caught in a landslide, no Open your eyes, look up I'm just a poor boy, I need just fantasy? escape from reality to the skies and see no sympathy Because l'm easy come. easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows Mama, just killed a man doesn't really matter to Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead me, to me 10 11 12 Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow 13 Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters Bohemian Rhapsody Create your own https://washyourlyrics.com Queen Adapted from National Health Service, who adapted from the World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care. Created under the Open Government License. See http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ for details

Search Interest

External References

[1] Twitter – @neoncloth's Tweet

[2] Twitter – @scum_m's Tweet

[3] Instagram – @worstigaccount's Post (page unavailable)

[4] Twitter – @neoncloth's Tweet

[5] The Daily Dot – This ‘Wash Your Lyrics’ site generates hand-washing posters for every song

[6] ScreenCrush – Songs to Wash your hands to

[7] The Verge – This handwashing lyrics generator is here to save you from singing Happy Birthday

[8] Esquire – Can COVID-19 Ever Be Funny? The Coronavirus Handwashing Meme Says Yes

[9] CNET – Make coronavirus hand washing more tolerable with Wash Your Lyrics generator

[10] NHS – Patient Leaflet

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