Last night during NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, a montage capturing all 19 medals won by U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps caused an unusual stir. Apparently more than a few Phish fans were watching the London Games and recognized the use of Tweezer Reprise for the video clip’s score. The recognition transferred to Twitter where “Tweezer Reprise” became a worldwide trending topic (Update: Apparently it only trended in the U.S.). NY Daily News writer Colin Jones (@Colin_Jones) tweeted this screengrab showing the trend just a few slots below Phelps.


Here are some of the reactions fans tweeted when Tweeprise was fired up.


Whaaaaa!! Am I going crazy, or is NBC playing Tweezer Reprise on this massive Michael Phelps recap? #olympics #VTrepresent
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 2:49 am via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite
@gracepotter
Grace Potter


Tweezer Reprise was used as music for Phelp’s medal montage last night. Phish could have played 40+ min Tweezer showing all races in full
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:39 am via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@IamHagel
Matthew Hagel


Pretty cool that “Tweezer Reprise” was background music for an Olympics montage of Michael Phelps. But… NBC’s coverage still blows!
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 3:21 am via UberSocial for BlackBerryReplyRetweetFavorite
@CoventryMusic
Coventry Music Blog


In case you missed it NBC played a montage of Michael Phelps #Olympics career set to #Phish Tweezer Reprise last night. Looking for clip..
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 10:17 am via HootSuiteReplyRetweetFavorite
@kessler
Ben Kessler


NBC used @’s Tweezer (Reprise) for Phelps medal montage. Totally forgive all tape delays.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 12:11 am via Tweetbot for iOSReplyRetweetFavorite
@willbrinson
Will Brinson


what would be more impressive is if NBC worked a 20 minute Tweezer in. not reprise, the full song. THEN lets see who’s diggin the music
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 12:11 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@PhanArt
PhanArt Pete


Tweezer Reprise on the Olympics. Love it #Phish
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 11:48 pm via Twitter for iPhoneReplyRetweetFavorite
@bizarchive
Scott Marks


If you hated that Tweezer Reprise was Phelps’ montage music.. Go fight a rainbow
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:33 am via Tweetbot for iOSReplyRetweetFavorite
@hillzy
Miss Hillzy

Here are a couple of videos of the montage, watch them now before NBC and the IOC have them pulled ASAP.

Andy Kahn

Research and Development Editor and Executive Producer, Andy Kahn, currently lives in Seattle (via Chicago) where he works in digital music. He helped start Chicago music blog Loud Loop Press before joining HT.

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