The Gregory Brothers

Viral videos

The Gregory Brothers first gained attention through their YouTube series Auto-Tune the News, later rebranded as Songify the News, in which they digitally manipulated recorded voices of politicians, news anchors, and pundits to make them appear to sing. National television networks featured their early political satires in spring 2009, but mainstream recognition came in summer 2010 with episode 12b, "Bed Intruder Song," based on an interview with Kelly Dodson and Antoine Dodson.

That video was viewed about 50 million times in its first six months online, became the most-viewed YouTube video of 2010 (excluding major label music videos), and now has over 150 million views. Largely non-political, it marked a shift from their earlier political material, and the band has since produced a mix of political and non-political videos. Their most-viewed video is "THE MUFFIN SONG (asdfmovie feat. Schmoyoho)" with over 210 million views.

Other videos with over 100 million views include "Songify This - Bed Intruder Song" (148+ million) and "All The Way - Jacksepticeye Songify Remix by Schmoyoho" (100+ million). Videos with over 50 million views include "Jabba the Hutt - sung by PewDiePie" (61+ million) and "Songify This - Winning - A Song by Charlie Sheen" (66+ million). Additional notable videos include "Songify This - DOUBLE RAINBOW SONG!!" (41+ million), "Songify This - Can't Hug Every Cat" (39+ million), and "Chicken Attack // Song Voyage // Japan // ft. Takeo Ischi" (24+ million).

Musical collaborations

The Gregory Brothers sang with the Welcome Wagon Choir on the 2009 debut album Welcome to the Welcome Wagon, which Sufjan Stevens produced. They frequently join Sarah Gregory’s band The Stanleys for live shows.

Netflix commissioned the group to create the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song, which grew out of their “Bed Intruder Song.” The four siblings co-created and co-produced the web series Song Voyage, a comedy travel show directed by Dan Eckman. In it, they travel to Asia-Pacific countries and work with local musicians to make original novelty songs. The series first aired on Sling TV, then episodes appeared on their second YouTube channel starting in December 2016, while music videos from each episode went up on the main Schmoyoho channel.

Discography

For the period of July 15–22 2009, an EP was ranked as the top-selling album on Amie Street in the category of "Soul / R&B." Contributing musicians on the album include Doug Hulin (bass) and Justin Keller (saxophone); it was recorded at Mission Sound Recording in Brooklyn, produced, engineered, and mixed by Zach McNees, mastered by Ricardo Gutierrez, with cover art by Denny Renshaw and design by Morgan King. The Gregory Brothers released albums in 2012 and 2016 featuring songified audio from presidential debates and media appearances.

In November 2016, they collaborated with Jon Jafari (JonTron) on the comedy album Love Is Like Drugs, which reached number two on the Billboard comedy albums chart for the week of November 26. A Christmas album of original music and upbeat covers debuted on November 15, 2018, in standard and deluxe editions, with a public livestream on December 6, 2018. A Spotify-only EP was released on April 1, 2024, with four tracks promoting a non-existing Duolingo on Ice show.

Earlier releases include Andrew Gregory (2005), The Lost Year (2007), The Color Red & Other Songs About The Power of Love (2008), and The Paramedic & Other Songs About Birds (2009).