Rain-soaked Cebu inmates go ‘Gangnam Style’

It's the turn of the world-renowned Cebu inmates to go "Gangnam Style" (YouTube grab)

The show had to go on.

Never mind that the rains threw them off, with missteps and clueless dancers wondering where to go. Still, the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center gave a performance typical of one of the first Filipino viral video sensations.

But it was unlike their first video, which became a phenomenon not only because of their synchronized dancing but also because the idea of seeing prisoners performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was so novel at the time. The first by the dancing inmates has been viewed more than 51 million times since it was uploaded on July 17, 2007 by YouTube user byronfgarcia.

Now, they were simply riding the tide of Korean superstar Psy's immense global hit "Gangnam Style," which had had more than 330 million views and counting.