Footage has emerged of more than 18,000 Australians singing 's much-loved classic at venues across the country. The video comes from Pub Choir, an organisation set up in 2017 with the aim of transforming audiences into choirs. They take over bars and theatres, teach those attending to perform popular songs in three-part harmony, video the results and Hey! Presto! It's wholesome fun for all the family. In the past Pub Choir have corralled their disciples into performing many popular classics including 's , 's and 's and their latest project finds 18,812 choristers singing in 15 cities across Australia, with 37 musical guests, including a man with a bullwhip. , of course, is a song long associated with unlikely musical projects. In 2019 Artist Max Siedentopf unveiled a sound installation which plays the song on an , possibly for all eternity. The same year, a Finnish musician performed it by turning into a pair of working ocarinas. A year later, boffins at Franzoli Electronics in Leipzig, Germany, released a version "played" by . Hell, even Weezer covered it. Meanwhile, back in Australia, the Pub Choir organisers are clearly delighted. "We did it!", they proudly boasted after the performance. "18,812 people around Australia all working together on one mega collaboration. And what a way to finish tonight in Perth! What a Perthormance! We have had , on and off stage. Thanks for coming to our shows, for singing your heart out, for working together. We feel so grateful." Sign up below to get the latest from Classic Rock, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! Online Editor at Louder/Classic Rock magazine since 2014. 37 years in music industry, online for 24. Also bylines for: Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, The Word Magazine, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Saga, Music365. Former Head of Music at Xfm Radio, A&R at Fiction Records, early blogger, ex-roadie, published author. Once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. Favourite Serbian trumpeter: Dejan Petrović. "We kept the groupies and drug dealers away": Steve Albini on the making of In Utero, Nirvana's bleak, beautiful swansong "You take me back to that time. You remind me what I did on the stage": Jimmy Page on the Japanese fan with the obsession that's been turned into a film "Plenty of my guitars went down in flames. We smashed ’em and taped fireworks to ’em." How Damageplan gave Dimebag Darrell hope in a post-Pantera world