"Miracles" is a 2010 Insane Clown Posse song whose sincere awe at nature curdled into internet ridicule the moment its music video hit YouTube. Shaggy 2 Dope's baffled question about magnets turned a Juggalo anthem into one of the most quoted ironic sing-alongs of the early 2010s.
Origin
Insane Clown Posse released "Miracles" as a single from their 2009 album Bang! Pow! Boom!, but the meme dates to the music video, which the group uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2010[1]. In the clip the duo, in their signature face paint, wander through fields and cityscapes reciting the lyrics with wide-eyed conviction[1].
The verse that broke containment was Shaggy 2 Dope's aside about magnets, which arrived alongside the phrase "and I don't wanna talk to a scientist / Y'all motherfuckers lying and getting me pissed"[2]. That combination of childlike awe and open hostility to explanation is what forum readers seized on within hours of the upload.
- Platform: YouTube (ICP release) / 4chan (viral spread)
- Creator: Insane Clown Posse
- Date: 2010
Overview
"Miracles", also known as "Fucking Magnets, How Do They Work?", is a rap track by Detroit horrorcore duo Insane Clown Posse in which Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope list off things that fill them with wonder, from giraffes to rainbows to pyramids[1]. The line viewers latched onto came from Shaggy 2 Dope, who paused mid-verse to marvel that "fucking magnets, how do they work?" and to dismiss scientists as liars[2].
Online the song works less as music and more as a bottomless quote mine. People screencap the video's clown-painted close-ups, pair them with mock-scientific captions, and use the magnets line as a stock reply to anything that sounds like willful ignorance[2]. The tone is affectionate mockery rather than a takedown of ICP or their Juggalo fanbase, and the sincerity of the delivery is what keeps the joke reusable.
How It Spread
The video's spread was almost instant. On April 7, 2010, one day after the upload, comedian Aziz Ansari tweeted a link, saying the clip had lifted his spirits after a stressful week[3]. His post pushed "Miracles" out of music blogs and into the general comedy internet.
4chan users produced image macros pulled from the video's close-ups, stacking the magnets line over unrelated pictures and building COMBO threads around the funnier freeze-frames[2]. Violent J later addressed the wave of jokes directly, telling fans he was fine with people laughing at the song as long as they were watching it[2]. The YouTube upload passed 17 million views by April 2017, keeping the clip in circulation long after the initial 2010 rush[1].
The magnets line kept a second life as a shorthand catchphrase, dropped into replies whenever someone posts a genuine question about how a common object works, and the song became a fixture of "unironic vs. ironic fandom" arguments about ICP[2].
How to Use
The common convention is to quote "fucking magnets, how do they work?" as a self-aware reply to any everyday science question, or to caption a still from the video with a mock-earnest observation about nature. Image macros typically use the wide-eyed clown-paint close-ups of Violent J or Shaggy 2 Dope with white Impact-style text stating something obvious as if it were profound.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is "Miracles"?
It is a 2010 Insane Clown Posse song and music video whose lyrics, especially "fucking magnets, how do they work?", became an ironic viral catchphrase and image-macro source[1].
Where did "Miracles" come from?
ICP uploaded the music video to YouTube on April 6, 2010, and it spread within a day through comedy blogs and 4chan threads[1][2].
What does "Miracles" mean?
In the song the word refers to Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope's sincere awe at nature, but online it is used sarcastically to mock the anti-science tone of Shaggy 2 Dope's magnets verse[2].
How do you use "Miracles"?
People quote the magnets line as a reply to any basic how-does-this-work question, or caption freeze-frames from the video with mock-profound statements[2].
Is "Miracles" still popular?
The original YouTube upload had passed 17 million views by April 2017, and the magnets catchphrase is still a standard reference when ICP or Juggalos come up online[1].
