<P> The single debuted at number 18 on the Denmark and peaked at number one, the only country in which it did . In Germany it reached number 9 . "The Lazy Song" started at number 26 in the Dutch Top 40 on April 2, 2011, and peaked at number 4 in its eighth week on the chart . The single debuted at number 10 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 and peaked at number 4 . In Switzerland it entered the singles chart at number 29 and climbed to number 9 . It peaked at number 11 on the French singles chart (SNEP), and it peaked at number 10 in Italy . </P> <P> Mars was able to watch the video his label had produced before Doo - Wops & Hooligans was released . The singer thought that the music video didn't represent the song in the way he wanted, and asked the label to record another . The latter agreed and gave him a "couple thousand dollars", with it Mars bought monkey masks and shot the video in two days . After doing 12 takes, the tenth was the one chosen . </P> <P> The official video was directed by Mars and Cameron Duddy, produced by Nick Tabri and Dara Siegel, and features Poreotics wearing chimpanzee masks; it was released on April 15, 2011 . The whole video is presented in as a lone continuous and uninterrupted shot, it begins with Mars singing and hanging out in a bedroom with five dancers, they all wear monkey masks and Mars dresses in black sunglasses and a flannel shirt . While Mars sings what he feels to do on a day off, he and the monkeys perform dance moves typical of a boy - band, fool around and mimicking the song's lyrics . Philip Lawrence, a member of the Smeezingtons, makes an appearance, lip syncing the line, "Oh my God, this is great!" before being driven off by the chimps; the monkeys drop their pants when Mars sings, "I'll just strut in my birthday suit / and let everything hang loose!" The music video ends with Mars pouring yellow confetti all over his boxer - clad pals, right before him, Poreotics and Philip Lawrence, who meanwhile reappeared, striking a pose for the camera . </P> <P> An alternate video was directed by Nez, produced by Anne Johnson, and was released on May 27, 2011 . The video features Leonard Nimoy, who "enjoys the lazy life". During the music video Nimoy, who wears a robe and slippers all day, is seen "wandering around the neighborhood and scaring the local Ginger kids, he's at home smoking weed and chilling out". Besides this, one or two other famous Trek stars make a brief appearance, like William Shatner . Mars and Lawrence make a cameo in the video, walking out of the grocery store as Nimoy walks in . </P>

Who were the monkeys in the lazy song