<P> The song's music video was shot in the fourth week of March 2013, and it was directed by Pitch Perfect's director Jason Moore . It was released on April 12, 2013 on Anna Kendrick's Vevo channel; as of February 2018, it has over 400 million views . </P> <P> It opens with Anna Kendrick in a restaurant's kitchen cutting dough into biscuits with a styrene - acrylonitrile pebbled tumbler, while looking up longingly at some postcards of far - away places, such as Scotland and Paris, stuck to the refrigerator . She puts the biscuits in the oven, sets a timer, and dusts her hands off with an oscillating fan, before pausing a moment, and then starting the song using the cup on the table . In a long continuous shot, she washes her hands, takes a plate of food from the chef, and makes her way out into the dining area, where all the customers are drumming the cups in various ways . The camera then follows her singing while collecting dirty dishes and cleaning tables, before it pans around and back out wide, showing the entire diner synchronously doing the routine during the bridge section . It then cuts back to her walking back to the kitchen, passing the chef now drumming with a cup instead of wooden utensils, and follows back to her at the table . The timer rings as the song ends, and she looks back up, out towards the dining area where everyone is now normal, realizing it was all her imagination . Taking one last look at the chef, she smiles and exits through the back door . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (2013) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Australia (ARIA) </Td> <Td> 44 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) </Td> <Td> 75 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada (Canadian Hot 100) </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada AC (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada CHR / Top 40 (Billboard) </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada Hot AC (Billboard) </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> France (SNEP) </Td> <Td> 181 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ireland (IRMA) </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Netherlands (Single Top 100) </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) </Td> <Td> 26 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UK Singles (Official Charts Company) </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (2013) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr>

Who originally sang the cups song from pitch perfect