Complex sentence: The song was first released as a music video on the 23rd of February 2012, the video proved to be a success as it gained more than 42 million views at the end of the year and arrived eighth as the most watched video of 2012.
Split into simpler sentences: The song was first released as a music video on 23 February 2012. The video proved to be a success, as it gained more than 42 million views at the end of the year, and arrived eighth as the most watched video of 2012.