diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index c0fafbfd5..4c449fd74 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'upload_date': '20121002',
                 'description': 'test chars:  "\'/\\ä↭𝕐\ntest URL: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/issues/1892\n\nThis is a test video for youtube-dl.\n\nFor more information, contact phihag@phihag.de .',
                 'categories': ['Science & Technology'],
+                'tags': ['youtube-dl'],
                 'like_count': int,
                 'dislike_count': int,
                 'start_time': 1,
@@ -343,7 +344,10 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
                 'ext': 'mp4',
                 'upload_date': '20120506',
                 'title': 'Icona Pop - I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]',
-                'description': 'md5:fea86fda2d5a5784273df5c7cc994d9f',
+                'description': 'md5:782e8651347686cba06e58f71ab51773',
+                'tags': ['Icona Pop i love it', 'sweden', 'pop music', 'big beat records', 'big beat', 'charli',
+                         'xcx', 'charli xcx', 'girls', 'hbo', 'i love it', "i don't care", 'icona', 'pop',
+                         'iconic ep', 'iconic', 'love', 'it'],
                 'uploader': 'Icona Pop',
                 'uploader_id': 'IconaPop',
             }
@@ -1072,8 +1076,10 @@ def add_dash_mpd(video_info):
         else:
             video_categories = None
 
-        video_tags = re.findall(r'''<meta(?:\s+[a-zA-Z0-9:._-]+(?:=[a-zA-Z0-9:._-]+|="[^"]+"|='[^']+'))*?\s+property=['"]?og:video:tag['"]?(?:\s+[a-zA-Z0-9:._-]+(?:=[a-zA-Z0-9:._-]+|="[^"]+"|='[^']+'))*?\s+content=['"]?([^>'"]+?)['"]?\s*>'''
-        , video_webpage, re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE);
+        video_tags = [
+            unescapeHTML(m.group('content'))
+            for m in re.finditer(self._meta_regex('og:video:tag'), video_webpage)]
+
         # description
         video_description = get_element_by_id("eow-description", video_webpage)
         if video_description:
@@ -1261,8 +1267,8 @@ def _map_to_format_list(urlmap):
             'title': video_title,
             'thumbnail': video_thumbnail,
             'description': video_description,
-            'tags' : video_tags,
             'categories': video_categories,
+            'tags': video_tags,
             'subtitles': video_subtitles,
             'automatic_captions': automatic_captions,
             'duration': video_duration,