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I'm a Gummy Bear
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Wikipedia article
{{infobox song
| name = I'm a Gummy Bear
(The Gummy Bear Song)
| cover = I-Am-A-Gummy-Bear-The-Gummy-Bear-Song.jpg
| type = single
| artist = Gummibr
| album = I Am Your Gummy Bear
| released =
| recorded = 2006
| studio =
| genre = Pop Novelty
| length = 3:11
| label = Catchy Tunes
| writer = Christian P. Schneider Has listing for album as well
| producer = Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeld
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Cho Ka Ka O (Choco Choco Choco)
| next_year = 2008
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}}
"'I'm a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)'" is a novelty dance song by Gummibr, in reference to the gummy bear, a type of bear-shaped candy originating in Germany. It was written by German composer Christian Schneider and released by Gummibr's label Gummybear International. The song was first released in Hungary, where it spent eight months as number one atop the ringtones chart.
Subsequently, it became global as an Internet meme, in large part due to its corresponding videos on YouTube and MySpace. It has since been released in at least twenty-five languages and has virally spread worldwide with more than 2 billion plays.
The French version ("Funny Bear") was written by Peter Kitsch. The French music video has over 480 million views on YouTube , making it one of the top 10 most viewed French videos on the site. It peaked number eight on the French Singles Chart.
With the song ready-made for ringtone use, one critic commented "he's the ultimate cross-platform, cross-cultural phenomenon YouTube was designed to unleash." It is heard on his debut album 'I Am Your Gummy Bear' released in 2007. Since the song's release, many songs, including a cover of "Blue (Da Ba Dee)", have been released by Gummibr.
Multiple languages
Several versions have been released in many languages. The song was originally released in German and English. The French version was seen by millions. Gummibr released a whole album of their new languages on YouTube.
Other languages include Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, German, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, and several more.
Music video
Videos corresponding to at least 43 languages are currently uploaded featuring the titular character in orange underwear bouncing and breakdancing.
Composition
the song is written in the key of A minor and at the end it is transposed to B minor with a hip-hop beat and 103 BPM
Character's personalization
Gummibr, the highly stylized character, is fat and wears orange Y-front briefs and white sneakers. The character also seems to be bitten with a small portion of the upper left ear missing. The bear's muzzle, or mustache and goatee, are sugar-crusted and with only two small teeth spaced far apart on his lower jaw.
The music video has over 2.4 billion views on YouTube , making it one of the top 50 most viewed videos on the site.
In 2006, the video, a 30-second CGI pop promo animated in Softimage XSI, was directed, designed and animated by Pete Dodd and was produced through Wilfilm in Copenhagen for Ministry of Sound GmbH in Berlin.
In popular culture
The song is featured in the 2020 horror-comedy film Spree directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko.
A remix of the song by Fanfare Ciocrlia is used near the end of the 2020 Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'.
It is featured in an episode of 'Paradise PD' features parody of the song known as 'I am a Bunny Dog'.
The song is featured in the video game Just Dance Kids 2.
The song is also featured in the 2021 Netflix family film 'Yes Day'.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
* Crazy Frog
* Blue (Da Ba Dee)
References
Category:2007 debut singles
Category:2007 singles
Category:Dance-pop songs
Category:Internet memes
Category:Novelty songs
Category:Macaronic songs
Category:2006 songs
Category:Number-one singles in Greece
Category:Songs about bears
Category:Internet memes introduced in 2007
Category:Gummibr songs
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