I'm a Gummy Bear facts for kids
Quick facts for kids "I'm a Gummy Bear(The Gummy Bear Song)" |
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| Single by Gummibär | ||||
| from the album I Am Your Gummy Bear | ||||
| Released | 10 June 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop, novelty | |||
| Length | 3:10 | |||
| Label | Catchy Tunes | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Christian P. Schneider | |||
| Producer(s) | Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeld | |||
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"I'm a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" is a novelty dance song by Gummibär, 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 Gummibär'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 as of 16 September 2021[update], 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 Gummibär.
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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. Gummibär 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.
Gummibär, 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 as of May 2021[update], 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 Ciocărlia 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
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See also
In Spanish: Yo soy tu gominola para niños
