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"I'm a Gummy Bear
(The Gummy Bear Song)"
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Single by Gummibär
from the album I Am Your Gummy Bear
Released10 June 2007
GenrePop,[1] novelty
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LabelCatchy Tunes
Songwriter(s)Christian P. Schneider[2]
Producer(s)Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeld[1]
Gummibär singles chronology
"I'm a Gummy Bear
(The Gummy Bear Song)"
(2007) 		"Cho Ka Ka O (Choco Choco Choco)"
(2008)
Music video
"The Gummy Bear Song" on YouTube

"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.[3]

Subsequently, it became a global phenomenon as an Internet meme, in large part due to its corresponding videos on YouTube and MySpace.[1] It has since been released in at least 43 languages, and the English version alone has spread virally worldwide, with more than 3 billion plays on YouTube alone.

The French version ("Funny Bear") was written by Peter Kitsch. The French music video has over 512 million views on YouTube (As of January 2023), making it one of the top-10 most-viewed French videos on the site.[4] It peaked at number eight on the French Singles Chart.[5]

With the song ready-made for ringtone use, one critic[who?] commented "he's the ultimate cross-platform, cross-cultural phenomenon YouTube was designed to unleash."[6] 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.

Multiple languages

Several versions have been released in many languages. The song was originally released in German[7] and English, and, as mentioned, the French version has received more than half a billion views.[8] Gummibär released a whole album of their new languages on YouTube.[9]

Other languages include Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, and several more.

An official version of the song has also been uploaded in Klingon.

Music video

Videos corresponding to at least 43 languages are currently uploaded featuring the titular green gummy bear character in orange underwear bouncing and breakdancing.[1][10][11]

Gummibär is a green-colored, blue-eyed, highly stylized gelatinous bear. He is fat and wears orange Y-front briefs and white sneakers. The character also seems to be bitten with a small portion of its 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 English music video, posted on October 9, 2007, has over 2.9 billion views on YouTube (As of January 2023), making it one of the top-50 most-viewed videos on the site.[12]

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.[13]

In popular culture

  • The song is featured in the 2020 horror-comedy film Spree, directed by Eugene Kotlyarenko.[14]
  • A remix of the song by Fanfare Ciocărlia is used near the end of the 2020 Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.[15]
  • A parody of the song, known as "I am a Bunny Dog", is featured in an episode of Paradise PD.
  • 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.[16]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

  • Crazy Frog
  • Blue (Da Ba Dee)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Taylor, Chuck (9 November 2007). "News and Reviews: I'm A Gummy Bear by Gummibar". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3ida9c9ba3e6e83a938e9167279c2368ec. 
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/ "Gummybear: Discography". Billboard.com. 1991. https://www.billboard.com/music/Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/.  Has listing for album as well
  3. ↑ Alleyne, Richard (2008-07-11). "Gummy Bear set to take Crazy Frog's mantle". Telegraph Media Group. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2285316/Gummy-Bear-set-to-take-Crazy-Frogs-mantle.html. 
  4. ↑ YouTube, JMF. "Les chansons francophones les plus vues classement (Playlist)" (in fr). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhsz9CILh354KnaGU1UJas5IVf_j9NMAI. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Les classement single. ""Lescharts.com – FunnyBear – FunnyBear"" (in fr). https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=FunnyBear&titel=FunnyBear&cat=s. 
  6. ↑ "Gummibär "I Am Your Gummy Bear"". Ottawa XPress. http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=4589. 
  7. ↑ berlin0708 (2006-07-14), GUMMIBÄR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hJK--Nd24, retrieved 2018-05-13 
  8. ↑ Gummi (15 October 2007). "Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version". Gummybear International. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H59Py7KApU. 
  9. ↑ "The Gummy Bear Song Around the World (Album)". https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOwfzI84VEW8Bqu3sRreXYxtZ-r-1kU6k. 
  10. ↑ Gummy mop fished in the west (29 November 2007). "Two New Videos Have Just Been Added!". Gummybear International. http://www.gummybear.net/. 
  11. ↑ "Original Gummy Bear video on YouTube". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0&index=49&list=PLirAqAtl_h2r5g8xGajEwdXd3x1sZh8hC&t=0s. 
  12. ↑ "Top 1000 Most Viewed YouTube Videos of All Time". YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL11E57E1166929B60. 
  13. ↑ "GummyBear". Petedodd. https://petedodd.com/portfolio_page/gummy-bear. 
  14. ↑ "Spree (2020)". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394332/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd. 
  15. ↑ "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Soundtrack Music - Complete Song List" (in en-us). https://www.tunefind.com/movie/borat-subsequent-moviefilm-2020. 
  16. ↑ "Yes Day Soundtrack Music – Complete Song List". https://www.tunefind.com/movie/yes-day-2021. 
  17. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Australian-charts.com – Gummibear – I'm Your Funny Bear". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  18. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s Swedishcharts.com – Gummybear – GUMMYBEAR SONG". Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Template:Single chart/germanencode/?type=single Musicline.de – Gummybear Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Digital Singles Charts - Greece (December 19, 2009)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2009-12-19/greece. Retrieved 2013-06-17. 
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/JPN "Gummy Bear Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/CAN "Gummibär Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "WLink"./chart-history/DAN "Gummibär Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  24. ↑ "ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association. https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2007/singles-chart. 
  25. ↑ "Årslista Singlar – År 2007" (in sv). Sverigetopplistan. https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2007&dspp=1. 



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