I Am Your Gummy Bear

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“I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)”

Single by Gummibär from the album 'I Am Your Gummy Bear'
Released	November 13, 2007 (2007-11-13) (US)
Format	CD single, digital download, remixes EP
Genre	Dance-pop, electro, techno
Length	3:18
Label	Gummibear International,^[1] 4 West^[2], Koch^[3]
Writer(s)	Schneider, C.P.^[2]
Producer	Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeld^[4]

"I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" is a novelty dance song by German composer Christian Schneider and released by Gummibear International that received international and internet meme success, in part, due to its corresponding 30-second video clip.^[4]^[5] The song has since been released in at least seven languages and has virally spread worldwide with more than 30 million plays of the corresponding videos on YouTube and MySpace.^[4] 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."

1 Multiple languages
2 Chart success
3 Video
4 Merchandising
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Multiple languages

The single has been released in the original Hungarian ("Itt van a Gumimaci"),^[2] as well as versions in German ("Ich bin ein Gummibär"),^[6] Swedish ("Jag är en Gummibjörn"),^[7] Spanish ("Osito Gominola"),^[2] Spanglish ("Osito Gummy Bear"), French ("Je m'appelle Funny Bear")^[8] and English. A Brazilian version ("Eu Sou O Ursinho") and a Spanglish version ("Yo Soy Tu Gummy Bear") have also been added with their own videos.^[9]

[edit] Chart success

"[W]ith sped-up vocals and swirly synth production" the original Hungarian version was a No. 1 ringtone for eight months while the full album was in the top 20.^[4] In the spring of 2007 "Ich bin dein Gummibär" listed for five weeks on the Germany Singles Top 100 entering at position 69 where it peaked for 3 weeks.^[10] "Ich bin dein Gummibär" is also been released on the double CD Mallorca Party 2007^[11]

"Gummybear Song" has listed for seventeen weeks on the Sweden Singles Top 60 entering the chart at position 14 and peaking at number 11, as of December 2007 it is at position 30.^[12]

As of December 2007 it has been listed for eight weeks on the Australia Singles Top 50 chart entering at position 13 and peaked at number 12, where it stayed for 2 weeks.^[13]

[edit] Video

"I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)" received international and internet meme success, in part, due to its corresponding 30-second video clip as well as the full song versions.^[4]^[5] The song has since been released in at least seven languages and the corresponding videos posted as well featuring a "jolly and jiggly" lime green cartoon image of a rubbery candy gummi bear in yellow underwear bouncing around and breakdancing while singing lyrics like "yummy, tummy, funny, lucky".^[4]^[14]^[5]

The highly stylized Gummibär character is naked except for yellow underwear and sneakers. Gummibär also seems to be bitten with a small portion of the upper left ear missing, which may be due to the fact that the song is about candy. The bear's muzzle or, allowing for anthropomorphism, his mustache and goatee, are sugar-crusted and he only has two small teeth spaced far apart on his lower jaw.

[edit] Merchandising

In addition to all the songs and associated ringtones for sale a line of t-shirts in adult as well as infant sizes is available as well as coffee mugs all featuring the cartoon gummi bear or phrases from the song.^[15]