I'm a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)

"I'm A Gummy Bear
(The Gummy Bear Song)"
Single by Gummibär
from the album I Am Your Gummy Bear
Released 13 October 2007 (2007-10-13)
Format CD single, digital download, remixes EP
Length 3:10
Label Gummybear International
Writer(s) Schneider, C.P.[1]
Producer(s) Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeld[2]
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 its label Gummybear International. The song was first released in Hungary, where it spent eight months as number 1.[3]

Subsequently it became global as an internet meme, in large part due to its corresponding videos on YouTube and MySpace.[2] It has since been released in at least twenty five languages and has virally spread worldwide with more than 1 billion plays. The French Version (Funny Bear) was written by Peter Kitsch.

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."[4] 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.

Music video

Videos corresponding to at least twenty five languages were posted, as well as a version featuring a "jolly and jiggly" lime green cartoon of a rubbery candy gummy bear in orange underwear basically bouncing around and breakdancing. "Oh I'm a yummy, tummy, funny, lucky gummy bear" and "I'm a movin', groovin', jammin', singing gummy bear" are the most common and mostly understood lyrics of this song.[2][5][6]

Gummibär, the highly stylized green blue-eyed character is naked except for an orange underwear and sneakers. Gummibär also seems to be bitten with a small portion of the upper left ear missing, which may be because 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.

The video, a 30-second CGI pop promo animated in Softimage XSI, was directed, designed and animated by Peter Dodd and produced through Wilfilm in Copenhagen for Ministry of Sound GmbH in Berlin.[7]

Weekly charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)[8] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] 87
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[10] 28
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[11] 36
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] 53
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 11
Australia (ARIA)[14] 12

References

  1. ↑ "Gummibär: Discography". Billboard.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-11-04. Retrieved 2007-12-10. Has listing for album as well
  2. 1 2 3 Taylor, Chuck (8 December 2001). "News and Reviews: I'm A Gummy Bear by Gummibar". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Gummy Bear set to take Crazy Frog's mantle". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ↑ "Gummibär "I Am Your Gummy Bear"". Ottawa XPress.
  5. ↑ Gummiy miop fished in the west (29 November 2007). "Two New Videos Have Just Been Added!". Gummybear International. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  6. ↑ YouTube - GUMMIBÄR
  7. ↑ "GummiBear". Petedodd. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
  8. ↑ "Digital Singles Charts - Greece (December 19, 2009)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "Gummibär – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Gummibär. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Gummibär – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for Gummibär. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Gummy Bear – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for Gummy Bear. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Gummibär – Ich bin dein Gummibär". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Gummybear – GUMMYBEAR SONG". Singles Top 100. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Gummibär – I'M YOUR FUNNY BEAR". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved August 1, 2013.

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