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

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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

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, where it spent eight months as number one atop the ringtones chart. Subsequently, it became a global phenomenon as an

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, in large part due to its corresponding videos on

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and

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. 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 , making it one of the top-10 most-viewed French videos on the site. It peaked at number eight on the French singles chart. With the song ready-made for

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use, critic John Sekerka 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.

Multiple languages

Several versions have been released in many languages. The song was originally released in

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and English, and, as mentioned, the French version has received more than half a billion views. Gummibär released a whole album of their new languages on YouTube. Other languages include Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Brazilian and European Portuguese, Hungarian, Swedish, Slovak, Swahili, Polish, Turkish,

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, and several more.

Music video

Videos corresponding to at least 43 languages are currently uploaded featuring the titular gummy bear character in orange underwear bouncing and

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. Gummibär is a blue-eyed, highly stylized, green gummy bear. He is slightly overweight and wears orange Y-front

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and white

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. He also seems to have a half-chewed right ear. His muzzle, or

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, are

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-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 3.4 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

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by Pete Dodd and was produced through Wilfilm in

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In popular culture

* The song is featured in the 2020 horror-comedy film ''Spree'', directed by

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. * A remix of the song by

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is used near the end of the 2020

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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 ''

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''. * The song is also featured in the 2021 Netflix family film '' Yes Day''.

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