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

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song by

Gummibär Gummibär or Gummy Bear (; German for "gummy bear") is a German-origin Euro-Dance multilingual character and virtual band that performs gummy bear-related songs on various albums, including ''I Am Your Gummy Bear'' (2007) and ''La La Love to Danc ...

, in reference to the

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, a type of bear-shaped candy originating in

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. It was written by

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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 a global phenomenon as an

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, in large part due to its corresponding videos on

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and MySpace. It has since been released in at least 43 languages, and the English version alone has spread virally worldwide, with more than 2.9 billion plays on YouTube alone. The

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version ("Funny Bear") was written by Peter Kitsch. The French music video has over 512 million views on

, 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, 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 ''I Am Your Gummy Bear'' is the debut studio album by German virtual band Gummibär. It was released on 13 November 2007 via Gummybear International. It contains 20 songs interpreted by Gummibär, including "I'm a Gummy Bear "I'm a Gummy Bear ( ...

'' released in 2007. Since the song's release, many songs, including a cover of "

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", have been released by Gummibär.

Multiple languages

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

and

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, 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, 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

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, the highly stylized character, is fat and wears orange Y-front

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and white

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. The character also seems to be bitten with a small portion of its upper-left ear missing. The bear's muzzle, or

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and

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, are

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-crusted and with only two small teeth spaced far apart on his lower jaw. The music video, posted on October 9, 2007, has over 2.9 billion views on

, 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

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by Pete Dodd and was produced through Wilfilm in

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for

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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 ''

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''. * The song is featured in the video game '' Just Dance Kids 2''. * The song is also featured in the 2021 Netflix family film ''

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