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Baby Shark

Baby Shark

Children's song popularized in 2016 "Baby Shark" is a children's song and YouTube music video associated with a dance involving hand movements, dating back to the late 20th century. "Baby Shark" became popular when Pinkfong, a South Korean entertainment company, released a version of the song on June 17, 2016, with a YouTube Music video which went viral on social media, in online videos, and on the radio. In November 2020, Pinkfong's version became the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, after gaining 7.04 billion views. In January 2022, it became the first YouTube video to reach 10 billion views. History Origins A boy doing the "Baby Shark" dance The original song dates back to the 20th century[when?]. Various entities have tried to copyright original videos and sound recordings of the song, but according to The New York Times, the underlying song and characters are believed to be in the public domain, as the song has been a popular camp sing-along for decades.[vague] A dance version of "Baby Shark" was popularized in the 2007 YouTube video "Kleiner Hai" (German for Little Shark) published by Alexandra Müller, also known by her stage name Alemuel [de]. This version, set to the