I Am Your Gummy Bear

Infobox Single
Name = I Am Your Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song)


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Artist = Gummibär
from Album = "I Am Your Gummy Bear"
A-side =
B-side =
Released = start date|2007|11|13 (US)
Format = CD single, digital download, remixes EP
Recorded =
Genre = Dance-pop, electro, techno
Length = 3:18
Label = Gummibear International, [Itunes]
4 West, Kochcite web
last =Sekerka
first =John
title=I Am Your Gummy Bear
publisher=Ottawa Xpress
date=29 November, 2007
url =http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=4589
accessdate=2007-12-10]
Writer = Schneider, C.P.cite web
title=Gummibär: Discography
publisher=Billboard.com
date=2007
url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=943150&aid=1091094
accessdate=2007-12-10 Has listing for album as well]
Producer =Tonekind, Papabar, Rene Rennefeldcite web
last =Taylor
first =Chuck
title=News and Reviews: I Am Your Gummy Bear by Gummibar
publisher=Billboard.com
date=8 December,2007
url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3ida9c9ba3e6e83a938e9167279c2368ec
accessdate=2007-12-10]
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"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. 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. 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."

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Multiple languages

The single has been released in the original Hungarian ("Itt van a Gumimaci"), as well as versions in German ("Ich bin ein Gummibär"),cite web
last =Gummi
title=Ich Bin Dein Gummibär - Full German Version
publisher=Gummybear International
date=15 October, 2007
url =http://www.gummibar.net
accessdate=2007-12-10] Swedish ("Jag är en Gummibjörn"),cite web
last =Gummi
title=Jag är en Gummibjörn: Full Swedish Version
publisher=Gummybear International
date=17 October, 2007
url =http://www.gummibar.net
accessdate=2007-12-10] Spanish ("Osito Gominola"), Spanglish ("Osito Gummy Bear"), French ("Je m'appelle Funny Bear")cite web
last =Gummi
title=Je m'appelle Funny Bear - Full French Version
publisher=Gummybear International
date=15 October, 2007
url =http://www.gummibar.net
accessdate=2007-12-10] and English. A Brazilian Portuguese version ("Eu Sou O Ursinho Gummy"), A Portuguese version and a Spanglish version ("Yo Soy Tu Gummy Bear") have also been added with their own videos.cite web
last =Gummi
title=GUMMIBÄR - I Am Your Gummy Bear CD
publisher=Gummybear International
date=2007
url =http://www.gummibar.net/music
accessdate=2007-12-10]

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. 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.cite web
title="Ich bin dein Gummibär" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories
publisher=αCharts
date=2007
url =http://acharts.us/song/12103
accessdate=2007-12-12] "Ich bin dein Gummibär" is also been released on the double CD "Mallorca Party 2007"cite web
title=Mallorca Party 2007
publisher=Billboard
date=11 May, 2007
url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=684701&aid=953400
accessdate=2007-12-12]

"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.cite web
title="Gummybear Song" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories
publisher=αCharts
date=2007
url =http://acharts.us/song/27119
accessdate=2007-12-12]

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.cite web
title="I'm Your Funny Bear" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories
publisher=αCharts
date=2007
url =http://acharts.us/song/28843
accessdate=2007-12-12]

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. 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, chummy, funny, lucky". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5hJK--Nd24 YouTube - GUMMIBÄR ] ] cite web
last =Gummi
title=Two New Videos Have Just Been Added!
publisher=Gummybear International
date=29 November, 2007
url =http://www.gummibar.net
accessdate=2007-12-10]

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 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. [ [http://www.petedodd.com/work.htm#gummibear] ]

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.cite web
last =Buechler
first =Volker
title=MouseMeetsCheese.de - Suchergebnisse
publisher=deutschrock.de
date=2007
url =http://deutschrock-www3.profihost.com/out/oxbaseshop/html/style.css
accessdate=2007-12-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22gummy+bear%22+&search_type=&aq=f "Gummy Bear" and parody videos at YouTube.]
* [http://www.gummibar.net/ www.Gummibar.net Official site]
* [http://www.funnygummy.com www.FunnyGummy.com Record label site]
* [http://www.gummibar.net/lyrics/ Lyrics in English, Hungarian and Spanish]
* [http://www.gummy-bear.com GummyNizer - Official UK Promotion]