<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "The Gummy Bear Song" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 atop the ringtones chart . </P> <P> Subsequently it became global as an internet meme, in large part due to its corresponding videos on YouTube and MySpace . 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 . </P>

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