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Baby Shark has broken the record and become the most-viewed YouTube video - ever!

Since it was released in 2016 the video reached 7.04 billion views.

It's bad news for Justin Bieber who's song Despacito with Luis Fonsi has been knocked off the top spot.

Love it or hate it, Pinkfong released the song four years ago and since then it has had the whole world singing along.

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Where did it come from?

Baby Shark started life as a nursery rhyme and is just one minute and 21 seconds long.

But since 10-year-old Korean-American singer Hope Segoine recorded her version people have been singing along, over and over... and over... again.

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South Korean bands like Red Velvet (pictured) helped launch the song to hit-status

It was Pinkfong!'s version that launched the viral craze, which started in Southeast Asia. However, Pinkfong! believe that a lot of their success came from popular Korean bands like Red Velvet, Girls' Generation and BLACKPINK.

These K-pop groups started doing their own performances of it at their concerts.

There have been a few spin-off Baby Shark songs including one prompting children to wash their hands!

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  • I'm not surprised

  • My cusion loves this song

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      mine too he's 4

  • another 6 and it went a while ago.

  • Ten minutes later and it's still going

  • now it's stuck in my head.

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      same

  • funny

  • my best friend and my brother love it and I like it but its boring now

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      me 2

  • its not a bad song at first but then it gets really annoying >:(

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      kind of but it gets in your head :(

  • It's a bit like Let it Go from Frozen because its not a bad song I've just heard it so many times that I hate it now.

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      :)

  • My younger cousins and family love it it’s so catchy but I hate it

  • I'm pretty sure it's one of the most disliked video too

    • sparklykittenL replied:
      maybe???

      [Edited by Moderator]

  • OMG four years ago!! I don't like it but it literally gets stuck in ur head and u can't stop singing it!! 🤣😂

  • OMG WHY IS IT SO FAMOUS I HATE IT SO MUCH

  • I’m going to sing my own version version of baby shark baby shark did you do it so annoyed I know you do do do do do do its so annoying you did you Diddy is so annoying do you do do do do do do do do

    • aquamermaid replied:
      Yea !

  • I hate baby shark so annoying I can omit that it’s the worst song I know on the Earth and I had to sing it for my school song festival well my whole class did and I was in grade 2 how annoying and first of all black pink is for grown-ups to watch

  • I don’t like this baby shark is so annoying my little brother and my little sister love singing it and I am trying to play my game and I just think you said baby shark do do do do do do baby shark do do do do do do baby shark mummy shark do do do do do do mummy yeah you know yeah you know

  • I love this song as it was a guiding song, but I will not be allowed to comment the lyrics as they get a bit dark near the end. When my dad said the song got popular I was very exited as I have always loved the song, but I didn’t realise how annoying pinkfongs version is. I remember once I was chatting with a few of the older brownies about my age about it and they all aggressively that the guiding version Is a lot better. We were no longer allowed to sing the song at brownies once this becase popular, Evan though the two versions are so different. Sorry this comment is so long!

    🐻 bear 🐻

    • olivedizzybear replied:
      Oh sorry I meant agreed not aggressively!

      🐻 bear 🐻

  • I respect everyone else's opinion, but God this song is annoying. I can see how it appeals to younger kids, but it's just so irritating to have this song constantly sung at you at school or at home from siblings, because then you can't get it out of your head. I don't think it deserves all its recognition anyway because all it is is one annoying verse supplied with different family members each time and then a load of "doo doo doo doo doo"s. .

    • daania replied:
      it is ok like i love the song but it was so catchy i got fed up with it thx

      [Edited by Moderator]

  • my school sang it in assembly. AWKWARD!!! but cute

    the school is like the baby shark fam

  • my old class was obsessed with this song a year ago, kinda torturous to be honest, they sung it all of the time lol

    its so cute though
    baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo

    • aquamermaid replied:
      Mummy shark doo doo doo

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