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The Duck Song is a song produced and written by Bryant Oden. The song rose to fame online after an animated music video was uploaded to YouTube in March of 2009. It is considered an YouTube hit.

The beginning
On January 21st, 2009, the video was uploaded to Songdrops YouTube Channel. It featured song with lyrics on a sequence of slides. On March 23rd, YouTube user Forrest Whaley uploaded the animated music video for the song made with MS Paint that was viewed more than 100 million times. On April 21st, the song was released for sale on the iTunes music store for $0.99.

Spread
On October 14th, Songdrops acknowledged that the children’s song had become popular among teenagers in high school in a press release titled “Viral YouTube Sensation ‘Duck Song’ Waddling into Hearts of Teens". On November 13th, Whaley uploaded a sequel video titled “The Duck Song 2”, in which the anthropomorphic duck from the original animation repeatedly asks a woman running a corner store for grapes. On April 2nd, 2010, Whaley uploaded “The Duck Song 3” to his YouTube channel, in which the duck tricks the lemonade stand man into taking the corner store woman’s duck tape.

On September 1st, 2010, the Flinders Press published a children's book by Oden and Whaley titled The Duck Song, which mirrored the original Whaley animated video. Within two years, the book had received a five-star rating out of over 60 reviews on the online retail store Amazon.

On October 8th, 2011, the Christian inspirational blog All in a Day published a post deconstructing the song, which claimed that the grapes represented different aspects of our lives that must be consumed in moderation. Whaley's videos have continued to spread on sites like Tumblr under the tag “#duck song.” As of May 23rd, 2012, the song is the #1 children’s song on iTunes in the United Kingdom and a Facebook page for “The Duck Song” has received over 18,500 likes.

Many fan created illustrations referencing the duck song can be found on the art sharing website DeviantArt.

Links

 * The Duck Song on Facebook
 * Songdrops website