Johny Johny yes papa sung by baby infant vivian victoria
The lyrics to the song are in call and response and typically sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".[4] The original and most well-known version of the song is:[3] Johny, Johny, Yes papa? Eating sugar? No papa. Telling lies? No papa. Open your mouth Ha ha ha! A 1989 book by the American scholar and professor Jessica Wilson states that the nursery rhyme originated in Kenya.[3] However, according to Vinoth Chandar, the CEO of ChuChu TV, it was already old enough to have been in the public domain in India by 2018, indicating that it would have been at least 60 years old (per Indian copyright law); Chandar wrote in 2018 that he "used to hear it" as a child, and that elderly people would also have listened to it as children "Johny Johny Yes Papa" is an English-language nursery rhyme. The song is about a child, Johny, who is caught by his father to have lied about whether he is "eating sugar". Versions with more than one verse usually continue with variations on this theme. Internet memeEdit The song became an internet meme in August 2018, with one version by Billion Surprise Toys—a company with 16 million subscribers to its YouTube channel—going particularly viral on Twitter.[6][8] This version prominently features Johny and his father doing popular dance moves such as the "Gangnam Style" dance,[6][8] and intertwines the original lyrics with a repeated "doo-doo-doo-da-doo" to the melody of "Baby Shark".[1][8]The various videos by edutainment channels were subsequently described as "terrifying", "disturbing", "nonsensical" and "a godforsaken nightmare".[1][5][6]The song's popularity has been attributed to the Elsagate phenomenon of potentially disturbing or absurd YouTube videos being algorithmically shown to children through the YouTube website and the YouTube Kids app.[1][9] The Verge, Mashable and New York Magazine found "remixes" by Billion Surprise Toys, one featuring an anthropomorphic refrigerator (as the liar), to be particularly absurd even compared to other "Johny Johny Yes Papa" videos.[1][6][9] Shortly after the song went viral, Billion Surprise Toys began to very aggressively issue DMCAtakedown requests for videos and images derived from its own videos published on social media. The move was controversial because of the unclear copyright status of the song itself and American copyright law allowing parodies as a form of fair use as well as the UAE (Billion Surprise Toys' native country[10]) allowing "The reproduction of the work for the purpose of personal, non-profit and non-professional use" under their fair use laws ReferencesEdit ^ a b c d e f Hagi, Sarah (1 September 2018). "The viral 'Johny, Johny' kids' videos are a godforsaken nightmare". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ Vincent, Brittany (28 August 2018). "'Johny Johny Yes Papa' is a terrifyingly catchy YouTube kids' abomination". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b Butler, Francelia (1989). Skipping around the World: The Ritual Nature of Folk Rhymes. University of Michigan: Library Professional Publications. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9780208021946. Retrieved 2 September2018. ^ a b c Shamsian, Jacob (27 September 2018). "The bizarrely catchy 'Johny Johny Yes Papa' meme is freaking people out". INSIDER. Insider Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2018. ^ a b Alexander, Julia (30 August 2018). "'Johnny Johnny Yes Papa': Top memesters try to understand the bizarre video's rise". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 2 September2018. ^ a b c d e Sung, Morgan (28 August 2018). "'Johny Johny Yes Papa' is just one of many terrifying YouTube videos made for kids". Mashable. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ Crede, Phaea (7 April 2015). "The 11 most unintentionally disturbing YouTube videos for kids | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b c d Romano, Aja (31 August 2018). ""Johny Johny Yes Papa": the meme born from YouTube's hellscape of kids' videos, explained". Vox. Vox Media. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b Feldman, Brian (28 August 2018). "The New Meme Is Eating Sugar and Telling Lies". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ "Billion Surprise Toys | Nursery Rhymes and Kids Apps". billionsurprisetoys.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ^ "Fair Use - An Exception to Copyright -". 5 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ^ Sung, Morgan (30 August 2018). "Someone is trying to stop Johny Johny Yes Papa memes". Mashable. Retrieved 3 September2018.
The lyrics to the song are in call and response and typically sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".[4] The original and most well-known version of the song is:[3] Johny, Johny, Yes papa? Eating sugar? No papa. Telling lies? No papa. Open your mouth Ha ha ha! A 1989 book by the American scholar and professor Jessica Wilson states that the nursery rhyme originated in Kenya.[3] However, according to Vinoth Chandar, the CEO of ChuChu TV, it was already old enough to have been in the public domain in India by 2018, indicating that it would have been at least 60 years old (per Indian copyright law); Chandar wrote in 2018 that he "used to hear it" as a child, and that elderly people would also have listened to it as children "Johny Johny Yes Papa" is an English-language nursery rhyme. The song is about a child, Johny, who is caught by his father to have lied about whether he is "eating sugar". Versions with more than one verse usually continue with variations on this theme. Internet memeEdit The song became an internet meme in August 2018, with one version by Billion Surprise Toys—a company with 16 million subscribers to its YouTube channel—going particularly viral on Twitter.[6][8] This version prominently features Johny and his father doing popular dance moves such as the "Gangnam Style" dance,[6][8] and intertwines the original lyrics with a repeated "doo-doo-doo-da-doo" to the melody of "Baby Shark".[1][8]The various videos by edutainment channels were subsequently described as "terrifying", "disturbing", "nonsensical" and "a godforsaken nightmare".[1][5][6]The song's popularity has been attributed to the Elsagate phenomenon of potentially disturbing or absurd YouTube videos being algorithmically shown to children through the YouTube website and the YouTube Kids app.[1][9] The Verge, Mashable and New York Magazine found "remixes" by Billion Surprise Toys, one featuring an anthropomorphic refrigerator (as the liar), to be particularly absurd even compared to other "Johny Johny Yes Papa" videos.[1][6][9] Shortly after the song went viral, Billion Surprise Toys began to very aggressively issue DMCAtakedown requests for videos and images derived from its own videos published on social media. The move was controversial because of the unclear copyright status of the song itself and American copyright law allowing parodies as a form of fair use as well as the UAE (Billion Surprise Toys' native country[10]) allowing "The reproduction of the work for the purpose of personal, non-profit and non-professional use" under their fair use laws ReferencesEdit ^ a b c d e f Hagi, Sarah (1 September 2018). "The viral 'Johny, Johny' kids' videos are a godforsaken nightmare". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ Vincent, Brittany (28 August 2018). "'Johny Johny Yes Papa' is a terrifyingly catchy YouTube kids' abomination". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b Butler, Francelia (1989). Skipping around the World: The Ritual Nature of Folk Rhymes. University of Michigan: Library Professional Publications. pp. 165–166. ISBN 9780208021946. Retrieved 2 September2018. ^ a b c Shamsian, Jacob (27 September 2018). "The bizarrely catchy 'Johny Johny Yes Papa' meme is freaking people out". INSIDER. Insider Inc. Retrieved 27 September 2018. ^ a b Alexander, Julia (30 August 2018). "'Johnny Johnny Yes Papa': Top memesters try to understand the bizarre video's rise". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 2 September2018. ^ a b c d e Sung, Morgan (28 August 2018). "'Johny Johny Yes Papa' is just one of many terrifying YouTube videos made for kids". Mashable. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ Crede, Phaea (7 April 2015). "The 11 most unintentionally disturbing YouTube videos for kids | The Daily Dot". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b c d Romano, Aja (31 August 2018). ""Johny Johny Yes Papa": the meme born from YouTube's hellscape of kids' videos, explained". Vox. Vox Media. Retrieved 3 September 2018. ^ a b Feldman, Brian (28 August 2018). "The New Meme Is Eating Sugar and Telling Lies". New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 September 2018. ^ "Billion Surprise Toys | Nursery Rhymes and Kids Apps". billionsurprisetoys.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ^ "Fair Use - An Exception to Copyright -". 5 October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2018. ^ Sung, Morgan (30 August 2018). "Someone is trying to stop Johny Johny Yes Papa memes". Mashable. Retrieved 3 September2018.