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Johnny Johnny Yes Papa is an English-language nursery rhyme The song is about a child Johnny who is caught by his father eating sugar when he is not supposed to Versions of this song comprising more than one verse usually continue with variations on this theme12

History
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A 1989 book by the American scholar and professor Francelia Butler records the nursery rhyme being told in Kenya in 19803 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 children4

Lyrics
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The lyrics to the song are in a call and response format and typically sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star4 The original and most well-known version of the song is3
Johnny Johnny
Yes Papa?
Eating sugar?
No Papa
Telling lies?
No Papa
Open your mouth
Ha Ha Ha

YouTube videos
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The song was featured on YouTube in 2007 where it was used in an Indian commercial for the 5 Star chocolate brand4
It was also featured on YouTube as a nursery rhyme in 2009 by the channel Shemrock Nursery Rhymes5
The nursery rhyme has been recreated by many other edutainment YouTube channels targeting young children6 As of 20 August 2020 a video containing the song misspelt as Johny and uploaded to YouTube by Loo Loo Kids in 20161 has more than 66 billion views making it the third-most-viewed video on the site as well as the most-viewed nursery rhyme video and one of the top 10 most-disliked YouTube videos Another video of the song uploaded by ChuChu TV in 2014 has more than 17 billion views another uploaded by CVS 3D Rhymes in 2017 has over 12 billion views and a further video in Spanish uploaded by FAMA JAMA has over a billion views Another video was listed in 2015 by The Daily Dot as one of eleven unintentionally disturbing YouTube videos for children7
A parody of the nursery rhyme was uploaded by the user EdukayFUN on October 9 2014 It uses intentionally uncanny CGI animation and ends with Johnny being eaten by his father The channel was terminated in 2018 but still uploads videos as EdukayFUN 20 The original parody video was reuploaded in June 2020 in 4K HD8
Internet meme
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Dancing
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The song became an internet meme in August 2018 with one version by the Indian channel Billion Surprise Toys—a company with 49 million subscribers to its YouTube channel—going particularly viral on Twitter69 This version prominently features Johny and his father doing popular dance moves such as the Gangnam Style dance69 and intertwines the original lyrics with a repeated doo-doo-doo-da-doo to the melody of Baby Shark19 The various videos by edutainment channels were subsequently described as terrifying disturbing nonsensical and a godforsaken nightmare156 The songs 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 app110 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 when compared to other Johny Johny Yes Papa videos The Verge went on further to explain that Each video features a child and their family lying to one another as a form of affection1610
Shortly after the song went viral Billion Surprise Toys began to issue aggressive DMCA takedown requests for videos and images derived from its own videos published on social media This move was considered controversial for various reasons Firstly because of the unclear copyright status of the song itself secondly because American copyright law permits parodies as a form of fair use and thirdly because the UAE Billion Surprise Toys native country11 allows for The reproduction of the work for the purpose of personal non-profit and non-professional use under their fair use laws91213

See also
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Elsagate
References
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Hagi Sarah 1 September 2018 The viral Johnny Johnny kids videos are a godforsaken nightmare The Verge Vox Media Retrieved 2 September 2018
Vincent Brittany 28 August 2018 Johnny Johnny Yes Papa is a terrifyingly catchy YouTube kids abomination The Daily Dot Retrieved 3 September 2018
Butler Francelia 1989 Skipping around the World The Ritual Nature of Folk Rhymes University of Michigan Library Professional Publications pp 165–166 ISBN 978-0-208-02194-6 Retrieved 2 September 2018
Shamsian Jacob 27 September 2018 The bizarrely catchy Johny Johny Yes Papa meme is freaking people out Insider Insider Inc Retrieved 27 September 2018
Alexander Julia 30 August 2018 Johnny Johnny Yes Papa Top memesters try to understand the bizarre videos rise Polygon Vox Media Retrieved 2 September 2018
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 Retrieved 3 September 2018
Johnny Johnny Yes Papa - Remastered in 4K HD - EdukayFUN retrieved 29 August 2022
Romano Aja 31 August 2018 Johny Johny Yes Papa the meme born from YouTubes myriad of kids videos explained Vox Vox Media Retrieved 3 September 2018
Feldman Brian 28 August 2018 The New Meme Is Eating Sugar and Telling Lies New York New York Media LLC Retrieved 2 September 2018
Billion Surprise Toys Nursery Rhymes and Kids Apps Billion Surprise Toys Archived from the original on 22 September 2018 Retrieved 22 September 2018
Fair Use – An Exception to Copyright Dubailawyersae 5 October 2014 Retrieved 22 September 2018
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