| Dubidubidu | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Christell |
| Album: | Christell |
| Released: | 2003 |
| Length: | 3:46 |
| Language: | Spanish |
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"Dubidubidu" is a 2003 Spanish song by Chilean child singer Christell.[1] The song gained popularity in Japan due to its use in "" Internet meme videos from late 2023 to early 2024 and is known by its nickname "Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa" .
The song was first performed in 2003 on the TV show Rojo fama contra fama by Christell and was included on her debut album Christell.[2]
Christell commented in an interview that the album's producer told the composer he wanted to make a song of her inviting her friends to her house in a toy car, and the composer wrote the song around this idea.[3]
The song has seen use in meme videos that went viral on social networking services including TikTok, with the lyric of "Chipi chipi chapa chapa" gaining popularity in particular. The video showed a looping GIF of a cat moving from side to side. The song initially became popular in the United States in late 2023,[4] but gradually spread to Asia.
On January 15, 2024, the song became the top song on Spotify's weekly viral chart in Japan.[5] As of February 2024, the song also became a hit in Germany, Finland, and South Korea.