The Bear Song Explained

The Bear Song
Cover:	Green-Jelly-The-Bear-Song-422869.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Green Jellÿ
Album:	333
B-Side:	"Bear Dance"
Released:	1994
Recorded:	1993
Genre:	Comedy rock, heavy metal, punk rock
Length:	2:42
Label:	Zoo Entertainment
Producer:	Green Jellÿ
Prev Title:	Three Little Pigs
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Slave Boy
Next Year:	1994

"The Bear Song" is a single by American comedy metal band Green Jellÿ. It is based on "The Bear Went Over the Mountain", an old popular camp traditional song, sung to the tune of "Sipping Cider through a Straw" from 1919.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Track listing

1. "Bear Dance (Jens Gad Psycho Radio Remix)" 3:13
2. "Bear Dance (Jens Gad Radio Remix)" 3:13
3. "Bear Dance (Jens Gad Video Remix)" 3:13
4. "The Bear Trance Dance (Extended Psycho Remix)" 6:41
5. "The Bear Song (Album Version)" 2:42

In popular culture

• In the later part of 1994 "The Bear Song" was featured in the movie Dumb and Dumber during the Dante's Inferno dinner scene.
• In 2010 "The Bear Song" was featured in a Royal Dutch Shell television commercial.
• In 2014, Washington Nationals pitcher Aaron Barrett, nicknamed "The Bear", began using "The Bear Song" as his entrance music.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Playground Jungle: Sipping Cider Through a Straw . 2012-03-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120430164001/http://www.playgroundjungle.com/2010/02/sipping-cider-through-straw.html . 2012-04-30 .
2. Web site: The Bear song and lyrics from KIDiddles.
3. Web site: The Bear Song – Scoutorama.