2010 / Video / Novelty-song animal clip
Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)
A baby monkey rode backward on a baby pig, and Parry Gripp supplied the only chorus it needed.
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What was this?
The song identifies exactly what viewers are seeing—baby monkey, baby pig, backwards—and refuses to elaborate. The absurd specificity and simple melody turn a short clip into a complete earworm.
Why it spread
The animal footage already had attention when Gripp’s creator-made song gave viewers a shareable caption in musical form. The clip moved as a novelty-video loop because the chorus made its premise impossible to forget.
What happened
The song identifies exactly what viewers are seeing—baby monkey, baby pig, backwards—and refuses to elaborate. The absurd specificity and simple melody turn a short clip into a complete earworm.
Where it came from
Parry Gripp released his novelty-song version in September 2010, pairing a circulating animal clip with an intentionally repetitive original refrain. The upload credits the underlying footage to Akihiro Nihonmatsu and says it was used with permission.
Why it mattered
Baby Monkey is a clean example of a creator transforming a circulating visual into an authored internet-comedy object while leaving a clear credit trail for the footage beneath it.
How it spread
The animal footage already had attention when Gripp’s creator-made song gave viewers a shareable caption in musical form. The clip moved as a novelty-video loop because the chorus made its premise impossible to forget.
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