2007 / Video / Creator-made cat-comedy music video
The Mean Kitty Song
Cory Williams turned his feisty cat Sparta’s everyday antics into an affectionate comic earworm.
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What was this?
The singer narrates tiny cat conflicts while the Hey Little Sparta refrain treats harmless pet chaos like material for a full-scale music video.
Why it spread
An original hook and familiar pet-personality premise made it compact, quoteable, and easy for cat owners to pass around.
What happened
The singer narrates tiny cat conflicts while the Hey Little Sparta refrain treats harmless pet chaos like material for a full-scale music video.
Where it came from
Cory Williams released The Mean Kitty Song through SMP Films in 2007, framing his cat Sparta’s ordinary household mischief as a creator-made novelty song.
Why it mattered
The Mean Kitty Song made a household relationship feel like a tiny recurring universe: personal enough to be specific, simple enough to become everybody’s cat joke.
How it spread
An original hook and familiar pet-personality premise made it compact, quoteable, and easy for cat owners to pass around.
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