Baby Shark is a mega viral YouTube video, an unstoppable earworm, a top 40 hit, a Eurodance smash, a decades old campfire song, and the center of an international copyright dispute. In this episode from the podcast
Decoder Ring, we explore the strange history of the song, what makes it so catchy, and who it really belongs to today.
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