PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)
You might remember it as Pikotaro PPAP, Pen Pineapple Apple Pen
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2016·The platform era·funny
The shortest song ever to chart, and a rare Japanese-origin global meme.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Pikotaro PPAP
- Spread in
- 2016
- Format
- Video
- Performed by
- Pikotaro, a character played by the comedian Daimaou Kosaka
- Record
- Shortest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, at 45 seconds, until a shorter one later took the record
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A forty-five-second song by a comedian in character became the shortest ever to enter the American singles chart, a month after one tweet from Justin Bieber.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The video is posted to YouTube.1
- Picked up
Justin Bieber shares it on Twitter as his favourite video on the internet. It is then watched more than 1.5 million times a day.1
- Record
It is reported to have entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 77, the shortest song to do so.1
- Remixed
Kosaka releases a version about washing hands.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asIt was a number one in America.
ActuallyIt reached number 77 there. It was number one on the Japanese chart.1
More from hereIn this collection
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
View the official copy on YouTube
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
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