Rebecca Black Friday
You might remember it as Friday Rebecca Black song, Rebecca Black Friday video
Viral classics16 of 40
2011·The social era
The moment the internet learned what it does to a teenager, and one of the most-discussed videos ever made.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Friday
- Spread in
- 2011
- Format
- Video
- Performed by
- Rebecca Black, then thirteen
- Made by
- Written and produced by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson of ARK Music Factory, for a fee of 4,000 US dollars paid by her mother
- Record
- Most-disliked video on YouTube from 29 March 2011
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A thirteen-year-old’s four-thousand-dollar vanity single became the most disliked video on YouTube. Ten years on, its singer released a remix of it.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The video is posted to YouTube.1
- Took off
A tweet from Michael J. Nelson and a post on the Tosh.0 blog send it round.1
- Record
With 1.17 million dislikes it passes Justin Bieber’s Baby as the most disliked video on YouTube.1
- Taken down
YouTube removes the video after a copyright claim by Black, who is in dispute with ARK Music.1
- Later
The video returns, on Black’s own channel.1
- Came back
Black releases a tenth-anniversary remix with 3OH!3, Big Freedia and Dorian Electra.1
What people misrememberSet straight
Commonly remembered asRebecca Black wrote it.
ActuallyIt was written and produced for her by ARK Music Factory as part of a paid package.1
What it createdWhat came out of it
- A cover by the cast of Glee, which charted higher in the United States than the original.1
- An appearance in Katy Perry’s video for Last Friday Night, and a duet with her on stage in August 2011.1
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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · a moment that changed what the internet did next · 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.
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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.
More from 2011You were there
SourcesWhat was read
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