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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
Era
The social era
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

  1. Posted

    The video is posted to YouTube.1 What else happened on 10 February

  2. Took off

    A tweet from Michael J. Nelson and a post on the Tosh.0 blog send it round.1

  3. Record

    With 1.17 million dislikes it passes Justin Bieber’s Baby as the most disliked video on YouTube.1

  4. Taken down

    YouTube removes the video after a copyright claim by Black, who is in dispute with ARK Music.1

  5. Later

    The video returns, on Black’s own channel.1

  6. 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

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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.

More from 2011You were there

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — Friday (Rebecca Black song)

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