"Pen-pineapple-apple-pen" song entered in Guinness Book of World Records
Updated | By East Coast Breakfast
The song has been recognised as the shortest song to make it into Top U.S. Billboard 100! Take a look...
You love to hate this song, but you cannot help but dance and sing along!
Pen-Apple-Pineapple-Pen song has made history being the first Japanese song to get into the U.S. Billboard top 100 singles in 26 years.
The music video has received global recognition with 65 million YouTube views and bred 40,000 lip-synching videos uploaded to the internet.
Pikotaro is the genius behind the popular song. His real name is Kazuhito Kosaka, and is known as PPAP the Japanese comedian who was inspired to write the song when he was visiting a friend in the studio who played the songs' beat.
He picked up a pen to begin writing and thought about Kosaka, who comes from apple country. An open can of pineapples was sitting on the table, and “pen-pineapple-apple-pen” was born.
In case you missed it - take a look at the 'pen-pineapple-apple-pen' video here.
Show's Stories
-
Listen to Vic Naidoo's farewell message to the team and KZN
"After a lot of reflection and a lot of consideration and deliberation, ...
Vic Naidoo 8 hours ago -
EXCLUSIVE: Malvern Park is opening on 31 May, here’s what to expect!
From security to parking and the official launch, Mowana Properties' Bra...
Stacey & J Sbu 11 hours ago