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charts, with more than 15 million streams. The song's virality has prompted covers and reimagined versions in different genres to be uploaded to TikTok. Merlysha Pierre (swagsurfff) is believed to be the first, or one of the first people, on the platform to upload videos about
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The song's virality made another song from the show, "Into the Thick of It!", trend in the
Spotify Viral 50 United States chart. Another Backyardigans song, “International Super Spy” trended on TikTok later in the year, but did not chart anywhere.
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debuted on the #1 spot on
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