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Featured era: 2009
The Duck Song
“A duck, a lemonade stand and a simple question about grapes.”
- Featured era
- 2009
- Peak era
- 2009-2011
- Company
- Bryant Oden (song), Forrest Whaley (animation)
- Category
- Viral Videos
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On Video
forrestfire101's animated "The Duck Song"
Plays from YouTube when you press play. Views, length and date from YouTube, October 2026.
About This Video
- From:
- forrestfire101
- Added:
- March 23, 2009
- Length:
- 3:12
What Was It?
"The Duck Song" is a children's song by American musician Bryant Oden, built on an old joke. A duck walks up to a man's lemonade stand and asks if he has any grapes. He does not, and the duck keeps coming back, until the exasperated man threatens to glue him to a tree. The next day, the duck asks if he has any glue.
Oden first posted it as a lyric video in January 2009. On March 23, 2009, Forrest Whaley, a 14-year-old known online as forrestfire101, uploaded an animated video he had drawn in Microsoft Paint, and the song took off.
Oden released it as a single that April and on his first children's album later in the year. He and Whaley went on to make four sequels, the last in 2024.
Things You Probably Forgot
- The duck asking about grapes, again and again
- The threat to glue the duck to a tree
- Simple drawings made in Microsoft Paint
- The duck finally asking for lemonade
The Story
- 2009 Bryant Oden posted the song as a lyric video on January 21.
- 2009 Forrest Whaley's animated video went up on March 23 and went viral.
- 2009 "The Duck Song 2" arrived on November 13.
- 2024 "The Duck Song 5" ended the series on October 11.
Its Legacy
The animated video is still on forrestfire101's channel. The fifth and final song, in 2024, gave the story an ending: the man has a family, and so does the duck.
Memories
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