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Dinosaurs In Love

Updated Jan 30, 2020 at 10:33AM EST by Sophie.

Added Jan 30, 2020 at 09:50AM EST by Sophie.

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About

Dinosaurs In Love is a song about dinosaurs and their extinction written and sung by 4-year-old Fenn, daughter of musician Tom Rosenthal. The song was shared on Twitter in January 2020 and rose to popularity due to its ending heart-wrenching lyrics, "dinosaurs fell in love but they didn't say goodbye." The song was then covered by various YouTubers and musicians.

Origin

On January 28th, Twitter user @tomrosenthal tweeted a recording of the song "Dinosaurs in Love" with the caption, "Fenn, my nearly 4 year old daughter, recorded her first ever solo song today. She came up with all the words herself and I helped her a little bit with the tune. It’s called ‘Dinosaurs in Love’" (shown below). The tweet gained over 172,200 likes and 46,200 retweets. The lyrics read:

Dinosaurs eating people
Dinosaurs in love
dinosaurs having a party
they eat fruit and cucumber
They fell in love
they say 'thank you'
a big bang came
and they died
dinosaurs dinosaurs fell in love
But they didn't say goodbye
but they didn't say good bye



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On January 28th, 2020, Twitter user @Langoh[1] replied to the Twitter post saying, "One day you're eating fruit and cucumber and the next you're extinct. Rough times" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered over 16,500 likes and 1,000 retweets in two days. The next, Spotify's Twitter[2] account replied to Rosenthals tweet by asking "Has Fenn decided on an official release date yet? 🦕" (shown below, left_. The reponse accumulated over 8,800 likes and 300 retweets in a day.


joe perera @Langoh Replying to @tomrosenthal and @imteddybless One day you're eating fruit and cucumber and the next you're extinct. Rough times 6:56 PM · Jan 28, 2020 · Twitter Web App Spotify O @Spotify Replying to @tomrosenthal A Has Fenn decided on an official release date yet? 11:00 AM · Jan 29, 2020 · Lithium Tech. Tom Rosenthal @tomrosenthal · 22h Replying to @Spotify Hey just working on it as we speak! Getting it uploaded and reasy for Spotify ASAP! Spotify O @Spotify · 22h This calls for a party! Keep us posted

That day, Twitter user replied with a ukulele cover of the song (shown below). The video gained over 1,600 likes in a day.



That day, YouTuber Abba Geebz uploaded a children's review of the song with a dinosaur puppet (shown below, left). YouTuber Owen Denvir also uploaded a cover of "Dinosaurs In Love" and gained over 3,500 views in a day (shown below, right).



Various Examples


Riley Peters @Riley_Peters15 Replying to @tomrosenthal Release it on Spotify 6:59 PM · Jan 28, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone mark @tayaguils Replying to @tomrosenthal they fell in love but they didn't say good bye 10:14 PM · Jan 29, 2020 . Twitter for Android Michelle Nox @ladyasterianox Replying to @tomrosenthal Toss a Coin to Your Witcher Toss a Coin to Your Witcher Internet Babu Voda Caby Veda Đinosaurs in Love "Ioss a Con Yon chooll Beby Yoda oss a Coin to You Witcher Internet 4:46 PM · Jan 29, 2020 · Twitter for Android Sailor M @MajaGroen Replying to @tomrosenthal Me thinking about how the dinosaurs fell in love but didn't get to say goodbye 1:16 PM · Jan 29, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone beth mccoll O @imteddybless i just thought about the dinosaur song again and now im in bits. they were having a party. they fell in love and they said thank you and then they died. they didn't say goodbye. they didn't. say. goodbye I don't like it! I don't like to think about it. (wheezing and crying) 1:53 PM · Jan 29, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] Twitter – Langoh

[2] Twitter – Spotify

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