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Dr. Fauci, Give Us Vaccines, also known as the Dr. Fauci Song, is a parody song of "Mr. Sandman" by The Chordettes that was created by Zachary Mogavero (a 17-year-old boy on the autism spectrum) featuring lyrics supporting the COVID-19 vaccine. Mogavero originally performed the song at the New York State Vaccine Hub at Dome Arena in April 2021. It became the subject of numerous remixes starting that year, continuing to inspire remixes over the following months, several of which became prominent original sounds on TikTok.

Origin

On April 22nd, 2021, the News 8 WROC YouTube^[1] channel posted a video of a report on 17-year-old Zachary Mogavero creating an original drawing that was given away as a sticker to people who got the COVID-19 vaccine at the NYS Vaccine Hub at Dome Arena in Henrietta. The report also features footage of an original song parody of "Mr. Sandman" performed by Mogavero that day, on-stage, accompanied by cue cards as he sings the lyrics (shown below). The video gained over 166,000 views in two years.

Dr. Fauci
Give us vaccines
Help all the people who have been quarantined
We'll wear our masks and we'll have to stay distant
We'll wash our hands and we'll be more resistant!

Fauci! (Yes?)
Promise us, please!
We'll have a cure that can fight off this disease!
Restrictions will lift with some ease!
Dr. Fauci, don't forget me!

On May 2nd, YouTuber^[2] Ougi Oshino posted a nightcore remix of the song, garnering over 235,000 views in two years (shown below). This is the earliest known remix of the song.

Spread

The song continued to inspire remixes over the following months. On May 3rd, 2021, YouTuber^[3] Luke posted a remix of the song originally by now-deleted SoundCloud user wastebinsandwich, garnering over 158,000 views in two years (shown below, left). On May 6th, YouTuber^[4] Crooks In Action posted a remix adding the backing track for "Mr. Sandman" to the song, garnering over 116,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

On May 7th, TikToker^[5] @salesbybenyamin posted a video of the nightcore remix, garnering over 117,000 views in two years. The original sound was used over 2,000 times in two years, including by TikToker^[6] @heluvpigiorno on August 12th, garnering over 500,000 views (shown below).

On October 29th, 2022, TikToker^[7] @ins3ctiv0r3 reposted the song again. The original sound was used over 2,900 times in the next nine months, seeing a significant boost in popularity from June through July 2023 in memes. For example, on June 20th, 2023, TikToker^[8] @mr.no0ddle posted a meme about the FNAF Movie that gained over 700,000 views in three weeks (shown below, left). On July 3rd, TikToker^[9] @idk_42750 posted a meme that gained over 740,000 views in a week (shown below, right).

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