About

I Had Someone Tell Me I Fell Off Ooh I Needed That is a catchphrase used to caption image macros of characters who perceivably don't care about being labeled as being in decline. It became notable in 2022 when used in a meme depicting the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty smoking a cigar on the wall he later fell off of. It originates from a Drake song released in mid-2011 called "Headlines."

Origin

On July 31st, 2011, hip-hop artist and rapper Drake released a single exclusively on his blog October's Very Own^[1] called "Headlines." On October 21st, 2011, a music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube where at the 0:30-minute mark, Drake raps, "I had someone tell me I fell off, ooh, I needed that" (shown below). Over the course of 11 years, the video received roughly 242.2 million views.

On July 31st, 2011, music producer DJ Drama posted a tweet^[2] that included the lyric, showcasing overall hype for the released single. Over the course of 11 years, the tweet received six likes and over 100 retweets (shown below).

Spread

Going into the remainder of the 2010s, Drake's lyric and catchphrase was predominantly used as a caption for people's selfies. For instance, on August 21st, 2016, Twitter^[3] user Mileijaa used it to caption three photos of herself, earning roughly 12,300 likes over the course of six years (shown below, left). On September 25th, 2018, the official Instagram^[4] account for the Baltimore Ravens NFL team used the phrase as the caption for a post that received roughly 18,700 likes in four years (shown below, right).

On August 16th, 2021, the Instagram^[5] page based_amish posted a meme that used the catchphrase written in Impact font over an image macro of Humpty Dumpty smoking a cigar on a wall. The meme received 28 likes in one year and is the first known posting of the meme (shown below, left). On November 19th, 2021, notable Twitch streamer Hasan 'HasanAbi' Piker tweeted a reply^[6] to controversial YouTuber Dream that used the catchphrase, earning roughly 7,200 likes in seven months (shown below, right).

Usage of the phrase increased in memes going into the remainder of 2021 and into 2022. For instance, on August 21st, 2021, the Instagram^[7] page fakejerryseinfeld used George Costanza from Seinfeld in a meme that earned over 770 likes in one year (shown below).

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