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I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole is a juvenile song written by an 8-year-old girl that went viral on Twitter in May of 2020, leading to an array of remixes and covers.

Origin

On May 2nd, 2020, Twitter user @LisaRieffel posted a video of her 8-year-old daughter, Jolee Dunn,^[1] singing an original composition called "I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole," gaining over 81,000 retweets and 353,000 likes in just over two days (shown below).

My kid wrote a song called, “I Wonder What’s Inside your Butthole” Quite honestly, it slaps. pic.twitter.com/A65m6XeZ2r

— Lisa Shmeesa 🦎🦎🦎 (@LisaRieffel) May 2, 2020

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The song was widely praised across Twitter. Journalist and music critic Laura Snapes^[2] tweeted, "A true icon and songwriting genius (that bit where it ramps up!!!)," gaining over 90 retweets and 200 likes (shown below, left). User @bobsburgersjon^[3] wrote, "this is easily the best song of 2020," gaining over 500 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right).

Laura Snapes @laurasnapes A true icon and songwriting genius (that bit where it ramps up!!!) Lisa Shmeesa II @LisaRieffel · May 2 My kid wrote a song called, "I Wonder What's Inside your Butthole" Quite honestly, it slaps. Show this thread 0:11 7.4M views

BobsBurgersJon @BobsBurgersJon this is easily the best song of 2020 Lisa Shmeesa @LisaRieffel · May 2 My kid wrote a song called, "I Wonder What's Inside your Butthole" Quite honestly, it slaps. Show this thread 0:13 7.4M views 6:28 PM · May 2, 2020 · Twitter Web App

The song was also widely covered and remixed. Josh Radnor and Ben Lee posted a cover of the track, gaining over 1,800 retweets and 9,000 likes (shown below, top). User @songadaymann posted a remix that gained over 10,000 retweets and 42,000 likes (shown below, bottom).

We loved this and did our own version. https://t.co/pBaB0FCIEP pic.twitter.com/sNPGPIoPbu

— Radnor & Lee (@radnorandlee) May 4, 2020

🎵 I remixed it 🎵 My 6 year old and I watched the original like 50 times in a row. https://t.co/tKUhmLuVpw pic.twitter.com/BpGvSX9OIZ

— Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann) May 2, 2020

Former Blink-182 member Tom Delonge joked it was an "early Blink-182" song and wanted royalties.^[3] The song and its reception were covered by Buzzfeed.^[1]

Various Examples

Covering “I Wonder What’s Inside Your Butthole” an instant classic by Jolee @LisaRieffel #whatsinsideyourbutthole #ialwayswannaknow #jolee #aliens #astronauts pic.twitter.com/DmARsPxn3B

— Moogiejboogie (@moogiejboogie) May 3, 2020

covered .@LisaRieffel’s daughter’s song I Wonder What’s Inside Your Butthole, recorded in one take pic.twitter.com/du03wnzlSg

— Born Miserable (@bornmiserable) May 3, 2020

My cover of "I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole" written by 8 year old Jolee Dunn (@LisaRieffel ) pic.twitter.com/kHkqCI312o

— Maria Ryan Music (@marialryan) May 5, 2020

not as good as the original but covers never are pic.twitter.com/kO9LlUc9M0

— oso oso (@osoosoband) May 4, 2020

🎶🎶🎶I WONDER WHAT’S INSI-I-IDE YOUR BUTTHOLEWHAT’S INSIDE YOUR BUTTHOLE, I ALWAYS WANNA KNOW🎶🎶🎶 pic.twitter.com/SaQuHvzl6z

— Gail Simone (@GailSimone) May 3, 2020

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External References

^[1] Buzzfeed – An 8-Year-Old Wrote An Original Song Called 'I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole' And It's A Quarantine Smash

^[2] Twitter – @laurasnapes

^[3] Twitter – @TomDelonge

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