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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.

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).

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External References

[1] Twitter – Langoh

[2] Twitter – Spotify



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