One Pound Fish

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About

One Pound Fish, also known as Very Very Cheap 1 Pound Fish, refers to a viral video of a fish market salesman singing an original jingle about how cheap and high-quality his one pound fish are, emphasizing the deal, six for five pound, one pound each. The original video was posted to YouTube in 2012. The man's name was Muhammed Shahid who traded fish at an East London market. The video went viral again on TikTok in early 2025, mostly because of a remix that added a hip-hop beat a part of the jerk and hoodtrap genres.

Origin

On April 1st, 2012, YouTuber^[1] Colin Miller posted a video of a fish salesman named Muhammed Shahid singing a song about his one pound fish. The video received over 20 million views in 13 years (shown below).

Come on ladies
Come on ladies (2x)
One pound fish
Have a, have a look, one pound fish
Have a, have a look, one pound fish
Very, very good, one pound fish
Very, very cheap, one pound fish
Six for five pound, one pound each
Six for five pound, one pound each
Very, very good and very, very cheap
Come on ladies
Come on ladies (4x)
One pound fish
Come on ladies
Come on ladies (2x)
Have a, have a look, one pound fish
Have a, have a look, one pound fish
Very, very good, one pound fish
Very, very cheap, one pound fish
Six for five pound, one pound each
Six for five pound, one pound each
Come on ladies
Come on ladies (5x)
One pound fish
Come on ladies
Come on ladies
One pound fish
One pound each (3x)
Very good and very cheap
Very good and very cheap
One pound fish
One pound fish
Come on ladies
Come on ladies
One pound fish
Come on ladies
Come on ladies
One pound fish (x3)

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On May 17th, 2012, YouTuber^[2] On Demand News shared a new video of Shahid singing his song at the fish market, gaining over 138,100 views in 13 years (shown below).

The video was remixed by others online in the following months, like a trap remix shared by YouTuber^[3] OnePoundFishManTV on December 3rd, receiving over 348,000 views in 13 years (shown below).

On January 13th, 2013, YouTuber^[4] Fir4sGamer shared a recreation of the original video in Minecraft, receiving over 846,000 views in 12 years (shown below).

In late 2012, Muhammed Shahid appeared on British X Factor. His segment was posted by YouTuber^[5] Mohammed Safayth Hussain on September 12th, receiving over 3.8 million views in 13 years (shown below).

"Very Very Cheap 1 Pound Fish" Remix

On January 7th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @tokoldd posted a remix of the One Pound Fish video, adding a jerk and hoodtrap rap beat. The video received over 11 million plays and 1.6 million likes in six days (shown below).

In the following weeks, many on the app used the TikTok sound^[7] of the abovementioned video. For instance, on January 8th, TikToker^[8] @caleb_491 used the sound, adding a caption to the original video that read, "Me convincing bro to buy me food," receiving over 5.8 million plays and 740,200 likes in five days (shown below).

Others used the remix to share sports highlights. For instance, on January 9th, 2025, TikToker^[9] @jayyfw.hoopin posted a highlight edit of former NBA player Sim Bhullar, gaining over 1.6 million plays and 216,600 likes in four days (shown below).