"Bim bam toi" () is a song by French singer

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that served as France's entry to the

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, held in Gliwice, Poland, on 24 November 2019. It was released on the MCA label as a

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on 11 October. In December 2019, the song went

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and climbed to number one on the

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Top 50 Viral chart for France. It was written by

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(who would later represent

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at the

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with the song " Voilà", in addition to writing the following year's winning French Junior Eurovision entry "

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") and Igit,

and produced by Julien Comblat.

Background

"Bim bam toi" is an

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song performed in French, the national language, with a few words in English. It tells the story of love at first sight. Carla sings: With the chorus: During the

, it was the second song performed, after "We Will Rise" by Jordan Anthony (Australia) and just before "A Time for Us" by Tatiana Mezhentseva and Denberel Oorjak (Russia). Having obtained 85 points from the juries (sixth place) and 84 from the televoting (third place), Carla finished fifth with a total of 169 points. As early as November,

users were participating in the "Bim bam toi" challenge by uploading videos of themselves lip-syncing to the song. This went viral in France when Juju Fitcats, a

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fitness vlogger with more than a million followers, participated in the challenge in early December. In her video, Fitcats cheerfully sings the song while dancing in an airplane just before takeoff. It has garnered millions of views and has been parodied many times.

The song spent a couple of weeks at number one on the

Top 50 Viral chart for France
and continued to trend in the top three well into January.

Since February 2020, the official music video for "Bim bam toi" is the most-watched Junior Eurovision-related video on YouTube. The track also appeared as a ''

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'' emote in October 2021.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

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