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The Twitter song is getting some serious airplay around the world. ;o) This is where I’m tracking audio, video, blog sightings and relevant articles. *UPDATE* Check out the new Twitter song t-shirt!

The Video

*UPDATE* (a few people have requested a MOV download of the video. Here it is: The Twitter song video (640×480 MOV) ;o)

The new Twitter song t-shirt

If you can handle being ridiculously cool, check out the new super-geek-chic Twit-tastic social-media-trendoid Twitter song t-shirt! I was so excited, I bought two! There’s one for the ladies too…

Twitter song links

• The original song post on the 50/90 site
• Download the MP3
• The French translation of the song
• The original tweet
• 15/09/08: YouTube tweeted the song, then featured it on the front page, sending about 13,000 views my way in a few hours, and spawning the kind of comedy genius that only ever occurs spontaneously in YouTube comments.

My articles

• Niche songwriting: the Twitter song
• Twitter song update: Radio 5 tonight and a new video!

Lyrics

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter
And if you aren’t there already you’ve missed it
If you haven’t been bookmarked, retweeted and blogged
You might as well not have existed

In the old days it was all about achievements
Collecting all your trophies in a shrine
Then everybody came across the internet
And suddenly you had to be online

A home page was all you really needed
To seem like a success but not a geek
As long as you updated semi-annually
And checked your email once or twice a week

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…

Technology was moving rather quickly
And the next thing you needed was a blog
With intimate and detailed press releases
And now and then a photo of your dog

More recently the students brought us Facebook
And everybody has a hundred friends
The parties in the photos look amazing
They’re not so great but everyone pretends

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…

Now you need to publish every movement
And every single thought to cross your mind
I’m told the Twitterverse is full of rubbish
But most of us are actually quite refined

We validate each other’s insecurities
And brag about the gadgets that we’ve bought
We laugh out loud at every hint of jolliness
And try to self-promote without being caught

You’re no one if you’re not on Twitter…