The Teensy Weensy Virus Song!
The Gregory Brothers are the creators of the wildly viral YouTube sensations Auto-Tune the News, Songify the News, and Songify This! It all began with the meager hope that several dozen people would bump their rumps to the news if it thumped with a bass line a beat…but ten years later, their uniquely catchy remixes have over 1 Billion views on YouTube.
Evan, Andrew, and Michael first became brothers in Radford, Virginia, after they were born to the same two parents. A short twenty five years later, they rounded out their quartet in Brooklyn, New York when they began playing music with fellow songwriter & singer Sarah. Sarah later married Evan to become Andrew and Michael’s sister-in-law, thus making the name “The Gregory Brothers” make complete and utter sense, because she has more Gregory brother-in-laws in the group than husbands, so please stop asking The Gregory Brothers why they are called The Gregory Brothers.
After touring together as a rock ’n’ soul band in 2007 and 2008, they were astonished when one of Michael’s YouTube videos received several thousand views on YouTube. Joining forces in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, with a green sheet tacked to the dining room wall, The Gregory Brothers hunched around a microphone and a few computers and began to make the comedy remixes that have been seen by millions.
Since that fateful day, they have been nominated for an Emmy, won 3 Webby Awards, 2 Streamy Awards, and produced the first YouTube video to ever chart on The Billboard Hot 100 - Bed Intruder Song. They continue to live in Brooklyn, where they crank out songs, music videos, and a variety of bizarre filmic productions from the industrial warehouse they now call their office.
They are proud to have collaborated with a number of their favorite artists, including T-Pain, Weezer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Blondie, and Weird Al Yankovic. They have also produced pieces for The Academy Awards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The New York Times, and a number of advertisements, television shows, and feature films.
Evan, Andrew, and Michael first became brothers in Radford, Virginia, after they were born to the same two parents. A short twenty five years later, they rounded out their quartet in Brooklyn, New York when they began playing music with fellow songwriter & singer Sarah. Sarah later married Evan to become Andrew and Michael’s sister-in-law, thus making the name “The Gregory Brothers” make complete and utter sense, because she has more Gregory brother-in-laws in the group than husbands, so please stop asking The Gregory Brothers why they are called The Gregory Brothers.
After touring together as a rock ’n’ soul band in 2007 and 2008, they were astonished when one of Michael’s YouTube videos received several thousand views on YouTube. Joining forces in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, with a green sheet tacked to the dining room wall, The Gregory Brothers hunched around a microphone and a few computers and began to make the comedy remixes that have been seen by millions.
Since that fateful day, they have been nominated for an Emmy, won 3 Webby Awards, 2 Streamy Awards, and produced the first YouTube video to ever chart on The Billboard Hot 100 - Bed Intruder Song. They continue to live in Brooklyn, where they crank out songs, music videos, and a variety of bizarre filmic productions from the industrial warehouse they now call their office.
They are proud to have collaborated with a number of their favorite artists, including T-Pain, Weezer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Blondie, and Weird Al Yankovic. They have also produced pieces for The Academy Awards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The New York Times, and a number of advertisements, television shows, and feature films.
Sherri wrote the lyrics for “The Teensy Weensy Virus” with a little help from the Gregory Brothers, a Brooklyn-based quartet specializing in comedy music. Sherri felt her children’s book needed something at the end to lighten the topic and make kids smile. It occurred to her that this teensy weensy virus is much worse than the itsy bitsy spider, but that melody came to mind for her to write the lyrics to reinforce the safety measures that are so critical to prevent catching the virus. It’s a happy song, as you can see with the performance on YouTube, including Evan and Sarah’s children singing with glee.
They also arranged the musical score, which can be purchased here. The arrangement makes for a great song for string players and new pianists.
They also arranged the musical score, which can be purchased here. The arrangement makes for a great song for string players and new pianists.