The Hamster Dance began as an early internet craze in the late 1990s, when a simple webpage of animated hamsters dancing to a sped-up novelty tune spread by email and word of mouth. The song was later released commercially as the Hampsterdance Song and became a novelty chart hit, helped by its instantly recognisable squeaky chorus. Trimmed edits like this one survive because they keep only the most energetic section, making the tune easy to drop into short videos, pet compilations and nostalgic meme edits today.