It is mostly a remix of the theme song from the hit BBC children's television series Teletubbies.

There was considerable anticipation that it would be the Christmas number one in 1997 and it was the betting favorite at William Hill at odds of 6–4.

[9] Siobhan Ennis, the singles manager at Tower Records' flagship store in Piccadilly Circus said, "The race for the Christmas No 1 is really exciting.

[11] But a year later, the BBC was embarrassed when its answer to a pop quiz had the Teletubbies as the Christmas number one.

[15][16] A rival single, "Tubby Anthem", was made by Yorkshire musician Vince Brown for the charity ChildLine.

[20] It has repeatedly placed high in polls of awful songs, such as that run by VH1 in which it placed third to "The Millennium Prayer" and "Mr Blobby".