A song by a CALIFORNIA teenager that has been mercilessly panned by music critics has topped 60 million views on Youtube and rocketed up Apple's iTunes charts.

          Friday,sung by 13-years old Rebecca Black,was uploaded to Youtube 2 months ago by Ark Music Factory,a Los Angeles-based company that was hired by the girl's parents to produce the song for their daughter.

        It's Friday,Friday,gotta get down  on Friday,everybody's looking forward to the weekend.The chorus goes:"Partying,partying,Partying.Fun Fun Fun Fun.Looking forward to the weekend."

        The video attracted scant attention until a popular comedian linked to it on his blog saying:"Songwriting isn't for everyone."

         As the tune began to attract attention  on Youtube, a Yahoo! music blog called it a "mind- meltingly horrific song" and asked readers "Is Youtube Sensation Rebecca Black's Friday The Worst Song Ever?"

         Time magazine described Friday as a 'train wreck' and the video as 'hilariously dreadful.'The poor reviews only fueled more interest in the video and it has become viral hit, racking up millions of Youtube views, spawning a slew of parodies on the video-sharing site and making Rebecca and Internet sensation.

         A total of around 140.000 Youtube viewers have hit the'like' button on Youtube for the song while the vast majority --1,140,000 --  have gone for 'dislike' (as this goes to print).

         Friday was nonetheless number 45 on the iTunes list of best-selling 99-cent singles last month.Amid the deluge of venom,Rebecca has shown considerable poise and dignity in interviews and appereances in which she has addressed her numerous detractors.

        The aspiring singer told ABC'Good Morning America that some of the comments had made her cry."When I first saw all these nasty comments I did Cry," Rebecca said."I felt like this was my fault and I shouldn't have done this and this is all because of me.