Charlie Cameron wants Brisbane Lions to hunt Baby Shark

If viral hit Baby Shark gets stuck in your head next month, blame Brisbane goal machine Charlie Cameron.

Charlie Cameron gives directions to his teammates during a Brisbane Lions training session at the Gabba. Picture: Getty Images

If viral hit Baby Shark gets stuck in your head next month, blame Brisbane goal machine Charlie Cameron.

The popular children’s tune has racked up more than five billion its on YouTube since its release in 2017. And it will get another lease of life from June 13, as it is set to be boomed around the empty Gabba stadium against Fremantle as the Lions star’s peculiar choice of song to be played if he kicks a goal.

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The personalised music selections are the initiative of Brisbane captain Dayne Zorko, and they will fill the void left at what became a crucial full house as the Lions rose from 15th to second last season.

All Australian forward Cameron admitted he thrives off crowd interaction, with his motorbike handlebar celebration becoming a trademark of a 57-goal season in 2019.

“It was pretty tough in round one at the MCG with no crowds there,” he said. “We’ve just got to bring that energy ourselves as a team; it will be tough but I’m looking forward to it.”

Cameron thinks the shorter 16-minute quarters – brought in for Round 1 as the coronavirus pandemic loomed and set to remain this season – will help him though, and he has vowed to embrace what he expects will be a high-octane return.

“I’m happy with it,” he said. “It’ll be short and sharp but I don’t mind it.

“(It’ll increase) the speed of play, a lot of high energy players will be ready to go so it’ll be short but sharp when you’re out there.

“Teams will want to score quicker, you don’t want to be behind chasing … and I’ve just got to try and make an impact as soon as I can.”

It has been more than two months since the Lions’ opening-round loss to Hawthorn but Cameron says the club’s dissection of the defeat is still fresh.

“Overuse of handball was a big thing; we look good when we go forward and just get it into our forward line,” he said.

“We looked dangerous, but if we just messed with the ball it put us under pressure.”

AAP