Caramelldansen (2008)

added May 13, 2009 at 07:02PM UTC

part of a series on Nico Nico Douga

Caramelldansen (‘The Caramel Dance’) was a song released by the Swedish popgroup Caramell in 2001 from their album Supergott. Happy Hardcore DJ Speedycake sped it up, creating the Caramelldansen Speedycake remix. Some bright spark looped a GIF of two characters from the game/anime Popotan doing a bunny dance to the chorus, and its popularity exploded.

Caramelldansen quickly spread out of control across the internet as people made over 16,000 of their own parodies featuring other fictional characters performing the dance, and other variations. It was quickly adopted by the anime community and often featured at conventions- seriously, play it at a con and watch as every cosplayer in earshot starts dancing.

Due to the popularity of the song, Remixed Records licensed the track and released their own sped-up version.

In 2008 the Remixed Records Caramelldansen reached #1 on the Japanese International Chart, beating Bon Jovi.

WARNING: You will never get this song out of your head.

The original video:

The official video:

A modified MANOI robot:

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30 Comments

Dave Davidson
May 13, 2009 at 11:45PM UTC , Dave Davidson wrote:

I F**KING LOVE THE CARAMELLDANSEN.

The only sad part is, an ex girlfriend of mine got me into it.

Therefore, every time I listen to it, it makes me want to punch babies.

Longcat
May 14, 2009 at 10:40AM UTC , Longcat wrote:

I first heard Caramelldansen during my last year at university. Just for the record, having this song on repeat does not help productivity in the slightest. Still, least it puts you in a damn good modd. ’cept you, Dave. Sorry about that =/

Chris Menning
May 15, 2009 at 08:06PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Dave, if you want more sped up dance music that you won’t associate with your ex, just look up anything in the Happy Hardcore genre. I went through a huge HHC phase around 1999-2001.

Amber Lee
May 24, 2009 at 08:30PM UTC , Amber Lee wrote:

I prefer Diskotek.

Skiptastic
May 26, 2009 at 11:23AM UTC , Skiptastic wrote:

Love the Happy Hardcore and any meme that incorporates it.

fletcher mackay
Jun 09, 2009 at 10:37PM UTC , fletcher mackay wrote:

my god…this is a meme now? even candlejack is better than th—

Shadowfury
Jul 20, 2009 at 07:45PM UTC , Shadowfury wrote:

@Dave: That’s quite a conundrum.

I was introduced to this meme by another meme way back in 2008. Good times…

ViktorLC
Jul 27, 2009 at 03:41AM UTC , ViktorLC wrote:

@ Shadowfury
Dude that was just a year ago ¬¬
The pinnacle of my life was the glorious 90’s and the birth of teh Internetz. Live it up pup!

That Guy You Know
Aug 02, 2009 at 02:10AM UTC , That Guy You Know wrote:

Do be honest I really hate this meme all the wapanese people come up to me and start freaking singing it so it gets really irritating after awhile.

DancingOrangeMan
Aug 08, 2009 at 06:32PM UTC , DancingOrangeMan wrote:

The sped up version even was on hits for kids O_O I must say its almost like they thought that was the original because of the popularity

Jostin Asuncion
Aug 15, 2009 at 02:14AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Dansa med oss
Klappa era händer
Gör som vi gör
Ta några steg åt vänster
Lyssna och lär
Missa inte chansen
Nu är vi här med
Caramelldansen

Oo-oo-oa-oa
Oo-oo-oa-oa-a
Oo-oo-oa-oa
Oo-oo-oa-oa-a

I don’t understand Swedish but I love this song! My friends and I dance it all the time! lol

Shadowfury
Aug 17, 2009 at 08:48PM UTC , Shadowfury wrote:

@ViktorLC
Dude, it was a joke.
I wish I would have been conscious during that time… I missed out.

Benjamin S S
Aug 17, 2009 at 09:31PM UTC , Benjamin S S wrote:

Surprised i havent faved this yet

Maximum Mod
Aug 20, 2009 at 02:17PM UTC , Maximum Mod wrote:

@Jostin: The english lyrics is…
(Its really bad in english, it would never work)
Dance with us
Clap your hands
Do as we do
Take a few steps to the left
Listen and learn
Don´t miss the chance
Now we are here with
The lollipop dance
Oo-oo-oa-oa (and all that.)
Cheers!

maspanda555
Aug 22, 2009 at 11:07PM UTC , maspanda555 wrote:

I’ve got the English translated lyrics if anyone wants me to post them.

greeger
Aug 30, 2009 at 04:53PM UTC , greeger wrote:

I think Carramelldansen is a pretty cool guy. eh dances caramel and doesn’t afraid of anything.

Hallbeast
Sep 04, 2009 at 10:17PM UTC , Hallbeast wrote:

We are wondering if you are ready to be with (us)
Arms up and you will see
Come on
Anyone can join in
Move your feet
Oa-a-a
Shake your hips
O-la-la-la
Do as we do
To this melody
Dance with us
Clap your hands
Do as we do
Take a couple of steps to the left
Listen and learn
Don’t miss the chance
Now we are here with
The caramelldance
O-o-oa-oa…
It will be a sensation everywhere of course
Everyone will let go at parties
Come on
Now we take the steps again
Move your feet
Oa-a-a
Shake your hips
O-la-la-la
Do as we do
To this melody
So come and
Dance with us
Clap your hands
Do as we do
Take a few steps to the left
Listen and learn
Don’t miss the chance
Now we’re here with the Caramell dance

that’s about it, being norwegian does help since swedish is so similar

Alex
Sep 11, 2009 at 08:34PM UTC , Alex wrote:

Caramell dansen!

A(^_^ )A

M(^_^)M

A( _)A

prokadae
Sep 21, 2009 at 06:08PM UTC , prokadae wrote:

OMG NORWEGIAN PERSON THANK YOU ALMOST AS GOOD AS BREAT BRITAIN YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH

needless to say, the song is an instant spazz trigger. VIVA LA SPAZZ!

OneUp
Oct 02, 2009 at 04:05AM UTC , OneUp wrote:

Norwegian person? This is Swedish. Like me. Try to find a Meme that isn’t from English speaking countries except Sweden. Oh, forgot about Lasse Gjertsen. Anyway, Sweden is teh shit.

Funkstar
Oct 14, 2009 at 07:03PM UTC , Funkstar wrote:

amen OneUp!

kikinak
Dec 01, 2009 at 06:50PM UTC , kikinak wrote:

i first heard this song about the begining of 2009 or late 2007, so practically 2 years ago when i first heard this. this is the happiest song i have ever heard with maybe the exception of you are a pirate

kikinak
Dec 01, 2009 at 06:51PM UTC , kikinak wrote:

oh, and @OneUp
ever heard of japan?

Reila
Dec 15, 2009 at 10:53PM UTC , Reila wrote:

XD if you never saw a con caramelldansen, I highly recommend! XD Randon cosply danse is fun! Though the Caramell is kinda outdated now … :(

Fluffy, the Destroyer of Worlds
Dec 16, 2009 at 06:43PM UTC , Fluffy, the Destroyer of Worlds wrote:

Was that House and Wilson?

Shezario
Dec 22, 2009 at 01:45PM UTC , Shezario wrote:

There was a page where the original video was played in endless loop and a small second counter was running below it. is there any new version of this site?the Link in my bookmarks seems to be down some time …

FirinMaLazah
Dec 27, 2009 at 01:53PM UTC , FirinMaLazah wrote:

Who’s responsible early ’08? Please include!

speedycake
Jan 22, 2010 at 12:17AM UTC , speedycake wrote:

Great article guys!! I can give you a little bit more personal account of the whole meme itself. The cause of the whole entire meme is from an accident while DJing for internet radio station /b/radio.

Essentially what happened was on my mixer there is a function called key pitch lock, basically it allows me to speed up the record while maintaining the correct pitch, I accidentally left it off… And from there people requested what song I was playing on the /b/radio BBS, which at the time was 4chon BBS. From there the mp3 I posted spread like wildfire throughout the internet and onto 4chan itself and nicovideo.

If you would like to know more, feel free to contact me via MSN or twitter.

k1llz d4'n00bz
Jan 22, 2010 at 01:30PM UTC , k1llz d4'n00bz wrote:

this also appears in the CastleParadox.com game Gato Sucio: The Quest for Color by the user Surlaw. It’s download-only but entirely free. click on “games”

caleb sowders
Feb 18, 2010 at 06:03PM UTC , caleb sowders wrote:

omg i love this song i have the original swedish version and the english version

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