3 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/70/thumb/Picture_61.png?1234298980 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_numa sdMlA-EayF4 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/70/square/Picture_61.png?1234298980 2009-03-31T00:00:00Z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdMlA-EayF4 active numa, eurodance, lipdub, webcam, gary brolsma, o-zone, obscure moldovan pop groups, youtube star 6 <p><em>Numa Numa Dance</em> is a dance-esque <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/42-lip-dub">lip sync</a> created by Gary Brolsma, performed to the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9MzKJak_ZQ">&#8220;Dragostea din tei&#8221;</a>, by the Moldovan pop group O-Zone.</p> <p>It was uploaded to the site <a href="http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/206373">Newgrounds</a> in December of 2004. Another instance of the same video can be found on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o">YouTube</a>.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/60og9gwKh1o&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/60og9gwKh1o&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>Originally created for his friends, the link to the Newgrounds post was forwarded to hundreds, then thousands, then millions of people making Numa Numa one of the first viral video hits of the web. Thousands of people would create, remix, and upload <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=numa+numa">their own &#8216;Numa Numa&#8217; videos</a> to sites like YouTube. Soon Gary would have appearances on mainstream media outlets like <span class="caps">CNN</span>, VH1, and the Today Show. He would be parodied in a South Park episode on internet memes.</p> <h2>Mixed Follow-up Success</h2> <p>In September 2006, Gary would record a heavily produced follow up video entitled <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gg5LOd_Zus">New Numa: The Return of Gary Brolsma</a> that would get over 12 million views but wouldn&#8217;t have the same cultural impact as the first Numa video. In November 2007, Gary would record <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGXiN-_BCts">&#8216;Numa Three: Crazy Loop!&#8217;</a> which was a return to the webcam format. In March 2009, Gary would release <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HItwu7PNdNo">&#8216;Numa 4&#8217;</a>, a video co-sponsored by Geico Insurance.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HItwu7PNdNo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HItwu7PNdNo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <h2>Trending</h2> <p>&#8220;numa numa&#8221;</p> <p><img src="http://google.com/trends/viz?q=numa+numa&amp;date=all&amp;geo=all&amp;graph=weekly_img&amp;sort=1&amp;sa=N" alt="" /></p> 2009-09-14T16:01:34Z 70 2 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/70/original/Picture_61.png?1234298980