What Is The 'My Name Is Giovanni Giorgio' Meme? The YouTube Remix Trend Explained

Italian electronic musician Giovanni Giorgio was a synth pioneer in the 1970s and is often referred to as the "Father of Disco." A monologue of him explaining how he got into performing music was used in a song by French electronic duo Daft Punk in the early 2010s. A few years later, Giorgio's voice came to be featured alongside a cadre of meme-famous pieces of media, including Regular Show, and Rick Astley. Here's how the Father of Disco also became a meme legend.

Where Is Giovanni's Giorgio Daft Punk Monologue From?

Giovanni Giorgio, whose full name is Giogio Giovanni Moroder, was an admirer of Daft Punk's music leading up to his collaboration with the band in 2013. He claims to have enjoyed the Daft Punk song "One More Time," and helped create their 2013 album Random Access Memories.

In the track "Giorgio by Moroder," Giorgio drivers a brief monologue about how he used to travel to Germany and sleep in his car in order to play gigs, going on to say that that is how he came to understand that synths were the future. The speech sandwiches a song co-produced by him and Daft Punk, with many listeners agreeing that the most iconic line in the song is "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio."

How Did Giovanni Giorgio's Dialogue Become A Meme?

The Daft Punk song's immense popularity no doubt played a role in Giorgio's monologue entering meme canon, with the YouTube video having gathered over 30 million views since its release in May 2013. The earliest known meme made using Giorgio's monologue remixed with a different piece of media is a Regular Show parody posted by YouTuber CowardlyDog13.

The video uses a scene from an episode of Regular Show where it appears as though cartoon-Giorgio and cartoon-Bowie engaged in a futuristic synth battle. While the creator self-admittedly did not intend for the video to be any more than a tribute, he has acknowledged the memes he helped set off.

What Are Some Other Memes Using Giorgio's Monologue?

For the full history of the "My name is Giovanni Georgio" meme, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.