Bassie en Adriaan Theme Song Challenge
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About
Bassie en Adriaan Theme Song Challenge is a YouTube video fad in which a non-Dutch speaker attempts to sing the lyrics to the theme song from the popular 1980s Dutch children's show Bassie en Adriaan. Due to the general difficulty of phonetically mimicking a foreign language, and further compounded by the rapid pace of the song, the challenge has spawned a series of videos showing humorous and poorly-executed renditions of the theme song.
Origin
The TV show Bassie en Adriaan,[1] a children's show featuring the adventures of the titular clown and acrobat, premiered in the Netherlands in 1984. A karaoke version of the theme song was first uploaded to YouTube by YouTuber bassieadriaanchannel[2] on July 9th, 2012. As of September 2014, the video has gained over 110,000 views.
On September 7th, 2014, YouTuber matjz[3] uploaded a video titled "Amerikaan zingt bassie en adriaan" ("American sings Bassie and Adriaan"), which features an American man[4] reading the Dutch lyrics to the Bassie en Adriaan theme song as the background instrumentals play. Within a week the video gained over 140,000 views.
Lyrics
Dutch Lyrics:Hallo vriendjes en vriendinnetjes. |
English Translation:Hello friends and girlfriends. |
Spread
On September 9th, YouTuber MNMbe[4] uploaded a video of two radio personalities singing the song, within a week the video had gained over 5,000 views. On September 10th, YouTuber Christian Becker[5] uploaded a video of himself singing the song, within a week the video gained over 5,000 views.
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Top Comments
FlyingDutchman
Sep 12, 2014 at 06:38PM EDT
Rie
Sep 12, 2014 at 04:30PM EDT