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"Deja Vu" is a song by Dave Rogers from the anime series Initial D. The song has since been used on the soundtrack to various YouTube Eurobeat remixes.

Origin

On November 10th, 1999, the song "Deja Vu" by Dave Rogers on the compilation album Super Eurobeat Presents Euromach 2 (song heard below).^[1]

Spread

Several months later, on January 20th, 2000, the song was included on the 13th episode of Initial D Second Stage.^[2] Later that year, on November 22nd, 2000, the song was included on the Initial D compilation "Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D Super Euro Best."^[3]

On April 18th, 2016, YouTuber^[4] Naaquh uploaded "Eurobeat/Initial D WEBM Compilation #1." Within the compilation, several of the videos use "Deja Vu." As of January 2018, the video (shown below, left) has received more than 644,000 views.

Two months later, on June 11th, 2016, the song was used in the video "I've just been in this meme before," which was uploaded by YouTuber^[5] MashAllPotatoes. The video (shown below, right) received more than 273,000 views in a year and a half.

On June 5th, 2018, YouTuber Aerofiles uploaded "Deja Vu meme compilation" a supercut of videos using "Deja Vu." The post (shown below) received more than 6 million views in three years.^[6]

Various Examples

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