Numa Numa

There are now at least ten different versions of Numa Numa video, listed below. Lost may refer to:. It is very popular even with many teenagers and is often sung by children at schools. Mustard gas, from LOmmel and STeinkopf who developed a process for mass-producing the gas for war. Gary Brolsma continues this style of word-play in his "Numa Numa" video, in which someone super-imposed several pictures onto his dance routine, among them pictures of "feta cheese" during the lyric "fericirea" ("happiness") and a LEGO representation of Bob Ross during the singer's words: "sunt eu Picasso" ("it's me, Picasso"). Lost (drink), a commercial energy drink created by Hansen's Beverage Company for Lost Enterprises. In an interview, in answer to the question "What is the song in the video?" Gary responds: "The song was pretty random, I found it in another (I believe it was Japanese) flash animation with cartoon cats or something." The 2channel version may seem completely random, but the images and text are a series of puns based on interpreting the lyrics of the song as English or Japanese words that they sound like (for instance, in the first line, Alo = Arrow/Alone/Arlong(A character of One Piece) (or Hello, ), salut = saru [monkey], sunt eu = sugee [incredible], un = un [yes], haiduc = haidoku [to read], şi te rog = ji bero [tongue characters]), and "fericirea" = panchira (upskirt). Lost (novel), a revisionist novel by Gregory Maguire based on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

It was one of, if not the original. Lost (film), a 1950s United Kingdom movie known as Tears for Simon in the United States. The Japanese 2channel version actually preceded Gary Brolsma's video. Lost (album), a 2003 album by hip hop artist Eightball. One version even includes a sim from the computer game The Sims 2 dancing to the song, but none have ever come close to the international cult-like following of Gary Brolsma's. Lost, Scotland, a tiny hamlet in Scotland, west of the city of Aberdeen. There are a number of other videos using the song, including several Japanese cartoons based on 2channel Shift JIS art and a LEGO dancing video. Lost (reality TV series), a short-lived reality television program on NBC in the United States.

Brolsma has stopped taking phone calls from the media; he canceled an appearance on NBC's Today Show on February 17, 2005, and he did not cooperate with The New York Times for their February 26, 2005 article about him. Lost (TV series), a television series about the survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious tropical island. According to The New York Times, Brolsma has become an "unwilling and embarrassed Web celebrity". Reportedly, he was not happy with his fame, although he happily created tweaked versions of the video after it became popular (see below). Brolsma lives in Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

Since then it has popped up on hundreds of other websites and blogs, and he has made appearances on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's The Tonight Show and VH1's Best Week Ever. Gary Brolsma first published his "Numa Numa Dance" on the Newgrounds site on December 12, 2004.
The phrase "Numa Numa" comes from the words from a refrain of the song, "nu mǎ, nu mă, nu mă iei", meaning, roughly, "(you) won't take, won't take me". .

Specifically, it refers to a Flash-based video of 19-year-old American Gary Brolsma (born July 7, 1986) lip-synching the song energetically on his webcam. Numa Numa is an Internet phenomenon based on the Moldovan Romanian pop song "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone. According to the description, it was created by two brothers who were "bored and had nothing to do.". Sock Puppet Numa Numa: This flash video shows a sock puppet singing the Numa Numa.

HII!!!: This flash video shows Mario and Luigi fighting for the honor of dancing to the Numa Numa. Numa Gone Wild: This is an interesting Flash movie of a man who detests the Numa Numa, which is shown with comical results. Numa Numa PopoZão: Kevin Federline's obnoxious PopoZão video remixed to Numa Numa [[2]]. It can be viewed at [[1]].

Hebrew Numa: This version became VERY popular in Israel when it was used as the theme song of a children's song contest. Red Vs Blue Numa Numa: The members of the Red vs Blue Community have also created a version of this video, as a tribute to the original using footage from various members of the site, as well as pieces of the original. It can be found at newgrounds.com. Napoleon Dynamite Numa Numa Dance: This version was made by fans of the flash video and shows a clip from the popular movie Napoleon Dynamite where he is shown dancing to the hit song.

Brolsma is introduced last and performs on the stage with his trademark skyward arm thrusts. It does feature a longer runtime as it introduces all of the 2005 American Idol finalists, and the judges complete with caricatures. Done in Flash animation, it parodies the original nicely. American Idle: This may not be so much a version, but a tribute.

Also known as "The Talent Show". This version is still hosted on Newgrounds as of December 15th, 2005. Numa Numa Relived: This version has recently become available on Newgrounds, and features a video of what appears to be decent quality video capture of a boy who is only identified as "Dean" at a Cable access or public televison talent show in Ozark, Missouri called "Wednesday Night Live." This version is notable as it shows the full dance, as done on stage. Special Edition: This version is available on newgrounds.com and allows viewers to choose to view a cleaned up version without pictures, and with or without subtitles.

The version was lost when Brolsma's website was shut down due to bandwidth limitations. Real High Quality: This version, made by Brolsma himself, is in sync and is of very high quality. High Quality: This version, made by one of Brolsma's friends, is off-sync, but has noticeably improved video quality. This one is rarely seen online.

The subtitled version: This version was made by fans of the band who sang the music, who were upset in regard to the song being given no credit. The movie contains pictures that were popular at the time. The movie screen was noticeably small and low in quality. The Original: The original version submitted by Gary Brolsma to Newgrounds.com.