Caramelldansen

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Caramelldansen (Eng. "The caramel dance ") is the name of the first track from the music album Supergott by the Swedish music group Caramell , which was released in November 2001. In Germany the title was published under the name Caramel dancing . At the same time, the Swedish name of this title denotes a popular internet phenomenon , which made the music known in Japan at the beginning of 2008 , although the group had already disbanded in 2002.

Origin and publications

1 May 2008 published Remixed Records a faster version of the original played song in the iTunes Store of Apple . There the title was referred to as super god Speedy Mixes . This release was followed on September 16 by a single entitled Caramelldansen Speedy Mixes with an English version of the title, which was referred to as Caramelldancing . A German version of the title was offered from April 15, 2009 under the title Caramelltanzen .

Internet phenomenon: Caramelldansen

description

Exemplary representation of the sequence of movements

The first version of the phenomenon was an Adobe Flash animation consisting of 15 individual images , which showed the characters Mai and Mii from the Japanese adventure game Popotan swinging their hips. At the same time, the characters imitated the movement of rabbit ears with their hands, while a faster version of Caramelldansen , known as the Caramelldansen Speedycake Remix , was played in the background .

development

The computer game Popotan was released in Japan on December 12, 2002. After this was adapted as an anime television series in 2003 , individual GIF animations that were based on both the opening and closing credits of the television series and the opening credits of the game spread across the Internet. At an unspecified point in time, one of these animations was combined within an Adobe Flash animation with the title Caramel Dancing and became increasingly popular outside of Japan. However, the breakthrough of this phenomenon only took place in Japan towards the end of 2007, where various variations of this animation appeared on the Japanese video platform Nico Nico Douga and met with great interest. From there, these clips achieved even greater international awareness via websites such as YouTube .

Popularity in Japan

In Japan the phenomenon was first known under the title Uma uma dance ( Japanese ウ マ ウ マ ダ ン ス ). However, the title is a misinterpretation ( interrogator ) of the Swedish text "uu-ua-ua" ( ウ ッ ー ウ ッ ー ウ マ ウ マ , pronounced in Japanese perceived as ū ū umauma ; where uma [i] is the Japanese word for "delicious") . Likewise, the chant "Dansa med oss, klappa era händer" (Eng. "Dance with us, clap your hands") was misinterpreted and perceived in the Kansai dialect as Barusamiko-su Yappa irahen de , which translates as "(I) don't like balsamic vinegar "means.

In April 2008, the Japanese music publisher Quake Inc. licensed the title from the original producer Remixed Records. The company then released the faster-played version of the title in the Asian region on an album, which also contained other titles from well-known Internet phenomena. A short time later, the Japanese Seiyū Haruko Momoi , who had previously spoken the role of Mii in Popotan, adapted the title and brought out her own new version of it. Later on, a single and an album were dedicated to the Swedish group.

On May 25, 2008 Caramelldansen was able to reach first place in the international music charts in Japan, which the single was able to keep for 2 weeks. On June 2nd, it reached 16th place in the combined charts, surpassing the title Have a Nice Day by Bon Jovi , which was the last title to be placed in these charts within three years.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Popotan (TV). In: Anime News Network. Retrieved November 27, 2009 .
  2. ↑ ｳ ｯ ｰ ｳ ｯ ｰ ｳ ﾏ ｳ ﾏ (ﾟ ∀ ﾟ) / ウ マ ウ マ っ て な に？ . Quake, accessed November 27, 2009 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ a b フ ○ テ レ ビ (ﾟ ∀ ﾟ) ｳ ｯ ー ｳ ｯ ー ｳ ﾏ ｳ ﾏ . Youtube.com, accessed November 27, 2009 (Japanese, FNN video report on the Uma uma dance .).
  4. ↑ と ろ ☆ ウ マ . (No longer available online.) Toromiseyasan, archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; Retrieved November 27, 2009 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mise.pupu.jp
  5. ↑ ｳ ｯ ｰ ｳ ｯ ｰ ｳ ﾏ ｳ ﾏ (ﾟ ∀ ﾟ) / ウ マ ウ マ っ て な に？ . Quake, accessed November 27, 2009 (Japanese).
  6. ↑ ウ マ ウ マ ニ ュ ー ス 11 位 に 急 上昇 !! . Quake, archived from the original on November 27, 2009 ; Retrieved November 27, 2009 (Japanese).
  7. ↑ ウ マ ウ マ ニ ュ ー ス TOP１0 の 壁 は 厚 か っ た !! し か し 健 闘 の 初 登場 16 位 ​​!! . Quake, archived from the original on November 27, 2009 ; Retrieved November 27, 2009 (Japanese).

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