Caramelldansen
Caramelldansen (Eng. " The caramel dance " ) is the name of the first track from the music album Super God the Swedish music group Caramell, which was released in November 2001. In Germany the title under the name Caramelltanzen was published. At the same time, the Swedish name of this Title, a popular Internet phenomenon known what the music in early 2008 made in Japan, although the group had disbanded in 2002.
Formation and Publications
On May 1, published in 2008 Remixed Records played a faster version of the original title in the Apple iTunes store. There, the title has been referred to as the Super God Speedy mix. This publication was followed on 16 September, a single titled 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
The first version of the phenomenon was made up of 15 frames Adobe Flash animation that showed the characters Mai and Mii from the Japanese Adventure Popotan with a pelvic thrust. At the same time the figures imitated with their hands, the movement of rabbit ears, while a faster version of Caramelldansen, known as 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 in 2003 as an anime television series, individual GIF animations used in the Internet, which were based on the opening and closing credits of and on the leader of the game. At an unspecified time one of these animations were combined within an Adobe Flash animation titled Caramelltanzen and achieved increasing recognition outside of Japan. The breakthrough of this phenomenon, but was only towards the end of 2007, back in Japan, where different variations of this animation on the Japanese video platform Nico Nico Douga appeared and met with great interest. From there, these clips reached via websites such as YouTube an even greater international fame.
Popularity in Japan
In Japan, the phenomenon initially titled Uma uma dance (Japaneseウマウマ ダンス) was known. In the title, however, it is a misinterpretation ( interrogator ) of the Swedish text "uu -ua -ua " (ウッー ウッー ウマウマ, japanese pronounced as ū ū Umauma perceived; uma being the Japanese word for "delicious" is ). Likewise, the song was " Dansa med oss, klappa era hander " (Eng. "Dance with us, clap your hands " ) misinterpreted and perceived in the Kansai dialect as Barusamiko -su Yappa irahen de, which roughly translates to " ( I ) do not like balsamic vinegar "means.
In April 2008, the Japanese music publishing Quake Inc. licensed the title from the original producers Remixed Records. The company then published the faster version of the title played in the Asian region on an album which still contained more titles become known internet phenomena. A short time later adapted the Japanese seiyū Haruko Momoi, who had previously spoken on the role of Mii in Popotan, the title and brought out a new version of it 's own. In the course of a single and an album of the Swedish group still was dedicated.
May 25, 2008 Caramelldasen could reach the first place in the international music charts, the could keep the single for two weeks in Japan. On June 2, she reached the 16th place of the combined chart, beating the title Have a Nice Day by Bon Jovi, which was until then as the last track be placed within three years within these charts.