"Dragostea Din Tei,” or “Love from the linden tree," a tree often used as a metaphor for a deep and intense affection, is a song by the former Moldovan pop group O-Zone, originally released twenty years ago in 2003.
The song went to Number One on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles the following year, where it remained for 12 weeks between June and early September, 2004, as well as topping charts in other European countries. Overall, the single reached Number One in over 27 countries and went on to reportedly sell upwards of 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
There was a less successful English version released in the U.S. later which is why I’m going with the original here!
Now then, I bring all this up because I came across a quick famous painting animation that made me Laff Out Loud and I wanted to share it with you just for Fun!
And because all this took you longer to read than the length of the clip itself, I’ve also included a pretty funny 2004 video by Gary Brolsma, a then 19-year-old American vlogger and musician, who sat down in front of his computer one day and recorded himself lip syncing to the song for nothing more than just for the fun of it. He had no idea at the time his impromptu video would become an Internet sensation with literally over a gazillion million views and still counting and is one of the most watched Internet videos of all time.
(The original video was permanently removed years ago in a trademark or copyright dispute and the video attached is perhaps a “redo.” The quality and abrupt ending are not of my doing but it’s still Crazy Fun!)
At any rate, I think he should be included on the next NASA Gold Record made that illustrate examples of life and enjoyment on Earth that they blast off into outer space for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form to come across.
And then just to wrap things up, I’ve also included the Original Full-Length Version of the International Hit Song.
Like so very many, you quite possibly may remember it. I certainly do, but not for any explainable reason!
So, here we go!
Whew!
CB ( which stands for Your Moldovan “Constanti Boy!” )
