Numa Numa

__NOTOC__ : American Idle redirects here. For the TV show, see American Idol. Numa Numa is an Internet phenomenon based on the Moldovan Romania Pop music song Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone. Specifically, it refers to a Macromedia Flash-based video of 19-year-old United States Gary Brolsma lip-synching the song energetically on his Webcam.

The phrase Numa Numa comes from the words from a refrain of the song, nu m, nu m iei, meaning roughly (you) won t take, won t take me.

Gary Brolsma first published his Numa Numa Dance on December 12, 2004. Since then it has popped up on hundreds of other websites and blogs, and he has made appearances on American Broadcasting Company s Good Morning America , NBC s The Tonight Show and VH1 s Best Week Ever .

Brolsma lives in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, New Jersey. Reportedly, he was not happy with his fame. According to The New York Times , Brolsma has become an unwilling and embarrassed Web celebrity . Brolsma has stopped taking phone calls from the media; he canceled an appearance on National Broadcasting Company s Today Show on February 17, 2005, and he did not cooperate with The New York Times for their February 26 [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/26/nyregion/26video.htmlex=1267160400&en=1d48bf539f85dc0e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland article about him.]

during the singer s words: sunt eu Picasso ( it s me, Picasso ). It is very popular even with many teenagers and is often sung by children at schools

Perhaps the most detailed parody was created as a Numa Numa/American Idol hybrid, by animator [http://www.cookiedoughrecords.com Dustball].

=See also=

*Internet phenomenon *Star Wars kid *Andy Milonakis

=External links=

*[http://www.numanumadance.com/ NumaNumaDance.com] - Watch the original (unedited) Numa Numa Dance video here. *[http://conversationswithmyself.com/content/garyb/garybrolsma.htm Numa Numa special edition] *[http://www.garybrolsma.net Garybrolsma.net] - Gary Brolsma fan website with photos, videos, news and more. *[http://www.novafall.com/jimmy Jimmy Curtis] - Gary s inspiration, Jimmy mimics Right Said Fred s I m Too Sexy and Haddaway s What is Love *[http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/news/20050913p2a00m0et014000c.html Net users claim japanese numa numa music video character resembles bulletin-board art] *[http://nielses.dk/ringtones/numa_numa/o_zone-dragostea_din_tei.mid Numa Numa ringtone] *[http://forums.cjb.net/mdotc.html Matthew.Cheese Forums], with a section devoted to the Numa Numa.

===General===

*[http://www.youtube.com/results.phpsearch=numa Numa Numa parodies] *[http://www.fatkidsong.com Numa Numa Dance] *[http://www.catteacorner.com/dragosteadintei.htm Lyrics] (Romanian language and English language translation)

===Numa Numa Parodies===

*[http://www.cookiedoughrecords.com/movieidle.htm American Idle animated version] *[http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/01/18/ozone_madness.html Joi Ito: O-Zone madness] *[http://members.cox.net/realtordon/NumaNumaOtto.mov LEGO Numa Numa Dance] *[http://www.newgrounds.com/collections/numanuma.html Newgrounds: Numa Numa Dance Collection] *[http://www.sims99.com/movie_details.phpdir=Klingonoprea&id=633 Sims 2 version] *[http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfmlink_id=8207 Numa Numa Remix] *[http://asdfg.mine.nu/~rehabdoll/humor/clips/maria.avi The first Numa Numa Dance] *[http://rofish.fobby.net/ppdt1.swf Starmen.net Plo Version] *[http://216.178.106.150/video/fullpage_new.aspxclip=/new/numa_oh Oxygen s version] *[http://www.vaivc.com/video.phpcodigo=6 Brazilian Parody Festa no Apê] *[http://www.ytmnd.com/list/search=numa&user= Numa Numa YTMND pages. ] (See YTMND for more details.)

===Dragostea din Tei Parodies===

*[http://www.kittysafe.net/dance.html Go-Jyone! The original flash. ] *[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/228411 Napoleon Dynamite Numa Numa Dance] *[http://www.tapuz.co.il/general/videoasx.aspfile=/festigal/festigal_clip_tapuz.wmv Hebrew Festigal 2004 video (Windows Media)], [http://www.feujcity.net/clip/nouma_www_feujcity_com.mpg (MPEG)]; [http://www.tapuz.co.il/festigal/images/Milot_Numa.jpg Lyrics], [http://www.hebrewsongs.com/song=numanumahei English translation] *[http://www.koreus.com/files/200407/lego-zone.html Lego dancing video] *[http://www.pixparty.com/2ephyr/index.aspptype=v&videoid=3601 Malaysian College Kids (Pixparty.com version)] *[http://blackdragon.terramail.pl prawdziwe oblicze Wadcy Piercieni II ] - Polish Lord of the Rings parody with Dragostea din tei in background *[http://www.disney.it/Film/movies/chickenlittle/chickenlittle.mov Chicken Little Trailer] *[http://www.tekcities.com.nyud.net:8090/blt93932/themovies.html Christmas Mofia Version]

===Word Play===

*[http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfmlink_id=8843 Japanese cartoon video created by ikari. ] *[http://pya.cc/pyaimg/pimgstop.phpimgid=7653 Japanese cartoon video 2] *[http://pernin.cyril.free.fr/ais/lol2.swf French man and his own Numanuma dance version] *[http://thunder.yansa.net/dragostea.html Yansa.net: The Flash Movie, Yes version] *[http://www.avex.com.tw/2004/popup/maiahi/video.aspmv1=ok Taiwanese Octopus Ball version]