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Künstler: O-Zone
Titel: Dragostea Din Tei
Year-Date: 2004
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Genre: Pop
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Singer: Dan Mihai Bălan
Sound Mix: Stereo
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Clipland ID: 701008925
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Title translation "Dragostea din tei" is written in Romanian and the title is not easy to translate, due to the lack of context for the phrase. There are several proposed translations of the title, such as Love from the lime trees and Love out of the linden trees. The intended translation is possibly shown in the subtitles of the music video by O-Zone, which translates it as Love of the linden tree. It is known that linden trees have strong lyrical associations in Moldovan poetry, tied to the work of the Moldovan poet Mihai Eminescu. Therefore the expression may be interpreted as romantic, "linden-type" love. Another interpretation of the title is a simple paraphrase of a popular Romanian children's book, "Pupăza din tei" by Ion Creangă (in translation "The Hoopoe in the linden tree").

Another very likely translation takes into account the neighborhood "Tei" in Bucharest, the capital of Romania (in Romanian, "Cartierul Tei"). Since it's a place very popular with college students (several dorms in the area) and youngsters in general, the connection is there ("Love in Tei" as in "Love among young people"). In spring especially, many young pairs can be seen in the parks and streets in Tei, and "love is in the air" - even though it might be love that lasts just for a little while; the song alludes to this.

The third translation comes directly from a native Moldovan. He claims that the title uses a wordplay and simply means "Love at first sight" (i.e. "Love from the linden trees", roughly analogous to "Love from the clear blue sky" in English, with the added associations that linden trees have in the Romanian language). This translation obviously rises above the literal meanings of the words and draws on something more poetic and specific to the language and culture. Given that O-Zone is from Moldova, where Romanian is spoken (along with Russian), it seems quite plausible that this interpretation is accurate. Furthermore, it provides something more universally meaningful, as the idea of love at first sight is understood more globally than the idea of love having to do with linden trees

On the Internet Numa Numa (or "the Numa Numa Dance") is an Internet phenomenon based on amateur videos, particularly one by Gary Brolsma, made for the song "Dragostea din tei" by Moldovan pop band O-Zone. It made it into one of the 100 Funniest Moments, broadcast by Channel 4 in the UK.

The phrase "Numa Numa" comes from the chorus of the song, "nu mă, nu mă iei," meaning, roughly, "you won't, you won't take me."

The Numa Numa dance is a popular Internet meme that has spawned many parodies. Many of them are on Newgrounds and Google Video.

Thousands of amateur videos of people recreating the dance have appeared on YouTube. A lot of themes have been chosen for Numa Numa parodies. Video game characters have been chosen to be used in parodies, such as Mario, Luigi, River City Ransom, and Homestar Runner. There have also been items used for videos, such as Lego bricks and army men. In addition, a parody of the infamous "Angry German Kid" video was made including Numa Numa and Star Wars kid.

German Dragostea din Tei bedeutet im Rumänischen wörtlich übersetzt "Liebe unter den Lindenbäumen" oder "Lindenblütenliebe". Im übertragenen Sinn ist damit eine Wunschliebe oder eine unerfüllte Liebe gemeint. Der Refrain des Liedes

   Vrei să pleci dar nu mă nu mă iei
   Nu mă nu mă iei nu mă nu mă nu mă iei.
   Chipul tău şi dragostea din tei
   Mi-amintesc de ochii tăi.

lautet übersetzt etwa:

   Du willst gehen, doch du nimmst mich nicht mit
   Nimmst mich, nimmst mich nicht, nimmst mich, nimmst mich, nimmst mich nicht mit.
   Dein Antlitz und meine unerfüllte Liebe zu dir
   Erinnern mich deiner Augen.

Da die Melodie und der Rhythmus sehr eingängig sind (Dance/Pop-Stil), empfanden es die meisten Fans nicht als großen Mangel, dass sie den rumänischen Liedtext nicht verstanden.

Das Lied erschien erstmals 2003 im zweiten Album der Band, DiscOzone. Der Komponist und Texter des Songs ist der O-Zone-Songwriter Dan Bălan. Er produzierte zusammen mit dem New Yorker DJ Lucas Prata auch eine englischsprachige Version des Liedes zur gleichen Melodie mit dem Titel "Mai A Hee".

Weitere Aufmerksamkeit bekam das Lied durch einige Amateurvideos. Das beliebteste dieser Amateurvideos zeigt einen 19-jährigen Amerikaner, der, von seiner Webcam gefilmt, das Lied engagiert lippensynchron mitsingt. Es wurde im Internet unter dem Namen "Numa Numa" bekannt und trug erheblich zur Popularisierung des Originals bei.

O-ZONE LYRICS "Dragostea Din Tei" Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-ha Ma-ia-ha-ha 1

Alo, salut, sunt eu, un haiduc, Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeºte fericirea. Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso, Þi-am dat beep, ºi sunt voinic, Dar sa ºtii nu-îþi cer nimic.

2 Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei, Nu ma, nu ma iei, Nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei. Chipul tau ºi dragostea din tei, Mi-amintesc de ochii tai. 3

Te sun, sº-îþi spun, ce simt acum, Alo, iubirea mea, sunt eu, fericirea. Alo, alo, sunt iaraºi eu, Picasso, Þi-am dat beep, ºi sunt voinic, Dar sa ºtii nu-iþi cer nimic.

x2

Ma-ia-hii Ma-ia-hoo Ma-ia-ha Ma-ia-haa 4

x2

Lyrics

Ma-ia-hii
Ma-ia-hoo
Ma-ia-ha
Ma-ia-ha-ha
[x4]

Alo, salut, sunt eu, un haiduc,
Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeste fericirea.
Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso,
Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic.

[Chorus]
Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
...
© O-Zone "Dragostea Din Tei" (2004), excerpt provided as citation.
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Tuesday 05/02/06

maria-diana
User's rating: 10/10
I really can't believe you guys loved this song so much! It's great! I love it too..but there are sooo many other romanian bands that are awesome! you should check them out!
Tuesday 04/11/06

User's rating: 10/10
WWWWOOOOOOWWWWWW1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I RATED MINE TEN............GUYS I'LL LET you in on a secret.Go to limewire.com(WWW.)and download limewire and download any song you like.....including"DRAGOSTEA DIN TEA"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday 04/02/06

User's rating: 10/10
Numa Numa dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This song is the Numa Numa dance!
Friday 03/03/06

User's rating: 10/10
hiyah guys i love your song
and i love it so much
am i still your fan?
it is snowing over here
thanks
diana
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Friday 02/24/06

User's rating: 10/10
I absolutely love O-zone and all their songs. I first heard Dragostea Din Tei, the Remix version, and I loved it so much that I memorized the song in Romanian. Then I bought their CD and loved their other songs even more! Each one is a gem, especially Crede Ma. I am now learning Romanian because through O-zone I found the language to be so sexy and beautiful! I want more O-zone!
Thursday 12/29/05

come in Slovenia!!!!!
come!!!

please
Wednesday 12/14/05

User's rating: 1/10
i dd NOT care what the video of this song means, the song is the best ever on the planet! people in every country should here it. a radio station played it randomly and then some commercials, i'm glad i accidentally found it, because it is so fucking awsome.
Wednesday 12/07/05

Juana
ok
Friday 12/02/05

User's rating: 10/10
The best Song ever :) I`m from USA and I can`t stop singing and dancing on this song best of all my parents say that is the best (Born in Romania ;) no joke)
Monday 10/31/05

User's rating: 10/10
i think that the song is so fantastic and i am a fan of them.
Wednesday 10/19/05

User's rating: 10/10
In only 2 weeks I went from knowing nothing about the "numa numa dance" to now owning this album (Disc O-zone). In that short time I found & burned a DVD of this video, due to the insanely huge crush I've developed on Dan Balan (the tall one w/ sunglasses). There's a spot in the video where he's animated, in a 3/4 profile, and the animation then blends into live action; jesus is he freakin' hot in those fleeting seconds. I gotta go get a tissue to wipe up my drool.... Oh, and the video is mindless fun too - I just wish I knew what the few lines of text scrolling along the bottom meant!
Sunday 10/09/05

User's rating: 10/10
Rated 10 because of the singers. I showed this to parents and they said one word to describe em, "GAY"
Friday 09/23/05

man i luv this song!!!! the music video is wierd but i stiill luv the song. I may not be romania but i know the words to the song... and i know some of what the song means
Sunday 09/11/05

Anonymous user
Oh my god, your song is soooooooo sexy. yeah, so fuckin awesome.
Friday 09/02/05

I LOVE YOU O-ZONE. YOU ARE AWESOME AND YOUR MUSIC IS SOOOO EUROPEAN. WELL EVERYTHING AWESOME IS EUROPEAN SO HEY?
Sunday 08/07/05

One more thing: If you do download the English version, here is the lyrics since the song is a little hard to understand in some points without the lyrics.

x4(x2)
Ma-I-A Hi (ma-ma-ya), Ma-I-A Hu (ma-ma-ya)
Ma-I-A Ho (ma-ma-ya), Ma-I-A Ha-Ha

(Dan)
Hello, Salut, It's me, your duc.
And I made something that's real to show you.
How I feel.

(Lucas)
Hello, hello, It's me Picasso
I will paint. My words of love
With your name on every wall.

(Dan & Lucas)
When you leave, my coulours fade to grey,
Ou-a-ou-a-ey ou-a-ou-aou-a-ey
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.
When you leave my coulours fade to gray,
A little of them stay or all my coulours fade away.
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.

(Dan)
I sold, My strings,My songs... and dreams.
And I bought some paints to match the colours,
Of my love.

(Lucas)
Hello, hello,It's me again. Picasso
I will spray
My words of love
With your name on every wall

(Dan & Lucas)
When you leave, my coulours fade to grey,
Ou-a-ou-a-ey ou-a-ou-aou-a-ey
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.
When you leave my coulours fade to gray,
A little of them stay or all my coulours fade away.
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.

Ma-I-A Hi (ma-ma-ya), Ma-I-A Hu (ma-ma-ya)
Ma-I-A Ho (ma-ma-ya), Ma-I-A Ha-Ha

(Dan & Lucas)
When you leave, my coulours fade to grey,
Ou-a-ou-a-ey ou-a-ou-aou-a-ey
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.
When you leave my coulours fade to gray,
A little of them stay or all my coulours fade away.
Every word of love I used to say,
Now I paint it every day.
Sunday 08/07/05

The moment I heard the song I knew I had to have it. I actually heard a Remix first, where its a girl and a guy singing. Then I heard the real one and I liked it even better. Then I heard the English version and it confused me. The English version makes it sound like the 2 are in love or something. I dont know if they're just really good friends, singing the song to some girl, or more probably (and what im thinking) gay. Either way its a good song but now that Im confused I cant really enjoy it as much. I dont know when this song was released, it reached earlier this year (2005), heard it in Mexico this summer and its barely beginning to show up in the US. It was an instant hit, hear it on the Hit List Radios all the time. Of course, I live in the middle of hillbilly country so Im surprised that that a gay love song gets so much airtime here. Either that or the hicks are to stupid to realize what it really is. I have all three versions, the Original, the Remix and the American Version. If any1 needs help finding the song, email me. (JR-Net_2005@hotmail.com)
Wednesday 08/03/05

i love dragosta din tei becuse i love them so much and i am going to meet them but i don't know what day i am going to meet them cos i still love them though cos i think that they realy love me cos my sister angela said that sam fancy's me a lot.
Wednesday 08/03/05

i love dragosta din tei becuse i love them so much and i am going to meet them but i don't know what day i am going to meet them cos i still love them though cos i think that they realy love me cos my sister angela said that sam fancy's me a lot.
Thursday 07/28/05

i like dragosta din tei and i like the song by ozone and i have got to get that new song Despre tine.

i love that Despre tine and dragosta din tei.

P.s good luck
Tuesday 07/26/05

I wish that i was with o-zone because i love them so much and i have got there cd and there music video,posters and romanian flags. when i go to romania to meet the boys in september i think that i will faint see ya there hannah.and tell paolo that he is so hot and to keep his blue shirt off.
Tuesday 07/26/05

O-zone are the flaming best song in the world all the boys are sexy in the band .picasso's voice sound's like an angel so alo and sulut to all those who are fans of o-zone
Thursday 07/21/05

i wish that i could be with o-zone becuase i love them so and so much and when i am on the rides at alton towers i went on 6 of the rides and i kept on singing that song called dragostea din tei and my friend hannah barwhic told me off about that song and that song was annoying her when i am singing it and sarah layland was told aswell when she was singing it as well and hannah told me about it.
Thursday 07/21/05

i love your songs becuase it's make me do my work and i love it becuase i went to alton towers and i have been singing there dragostea din tei and i can't stop singing it when i am on the rides.
Thursday 07/21/05

i love your songs becuase it's make me do my work and i love it becuase i went to alton towers and i have been singing there dragostea din tei and i can't stop singing it when i am on the rides.
Wednesday 07/20/05

O-Zone is great and I have heard Dragostea Din Tei from Constanta Romania to Chisinau Moldova and Odessa Ukraine ,every place I have heard this song from the street shops to the best dinning places .I was just in Odessa Ukraine and bought a O-Zone c.d but it had some songs I have not heard from O-zone before that are really great also.
I would like O-Zone to make there CD in English for us Amaricans it would be a hit !.
From Anchorage Alaska USA.
Friday 06/24/05

Im lovin' the song!! it makes me wanna dance all night loooooong!!!!!!!!!
Friday 06/24/05

This is absolutely fabulous song by O-Zone. The more you hear it, the more you like it. I am really wondering how they have managed to provide so wonderful composition. As a musician myself, I will rate this song 6 stars
Monday 06/20/05

Anonymous user
i am not shure what is funnier, the fat guy that dances to this song, or the music video!
Wednesday 06/08/05

G'day - Fantastic, I downloaded this off a shared file program by accident. Best accident ever. Band is young and cute with great music to boot. Clip is great, looked like they had fun making it. Wish we go more of this in Australia
Monday 05/30/05

WOW what a song i wasn't be able to stop singing and dancing once i heard it , georgeous, and what a hansome man the one with dark sunglasses the tallest wow sighhhhhh
Monday 05/30/05

WOW what a song i wasn't be able to stop singing and dancing once i heard it , georgeous, and what a hansome man the one with dark sunglasses the tallest wow sighhhhhh
Friday 05/20/05

I love this song. I heard it in a friends car also. The only bad part about it is that if u listen to it once, its stuck in your head for the rest of the day. It's also kinda weird cuz one of the guys in the video looks like he's gay.
Wednesday 05/18/05

hola soy de peru..y pucha amo esta cancion,Ilove o-ZONE,I LOVE ARSENIE,THIS SONG IS GREAT,DENME INFORMACION ABOUT O-zone this is my e mail silvinaloca13@hotmail.com
Wednesday 05/18/05

hola soy de peru..y pucha amo esta cancion,Ilove o-ZONE,I LOVE ARSENIE,THIS SONG IS GREAT,DENME INFORMACION ABOUT O-zone this is my e mail silvinaloca13@hotmail.com
Tuesday 05/17/05

hola quiero que me pasen el video de -o-Zone
Sunday 05/15/05

Guys please Request "dragostea Din tei" in your Radio station till they play it!! It has to be #1. I sold millions of copies!! It deserves to be #1! Let's show the world that us American also listen to music in different languages. Let;s be more open minded!!
And dance mai a hii mai a haa!!
It is the best song ever!!!
Sunday 05/08/05

this has to be the ultimate feel good song ever!! i cant get enough of it! and does anyone else agree that the guy in the blue shirt is hot? ;P x
Thursday 03/31/05

This song kicks @$$
Thursday 03/17/05

Great song indeed.
Thursday 02/24/05

Lizz
I just heard this song in one of my friends car. And its an awesome song!!! Except for the fact that its stuck in my head now!! :)
Wednesday 02/23/05

Are any of them single, and if yes they should send me an e-mail! Pronto!! =D
Wednesday 02/23/05

I really love this song and listen to it a lot, I also enjoy coming up with random and spaztic dances as I listen, I feel like I can frolic trully when it is ringing through my ears, I wanna cry I love it so much!
Wednesday 02/09/05

LO NUEVO EN ATGENTINA....ESTA ROMPIENDO CON TODO...LO MEJOR/THE BEST...sin duda va a copar toda america Latina.
Gracias...CDELU
Thursday 02/03/05

The song is ok, kinda catchy. Reminds me of 'aha' from the 80's. Can't really tell if these guys are just goofy Europeans or gay.
Tuesday 02/01/05

This song ROCKS! AHHH!!! They're sooo hot! hahah, and hilarious. My friend showed the video to me and I love it. Wish we them in the USA. awww...music here sucks. ^_^
Monday 01/24/05

Linda Kiely
Best song ever love it loads!!!!!!!!!hope to get the album soon Lv xxxx
Monday 01/24/05

Linda Kiely
Best song ever love it loads!!!!!!!!!hope to get the album soon Lv xxxx
Sunday 01/09/05

Caught a link to this song from metafilter. Can't tell what they're saying but they lyrics are very catchy.
Sunday 01/09/05

tim
too bad we don't get much ebm dance industrial ect... here in the usa. i need to move to europe where the real music is lol
Friday 12/24/04

I know you guys in Europe must be so bored with this song, but I like this tune and something different to what we hear in Aus. I've always been a wierd music fan!
Tuesday 12/07/04

I LOVE this song! I hope it makes it to the US! Doubt it though cause we never get any different types of music....anyways I love it!
Tuesday 11/30/04

i am omar could you do song on bbc chanel pleas and the music that i want
is Dragosrea Din Tie
Monday 09/13/04

bonjafleeker
dem good but wad da f is up with the video sh-t man thats retarded
Saturday 09/04/04

brilliant song, I love it!!!
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