Numa Numa (video)

"Numa Numa" (/ˈnuːmə/) is an Internet meme based on a video by American vlogger Gary Brolsma made after the song "Dragostea din Tei", released by Moldovan pop group O-Zone in 2003. Brolsma's video, entitled "Numa Numa Dance", was uploaded to the website Newgrounds on December 6, 2004, under the username Gman250, showing Brolsma's lip-syncing of the song with lively dance moves. The video's title is derived from the Romanian words "nu mă nu mă" occurring in the refrain of O-Zone's song, which was the first Numa Numa-themed video to gain widespread attention.

Numa Numa Dance has since spawned many parody videos, including those created for the New Numa Contest, sponsored by Brolsma, which promised US$45,000 in prize money for submissions. His original video was named 41st in the 2006 broadcast of 100 Greatest Funny Moments by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The video was featured on Channel 4's Virtually Famous, and ranked No. 1 in VH1's "40 Greatest Internet Superstars" in March 2007. The Viral Factory estimated that the video had been viewed over 700 million times by November 27, 2006.

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