Year 8, Day 156

Hey guys. Today's song is Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone.

O-Zone was a Moldovan Eurodance group active from 1999 to 2005 and made up of Dan Bălan, Arsenie Todiraș, Radu Sîrbu, and Petru Jelihovschi. In 1998 the group started as a duo of Dan Bălan and Petru Jelihovschi, but Jelihovschi left in 1999 because he never intended to make a career out of doing music. Bălan held auditions where he met Todiraș, the two of them forming a duo until getting a call from Sîrbu to audition, and the group became a trio. The group moved to Romanian in 2002, getting one hit before releasing this song in 2003. It had faded from popularity by the end of the year, but a not well known Italian group covered the song (without permission) and it topped the Italian charts. The success of that led to the original group getting a record deal, and this song gaining popularity in a bunch of other countries. They released their third album in 2004, but never quite got as big as they were before, and (even though they were still popular) disbanded in 2005. They have had two reunions, one in 2017 and another in 2019. I can bet most of you know the song, but had no idea what the song was, since this is now really only known in meme form, but hey now you can use it as fun trivia when talking to others about the Numa Numa Song.

Peace.