O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (Ma Ya Hi)
Oct 12, 2019 16:24:18 GMT -5
Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 12, 2019 16:24:18 GMT -5
This was the Romanian-Moldovan group's most well-known song. It was released in 2003. It was a huge hit throughout Europe, going to #1 in at least 27 countries.
It was covered by Italian artist Haiducci and that version was popular too.
It was a moderate hit in the U.S. in 2005 after a viral video featuring a guy dancing and lip synching to it began to circulate. It led to an English version being recorded with O-Zone member Dan Balan and Dance/Pop singer Lucas Prata. That version was released as "Ma Ya Hi (Dragostea Din Tei)". They even went on The Today Show to perform it and it got some airplay on Pop stations. It peaked at #72 on the Pop 100.
The song got further exposure when several elements of it were interpolated into T.I. & Rihanna's #1 hit "Live Your Life".
Original video
English Verson
Today Show performance of the Valentin remix
I was a huge fan of both the original Romanian version and the English one. There is something so charming and cute about the song. The Valentin remix of the English version was pushed as the single version here as Valentin's remixes were popular at the time (he did some remixes of Britney, Christina, Deborah Cox, and QED) that got some mainstream radio play.
It was covered by Italian artist Haiducci and that version was popular too.
It was a moderate hit in the U.S. in 2005 after a viral video featuring a guy dancing and lip synching to it began to circulate. It led to an English version being recorded with O-Zone member Dan Balan and Dance/Pop singer Lucas Prata. That version was released as "Ma Ya Hi (Dragostea Din Tei)". They even went on The Today Show to perform it and it got some airplay on Pop stations. It peaked at #72 on the Pop 100.
The song got further exposure when several elements of it were interpolated into T.I. & Rihanna's #1 hit "Live Your Life".
Original video
English Verson
Today Show performance of the Valentin remix
I was a huge fan of both the original Romanian version and the English one. There is something so charming and cute about the song. The Valentin remix of the English version was pushed as the single version here as Valentin's remixes were popular at the time (he did some remixes of Britney, Christina, Deborah Cox, and QED) that got some mainstream radio play.