Remixed Records has further changed all attributions to Caramell on Spotify to "Caramella Girls". First in Japan, Malin Sundström and Katia Löfgren were replaced by their anime character counterparts, removing the rest of the band members, and later for the original Swedish release, all members were replaced by 3 anime-like girls called "Caramella Girls", two of which resemble the Japanese characters. Īs the "U-u-uma uma" single was released in Japan on May 21, 2008, the original concept of the Caramell group changed. On March 2, 2009, Caramelldansen was awarded single of the year (international section) in the 23rd Japan Gold Disc Award. A German version of the song, "Caramelltanzen", was released on April 15, 2009.
This was followed by the single "Caramelldansen Speedy Mixes" and on September 16 a single with the English version of the song called "Caramelldancing". The album was called "Supergott Speedy Mixes". On May 1, 2008, Remixed Records released the sped-up version of the original Supergott album on Apple's iTunes Store. One part of the song predicts its worldwide popularity. On May 25, 2008, Caramelldansen achieved number one in the international music chart in Japan for two weeks, and on June 2 managed to obtain number sixteen in the Japanese combined chart, beating Bon Jovi with their song " Have a Nice Day" the last one who entered that chart three years ago.
gained the rights from the original Caramell producers, Remixed Records, to distribute the sped-up version of the original song in Asia, releasing first an album which included Caramelldansen and other popular meme songs at the time, this follows up an album sung by Toromi, the voice actor who played Mii in Popotan who sang her own version of the song, and follows a single and an album dedicated to the Swedish band. In April 2008, Japanese music distributor Quake Inc. Thus, the song has a different interpretation in Japan than in Sweden. Also, Japanese listeners have interpreted the lyrics, " Dansa med oss, klappa era händer" ( "Dance with us, clap your hands"), as " Barusamiko-su Yappa irahen de" ("(I) don't want any Balsamic vinegar after all" in the Kansai dialect). The Japanese title is sometimes written with the symbol (゚∀゚) added to the end. Ĭaramelldansen is known in Japan as "Uma uma dance" (ウマウマダンス), because the chorus's lyrics " u-u-ua-ua" were misheard as ウッーウッーウマウマ ("u- u- umauma" "uma" has been interpreted as "yummy", "nice" ( うまい, umai, slurred: umē ( うめぇ) or "horse" ( 馬, uma) in Japanese). The idea of the new Swedish concept came from YouTube, showing more than 16,000 different versions of the original flash animation, including small loops, complete song shorts and live action videos. 3D animation shorts have been released performing the dance, and live action videos made by fans. The meme is not limited to the small Flash animation loops. By 2008, one critic derided YouTube as a chasm filled with "endless versions of 'Caramelldansen'." Popularity The meme soon after spread to YouTube and became a global phenomenon. Its boom began at the end of 2007 in Japan (known as the "Uma uma Boom") where an explosion of different Caramelldansen iterations appeared in the Japanese video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga. Artists and fans started to copy the animation and include other characters performing the dance. As the Caramelldansen video gained popularity, it became a meme. In the same year, its chorus part was combined with the animation loop and posted to 4chan by a "Sven from Sweden" (Sven does not recall using Speedycake's file, but the amount of speedup is identical). In early 2006, a 19.38% sped-up version of the song was posted by "Speedycake" to 4chan.
It was not long before parts from the introduction of the PC game were also captured. After the anime was aired from July 17 to October 2, 2003, short GIF animations clips were created from the opening of the game and posted on the internet. Popotan first appeared as a Japanese PC game on December 12, 2002. Animation loop from the visual novel Popotan, used in the internet meme known as "Caramelldansen".