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We Are Number One

You might remember it as We Are Number One remix, LazyTown Robbie Rotten song

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2016·The platform era

A children's television song that became a memorial and one of the most remixed clips of the decade.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
We Are Number One remix
Spread in
2016
Format
Meme
Era
The platform era
Performed by
Stefán Karl Stefánsson, as Robbie Rotten
Made by
Composed by Máni Svavarsson
Taken from
The LazyTown episode Robbie’s Dream Team, released on 3 October 2014
Origin
Origin not yet established
Available
Playable from the source

Why it matteredWhat changed

A villain’s song from a children’s programme became a meme in the autumn its singer announced he had cancer, and a fundraiser for him passed a hundred thousand dollars.

TimelineIn order

  1. Made

    The episode is released.1

  2. Posted

    The song is uploaded to LazyTown’s YouTube channel.1 What else happened on 25 July

  3. Remixed

    A remix disguised as music from a video game is uploaded, and the song becomes a meme.1

  4. Later

    Stefánsson announces that he has cancer.1

  5. Mainstream

    He performs the song live on Facebook with the other actors.1

  6. Later

    A fundraiser for him has passed its goal of 100,000 US dollars.1

  7. Later

    Stefánsson dies.1

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Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · copied, redrawn and reused until the original stopped mattering · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later

The version shown here is an official copy on YouTube, published by a rights holder.

Where it came fromWhat we know

Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.

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No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.

SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — We Are Number One

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