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Featured era: 2004
Numa Numa
“Ma-ia-hii, ma-ia-huu.”
- Featured era
- 2004
- Peak era
- 2005-2006
- Company
- Gary Brolsma
- Category
- Viral Videos
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On Video
Gary Brolsma's "Numa Numa"
Plays from YouTube when you press play. Views, length and date from YouTube, October 2026.
About This Video
- From:
- Gary Brolsma
- Added:
- April 1, 2017
- Length:
- 1:40
What Was It?
"Numa Numa Dance" shows Gary Brolsma at his desk with a webcam, lip-syncing and dancing in his chair to "Dragostea din tei", a Romanian-language pop song by O-Zone, with complete and joyful commitment.
He uploaded it to Newgrounds on December 6, 2004, under the name Gman250. It spread across the web before YouTube existed and became one of the most important viral videos of the decade, inspiring countless parodies and, later, many people to start making videos themselves.
The chorus, "nu mă, nu mă", gave the meme its name, and the sight of someone dancing alone in front of a webcam became a template for the internet that followed.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Headphones on, eyebrows raised, singing to the webcam
- The song stuck in everyone's head for months
- It went viral on Newgrounds before YouTube existed
- The parody versions
The Story
- 2004 Gary Brolsma uploaded "Numa Numa Dance" to Newgrounds on December 6.
- 2006 Brolsma launched the New Numa contest for fan videos.
Its Legacy
The video is still widely available. It survives as one of the internet's first great webcam performances and a precursor to the YouTube era.
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