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The 2004 viral webcam video that made Gary Brolsma internet-famous featured him lip-syncing to which song?
Answer
Dragostea Din Tei
Brolsma's viral video showed him energetically lip-syncing to 'Dragostea Din Tei,' a 2003 hit by the Moldovan group O-Zone, which helped propel both the song and Brolsma to international fame.
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The Numa Numa guy sold his viral fame to fund college tuition, then largely disappeared from public life by choice.
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- Gangnam Style
- Around the World
- Better Off Alone
Topics
- viral-video
- music
- 2000s
- internet-history
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