# Please Help Me Identify This European Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946 "2005-11-07T19:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/1 "2005-11-07T19:11:53Z")
A year or two ago there was a video making the rounds on the 'net. It showed a guy dancing and lip-syncing along with some Euro-pop tune. I believe the song was Romanian. All I remember of the song is the bridge (or was it the chorus), where the vocalist sings something like: "My - yah - HEEEEEEEEEE My - yah - HOOOOOOOOO" I know that’s not much but does anyone have any kind of a clue? TIA ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/2 "2005-11-07T19:44:14Z")
You might have seen one of the entries for the Eurovision Song contast. Do any of [these](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest) artists or titles ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/3 "2005-11-07T19:53:38Z")
I think [this](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6987134/) is what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/4 "2005-11-07T20:49:35Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I think [this](http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6987134/) is what you are looking for. Yes that’s it. What’s the name of the song? “Numa Numa”? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/5 "2005-11-07T20:50:47Z")
Dragostea din Tei by O Zone. It’s mentioned below the ad in that story. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/6 "2005-11-08T04:16:31Z")
The guy has nothing to do with the band. I wish I hadn’t seen it either, it ruined the song for me. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-european-song/329946/7 "2005-11-08T07:46:54Z")
This song has been very popular in Japan. In addition to being a catchy tune, many of the words sound Japanese. A parody music video was created that illustrates the sung words to their Japanese phonetic meaning.