Fan Finds Numa Numa Song on 20 Year Old Xbox
Memes have been a part of the internet for nearly as long as it's existed. They used to take on different forms, of course, and there were fewer of them in the earlier days of the internet.
One of the early memes to reach extreme popularity, coming even long before the infamous Rick Roll, is the Numa Numa song. Not to be confused with the Call of Duty: Vanguard Numa Numa map, the song was everywhere on the internet in the early 2000s, due to a combination of a viral video that led to it taking off in the English-speaking world, and the natural catchiness of the tune. So many people liked it, in fact, that some even went through the effort of adding it to their personal playlists, and that apparently includes one original Xbox console.
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Redditor LowDrag_82 showed off the dashboard of a classic Xbox that's 20 years old at this point. Browsing through the system's files, they showed that there is custom music loaded onto the system. The browser revealed several songs saved by artist O-Zone, including Dragostea Din Tei, the actual title of the 'Numa Numa' song. The files are still in working order, and the user demonstrated it by starting up Numa Numa.
To anyone not in the know, Numa Numa got its start back in 2004, when a recording of internet user Gary Brolsma dancing to the song made waves. The meme was dubbed 'Numa Numa' due to it being one of the few lyrics English speakers were able to pinpoint, as the song is in Romanian. The original Numa Numa meme video stands at 60 million views on YouTube, and as it existed before the platform gained popularity, it's seen a significant amount of circulation outside of YouTube on sites like Newgrounds. Needless to say,
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