Arrangement: We Are Number One (LazyTown)
This is my take on another popular song from the children's television series "LazyTown," and this was a fun one to do for me. This is the very famous song, "We Are Number One," from the episode "Robbie's Dream Team." While the song was released in 2014, the song gained significant online popularity in late 2016 and became common among internet memes and comical remixes, especially in support of the lead singer, Stefán Karl Stefánsson (Robbie Rotten), who had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and died on 21 August 2018.
The music video was officially uploaded on Lazy Town YouTube channel on 25 July 2015, and has gained more than 140 million views as of July 2023.
It was not until September 2016, two years after the LazyTown episode aired in 2014 and posted to the LazyTown YouTube channel in 2015, that the song "We Are Number One" became an Internet meme (and another song from the show, "The Mine Song," sung by Stingy, also became a meme). A campaign was created by Mark Valenti, head writer for LazyTown, on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to pay for Stefán Karl's living costs while he was too unwell to work, and the creators of these parodies used their videos to raise awareness for the campaign. As of 20 December 2016, the campaign had surpassed its $100,000 goal.
To thank the contributors, Stefán Karl held a live stream on Facebook on 11 December 2016, where he performed "We Are Number One" with the other actors (Björn Thors, Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, Snorri Engilbertsson) from the original music video which was later uploaded to his personal YouTube channel.
My version employs the following instruments:
Sax section (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Drum set
Tambourine
Grand piano
Electric bass guitar
Accordion
Original song composed by Máni Svavarsson & Mark Valenti
This arrangement © me and me alone
LazyTown © LazyTown Entertainment, Truenorth Production, and everyone else who owns the rights, and created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving (who played Sportacus 10 on the show).
We Are Number One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYnvDL0Qcw (song only)
Robbie's Dream Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiPU_h3I7VI (full show)
The music video was officially uploaded on Lazy Town YouTube channel on 25 July 2015, and has gained more than 140 million views as of July 2023.
It was not until September 2016, two years after the LazyTown episode aired in 2014 and posted to the LazyTown YouTube channel in 2015, that the song "We Are Number One" became an Internet meme (and another song from the show, "The Mine Song," sung by Stingy, also became a meme). A campaign was created by Mark Valenti, head writer for LazyTown, on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to pay for Stefán Karl's living costs while he was too unwell to work, and the creators of these parodies used their videos to raise awareness for the campaign. As of 20 December 2016, the campaign had surpassed its $100,000 goal.
To thank the contributors, Stefán Karl held a live stream on Facebook on 11 December 2016, where he performed "We Are Number One" with the other actors (Björn Thors, Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, Snorri Engilbertsson) from the original music video which was later uploaded to his personal YouTube channel.
My version employs the following instruments:
Sax section (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
Glockenspiel
Vibraphone
Drum set
Tambourine
Grand piano
Electric bass guitar
Accordion
Original song composed by Máni Svavarsson & Mark Valenti
This arrangement © me and me alone
LazyTown © LazyTown Entertainment, Truenorth Production, and everyone else who owns the rights, and created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving (who played Sportacus 10 on the show).
We Are Number One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYnvDL0Qcw (song only)
Robbie's Dream Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiPU_h3I7VI (full show)
Category Music / Other Music
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 120 x 120px
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