Dragostea din tei
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2003 single by O-Zone
Key facts
- Language
- Romanian
- Released
- c. June 2003
- Recorded
- April 2003
- Studio
- MOF Records studio ( Bucharest , Romania)
- Genre
- Dance-pop Eurodance Eurodisco Europop synth-pop
- Length
- 3 : 33
- Label
- Media Services
- Songwriter
- Dan Balan
- Producer
- Bogdan Popoiag [ ro ]
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- DiscO-Zone
- Genre
- Eurodance
- Producer
- Dan Balan
- Duration
- 214
- Performer
- O-Zone
- Record label
- Polydor
- Lyrics by
- Dan Balan
- Distribution format
- compact disc
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Encyclopedic overview
Music video "Dragostea din tei" on YouTube
"Dragostea din tei" ( pronounced [ˈdraɡoste̯a din ˈtej] ; Romanian: "The Love from the Linden Tree") is a song recorded by Moldovan group O-Zone, released in Romania around June 2003 by Media Services as the lead single from their third studio album DiscO-Zone (2003). It was written by the band's founder Dan Balan and produced by Bogdan Popoiag [ro]. A 1980s-inspired track blending dance-pop, Eurodance, Eurodisco, Europop and synth-pop, "Dragostea din tei" is performed in Romanian. According to Balan, the lyrics reference sexual encounters beneath trees, although critics have alternatively interpreted them as nonsensical or depicting a phone conversation with a romantic interest. The song incorporates humorous elements and is particularly noted for its prominent yodeling motif.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dragostea din tei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.