Finding the REAL Caramelldansen (not the one we all know and love)

I am sure you are all aware of the Caramelldansen (both the song and the dance that supposedly goes along with it). I also assume that you know how the Caramelldansen dance was paired up with the song years after the song was originally composed. Due to this, I am immensely curious as to what the original dance moves the Caramelldansen song was referring to (the "Real Caramelldansen", if you will) actually are. I was thinking I could look at the original music video (the one originally released with Caramell's song), but so far I have not found anything. Anyone mind giving me some assistance?

The original song is from some Swedish band.

The video itself was taken from an H-game.

Hope that helps.

I knew that; I was just looking to see if the song was released with a different video back when it was first published (since pop songs are usually released with a corresponding music video)...Sorry if this sounds confusing!

edited 5th Aug '11 3:54:31 PM by Piqutchi

Based on reading the other wiki, it appears there wasn't a music video for the original mix of the song. And it seems the official video for the Speedycake Remix was basically the flash meme but with the Potopan material removed.

Oh, I knew about the Speedy Cake Remix video...So, I guess we will never find "the real Caramelldansen!" :P

(the English lyrics mention waving one's hands together; I guess that might be our only clue, anyhow!)

the song mention clapping your hands and taking a step to the left, other than that i don't know.

In Search Of: The Real Caramelldansen

edited 25th Aug '11 1:47:44 PM by crazydrman

I remember when Caramell started gaining popularity back here, but they never made a video for Caramelldansen. The lyrics "Dance with us/clap your hands/do as we do/take a couple of steps to the left/listen and learn/don't miss the chance/now we're here with the Carameldance" don't really explain it all too well... the only other mentions of moves are "put your arms up", "move your feet" and "sway your hips". Since the band was never big enough to have DVD recordings of live shows (as far as I know) only those who went to their shows back in the day will know if they had some sort of routine that went with it.

A little translation fact: it shouldn't really be the "caramel dance/caramel dancing" Caramell (or "Karamell") in swedish means "hard candy"

I keep forgetting that term doesn't make English speaking people realize what kind of dance it is :P(In Finnish we have word "karamelli" :P You can guess what that means)

Yeah, I think all us Nordics get it but it gets weird when etymologically the same word takes on different meanings in different languages

Of course, the weebs assumed when the Speedycake remix came along that the song was Japanese.

Actually, at first I thought that it was Japanese too. One does not have to be a "weeb" (god, I can't overstate how much I loath this "word") to think that. It's not like the lyrics are even understandable in the lyrics (and it's not like they even matter, considering what kind of music it is). The remix has that "cute" thing going on, that Japanese love. Combined with it's popularization through a Japanese meme, it's very easy to think that it's a Japanese thing.

And really, that's undoubtedly a good thing. I think it's bad enough that people even know that it (and the entire genre) originated in Europe and it's a good thing that it's only really popular in Japan nowadays (of course, it would be better if weren't popular anywhere anymore). Eurodance is a horrible thing, that shouldn't even be called "music", and it's a disgrace to Europe that it originated on this continent. I hope that it in the future it will be only known as a weird Japanese thing, with nobody remembering where it really comes from (of course, the name makes that rather hard...).

But then, I'm just a stupid weeb, so what would I know?