Tunak Tunak Tun
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"Tunak Tunak Tun" or "Tunak", is a bhangra/pop
love song by India
n artist Daler Mehndi
released in 1998. At the time, critics complained that Mehndi's music was only popular due to his videos that featured beautiful women dancing. Mehndi's response was to create a video that featured only himself. The song was a success, with the unexpected benefit of becoming a cult hit in other countries. The song has also become an internet meme
, inspiring numerous online parodies.
The music video was the first made in India using bluescreen technology, which allowed the singer to superimpose his image over various computer-generated
backgrounds, one featuring St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
.
The video game World of Warcraft
features fictional races within the game that have signature dances. The dance employed by the male Draenei has been inspired by the "Tunak Tunak Tun" music video
.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
love song by India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n artist Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi
Daler Mehndi , born August 18, 1967, is an Indian Bhangra pop singer.Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies...
released in 1998. At the time, critics complained that Mehndi's music was only popular due to his videos that featured beautiful women dancing. Mehndi's response was to create a video that featured only himself. The song was a success, with the unexpected benefit of becoming a cult hit in other countries. The song has also become an internet meme
Internet meme
The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.-Description:...
, inspiring numerous online parodies.
The music video was the first made in India using bluescreen technology, which allowed the singer to superimpose his image over various computer-generated
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
backgrounds, one featuring St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
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The video game World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe, which was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994...
features fictional races within the game that have signature dances. The dance employed by the male Draenei has been inspired by the "Tunak Tunak Tun" music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
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