In 2012, the Norwegian group Ylvis produced a parody/tribute rock song about Jan Egeland, hailing him as "the United Nations superhero man" and "a peacekeeping machine." Uganda, Congo, And the Oslo treaty plan. Egeland was surprised but gratified by the musical tribute from Ylvis, He told NPR.org "I think it is hilarious with its crazy text and great tune." Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho! [80] On 28 October, four contestants on the seventeenth season of Dancing with the Stars performed the song for the "Team Dance" week under the team name "Foxing Awesome", scoring a perfect 30. with Kelly and Michael on 12 December 2013.[50]. In 2001, after the Norway tour with "Ylv… I'd totally forgotten about the track until I stumbled across The Fox video on YouTube. It is performed in the style of a typical electronic dance pop song, and the lyrics are sung "with deadpan seriousness". [29][30] The song in the following week also broke into the Hot Digital Songs top 10 at number 8 with 108,000 downloads during the week and debuted on the On-Demand Songs chart, when it sat in the top 10 of Hot 100 for the third week. Send in Jan Egeland! 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When they first sang this song in an arena, 25.000 people shouted Jan Egeland’s name, and Jan Egeland’s nephew texted him, “25.000 people in the stadium are chanting your name right now! [14] Australian producer M4SONIC was also involved in the production.[15]. [7] The song had sold 1,367,000 copies in the US as of June 2014. 1 in Norway, No. Ylvis (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈʏ̀lvɪs]) is a Norwegian comedy duo consisting of brothers Vegard and Bård Ylvisåker. [78] The song has also been featured substantially in "YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say? Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding! The song was planned to be released on iTunes in the United States on 9 September, This page was last edited on 30 March 2021, at 14:53. ): Ylvis: MP3 Downloads", "YLVIS – The Fox FINALLY comes to iTunes in the U.S... and goes Metal!". Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow! Ylvis song. 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