'What Does the Fox Say?' Ylvis' Best Songs [VIDEOS]
The Norwegian parody duo Ylvis' song What Does the Fox Say? has already crossed the 14 million mark on YouTube, but they have been composing these hilarious tunes for quite some time now.
Enstars spotlights the duo's other equally brilliant songs.
The Ylvis brothers are quite surprised by the sudden international attention they're getting for Fox. Some people are even calling the song the new Gangam Style.
Fox went up for sale on iTunes Monday. The duo have been composing these song parodies as part of their late night talk show Tonight with Ylvis on NorgeTV.
One half of the duo, Bård Ylvisåker, spoke to Billboard in September about the song and the unprecedented attention it has received. While speaking about the inspiration behind the song, Bård said they had to hustle some people to convince a New York production company to work on the song:
"I guess we must have been talking about what kind of sound the fox makes. And then we had a chance to work with Stargate, a production company in New York City, they've produced for Beyonce and Rihanna --they're Norweigans but based in the U.S. We actually did a favor for them and we asked them if they could produce a song for us for the next season in exchange. And we assumed that they would turn down the offer because it wasn't a very good offer for them. But somehow they said yes."
The duo has a bunch of singles but they aren't seriously planning on coming out with an album just yet.
1. Jan Egeland - Ylvis
This song is dedicated to Norwegian politician Jan Egeland, who is tied to humanitarian issues. It packs in the crunch of Seventies melodic hard-rock highlighted by bands like Pantera, Deep Purple, and the Scorpions, and a whole lot of goodwill.
"Grey hair/Glasses/Suitcase/Humble/Clever and constantly working for peace/Uganda/Congo/and the Oslo treaty plan," Vegard Ylvisåker croons while describing Egeland.
2. Pressure - Ylvis
On this one they channel the rude boy, with some ghetto swagger they root for blind optimism and non-defeatist motivational zeal ("Put the right amount of pressure on it").
3. Stonehenge - Ylvis
This one's about a man who has everything -- a $1,000 haircut and a TV talk show -- but he will forever be haunted the mystery of the stonehenge ("Why did they build the stonehenge?").
4. Someone Like Me - Ylvis
Straight out of the sets of a musical, this one's about a lonely homeless bard who roams the streets looking for love, particularly someone who loves dubstep as much as he does.
5. Work It - Ylvis
Here's a sex-obsessed R&B hip-hop gem. ("You got to work it/I think he is talking about sex.")
6. You Raise Me Up - Ylvis
This is a straight-up parody of Josh Groban's You Raise Me Up, with a whole lot of up-close eye contact.
7. Janym - Ylvis
Janym is mostly sung in an exotic language but we know this ones for Kyrgiztan, the duo bust their rhymes standing outside a yurt. Toward the end there is a bit of machete wielding and also a celebration involving "sexy ladies." The song has the gypsy bounce of Gogol Bordello.