Dragostea Din Tei (Haiducii)

"Dragostea Din Tei"
Single by O-Zone
from the album DiscO-Zone
B-side	"Dragostea Din Tei" (DJ Ross radio RMX)
Released	April 19, 2004
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded	2003
Genre	Eurodance,pop
Length	3:34
Label	Ultra, Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Dan Bălan
Producer(s)	Dan Bălan
O-Zone singles chronology
"Numai tu" (2003) "Dragostea Din Tei" (2004) "Despre tine" (2004)
"Numai tu" (2003) "Dragostea Din Tei" (2004) "Despre tine" (2004)
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"Dragostea din tei"
Single by Haiducii
B-side	Remixes + "Spring"
Released	2004
Format	CD single, CD maxi
Genre	Electronic
Length	3:33
Label	Digidance, Muve
Songwriter(s)	Dan Bălan

"Dragostea Din Tei" (pronounced [ˈdraɡoste̯a din ˈtej]  listen , "Love from the lindens", official English title: Words of Love), also informally known as "Ma Ya Hi" and "The Numa Numa Song" (see § Lyrics), is the most successful single by the Moldovan pop group O-Zone, sung in Romanian. It shot to the number one spot on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it remained for 12 weeks between June and early September 2004. It topped the single charts in Germany, France and Austria for over three months, reached three in the United Kingdom and 72 on the US Pop 100. The song became the fourth-best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1,170,000 units sold. A popular cover of the song was made by Italian-Romanian pop singer Haiducii, which also charted in many countries, especially Italy and Sweden, where it topped the singles charts. The original song was made notable in the United States by the viral video of Gary Brolsma dancing to the song, calling it "Numa Numa".

The best-known lyrics are the repeated line "nu mă, nu mă iei" from the chorus, hence the name "Numa Numa song". " , nu mă iei" (literally "not me, not me take") is typically translated as "you just won't take me". The full chorus, which also includes the title of the song, runs:

, nu mă ,
Nu mă, nu mă iei, nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei.
,
- .