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Ievan polkka" (Finnish for "Ieva's Polka") is a Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 [1] and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in an Eastern Savonian dialect spoken in North Karelia .
In April 2007, a Dutch power company used the melody of Loituma's Ievan Polkka in its TV commercial for "ecostroom" (green energy). [10] The Dutch company Artiq Mobile launched a website where people can upload homemade Loituma Girl spoof videos. TV commercials state the best video will win 500 euros. [11]
Loituma gained great popularity [1] in 2006 when the Loituma Girl (also known as Leekspin), a looped flash animation of an anime girl Orihime Inoue from the Bleach series twirling a leek, set to a scat singing section of "Ievan polkka" from Loituma's 1995 debut album Things of Beauty, [2] was posted in Russian LiveJournal.
YLE Elävä arkisto: Loituma esittää Eino Kettusen kappaleen Ievan polkka [permanent dead link ...
Holly Dolly is an animated pop musician whose debut single "Dolly Song (Ievan Polkka)" was internationally successful in the Summer of 2006.Holly Dolly is an animated, singing female donkey from Italy. [1]
In late 2020, Scott collaborated with Turkish musician Bilal Göregen in a remix of Göregen's rendition of "Ievan polkka" that went viral on YouTube. [18] In 2021, he created a song parodying Miriam Makeba 's " The Click Song " to assist people with pronouncing the new names of Port Elizabeth , King William's Town , and Maclear after the South ...
Hanni-Mari Autere (also known as Hanni Autere) is a Finnish fiddle-singer, folk singer, and musician. [1] [2] She is a member of Loituma.Autere has become known for the singing freestyle in the song Ievan polkka as a part of Loituma music group which has later become known as a Leekspin girl meme.
Bilal Göregen (born 4 September 1988) is a Turkish street musician and drummer. He is blind [2] and has become famous via his rendition of Ievan polkka, wherein a Twitter user superimposed a cat bobbing its head on his video. [3]