: The song has been covered in dozens of languages, including Hebrew, Mandarin, and Afrikaans, cementing its status as one of the best-selling singles of all time.

In 2004, an American teenager named Gary Brolsma uploaded a video of himself lip-syncing to the track on the site Newgrounds. Known as the "Numa Numa Dance," the video exploded:

The Global Flight of O-Zone: How "Dragostea Din Tei" Conquered the World