Caramell

O-o-oa-oa O-o-oa-oa-a...

was a Swedish musical group, formed by singers Katia Löfgren and Malin Sundström and producers Jorge "Vasco" Vasconcelo and Juha "Millboy" Myllylä. The band disbanded in 2002 after producing two albums.

They are best known online for the internet phenomenon known as "Caramelldansen", a looping Flash animation showing anime characters Mai and Mii from the Japanese visual novel Popotan. The animation includes a sped-up version of the song "Caramelldansen," which means (if spelled with a 'K' and not a 'C') "The Caramel Dance," from Caramell's Supergott album. Having taken off as an Internet meme, the popular Caramelldansen animation has been duplicated with characters from various anime and video game series, among others. Malin Sundström has also appeared as female vocals for the song "I Love the 90's" by Dr Alban Vs. Haddaway.

By the time the Caramelldansen Vid meme took off, the members of Caramell had long gone their separate ways. Remix Records, who owned the distribution rights to their catalogue, quickly formed a Fake Band called "Caramella Girls" to cash in on the meme and its popularity. Composed of three animated girls voiced by deliberately anonymous singers, Caramella Girls released numerous songs in more or less the same style as the DJ Speedycake remix of "Caramelldansen". As of the mid-2020s they are still releasing one to three songs a year.

Albums

• Gott Och Blandat (13th Aug 1999)
• Supergott (2001)

Songs

• Caramelldansen - The original version
• Caramelldansen (Speedycake)

• Ascended Meme: The success of Caramelldanse has spawned English, German, and Japanese versions of this song. Plus, there's also Christmas versions of these songs.
  • Also, the dance has been implemented into the official music video.
• Caramelldansen Vid: Trope Namer
• Career Resurrection: Averted. While the former members of Caramell apparently had no problems with Remix Records exploiting the meme for all it was worth, none of them have anything at all to do with the Caramella Girls and their string of releases, and are all engaged in their own separate careers.
• Cover Version: Ooa Hela Natten by Attack.
• Dance Sensation
• Ear Worm: Caramelldansen.
• Europop: well, technically, the so called bubblegum dance...
• Mondegreen
• Myspeld Rokband: Caramell. The Swedish word is properly spelled "karamell".
• One-Hit Wonder: Caramelldansen is pretty much the only song they're known for, at least in the US. Even though it never was a top 40 hit, it's one of those songs that everyone on the internet knows.