Ievan polkka

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This article is about the song. For the band, see Loituma. For the animation, see Loituma Girl.

"Ievan polkka" (Finnish for "

folk song, but the lyrics by Eino Kettunen are still under copyright. Later, a scat singing version of the song by the band Loituma was incorporated into the viral animation Loituma Girl. In 2007, the song was brought into worldwide popular culture through a cover sung by Hatsune Miku
, with Otomania arranging the music and providing Miku's voice manipulation.

Origin

In South Karelia, Ievan Polkka is also known as "Savitaipaleen polkka", due to its similarity to a tune of that name. The melody also resembles that of the Russian folk dance Смоленский гусачок (The Smolyanin Gosling).[2][3]

The melody can be traced back to the 18th century and the Viipuri Province, when the border with the Kingdom of Sweden ran west of the province. The number of Russian soldiers stationed in the border area outnumbered the locals for many decades. At the beginning of the 19th century, collectors of Finnish folk dances and songs remarked that all the dances in the area of Luumäki-Savitaipale were Russian, and thus the collectors didn't record them. However, the polka genre is of a much later date. Polka was introduced into Northern Europe during the late 19th century, which implies that the actual tune, as it is known today, originates from this era.[4]

Popularity

Owing to its viral exposure in popular culture, Ievan Polkka has become one of the most famous Finnish songs in the world.

Very popular after World War II, the song was almost forgotten during the late 1970s and 1980s. The song resurfaced after an

Things of Beauty
in 1998.

The Loituma version of the song acquired great international popularity as part of an

user-generated source] Since then, the song has been circulating under several misspelled variations of its original name, including "Ievas Polkka", "Levan Polkka" (due to the similarity between the sans-serif
lowercase L (l) and uppercase i (I)) and "Leekspin Song".

Fans of the

chibi derivative of Hatsune Miku, officially known as Hatchune Miku, holding a spring onion in reference to Loituma Girl, and is the origin of her association with spring onions or leeks. Its popularity resulted in its use by the Vocaloid rhythm game series Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA, mainly as tutorial music. It has also been used in a commercial promoting the LG G5
smartphone.

In 2012, the Finnish

Beatnick of Poland;[citation needed] and a version of the song performed by Anne Kulonen was part of a Ready Brek television advert aired in the United Kingdom.[7]

Loituma version

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
positions
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 48

Other versions

See also

References

  1. ^ National Library of Finland; Eino Kettunen. "Eino Kettusen savo-karjalaisia y.m. humoristisia lauluja : 9:s vihko". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Carl Dennis. "Смоленский гусачок [Smolenskiy gusachok]". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. ISBN 978-5-04-021452-5
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  4. ^ Bjørn Aksdal. "Spelmannen och hans musik". In Greger Andersson (ed.), Musik i Norden, The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm, 1997.
  5. ^ "Як цуп цоп". Lurkmore. Archived from the original on 2012-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  6. ^ "VOCALOID2 初音ミクに「Ievan Polkka」を歌わせてみた". Niconico. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  7. ^ "Ready Brek – Ready For Anything". TV Ad Music. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
  8. ^ "Loituma – Ieva's Polka" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  9. ^ See here and here.
  10. ^ Марина Девятова и Оркестр волынщиков Москвы "Финская полька", archived from the original on 2021-12-14, retrieved 2021-05-25
  11. ^ "TUULETAR - Ievan polkka (Loituma COVER)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ came right back with "Oh! Majinai," their own version of "Ievan Polkka" with blackjack and hookers Joakim Brodén
  13. ^ "Masha Ray - Levan Poka (Dancing Donkey Mix)". Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2024-01-11 – via YouTube.
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