This entry is about the meme from Greece. Work in progress…
About
“To Poulaki Tsiou” (Greek: Το Πουλάκι Τσίου, English:The Bird Goes Chirp) is a song released by an artist by the same name in November 2012. The YouTube video of the song, uploaded on the 5th of November 2012, has accumulated over 5 million views during the first month. The virality of the song and video has sparked numerous video parodies as well as controversies in greek-speaking countries (Greece and Cyprus).
Origin
The song “To Poulaki Tsiou” has the same video format of the Italian song “Pulcino Pio” (which also roughly translates to “the bird goes chirp”) by artist Il Pulcino Pio. The official YouTube video, hosted in the channel “medita” has been uploaded in 9th of May 2012, and accumulated over 39 million views as of the end of November 2012.
The Greek version of the song has been uploaded in November 5th 2012 and it’s hosted in the channel ToPoulakiTsiouTV, the artist’s official YouTube channel.
The song is a translation of the Portuguese song “O Pintinho Piu”: