We Are Number One - wikipedia We Are Number One `` We Are Number One '' Still frame from the music video. From left to right, Bobby ( Björn Thors ), Robbie ( Stefán Karl Stefánsson ), Tobby ( Snorri Engilbertsson ), and Flobby ( Bergur Þór Ingólfsson ). Song by Máni Svavarsson and Stefán Karl Stefánsson Released 3 October 2014 Genre Children 's music, third - wave ska, Jazz fusion, Bubblegum pop Length 2 : 21 Songwriter ( s ) Máni Svavarsson Music video `` We Are Number One '' on YouTube `` We Are Number One '' is a song from the Icelandic children 's television series LazyTown, composed by Máni Svavarsson. The song was featured in the twelfth episode of the show 's fourth season, entitled `` Robbie 's Dream Team '', which is the 103rd episode overall. The song gained popularity in September 2016, when a remix was uploaded onto the YouTube channel SiIvaGunner, where various parodies have been subsequently uploaded since, as well as proper cover versions by bands such as comedy punk group The Radioactive Chicken Heads. The official music video has over 31 million views on YouTube as of 10 October 2017. It is the most viewed video of the LazyTown YouTube channel. Contents 1 Music video 2 Internet popularity 3 Memes 3.1 Alternative versions 4 Eurovision 5 Personnel 6 References Music video Robbie Rotten, the primary antagonist of LazyTown, attempts to teach his `` dream team '' of villainous accomplices ( three fictional doppelgänger actors called Bobby, Tobby, and Flobby Rotten ) how to successfully catch a superhero ( specifically Sportacus ). Robbie Rotten goes on to teach his team how to properly be a supervillain. Multiple methods are used, chronologically in order of appearance, an overhead cage attached to a tree ( which ends up trapping Robbie ), a large butterfly net, a false apple containing enough sugar to induce an overdose and consequently, temporary unconsciousness, to the sugar - adverse Sportacus, a somewhat small fishing net, and banana peels intended to cause Sportacus to slip, but instead causing Robbie 's own team to do so. The sugar apple proves to be an effective trick, successfully sedating Sportacus and giving Robbie and his team a chance to put him in a portable cage. Robbie 's three teammates relocate the trapped Sportacus to Robbie 's underground headquarters while Robbie stays on the surface to set up a cannon, revealed in the full episode to be the way Robbie intends to run Sportacus out of town. However, his plans are thwarted when Stephanie and Stingy open the base 's periscope and uses the cylindrical inside of it as a means of transporting a real apple to Sportacus. The apple rolls undetected by the now - sleeping Bobby, Tobby and Flobby, with Sportacus reaching it and regaining his power, of which he was deprived by the sugar overdose. He then uses his reclaimed strength to break free from the cage and coax his three captors to play sports with him on the surface of LazyTown. Robbie watches as his previous companions play sports with Sportacus, and, out of apparent anger, walks over to them disregarding a bucket on the ground. This bucket is kicked, hitting and triggering Robbie 's cannon and thus blasting Robbie away from the scene via the cannonball. The video ends with Bobby, Tobby, and Flobby accidentally falling into a trapping pit constructed by themselves to capture Sportacus, thus enforcing for a final time the clumsiness of the team. Internet popularity Two years after the LazyTown episode aired, `` We Are Number One '' became an Internet phenomenon due to Robbie Rotten 's performer Stefán Stefánsson announcement that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A campaign was created by Mark Valenti, head writer for LazyTown, on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to pay for Stefán 's living costs while he was too unwell to work and the creators of these parodies used their videos to raise awareness for the campaign. As of 20 December 2016, the campaign had surpassed its $100,000 goal. To thank the contributors, Stefán held a live stream on Facebook on 11 December 2016, where he performed `` We Are Number One '' with the other actors ( Björn Thors, Bergur Þór Ingólfsson, Snorri Engilbertsson ) from the original music video which was later uploaded to his personal YouTube channel. TeamFourStar 's `` DragonBall Z Abridged '' series created an instrumental parody version of the song titled `` TFS Tunes : We Are Number One ( But It 's Perfect ), '' if sung along with the closed captioned lyrics would say `` we are Perfect Cell '' rather than `` we are number one. '' A short clip of the song was used in the background of their 58th episode in the series. Memes Typically, these parodies take the form of the original music video edited in some irregular and often highly complex way, most of them with the title `` We Are Number One but... '' which is a meme, followed by the changes from the original, which would occasionally be placed in the video description due to their length, like `` every time they say one the video gets more high pitched ''. This type of remix was common in 2016, particularly during the year 's waning months ; a The Verge article described `` We Are Number One '' and other, similar remixes as `` weird solipsistic creation ( s ) ''. Alternative versions The official LazyTown YouTube channel has posted several videos relating to the song, including an hour loop of the original song, an instrumental version, a reversed instrumental version, every `` one '' being replaced by `` The Mine Song '' ( another song from the series, also with numerous parodies, which later became an internet meme in November 2016 ), a compilation of the songs with other well - known songs from the series ( however, in PAL speed ) and the full episode that the song appeared in, `` Robbie 's Dream Team '' from 2014. The original tracks ( otherwise known as the `` stems '' ) used in composing the song were released shortly after. Eurovision A petition was set up to have Stefán perform the song to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest, receiving over 12,000 signatures. The petition wanted him to participate in the 2017 edition, but Stefán did n't apply, acknowledging that he was unlikely to do so, as recovering from his cancer was a bigger priority. Personnel Stefán Karl Stefánsson - lead vocals Bjðrn Thors - backing vocals Snorri Engilbertsson - backing vocals Bergur Þór Ingólfsson - backing vocals Máni Svavarsson - synthesisers, piano, drum machine References ^ Jump up to : `` ' We Are Number One ' Meme : Why Do People Keep Remixing a Children 's Show Song ? ''. iDigitalTimes. IBT Media. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016. ^ Jump up to : Rogers, Zachary ( 12 December 2016 ). `` Fans of children 's show actor support his fight against cancer, raise over $80 k ''. NBC 10. Retrieved 18 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` We Are Number One But We 're The Radioactive Chicken Heads ''. YouTube. January 16, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Stefán Karl alvarlega veikur ''. Visir.is ( in Icelandic ). 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` Stefán Karl lagður inn á sjúkrahús um helgina ''. DV ( in Icelandic ). 22 September 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` Robbie Rotten, villano de LazyTown sufre de cáncer ''. La Prensa. 19 October 2016. ^ Jump up to : Benedict Townsend ( 30 November 2016 ). `` YouTubers Are Using Memes To Help The Robbie Rotten Actor Fight Cancer ''. We the Unicorns. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Jump up ^ Jacob Shamsiand ( 2 December 2016 ). `` This YouTube video that has been viewed over 12 million times could be the heralding of a new meme ''. Insider. Retrieved 11 December 2016. Jump up ^ Foley, Kyle ( 20 December 2016 ). `` How a Flurry of Internet Memes Are Helping a ' LazyTown ' Actor Battling Cancer ''. Heat Street. Jump up ^ McCormick, Rich ( 30 December 2016 ). `` The latest in a weird new meme trend ''. The Verge. Jump up ^ Rollins, Krister ( 15 December 2016 ). `` It 's an Internet Meme, But It Helped to Fight Cancer ! ''. WCSH. Jump up ^ ago, Anthony Granger 1 month ( 6 January 2017 ). `` Iceland : 10,000 People Sign Petition For Robbie Rotten To Compete At Eurovision ''. Eurovoix. Retrieved 19 February 2017. LazyTown Characters Stephanie Meanswell Sportacus Robbie Rotten Episodes List of episodes List of DVDs Music First season 's soundtrack Second season 's soundtrack `` Bing Bang ( Time to Dance ) '' `` We Are Number One '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=We_Are_Number_One&oldid=806596745 '' Categories : LazyTown 2014 songs Children 's songs Cloning in fiction Icelandic songs Internet memes introduced in 2016 Internet memes Viral videos Novelty songs Ska songs Jazz fusion songs Songs from television series Music memes Hidden categories : CS1 Icelandic - language sources ( is ) Use dmy dates from March 2017 Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia עברית 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 23 October 2017, at 00 : 58. About Wikipedia

Question: when did we are number one come out
Answer: 3 October 2014