Fan pastiche of Lena's Eurovision song hit to be legit single

Jun 15, 2010, 15:45 GMT

Berlin - A video pastiche of the Eurovision song contest winner Satellite has scored its first half million downloads in Germany and might end up as Germany's unofficial anthem at the World Cup in South Africa.

EMI Music initially tried to ban the funny pirate version, in which a bearded male student wearing a wig and a little black dress imitates gyrating schoolgirl Lena Meyer-Landrut, 19, who won the song contest last month in Oslo.

His mates wearing Germany shirts blow vuvuzela horns.

EMI initially charged that the song breached its copyright and asked YouTube to suppress the clip by amateur group Uwu Lena.

On Tuesday, EMI relented and the video was back. Another music firm, Universal, announced it would release a legitimate recording on Friday of the ode, which also pokes fun at the old 'Deutschland ueber alles' anthem. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The students abbreviate their country's name to 'Schland' while they sing to the tune of Lena's 'Love, Oh, Love' chorus.

Various versions of 'Schland Oh Schland, We Adore You' were clicked 500,000 times on YouTube from Thursday till Monday.

Uwu Lena's singer Nikolai Gaschuetz not only mimics Lena's tummy-rubbing gestures but even her off-target English when he warbles, 'We're gonna love you either way,' pronouncing the last word as if it were 'why.'

The send-up, filmed in a park in the western city of Muenster, has caught the mood in Germany, where supporters say fervour for their now fancied side is all for fun, not a scheme to conquer the world.

The Uwu Lena website name, schlandrut.de, is a pun on the song title and the surname of the real Lena who won the Eurovision title in Oslo last month and has become one of Germany's top stars in just a few weeks.

Internet: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhS9mZHbreA