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はっぱ隊


Yatta is a 2001 song by a Japanese comedy band called はっぱ隊 (Happa-tai; literally Leaf Squad in Japanese, though they called themselves Green Leaves in English). The song was first performed as a sketch on the Japanese sketch comedy show 笑う犬の冒険 (Warau Inu no Bōken; Adventures of a Laughing Dog), where Happa-tai, a sendup of a stereotypical boy band, is portrayed by some of Japan's most well-known comedians. It became extremely popular on the Internet through the distribution of its music video and also a Flash animation called Irrational Exuberance which used the song (this was a so-called animutation). The video features its members singing in a mixture of Japanese and English, and dancing exuberantly while wearing only underwear with a large green leaf on the front. The word yatta literally means We did it but an equivalent exclamation in English might be All right! The song is in the style of an upbeat, motivational pop song, mimicking the style of Japanese corporate anthems, and the six band members' synchronized dancing and personalized poses for the camera parody the boy band craze. The sketch appears to be at least partly ironic commentary on attempts by the Japanese government and others to maintain optimism in the face of Japan's severe economic troubles, depicting men impoverished to the degree of having no clothing but the figurative fig leaf (though in this case the leaves are attached to white briefs) yet maintaining an irrational, irrepress...

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