Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ylvis accidentally made the mega-hit "What Does the Fox Say?" a decade ago. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) ...

Ylvis' 'The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)' is a fun, silly novelty song -- albeit one that has racked up millions of YouTube views and made a splash stateside. Ylvis are a Norwegian comedy duo with the ...

Is ‘The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)’ so bad it’s good? Could it be that the viral hit is actually revolutionary? Is there even a point (and does it matter)? One thing’s for certain—it has captured ...

Not since A-Ha's mid-'80s hit Take on Me has a Norwegian act made such an impact with a song as Ylvis' The Fox ( What Does The Fox Say?) which reached as high as No. 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis' viral sensation "The Fox," which has taken the Internet by storm in recent days, debuts at No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, fueled almost exclusively by its online… By ...

Norweigan comedian duo Ylvis claim 'The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)' was meant to be nothing more than a joke. The international hit, created by Norweigan brothers Bard and Vegard Ylvisaker was ...

So what exactly does the fox say? It sounds a lot like gibberish and doesn’t really make any sense, but that was the point. Two years ago a pair of Norwegian brothers, going by the name Ylvis, and ...

From the guys who brought you “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?),” it’s “Trucker’s Hitch,” an ode to complicated knots. The music video to “Trucker’s Hitch” is complete with sing-a-long lyrics, a ...

They started a joke that got the whole world singing. Norweigan comedy duo Ylvis had no idea what they were unleashing when they idly wondered about the sound a fox makes We independently select ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. We were among many millions of people who fell in love with Norwegian parody-pop duo Ylvis last week ...

Ylvis' music video "The Fox" raises a series of questions about pop culture. How can a video of a guy wearing a fox suit singing "wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow" get more than twelve million views on ...