Few people know that one of the most successful maneles currently making waves in Italy is actually a copy of a pop song. The “Made in Romania” shirt, made famous in the world by Inter football players, has the chorus of the song “Mr. Originality”, sung by the band Simplu, almost 15 years ago.
The “Made in Romania” maneau is now famous outside the country. This is after Inter’s footballers celebrated winning the championship by dancing to this song.
Turkish midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu is the one who “put” the handle in Inter’s dressing room. The star from Milan declared that the “Made in Romania” track is his favorite song.
While humming it, the Turkish midfielder nods his head and says “iali, iali”, which has created a sensation on social media.
Few people know that the chorus of the manele sung by Ionuț Cercel is the composition of Marius Moga, in collaboration with Smiley.
“Made in Romania”, millions of views
The first time, the song was sung by the band Simplu, and it is called “Mr. Originality”. Then, the song was taken over, with the consent of the composers, by Loredana, being the first “Made in Romania” version.
Later, the chorus was taken over, note by note, by Ionuț Cercel, without Marius Moga’s consent.
“I do not care. I was not asked for permission, but I have nothing to do with them. I would have been upset if a pop-dance colleague had plagiarized a composition of mine”, said Marius Moga in 2008.
“Made in Romania” currently has 50 million views on YouTube.
Cercel’s mane:
Marius Moga’s piece:
What the manelist says, after the hysteria created at Inter
“I want to say thank you for everything that’s going on with this song. The Inter Milan football team celebrated winning the title with this song, I don’t know exactly, I don’t really like football, I like music, and that’s it. It is a great joy in my heart because I know how big the Inter Milan team is. I can only be happy that they in the dressing room were happy and danced to my song (…) the whole globe is having fun on my song”, declared the maneleist, the other day, nonchalantly.
