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{{short description|2003 single by O-Zone}}
{{For|the viral video that uses the song|Numa Numa (video)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Dragostea din tei
| cover         = DragonsWhateverCover.jpg
| caption       = One of multiple covers used for the song
| type          = single
| artist        = [[O-Zone]]
| album         = [[DiscO-Zone]]
| released      = cca. July 2003<ref name="libertatea cazuti"/>
| recorded      = April 2003<ref name="album"/>
| studio        = MOF Records studio
| genre         = 
* [[Dance-pop]]<ref name="laut bio"/><ref name="music picks"/>
* [[synth-pop]]<ref name="consequence"/>
* [[Eurodisco]]<ref name="reason"/>
* [[Europop]]<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="libertatea british"/>
| language      = [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
| length        = 3:33
| label         = Media Services<ref name="billboard tops"/>
| writer        = [[Dan Balan]]
| producer      = {{ill|Bogdan Popoiag|ro}}
| prev_title    = [[Despre tine]]
| prev_year     = 2002
| next_title    = De ce plâng chitarele
| next_year     = 2004
| misc          =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|YnopHCL1Jk8|"Dragostea din tei"}}}}
}}
"'''Dragostea din tei'''"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Also known as "Dragostea din teï",<ref name="DACH CD"/> "Dragostea din tei (Ma Ya Hi)",<ref name="US vinyl1"/> "Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea din tei)",<ref name="US mai ai hee"/> "Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea din tei)",<ref name="US mai ai hee"/> "Ma Ya Hi (Dragostea din tei)",<ref name="US remix EP"/> {{nihongo|"恋のマイアヒ"|"Koi no maiahi"||"Maiahi of Love"}},<ref name="Japan CD"/> and as the "Numa Numa Song".<ref name="rolling stone au"/>}} ({{IPA|ro|ˈdraɡoste̯a din ˈtej|pron|Ro-Dragostea din tei.ogg}}; [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: "Love From the [[Tilia|Linden Tree]]"<ref name="ny">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/26/nyregion/internet-fame-is-cruel-mistress-for-a-dancer-of-the-numa-numa.html|title=Internet Fame Is Cruel Mistress for a Dancer of the Numa Numa|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 February 2005|accessdate=13 November 2024|author=Feuer, Alan|author2=George, Jason}}</ref>) is a song recorded by Moldovan group [[O-Zone]], released around July 2003 in Romania by Media Services as the [[lead single]] from their third studio album ''[[DiscO-Zone]]'' (2003). It was written by band founder [[Dan Balan]] and produced by {{ill|Bogdan Popoiag|ro}}, with the latter eventually initiating an unsuccessful lawsuit where he claimed that his alleged contribution as a songwriter had remained uncredited. "Dragostea din tei", a 1980s-inspired [[dance-pop]], [[synth-pop]], [[Eurodisco]] and [[Europop]] song, is performed in Romanian, with its lyrics about having [[sexual intercourse]] under trees according to Balan. Music critics have described the lyrics as [[Literary nonsense|nonsensical]] or as being about a phone conversation with a love interest. Alongside elements of [[Camp (style)|camp]], the track also prominently features a [[yodelling]] sequence.

Reviewers have praised the catchy nature of "Dragostea din tei", while also noting that the song's melody and rhythm had a universal appeal in spite of the [[language barrier]] imposed on international audiences by the use of the Romanian language. At the 2005 [[Echo Music Prize]] in Germany, "Dragostea din tei" won in the [[Echo Music Prize#Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] category. Commercially, it first topped the [[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]] in late 2003 before attaining worldwide success throughout 2004 and into 2005, reaching number one in Austria, [[Wallonia]], Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, which was something unprecedented for a song in Romanian. Among others, it was [[List of music recording certifications|certified]] diamond by the French [[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique]] (SNEP) and quadruple [[Recording Industry Association of Japan#Certification awards|million]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ). It stands as one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all time]] with sales of over 12 million copies as of October 2007.

Multiple observers have opined that the song's international success was fueled by a [[Electronic dance music|dance]] cover released by Italy-based Romanian singer [[Haiducii]] in December 2003 by Universo. It first topped the Italian singles chart in early 2004 and eventually also reached number one in Austria and Sweden. Haiducii competed with O-Zone's original version in several territories, while also either impacting the charts before the original or outpeaking it in some regions. Haiducii's cover was involved in a controversy in which Balan claimed that it was released without his permission. The original "Dragostea din tei" was further popularized by a Japanese [[Flash animation|animated]] video circulating on the internet, which in turn inspired American [[Video blog|vlogger]] [[Numa Numa (video)#Gary Brolsma|Gary Brolsma]] to use the song in his video "[[Numa Numa (video)|Numa Numa Dance]]" in December 2004. Featuring him sitting in a chair in front of his computer and dancing to "Dragostea din tei" in a cheerful manner, the clip went [[Viral video|viral]], with it standing as one of the most-viewed internet videos of all time and consolidating the song's status as a [[Internet meme|meme]].

The original "Dragostea din tei" was accompanied by a music video directed by Dmitri Voloshin, which mainly sees the members of O-Zone in the [[cockpit]] of a plane, as well as dancing to the song inside it and on one of its [[wing]]s. For further promotion the group also gave several live performances of the song in Europe, Russia and Japan. In the United States, Balan appeared on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' to sing "Ma Ya Hi",{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=mayahi}} an English language-version of "Dragostea din tei" released exclusively to that region as a collaboration between him and American musician [[Lucas Prata]]. Over the years "Dragostea din tei" has been used in several other works, which have experienced varying levels of commercial success. In 2008 American rapper [[T.I.]] and Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]] [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] and [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolated]] it in "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which topped the American and British charts. It was also interpolated in French DJ [[David Guetta]] and American band [[OneRepublic]]'s successful 2024 single "[[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]", among others. Furthermore, "Dragostea din tei" was featured in several films, including ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' (2005) and ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' (2011), where in the latter it is mistakenly referred to as being in [[Spanish language|Spanish]].

==Background and writing==
[[File:Dan Balan.jpg|thumb|upright=1|alt=A black-haired man wearing a black jacket and jeans alongside a grey shirt posing in front of a white wall.|[[Dan Balan]] (''pictured''), O-Zone's founder, was involved in a lawsuit with {{ill|Bogdan Popoiag|ro}} over the song's songwriting credits in 2004.<ref name="lawsuit evz"/>]]
[[O-Zone]] is a Moldovan [[Eurodance]] group established in 1999. In 2002, the band, which consisted of founder [[Dan Balan]], [[Radu Sîrbu]] and [[Arsenie Todiraș]], moved to Romania where they found success with their singles "Numai tu" and "[[Despre tine]]".<ref name="laut bio"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/povestea-trupei-o-zone-varianta-romaneasca-a-714863.html|title=Povestea trupei O-Zone, varianta romaneasca a visului american|trans-title=The story of O-Zone, the Romanian version of the American dream|work=[[Adevărul]]|date=27 July 2004|accessdate=21 January 2025|language=Romanian|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121319/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/povestea-trupei-o-zone-varianta-romaneasca-a-714863.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="allmusic bio">{{cite news|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/o-zone-mn0000484025#biography|title=O-Zone – Biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=21 January 2025|archive-date=19 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119222105/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/o-zone-mn0000484025#biography|url-status=live}}</ref> The latter reached number one on the [[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]] in February 2003.<ref name="Despre tine number one">{{cite news|url=http://www.rt100.ro:80/editie-top-100_x10000.html|title=Arhiva Romanian Top 100 – Ediția 5|trans-title=Romanian Top 100 Archive – Edition 5|publisher=[[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]]|date=10 February 2003|language=ro|access-date=8 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514165435/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10056.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2005}}</ref> In April 2003, the group recorded the follow-up "Dragostea din tei" at the MOF Records studio with the assistance of {{ill|Bogdan Popoiag|ro}}. It was written and composed by Balan, while the production was handled by Popoiag; the latter also [[Mastering (audio)|mastered]] the track.<ref name="album">{{cite AV media notes|title=[[DiscO-Zone]]|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2003|publisher=[[Cat Music]]|id=6420565000309}}</ref>

Around September 2004, Popoiag filed a lawsuit against Balan and Media Services, the label that signed O-Zone, at the {{Interlanguage link|Bucharest Court|lt=Bucharest Court|ro|Tribunalul București}}, claiming that he had not received credit for his alleged contribution as a composer of the song.<ref name="lawsuit evz">{{cite news|url=https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-acuzati-ca-au-furat-dragostea-din-tei-830072|title=O-Zone, acuzati ca au furat 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=O-Zone, accused of having stolen 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Romanian|date=28 July 2004|accessdate=3 September 2024|work=[[Evenimentul Zilei]]|via=HotNews|archive-date=3 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903092349/https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-acuzati-ca-au-furat-dragostea-din-tei-830072|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.curentul.info/monden/procesul-bogdan-popoiag-vs-dan-balan-incepe-in-septembrie/|title=Procesul Bogdan Popoiag vs Dan Balan incepe in septembrie|trans-title=Bogdan Popoiag vs. Dan Balan lawsuit starts in September|language=Romanian|date=4 August 2024|work=[[Curentul]]|accessdate=18 September 2024|author=Vulpescu, Andrei|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812145246/https://www.curentul.info/monden/procesul-bogdan-popoiag-vs-dan-balan-incepe-in-septembrie/|url-status=live}}</ref> Balan [[Counterclaim|countersued]] for [[defamation]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/sueta-la-o-cafea-906507.html|title=Șuetă la o cafea|trans-title=Coffee chat|language=Romanian|date=15 January 2005|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121326/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/sueta-la-o-cafea-906507.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and won the case, with Popoiag ordered to award him 60 million [[Romanian leu#Third leu (ROL): 1952–2005|ROL]] after failing to present evidence for his claims. Balan announced that he would donate the money to the winner of a songwriting competititon.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/LifeStar/4493/Dragostea-din-tei-transata-la-tribunal.html|title=Dragostea din tei, transata la tribunal|trans-title=Dragostea din tei, transferred to the tribunal|language=Romanian|date=17 February 2005|work=9am.ro|accessdate=18 September 2024|author=Vulpescu, Andrei|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512160004/https://www.9am.ro/stiri-revista-presei/LifeStar/4493/Dragostea-din-tei-transata-la-tribunal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/dragostea-din-tei-ramane-la-dan-balan-872033.html|title='Dragostea din tei' ramane la Dan Balan|trans-title='Dragostea din tei' remains with Dan Balan|language=Romanian|date=17 February 2005|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121327/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/dragostea-din-tei-ramane-la-dan-balan-872033.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release and marketing==
{{See also|Dragostea din tei#Promotion}}
[[File:Lucas Prata cropped.png|thumb|left|upright=1|An English language-version of the song, titled "Ma Ya Hi", was released in the United States in 2004 and features American musician [[Lucas Prata]].<ref name="curentul prata"/>]]
"Dragostea din tei" was first released as the [[lead single]] from O-Zone's third studio album ''[[DiscO-Zone]]'' (2003) in Romania by local label Media Services.<ref name="album"/><ref name="consequence">{{cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2023/01/numa-numa-dance-video-interview-viral-vault/|title=Viral Vault: The Kinetic Poetry of Gary Brolsma's 'Numa Numa Dance'|work=[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]|date=17 January 2023|accessdate=23 October 2024|author=Graves, Wren|archive-date=9 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309022644/https://consequence.net/2023/01/numa-numa-dance-video-interview-viral-vault/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="billboard tops"/> As part of an almost 100,000 [[euro]]-deal, it was eventually [[license]]d to Italian label [[Time Records]], who in turn authorized various labels in Europe to issue the song.<ref name="billboard tops"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/o-zone-contract-in-italia-de-100000-e-80025|title=O-Zone, contract in Italia de 100.000 euro|trans-title=O-Zone, contract in Italy for 100,000 euros|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=6 February 2004|accessdate=17 September 2024|author=Dobrescu, Petre|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083313/https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/o-zone-contract-in-italia-de-100000-e-80025|url-status=live}}</ref> Mentions of "Dragostea din tei" in Romanian media date back to at least July 2003,<ref name="libertatea cazuti"/> and its [[copyright]] was {{Interlanguage link|Union of Composers and Musicologists from Romania|lt=legally registered in the region|ro|Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România}} in August 2003.<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/> A [[CD single|CD]] of the song was released in Romania in 2003 by [[Cat Music]], also containing the music videos of previous singles "Numai tu" and "Despre tine".<ref name="laut bio">{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/O-Zone|title=O-Zone|language=German|accessdate=26 June 2024|publisher=[[laut.de]]|archive-date=26 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626220717/https://www.laut.de/O-Zone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Romania CD"/>

Throughout 2004, "Dragostea din tei" was physically released in several other countries, including France,<ref name="France CD1"/> Germany,<ref name="Germany CD1"/> Italy,<ref name="Italy CD"/> the Netherlands,<ref name="Netherlands CD"/> Spain,<ref name="Spain CD"/> and the United Kingdom.<ref name="UK CD1"/> In France, the track was first released on 14 April 2004 and was aided by an [[advertising campaign]] on local television channels and radio stations.<ref name="jurnalul eu"/> The song received a similar treatment in Germany, with it additionally being advertised at half-time during soccer matches and O-Zone partnering with travel agencies.<ref name="avex o-zone"/> As part of the 2004 international [[reissue]] of "Despre tine", "Dragostea din tei" was featured as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] on CDs released in selected regions.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=[[Despre tine]]/Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Time Records]]|id=0602498677001}}</ref>

Also in 2004, [[Ultra Records]] issued two [[12-inch single|12-inch vinyls]] in the United States that included "Ma Ya Hi",{{efn|group=upper-alpha|name=mayahi|Also referred to as "The Ma Ya Hi Song" or as "Words of Love".<ref name="avex o-zone"/><ref name="get it on">{{cite AV media notes|title=Let's Get It On|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Lucas Prata]]|year=2006|publisher=[[Ultra Records]]|id=617465136825}}</ref>}} an English language-version of "Dragostea din tei" featuring American musician [[Lucas Prata]].<ref name="US vinyl1"/><ref name="US vinyl2"/> This version was recorded in [[Milan]], Italy, and was written by both Balan and Prata.<ref name="US vinyl1"/><ref name="curentul prata">{{cite news|url=https://www.curentul.info/monden/dan-balan-si-lucas-prata-canta-dragostea-din-tei-in-limba-engleza/|title=Dan Balan si Lucas Prata canta 'Dragostea din tei' in limba engleza|trans-title=Dan Balan sing 'Dragostea din tei' in English|language=Romanian|work=[[Curentul]]|date=1 November 2004|accessdate=18 September 2024|author=Vulpescu, Andrei|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812135230/https://www.curentul.info/monden/dan-balan-si-lucas-prata-canta-dragostea-din-tei-in-limba-engleza/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Ma Ya Hi" included only Balan out of the other band members,<ref name="US vinyl1"/> and media reports speculated that this caused internal tensions within O-Zone.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-il-vrea-pe-claudiu-mirica-de-la-stigma-in-locul-tradatorului-838601|title=O-Zone il vrea pe Claudiu Mirica, de la Stigma, in locul tradatorului|trans-title=O-Zone wants Caludiu Mirica of Stigma to replace the traitor|language=Romanian|date=17 January 2005|work=[[Gardianul]]|via=HotNews|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083307/https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-il-vrea-pe-claudiu-mirica-de-la-stigma-in-locul-tradatorului-838601|url-status=live}}</ref> "Ma Ya Hi" was included on Prata's studio album ''Let's Get It On'' (2006),<ref name="get it on"/> while a remixed version was featured on the American version of ''DiscO-Zone''.<ref name="US discozone">{{cite AV media notes|title=[[DiscO-Zone]]|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Ultra Records]]|id=617465123924}}</ref> The original Romanian version of the song was [[Music download|digitally]] released in the United States on 22 June 2004 by Media Services, under the name of "Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea din tei)".<ref name="US mai ai hee"/> In 2005, a CD of "Dragostea din tei" was issued in Japan by [[Avex Trax]], titled {{nihongo|"恋のマイアヒ"|"Koi no maiahi"||"Maiahi of Love"}}.<ref name="Japan CD"/>

==Composition and lyrics==
{{Listen|pos=right|filename=Dragostea din tei sample.ogg|title="Dragostea din tei"|description=A 23-second sample of "Dragostea din tei", showcasing its prominent [[yodeling]] sequence,<ref name="billboard tops"/><ref name="believer"/> and the use of the words "nu mă, nu mă iei" (Romanian: "won't, won't take me") in the [[refrain]], which have led the track to also be known as the "Numa Numa Song".<ref name="reason"/><ref name="rolling stone au"/><ref name="laut numa"/>}}
"Dragostea din tei" is a [[1980s in music|1980s]]-inspired<ref name="jurnalul genre"/> [[dance-pop]],<ref name="laut bio"/><ref name="music picks">{{cite magazine|first= Michael |last= Paoletta |page= 38 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=sBQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22dragostea+din+tei%22&pg=RA1-PA38 |issn= 0006-2510 |date= 12 March 2005 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |title= Music Picks – Singles|accessdate=30 March 2025}}</ref> [[synth-pop]],<ref name="consequence"/> [[Eurodisco]],<ref name="reason">{{cite news|url=http://reason.com/archives/2005/10/01/the-second-romanian-revolution/3|title=The Second Romanian Revolution Will Be Televised|work=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|author=Welch, Matt|accessdate=4 July 2024|archive-date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101062641/http://reason.com/archives/2005/10/01/the-second-romanian-revolution/3|date=October 2005}}</ref> and [[Europop]] song,<ref name="guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/28/sex-mozart-and-chanting-monks-the-20-best-euro-pop-uk-hits-ranked|title=Sex, Mozart and chanting monks … the 20 best Euro-pop UK hits – ranked!|author=Petridis, Alexis|date=28 March 2024|accessdate=13 August 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082238/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/mar/28/sex-mozart-and-chanting-monks-the-20-best-euro-pop-uk-hits-ranked|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="libertatea british">{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/o-zone-desfiintati-in-presa-britanica-84752|title=O-Zone, desfiintati in presa britanica|trans-title=O-Zone criticized in the British press|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=27 April 2004|accessdate=17 September 2024|author=Dobrescu, Petre|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083315/https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/o-zone-desfiintati-in-presa-britanica-84752|url-status=live}}</ref> whose instrumentation features [[Keyboard bass|synthesized bass]] and what ''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]'' described as "robotic stop-start rhythms".<ref name="rolling stone au">{{cite news|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/boy-band-songs-greatest-14732/o-zone-dragostea-din-tei-2003-14782/|title=75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time|work=[[Rolling Stone Australia]]|date=27 July 2020|accessdate=4 July 2024|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220215850/https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/boy-band-songs-greatest-14732/o-zone-dragostea-din-tei-2003-14782/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="believer"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} staff has described "Dragostea din tei" as a [[novelty song]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/riaj-launches-master-ringtone-chart-1350082/|title=RIAJ Launches Master Ringtone Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=20 September 2006|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605070250/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/riaj-launches-master-ringtone-chart-1350082/|url-status=live}}</ref> while several other publications have pointed out elements of [[Camp (style)|camp]].<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="spiegel ost"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/millionen-sahen-sie-bei-wetten-dass-hier-ist-o-zone-im-interview|title=Millionen sahen sie bei 'Wetten, dass...?' – hier ist O-Zone im Interview|trans-title=Millions saw them at 'Wetten, dass...?' – Interview with O-Zone|language=German|date=5 July 2004|accessdate=18 August 2024|work=[[B.Z. (newspaper)|B.Z.]]|author=Kühling, Ralf|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918140202/https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/millionen-sahen-sie-bei-wetten-dass-hier-ist-o-zone-im-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> The song is set in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[A minor]] and has a [[Tempo (music)|tempo]] of 130 beats per minute (BPM).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0181752|title=Dragostea din tei – Sheet music|publisher=Musicnotes.com|accessdate=19 September 2024|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814110219/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0181752|url-status=live}}</ref> It follows a F-C-G-Am [[chord progression]].<ref name="believer"/> "Dragostea din tei" is performed in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] and mentions the [[Tilia|linden tree]] (Romanian: "tei"), which is commonly used in [[Romanian literature]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/finanzen/article121973596/Rumaenien-Von-Linden-und-Loewen.html|title=Rumänien: Von Linden und Löwen|trans-title=Romania: About Linden Trees and Lions|language=German|date=17 November 2013|accessdate=11 October 2024|author=Stocker, Frank|work=[[Die Welt]]|archive-date=3 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203071052/https://www.welt.de/print/wams/finanzen/article121973596/Rumaenien-Von-Linden-und-Loewen.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout the song, its title is pronounced in an ambiguous way that could lead the listener to hear the phrase "Dragostea dintâi" (Romanian: "The first love").<ref name="hora">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Cap-Bun|first=Marina|editor-first=Thede|editor-last=Kahl|editor-link=Thede Kahl|encyclopedia=Von Hora, Doina und Lăutaren|trans-encyclopedia=About Hora, Doina and Lăutars|title=Muzica românească în Portofoliul Muzical European|trans-title=Romanian music in the European Musical Portfolio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QaxNDQAAQBAJ&dq=dragostea+din+tei+o-zone&pg=PA597 |year=2016 |publisher={{ill|Frank & Timme|de}} |isbn=9783732903108|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref>

While Balan has stated that the lyrics describe having [[sexual intercourse]] under trees, other publications have argued that they were [[Literary nonsense|nonsensical]].<ref name="rolling stone au"/><ref name="taz"/><ref name="abendblatt">{{cite news|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article106892631/Dragostea-Din-Tei-der-doppelte-Sommerhit.html|title='Dragostea din tei' – der doppelte Sommerhit|trans-title='Dragostea din tei' – the double summer hit|language=German|date=3 August 2004|accessdate=13 August 2024|work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082320/https://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article106892631/Dragostea-Din-Tei-der-doppelte-Sommerhit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]''{{'s}} Douglas Wolk called them "nonspecific", but elaborated that they were the [[lyrical subject]]'s side of a phone conversation with their love interest.<ref name="believer"/> The former also mentions [[Beep (sound)#Call back request|beeping]] the latter, which ''{{ill|Rivista Studio|it}}''{{'s}} Pietro Minto pointed out as something emblematic of the "adolescent life in the early 2000s".<ref name="rivista essay"/> During the song, O-Zone refer to themselves as [[hajduk]]s and [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref name="libertatea cazuti"/><ref name="laut bio"/><ref name="believer"/> In the English version, "hajduk" is replaced with [[duke]], and Picasso is further referenced through the addition of lines such as "I will paint my words of love / With your name of every wall".<ref name="curentul prata"/>

The sequence "Ma-ia-hii, Ma-ia-huu, Ma-ia-hoo, Ma-ia-haha" is prominently [[Yodeling|yodeled]] at the beginning and during the track.<ref name="billboard tops"/><ref name="believer"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/News/Sommerhits-Das-Grauen-kommt-zur-Sommerzeit--26-08-2023-19886/Seite-22|title=Das Grauen kommt zur Sommerzeit|trans-title=The horror comes in summer time|language=German|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=26 August 2024|publisher=[[laut.de]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082843/https://www.laut.de/News/Sommerhits-Das-Grauen-kommt-zur-Sommerzeit--26-08-2023-19886/Seite-22|url-status=live}}</ref> Analyzing the delivery, Ulf Lippitz of ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' thought that Balan provided vocals similar to those found in old [[Music of Romania|Romanian folk songs]].<ref name="spiegel ost"/> In the [[refrain]], the words "nu mă, nu mă iei" (Romanian: "won't, won't take me") are repeated as the lyrical subject details their love interest wanting to leave them;<ref name="believer"/><ref name="laut numa"/> this has been perceived as "numa numa yay" by foreign listeners, prompting "Dragostea din tei" to also be referred to as the "Numa Numa Song".<ref name="reason"/><ref name="rolling stone au"/><ref name="laut numa">{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/News/Nein,-bitte-nicht-Die-fiesesten-Ohrwuermer-19-04-2024-20364/Seite-21|title=Die fiesesten Ohrwürmer|trans-title=The meanest earworms|language=German|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=19 April 2024|publisher=[[laut.de]]|archive-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813104910/https://www.laut.de/News/Nein,-bitte-nicht-Die-fiesesten-Ohrwuermer-19-04-2024-20364/Seite-21|url-status=live}}</ref> In the English version of the track, this sequence is changed to "Oo-aa-oo-aa-ay", which Wolk criticized for not having the "[[Baby talk|baby-talk]] singability" of the original.<ref name="believer"/>

==Critical reception==
Music critics have praised the catchy nature of "Dragostea din tei", with ''The Believer''{{'s}} Wolk writing that "[t]here's scarcely a second without some extraordinary [[Hook (music)|hook]], starting with the wordless keening at the beginning".<ref name="consequence"/><ref name="believer">{{cite news|url=https://www.thebeliever.net/the-syncher-not-the-song/|title=The Syncher, Not the Song|work=[[The Believer (magazine)|The Believer]]|date=1 June 2006|author=Wolk, Douglas|accessdate=20 October 2024|archive-date=17 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417221500/https://www.thebeliever.net/the-syncher-not-the-song/|url-status=live}}</ref> Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' opined that the song "wobbles unsteadily along the line that separates catchy from infuriating".<ref name="guardian"/> [[laut.de]]'s Alexander Cordas categorized "Dragostea din tei" as "unpretentious" and "simple light music".<ref name="laut discozone">{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/O-Zone/Alben/Disco-zone-6909|title=DiscO-zone|language=German|accessdate=13 August 2024|publisher=[[laut.de]]|author=Cordas, Alexander|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920084314/https://www.laut.de/O-Zone/Alben/Disco-zone-6909|url-status=live}}</ref> Dana Dorian of ''[[Jurnalul]]'' echoed this thought, writing that the composition was "puerile and very predictable", meant for "the masses, [...] regardless of the language they speak". She further called the voices "thin, not at all technical and studied", but concluded that "neither do they need more".<ref name="jurnalul genre">{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/fun/gaselnita-trei-o-zoni-mai-mici-pseudo-debutanti-135793.html|title=Trei o-zoni mai mici, pseudo-debutanţi|trans-title=Three small O-Zones, pseudo-rookies|language=Romanian|date=9 October 2008|accessdate=3 September 2024|author=Dorian, Dana|work=[[Jurnalul]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920084318/https://jurnalul.ro/fun/gaselnita-trei-o-zoni-mai-mici-pseudo-debutanti-135793.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another topic of discussion among music critics was the nonsensical nature of the song's lyrics. While this was criticized by ''[[Libertatea]]''{{'s}} Petre Dobrescu, who likened this aspect to the band's other work,<ref name="libertatea cazuti">{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/pe-gaura-cheii-o-zone-cazuti-din-tei-69357|title=O-Zone, cazuti din tei|trans-title=O-Zone, fallen from the linden tree|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=27 July 2003|accessdate=17 September 2024|author=Dobrescu, Petre|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083312/https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/pe-gaura-cheii-o-zone-cazuti-din-tei-69357|url-status=live}}</ref> Harald Peters of ''[[Die Tageszeitung]]'' regarded it as something that "Dragostea din tei" had in common with other worldwide hits such as "[[The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)]]" (2002) by the Spanish group [[Las Ketchup]].<ref name="taz">{{cite news|url=https://taz.de/!741573/|title=Sex unter Linden|accessdate=23 September 2024|trans-title=Sex Under Linden Trees|language=German|work=[[Die Tageszeitung]]|date=11 June 2004|author=Peters, Harald|archive-date=21 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221215807/https://taz.de/!741573/|url-status=live}}</ref> Other reviewers opined that it did not matter for the success of "Dragostea din tei" that the lyrics were written in a foreign language because the song's melody and rhythm had a universal appeal that transcended [[language barrier]]s.<ref name="believer"/><ref name="abendblatt"/><ref name="bbc yodel">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140620-what-makes-the-song-of-summer|title=What makes the 'song of summer'?|publisher=[[BBC]]|author=Kot, Greg|accessdate=14 August 2024|date=20 June 2014|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814103547/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140620-what-makes-the-song-of-summer|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Believer''{{'s}} Wolk concluded that the song had a refrain "as big as an abandoned government building" which allowed "huge legions of drunk people [to] sing easily [to]".<ref name="believer"/>

Some critics saw "Dragostea din tei" as part of a trend where music by artists originating from the Eastern European countries in the [[Eastern Bloc]], including Russian duo [[t.A.T.u.]] and Ukrainian singer [[Ruslana]], would become popular across Europe.<ref name="spiegel ost">{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/pop-aus-osteuropa-ungarische-madonna-russischer-ramazzotti-a-303390.html|title=Pop aus Osteuropa: Ungarische Madonna, russischer Ramazzotti|trans-title=Eastern European Pop: Hungarian Madonna, Russian Ramazotti|language=German|author=Lippitz, Ulf|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=9 June 2004|accessdate=19 September 2024|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812113307/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/pop-aus-osteuropa-ungarische-madonna-russischer-ramazzotti-a-303390.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="abendblatt"/> Lippitz of ''Der Spiegel'' opined that this was facilitated by the [[2004 enlargement of the European Union]], which allowed said territories to be exposed to Western media and trends.<ref name="spiegel ost"/> Other reviewers have likened "Dragostea din tei" to works by Austrian singer [[DJ Ötzi]], as well as to the song "[[Chihuahua (song)|Chihuahua]]" (2003) by Swiss musician [[DJ BoBo]].<ref name="jurnalul eu">{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/o-zone-ne-a-integrat-in-ue-69914.html|title=O-zone ne-a integrat in UE|trans-title=O-Zone have integrated us in the EU|language=Romanian|date=21 April 2004|accessdate=3 September 2024|author=Ciobanu, Dana|work=[[Jurnalul]]|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812075439/https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/o-zone-ne-a-integrat-in-ue-69914.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="laut discozone"/>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Awards and nominations received by "Dragostea din tei"
! Ceremony
! Year 
! Award
! Result 
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[MTV Romania Music Awards]]
|{{center|[[MTV Romania Music Awards 2004|2004]]}}
|Best Single
|{{nom}}
|{{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://muzica.phg.ro/stiri.php?id=510|title=MTV Romania Music Awards 2004|language=Romanian|date=31 March 2004|accessdate=16 December 2024|publisher=Muzica VIP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802085754/http://muzica.phg.ro/stiri.php?id=510|archive-date=2 August 2012}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[Echo Music Prize]]
|rowspan="3"|{{center|2005}}
|[[Echo Music Prize#Single of the Year|Single of the Year]]
|{{won}}
|{{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/echo-2005-glamour-inmitten-der-schmuddel-idylle-a-349462.html|title=Glamour inmitten der Schmuddel-Idylle|trans-title=Glamor in the middle of the dingy idyll|language=German|work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=3 April 2005|accessdate=18 September 2024|author=Lippitz, Ulf|archive-date=27 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427172429/https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/echo-2005-glamour-inmitten-der-schmuddel-idylle-a-349462.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|{{Interlanguage link|Russian Music Industry Awards|lt=Russian Music Industry Awards|ru|Рекордъ}}
|Foreign Radio Hit
|rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|rowspan="2"|{{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/news/show/606|title=Премия «Рекордъ-2005» вручена. Но только «Белым людям»|language=Russian|date=6 July 2005|accessdate=12 November 2024|publisher=[[Tophit]]|trans-title=The 'Record 2005' has been awarded. But only to the 'white people'}}</ref>}}
|-
|Ringtone of the Year
|}

==Commercial performance==
"Dragostea din tei" was a commercial success. As of October 2007, it has sold in excess of 12 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all time]].<ref name="allmusic bio"/><ref name="Adevarul sales">{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/dan-balan-revine-in-romania-751324.html|title=Dan Balan revine în România|trans-title=Dan Balan returns to Romania|language=Romanian|date=13 October 2007|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Badea, Evelyn|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121313/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/dan-balan-revine-in-romania-751324.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Among several achievements, it stands as the third-most successful song of the 2000s in Germany,<ref name="Germany decade"/> and as the fourth best-selling track of the 21st century in France with 1,170,000 copies moved as of September 2014.<ref name="France sales"/> At one point, it was Japan's best-selling digital single with four million units sold until surpassed by "[[Flavor of Life]]" by Japanese-American singer [[Hikaru Utada]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/utada-breaks-digital-records-in-japan-1321038/|title=Utada Breaks Digital Records In Japan|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=20 July 2007|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082236/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/utada-breaks-digital-records-in-japan-1321038/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Initial domestic success in 2003 and international recognition in 2004===
[[File:Paula-Monica-Mitrache-in-arte-Haiducii.jpg|thumb|upright=1|left|At one point, five versions of the song were present in the French top 20, including [[Dragostea din tei#Haiducii version|a cover]] by Romanian singer [[Haiducii]].<ref name="five versions"/>]]
"Dragostea din tei" first attained commercial success in Romania, where it held the number-one position on the [[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]] for three weeks in September 2003,<ref name="Romania"/> making it the band's second number-one after "Despre tine" earlier that year.<ref name="Despre tine number one"/> By April 2004, "Dragostea din tei" had sold over 250,000 copies in Romania.<ref name="jurnalul eu"/> In March 2004, the song reached number 17 on the [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|Italian singles chart]].<ref name="Italy"/> One month later, it debuted at number one in Spain―the first country outside of Romania where the song received radio support―reclimbing to the chart's top position on two more occasions in May and June 2004.<ref name="avex o-zone"/><ref name="Spain"/> In April 2004, "Dragostea din tei" further topped the [[SNEP|French chart]], holding that spot for 15 consecutive weeks.<ref name="France"/> At one point, five versions of the song were present in the top 20 in France—the original, [[#Haiducii version|a cover]] recorded by Romanian singer [[Haiducii]], as well as the [[Parody|parodies]] "Ma cé ki? Massimo" by Italian media personality {{ill|Massimo Gargia|fr}}, "Le poulailler" by French radio show {{Interlanguage link|Le 6/9|lt=Le 6–9|fr|Le 6/9 (France)}} and "Argent-Argent" by French host [[Sébastien Cauet|Cauet]] and Mopral.<ref name="five versions">{{cite news|url=https://lescharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=2004&date=20040606|title=Les charts français|trans-title=The French charts|access-date=9 February 2024|publisher=[[SNEP]]|via=Hung Medien|language=French|date=6 June 2004}}</ref> "Dragostea din tei" was eventually [[List of music recording certifications|certified]] diamond in the region by [[Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique]] (SNEP).<ref name="France cert"/>

By June 2004, the song had shipped around 500,000 copies in Europe.<ref name="billboard tops">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/o-zone-tops-eurochart-1435361/|title=O-Zone Tops Eurochart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=17 June 2004|author=Sexton, Paul|archive-date=5 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605062644/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/o-zone-tops-eurochart-1435361/|url-status=live}}</ref> From June to August 2004, it impacted several other territories. It reached number one in all [[Geographical distribution of German speakers#German-speaking Europe|DACH]] countries, holding that position for 14 weeks in Germany and Switzerland,<ref name="Germany"/><ref name="Switzerland"/> and for 13 weeks in Austria.<ref name="Austria"/> In Germany, it was certified double platinum by [[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] (BVMI).<ref name="Germany cert"/> In the Netherlands, the song topped the [[Dutch Single Top 100]].<ref name="Netherlands"/> "Dragostea din tei" was also successful in [[Nordic countries]], becoming a number-one hit in Norway and Denmark,<ref name="Norway"/><ref name="Denmark"/> as well as peaking at numbers two and three in Finland and Sweden, respectively.<ref name="Finland"/><ref name="Sweden"/> The song further topped ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart for 12 weeks,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blunt-maintains-pole-position-on-euro-chart-1358383/|title=Blunt Maintains Pole-Position On Euro Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=2 February 2006|accessdate=9 July 2024|author=Sexton, Paul|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515054217/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blunt-maintains-pole-position-on-euro-chart-1358383/|url-status=live}}</ref> at one point being followed by Haiducii's version at number two and "Le poulailler" at number 18.<ref name="European Hot 100"/> "Dragostea din tei" peaked at numbers one, two and three in Ireland,<ref name="Ireland"/> Scotland and the United Kingdom,<ref name="Scotland"/><ref name="UK"/> respectively, while a [[remix]]ed version, the "Unu' in the Dub Mix", peaked at number nine on the radio airplay chart in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS).<ref name="Unu Tophit"/> The song topped the 2004 year-end charts in Austria,<ref name="Austria2004"/> France,<ref name="France2004"/> Germany,<ref name="Germany2004"/> Netherlands and Switzerland,<ref name="Dutch100-2004"/><ref name="Switzerland2004"/> as well as the year-end list of the European Hot 100 Singles chart, among others.<ref name="Eurochart year end"/>

===Continued success in the United States and Japan in 2005===
In the United States, the Lucas Prata version reached number 14 on ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]] chart at the end of August 2004, however it was not until March 2005 that the song peaked at number 16 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]], as well as at positions 69 and 72 on the [[Digital Songs|Digital Song Sales]] and [[Pop 100]] rankings, respectively.<ref name="Dan Balan US history"/><ref name="Pop 100"/> As of that month, it had sold over 35,000 digital downloads in the region,<ref name="US sales">{{cite news|url=https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-face-furori-in-sua-842658|title=O-Zone face furori in SUA|trans-title=O-Zone is making waves in the US|language=Romanian|date=19 March 2005|work=[[Libertatea]]|via=HotNews|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083306/https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-face-furori-in-sua-842658|url-status=live}}</ref> and was eventually certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="US cert"/>

In his book ''The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World'', [[Frans Johansson]] attributed the song's mediocre performance in the United States to Ultra Records not having "the experience or resources to successfully market [it]", further noting that "Dragostea din tei" had been released there "at a time when [[techno]]-based club tracks were ebbing in popularity [...] [and] airwaves were dominated by R&B and [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]]". According to Johansson, the song's resulting poor sales and radio performance were the reasons for Ultra Records pulling back all promotional efforts and cancelling plans to tour the United States.<ref>{{cite book |author= [[Frans Johansson|Johansson, Frans]] |title=The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlqOZBB2E9UC&dq=dragostea+din+tei+o-zone&pg=PT13 |year=2012 |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Portfolio]] |isbn=978-1591844938|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> In Japan, the original version of "Dragostea din tei" peaked at number 72 on the [[Oricon Singles Chart]] in June 2005, with the song being awarded quadruple [[Recording Industry Association of Japan#Certification awards|million]], platinum and gold certifications by the [[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] (RIAJ) across multiple formats.<ref name="Japan cert"/>

==Virality==
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In Japan, an anonymous user nicknamed Ikari used "Dragostea din tei" in an [[Flash animation|animated]] video that features a character that resembles Monā, a popular cat frequently [[Shift JIS art|illustrated with typed symbols]] by users on the Japanese [[textboard]] [[2channel]]. During the clip, Romanian lyrics in the song are purposefully [[Mondegreen|misheard]] as English or Japanese expressions—for example, "salut" (Romanian: "hello") is accompanied by an image of a "monkey" (Japanese: "saru"), while "fericirea" (Romanian: "happiness") is misheard as "looking up for a skirt" (Japanese: "[[panchira]]") and "nu mă, nu mă iei" as "drink, drink, yay" (Japanese: "noma, noma, yay"). The video became popular, prompting other similar clips to be created by fellow users globally. In response, O-Zone's Japanese label Avex Trax launched merchandise depicting what they called the "Noma neko" ("Noma cat").<ref name="believer"/>

Having reportedly come across the song through Ikari's video, American [[Video blog|vlogger]] [[Numa Numa (video)#Gary Brolsma|Gary Brolsma]] [[Lip sync|lip-synched]] to "Dragostea din tei" in a video that he posted to website [[Newgrounds]] on 6 December 2004. Called "[[Numa Numa (video)|Numa Numa Dance]]", the clip sees Brolsma sitting in a chair in front of his computer and dancing to the song.<ref name="believer"/><ref name="rivista"/> Wren Graves of ''[[Consequence (publication)|Consequence]]'' elaborated: "At times he is almost still, holding his mouth open wide or punctuating a musical moment with a perfectly-timed raised eyebrow. [...] [A]nd then a sudden obliteration of matter — a solid man becoming pure, dancing air. Brolsma captures all the joy of the chorus with a sly humor and full commitment, [...] pump[ing] his fists above his head".<ref name="consequence"/> Shortly after, the video went [[Viral video|viral]], with reported views of 700 million as of November 2006,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6187554.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Star Wars Kid is top viral video |date=27 November 2006 |access-date=23 October 2024 |archive-date=16 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216204026/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6187554.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> giving Brolsma mainstream media's coverage and inspiring several parodies and remakes.<ref name="believer"/><ref name="rivista"/> It is regarded as one of the most-watched internet videos of all time,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/why-did-that-video-go-viral/|title=How 'Numa Numa' invented the viral video |publisher=[[CNET]]|accessdate=23 October 2024|date=9 December 2014|author=Cooper, Charles}}</ref> with "Dragostea din tei" consequently also becoming a [[Internet meme|meme]].<ref name="believer"/><ref name="rivista"/> Referring to this phenomenon as "numanumamania", ''The Believer''{{'s}} Wolk wrote that Brolsma's video was "better advertising for [...] 'Dragostea din tei' than anything a record label could have paid for".<ref name="believer"/> Francesco Gerardi, writing for ''Rivista Studio'', opined that "Numa Numa Dance" was instrumental in the song's chart entrance in the United States.<ref name="rivista"/>

==Promotion==
===Music video===
An accompanying music video for "Dragostea din tei", directed and animated by Dmitri Voloshin,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://voloshin.md/en/mads/|title=Am I a producer? Seriously?|date=15 March 2019|accessdate=25 October 2024|publisher=Dmitri Voloshin|archive-date=13 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613232600/https://voloshin.md/en/mads/|url-status=live}}</ref> was released in 2004 at the latest.<ref name="DACH CD"/> The video opens with Todiraș stretching on a couch as elements of "Despre tine" play. Following this, shots of a fictional futuristic city from the "Numai tu" music video are shown, as well as of a magazine advertizing O-Zone's comeback paired with highlights of the "Despre tine" video.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NosF-zuJpc|title=O-Zone – Numai tu [Official Video]|date=13 July 2011|accessdate=17 November 2024|publisher=[[Time Records]]|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScO7CZZNR48|title=O-Zone – Despre tine (Official Video)|date=7 March 2011|accessdate=17 November 2024|publisher=[[Cat Music]]|via=YouTube|archive-date=25 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925212232/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScO7CZZNR48|url-status=live}}</ref>  Subsequently, the group is shown running to the exit of a building and towards a plane. They enter its [[cockpit]] and [[Takeoff|take off]] as "Dragostea din tei" starts playing. They are then seen dancing to the song on one of the airborne aircraft's [[wing]]s, as well as dancing inside the plane and recording at a studio. All wear white pants and colorful shirts, with Todiraș and Balan's open to the waist and paired with [[suspender]]s and glasses.

[[Computer-generated imagery|Computer-generated]] shots of the flying plane are also shown, with it having a built-in red "on air" sign and [[Aircraft engine|engines]] that turn into speakers. Various animated stills are briefly interspersed throughout the video, among others showing Balan as a [[cyborg]], Sîrbu at a [[bodybuilding]] competition, Balan and Todiraș in a laboratory with an alien or them as vampires, [[Batman]], three men of different ethnicities dressed in traditional clothing in front of a [[Doves as symbols#Peace and pacifism in politics|dove with an olive branch]], and the [[Flag of Moldova|Moldovan flag]]. The song ends with an animated shot of the group members in front of a crashed plane in flames, followed by them leaving the site. The video then returns to the opening sequence with Todiraș on the couch as a mellower version of "Dragostea din tei" plays. Balan is seated next to him drawing on his [[pencil board]], and all three members come together smiling to look at Balan's sketch. The clip ends with the reveal of the drawing, which is a [[storyboard]] of the music video.

In her book ''New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders'', Bronwyn Williams likened the style of the animations to [[anime]] and called them "inexplicable", concluding that the video was "eminently forgettable".<ref>{{cite book |author= Williams, Bronwyn |title=New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SsuzUkdyUJYC&dq=dragostea+din+tei+o-zone&pg=PA106|year=2012|publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9780415897686|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> Minto of ''Rivista Studio'' called the clip "spectacular", although noting that the dance scenes were "out-of-context" and the special effects low quality and "botched".<ref name="rivista essay">{{cite news|url=https://www.rivistastudio.com/numa-numa-ie/|title='Dragostea din tei', dieci anni fa|trans-title='Dragostea din tei', ten years ago|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=10 April 2014|work={{ill|Rivista Studio|it}}|author=Minto, Pietro|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410124904/https://www.rivistastudio.com/numa-numa-ie/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the book ''Von Hora, Doina und Lăutaren'', Marina Cap-Bun elaborates on the possibility that the video alludes to the [[Zburător]] myth.<ref name="hora"/> In a 2017 interview, Balan retrospectively opined that the video had helped "Dragostea din tei" become a [[LGBT music#Gay anthems|gay anthem]], particularly because of the group's outfits and display of affection for each other.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://click.ro/vedete/vedete-romanesti/lui-dan-balan-ii-e-dor-de-ozone-a-fost-copilul-100160.html#goog_rewarded|title='Lui Dan Bălan îi e dor de O–Zone! A fost copilul lui'|trans-title='Dan Balan misses O-Zone! It was his child'|language=Romanian|work=[[Click!]]|date=10 February 2017|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918072401/https://click.ro/vedete/vedete-romanesti/lui-dan-balan-ii-e-dor-de-ozone-a-fost-copilul-100160.html#goog_rewarded|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Live performances===
O-Zone performed "Dragostea din tei" in Germany in 2004 on the television show ''[[Wetten, dass..?]]'' on 3 July,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.curentul.info/monden/dan-balan-de-la-o-zone-este-cel-mai-tare-compozitor-din-europa/|title=Dan Balan de la O-Zone este cel mai tare compozitor din Europa|trans-title=Dan Balan from O-Zone is the hottest composer from Europe|language=Romanian|date=5 July 2005|work=[[Curentul]]|accessdate=18 September 2024|author=Vulpescu, Andrei|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812145249/https://www.curentul.info/monden/dan-balan-de-la-o-zone-este-cel-mai-tare-compozitor-din-europa/|url-status=live}}</ref> twice on the local version of ''[[Top of the Pops]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwe9wTSM-DI|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live at Top of the Pops)|publisher=YouTube|date=31 August 2018|accessdate=11 November 2024|archive-date=1 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901131942/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwe9wTSM-DI|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_XT7kbgCs|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live at Top of the Pops)|publisher=YouTube|date=3 August 2009|accessdate=11 November 2024|archive-date=24 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124030922/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_XT7kbgCs|url-status=live}}</ref> and on ''[[The Dome (TV program)|The Dome]] 30''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woUdmOVx-6Y|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live at The Dome 30)|publisher=YouTube|date=1 November 2019|accessdate=11 November 2024|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004043328/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woUdmOVx-6Y&pp=ygUbTy1ab25lIC0gRHJhZ29zdGVhIERpbiBUZWkg|url-status=live}}</ref> In France, the group performed the song on the show ''[[Hit Machine (TV program)|Hit Machine]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9K6W_qfTog|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live on Hit Machine)|publisher=YouTube|date=3 September 2006|accessdate=11 November 2024|archive-date=18 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918045654/https://www.youtube.com/watch?pp=ygURZHJhZ29zdGVhIGRpbiB0ZWk%3D&v=A9K6W_qfTog|url-status=live}}</ref> and further sang it during the fourth season of ''[[Star Academy (French TV series)|Star Academy]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0P8rnCFpvU|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live on Star Academy)|publisher=[[Radu Sîrbu]]|via=YouTube|date=22 September 2022|accessdate=11 November 2024}}</ref> O-Zone also performed "Dragostea din tei" on the show ''[[Fabrika Zvyozd]]'' in Russia,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuQjt5s8aio|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live on Fabrika Zvyozd)|publisher=YouTube|date=11 October 2012|accessdate=11 November 2024}}</ref> and on ''Top of the Pops'' in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Rulzg7I90|title=O-Zone – Dragostea din tei (Live on Top of the Pops)|publisher=YouTube|date=23 July 2022|accessdate=11 November 2024}}</ref> In 2005, the group sang the track on shows in Japan, including on ''[[Music Station]]'' and ''[[SMAPxSMAP]]'',<ref name="avex o-zone">{{cite news|url=https://maiahi.com/index.html|title=O-Zone|language=Japanese|accessdate=13 November 2024|publisher=[[Avex Inc.]]|archive-date=16 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316070152/https://maiahi.com/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Balan also appeared with Prata to sing "Ma Ya Hi" on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' in the United States.<ref name="music picks"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f36wolLtkbE|title=Dan Balan feat. Lucas Prata – Ma Ya Hi (Live on Today)|publisher=YouTube|date=30 June 2006|accessdate=11 November 2024|archive-date=31 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731213348/https://www.youtube.com/watch?pp=ygUVbHVjYXMgcHJhdGEgbnVtYSBudW1h&v=f36wolLtkbE|url-status=live}}</ref> Before disbanding in 2005, O-Zone gave a performance of "Dragostea din tei" at the Romanian [[Golden Stag Festival]] in September 2005.<ref name="gigolo">{{cite news|url=https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-succes-la-hollywood-855851|title=O-Zone, succes la Hollywood|trans-title=O-Zone, Hollywood success|language=Romanian|date=22 September 2005|accessdate=13 August 2024|magazine=[[Libertatea]]|via=HotNews|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920084314/https://hotnews.ro/o-zone-succes-la-hollywood-855851|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|date=21-23 September 2005|title=[[Golden Stag Festival]] 2005|location=[[Brașov]], Romania}}</ref> They also performed it during their reunions for [[Europe Day]] on 9 May 2017 at [[University Square, Bucharest|University Square]] in Bucharest,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/o-zone-se-reuneste-dupa-12-ani-1826356|title=O-Zone se reunește după 12 ani. Artiștii au ales România pentru relansare!|trans-title=O-Zone reunites after 12 years. The artists chose Romania for the relaunch!|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=4 May 2017|accessdate=17 September 2024|author=Gheorghe, Florian|archive-date=25 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725234710/https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/o-zone-se-reuneste-dupa-12-ani-1826356|url-status=live}}</ref> and on the occasion of New Year's Eve at the [[Piața Constituției|Constitution Square]] in 2019 in the same city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/trupa-o-zone-in-formula-completa-dupa-15-ani-cati-bani-au-incasat-artistii-in-noaptea-dintre-ani-2849464|title=Trupa O-Zone, în formulă completă după 15 ani. Câți bani au încasat artiștii în noaptea dintre ani|trans-title=The O-Zone band, reunited after 15 years. How much were the artists paid in the night between the years|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=7 January 2020|accessdate=16 September 2024|author=Lixandru, Liviu|archive-date=2 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102163610/https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/trupa-o-zone-in-formula-completa-dupa-15-ani-cati-bani-au-incasat-artistii-in-noaptea-dintre-ani-2849464|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
"Dragostea din tei" is the first song in Romanian to have achieved international success.<ref name="tgcom24"/>{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Dragostea din tei" is performed in Romanian, but it is often wrongfully referred to as being of Romanian origin.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/ro/article/10-melodii-romania-distrus-generatie/|title=10 melodii din România care au distrus cel puțin o generație|trans-title=10 Romanian songs that have destroyed at least one generation|language=Romanian|date=28 October 2018|author=Ștefan, Corina|magazine=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|access-date=26 May 2024|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525233525/https://www.vice.com/ro/article/7x3nyq/10-melodii-romania-distrus-generatie|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://radiozu.ro/stiri/noutati/toate-hiturile-romanesti-de-vara-din-2000-pana-in-prezent-1214|title=Toate hiturile românești de vară, din 2000 până în prezent|trans-title=All Romanian summer hits, from 2000 until now|language=Romanian|date=31 August 2017|access-date=26 May 2024|publisher={{ill|Radio ZU|ro}}|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525235000/https://radiozu.ro/stiri/noutati/toate-hiturile-romanesti-de-vara-din-2000-pana-in-prezent-1214|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://ziare.com/muzica/top-muzica-romaneasca/care-este-hitul-romanesc-al-anilor-1990-2000-sondaj-ziare-com-1101050|title=Care este hitul romanesc al anilor 1990 – 2000?|trans-title=What is the Romanian hit of the years 1990 – 2000?|language=Romanian|publisher={{ill|Ziare.com|ro}}|date=14 June 2011|access-date=26 May 2024|author=Ghinea, Andreea|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525234957/https://ziare.com/muzica/top-muzica-romaneasca/care-este-hitul-romanesc-al-anilor-1990-2000-sondaj-ziare-com-1101050|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://hotnews.ro/al-doilea-hit-o-zone-despre-tine-face-ravagii-in-europa-831254|title=Al doilea hit O-Zone, 'Despre tine', face ravagii in Europa|trans-title=The second O-Zone hit, 'Despre tine', conquers Europe|language=Romanian|date=25 August 2004|work=[[Gardianul]]|via=HotNews|author=Popescu, Ioana|access-date=3 September 2024|archive-date=3 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903093630/https://hotnews.ro/al-doilea-hit-o-zone-despre-tine-face-ravagii-in-europa-831254|url-status=live}}</ref>}} While ''Libertatea'' wrote that it had "done more for Romania's image than all politicians put together",<ref name="siebenbuerger"/> Balan stated in an interview that, for him, "the greatest pride is the fact that [he] promoted the Romanian language".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/de-ce-iubesc-romania-cum-a-invatat-intreaga-lume-sa-vorbeasca-romaneste-9019532|title=Cum a învăţat întreaga lume să vorbească româneşte|trans-title=How the whole world learned how to speak Romanian|language=Romanian|publisher=[[Mediafax]]|date=30 November 2011|accessdate=19 September 2024|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812110652/https://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/de-ce-iubesc-romania-cum-a-invatat-intreaga-lume-sa-vorbeasca-romaneste-9019532|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul Sexton of ''Billboard'' wrote how "Dragostea din tei" served as a "reminder of music's power to connect across borders", further noting that it "managed to convey uninhibited joy better than any phrase in the English language probably could".<ref name="billboard greatest">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-boy-band-songs-of-all-time-top-100-8362499/|title=The 100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=23 April 2018|author=Sexton, Paul|archive-date=21 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421051753/https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/greatest-boy-band-songs-of-all-time-top-100-8362499/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Rivista Studio''{{'s}} Minto views the song's "conquest of the West [...] in a language atypical of contemporary pop" as a "very rare event", likening it to the popularity of South Korean rapper [[Psy]]'s 2012 single "[[Gangnam Style]]" performed in [[Korean language|Korean]].<ref name="rivista essay"/>

Minto further regards "Dragostea din tei" as a precursor to [[Viral phenomenon|modern virality]], writing that "[t]he cultural diffusion of the song – and its mutation into a '[[catchphrase]]' – can be placed at a point of transition between <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Los del Río]]'s 1993 single] '[[Macarena]]' – which exploded in a pre-mass internet era – and 'Gangnam Style' – which instead blossomed on the now high crests of global [[Social media|social networks]]".<ref name="rivista essay"/> Elaborating on the impact of "Dragostea din tei", ''The Believer''{{'s}} Wolk opined that "not even the words but the sound of the recording [are] now part of the fabric of the internet. It's bypassed the monolithic American entertainment industry to become a standard".<ref name="believer"/> 

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! scope="col" data-sort-type="number"| Rank
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|{{center|2015}}
|50 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time
|{{center|18}}
|{{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/dragostea-din-tei-inclusa-in-topul-the-rolling-1654780.html|title='Dragostea din tei', inclusă în topul 'The Rolling Stone' al celor mai celebre hituri din toate timpurile|trans-title='Dragostea din tei' is included in the Rolling Stones list of the most famous hits of all time|language=Romanian|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Constanda, Alexandra|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082844/https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/dragostea-din-tei-inclusa-in-topul-the-rolling-1654780.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
|{{center|2018}}
|100 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time
|{{center|82}}
|{{center|<ref name="billboard greatest"/>}}
|-
!scope="row"|''[[Rolling Stone Australia]]''
|{{center|2020}}
|75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time
|{{center|27}}
|{{center|<ref name="rolling stone au"/>}}
|}

==Use in popular media==
{{See also|Dragostea din tei#Haiducii version}}
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"Dragostea din tei" has been adapted in over 35 languages.<ref name="adevarul reinviata"/> The 2004 parodies "Le poulailler" by Le 6–9 and "Ma cé ki? Massimo" by Gargia were both top 10 hits in France and competed with the original version and Haiducii's cover on the charts there.<ref name="four versions"/><ref name="FRA"/> In 2008, American rapper [[T.I.]] and Barbadian singer [[Rihanna]] released "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which [[Sampling (music)|samples]] and [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolates]] "Dragostea din tei".<ref name="stereogum"/> The song became an international success, topping the US ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] and peaking at number two in the United Kingdom, among others.<ref name="UKc"/><ref name="USc"/>

Balan covered the song in 2006 on "Sugar Tunes Numa Numa" with his rock band Balan,<ref name="believer"/><ref name="sugar tunes"/> and in 2008 on "Numa Numa 2" for his project Crazy Loop as a B-side to the single "[[Mm-ma-ma]]".<ref name="mama"/> He also used the refrain of "Dragostea din tei" on the identically named, but unrelated "Numa Numa 2" featuring American singer Marley Waters in 2018.<ref name="numanuma2"/> In 2024, French DJ [[David Guetta]] and American band [[OneRepublic]] interpolated "Dragostea din tei" on their single "[[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]", which reached the top 20 in multiple territories including Germany and the  United Kingdom.<ref name="UKc"/><ref name="GERc"/> Acts such as Romanian singer [[Inna]] and American band [[Bloodhound Gang]] have covered or parodied "Dragostea din tei" live,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/alternativ-dementa-totala-la-bloodhound-gang-18591.html|title=Dementa totala la Bloodhound Gang|trans-title=Total insanity at Bloodhound Gang's concert|language=Romanian|date=21 June 2006|accessdate=3 September 2024|work=[[Jurnalul]]|author=Revenco, Alex|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812075426/https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/arte-vizuale/alternativ-dementa-totala-la-bloodhound-gang-18591.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgA7plOwciU|title=Inna – Dragostea din tei (Cover)|date=10 March 2018|accessdate=8 November 2024|publisher=[[Kiss FM (Romania)|Kiss FM]]|via=YouTube|archive-date=7 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907072546/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgA7plOwciU|url-status=live}}</ref> with the song also having been covered by various artists on ''[[Your Face Sounds Familiar]]'' internationally.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://a1.ro/te-cunosc-de-undeva/video/anca-turcasiu-si-aurelian-temisan-se-transforma-in-ozone-dragostea-din-tei-id550699.html|title=Anca Țurcașiu și Aurelian Temișan se transformă în O-Zone: 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=Anca Țurcașiu and Aurelian Temișan transform in O-Zone: 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Romanian|accessdate=20 September 2024|date=25 May 2016|publisher=[[Antena 1 (Romania)|Antena 1]]|archive-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813104604/https://a1.ro/te-cunosc-de-undeva/video/anca-turcasiu-si-aurelian-temisan-se-transforma-in-ozone-dragostea-din-tei-id550699.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/temporada-9/actuaciones/morancos-ken-appledorn-dragostea-din-tei-ozone_2022012861f3e8116902180001c76f97.html|title=Los Morancos y Ken Appledorn se unen a la fiesta de O-Zone en 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=Los Morancos and Ken Appledorn join the O-Zone party on 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Spanish|accessdate=8 November 2024|date=28 January 2022|publisher=[[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]]|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524010936/https://www.antena3.com/programas/tu-cara-me-suena/temporada-9/actuaciones/morancos-ken-appledorn-dragostea-din-tei-ozone_2022012861f3e8116902180001c76f97.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS4rCA8a73g|title=Robert Jašków, Sokol & Háma jako O-Zone 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=Robert Jašków, Sokol & Háma transform in O-Zone 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Czech|date=17 September 2018|accessdate=11 November 2024|work=[[Tvoje tvář má známý hlas]]|via=YouTube}}</ref>

The original or alternative versions of "Dragostea din tei" have been used in multiple films, including in ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' (2005) for a reported payment of one million [[United States dollar|US$]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/1000000-pentru-dragostea-din-tei8242-135310|title=1.000.000$ pentru 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=1.000.000$ pentru 'Dragostea din tei'|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=1 May 2006|accessdate=16 September 2024|author=Gheorghe, Florian|author2=Coltuc, Daniel|author3=Popa, Dana|language=Romanian|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812103434/https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/1000000-pentru-dragostea-din-tei8242-135310|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo]]'' (2005),<ref name="gigolo"/> ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' (2011),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-externe/republica-moldova/video-piesa-dragostea-din-tei-a-trupei-o-zone-679281.html|title=Piesa 'Dragostea din tei', a trupei O-Zone, într-un film cu Brad Pitt şi Robin Williams|trans-title=The song 'Dragostea din tei' by O-Zone appears in a movie with Brad Pitt and Robin Williams|language=Romanian|date=8 December 2011|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082812/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-externe/republica-moldova/video-piesa-dragostea-din-tei-a-trupei-o-zone-679281.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[It's Only the End of the World]]'' (2016),<ref name="adevarul reinviata">{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/istoria-fenomenala-a-succesului-piesei-dragostea-2354205.html|title=Istoria fenomenală a succesului piesei 'Dragostea din tei', reînviată recent de celebrul DJ David Guetta|trans-title=The phenomenal success story of the song 'Dragostea din tei', recently revived by the famous DJ David Guetta|language=Romanian|date=12 April 2024|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Cristescu, George-Andrei|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082813/https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/istoria-fenomenala-a-succesului-piesei-dragostea-2354205.html|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as throughout the telenovela ''[[Triunfo del amor]]'' (2010–2011),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://click.ro/actualitate/dragostea-din-tei-in-telenovele-si-in-desene-265424.html#goog_rewarded|title='Dragostea din tei', în telenovele şi în desene animate|trans-title=O-Zone, in telenovelas and cartoons|language=Romanian|work=[[Click!]]|date=17 December 2011|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920083423/https://click.ro/actualitate/dragostea-din-tei-in-telenovele-si-in-desene-265424.html#goog_rewarded|url-status=live}}</ref> and the series ''[[Stargate Universe]]'' (2009–2011).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://click.ro/actualitate/piesa-dragostea-din-tei-este-ascultata-la-249721.html|title=Piesa 'Dragostea din tei' este ascultată la milioane de ani lumină depărtare de Pământ!|trans-title=The song 'Dragostea din tei' is heard millions of light years away from Earth!|language=Romanian|work=[[Click!]]|date=29 March 2011|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812105343/https://click.ro/actualitate/piesa-dragostea-din-tei-este-ascultata-la-249721.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The song was furthermore included on the dance video game ''[[Just Dance 2017]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gamingtrend.com/news/just-dance-2017-song-list-revealed/|title=Just Dance 2017 song list revealed|publisher=GamingTrend|author=Deogracias, Elisha|date=14 October 2016|accessdate=18 September 2024|archive-date=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914030632/https://gamingtrend.com/news/just-dance-2017-song-list-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as used for commercials by companies such as [[Yakult]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://distribuzionemoderna.info/news/yakult-lancia-il-nuovo-spot-sulle-note-di-dragostea-din-tei|title=Yakult lancia il nuovo spot sulle note di 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=Yakult launches new spot featuring 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|publisher=Distribuzione Moderna|archive-date=7 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207181020/https://distribuzionemoderna.info/news/yakult-lancia-il-nuovo-spot-sulle-note-di-dragostea-din-tei|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe]]'' (BVG),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/freie-jobs-hiiiiier-freie-jobs-daaaa-hat-die-bvg-in-ihrem-neuen-knallerhit-eine-geheime-botschaft-versteckt-10575139.html|title='Freie Jobs hiiiiier, freie Jobs daaaa': Hat die BVG in ihrem neuen Knallerhit eine geheime Botschaft versteckt?|trans-title='Free jobs heeeere, free jobs thereeee': Has the BVG hidden a secret message in its new smash hit?|language=German|work=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|date=5 October 2023|accessdate=19 September 2024|author=Nauhaus, Constanze|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812113310/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/freie-jobs-hiiiiier-freie-jobs-daaaa-hat-die-bvg-in-ihrem-neuen-knallerhit-eine-geheime-botschaft-versteckt-10575139.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lazada]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWvXutA6t4|title=Lazda commercial|date=20 November 2011|accessdate=18 November 2024|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> [[AliExpress]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5goQqnyeJ8|title=AliExpress commercial|date=1 November 2011|accessdate=18 November 2024|publisher=YouTube|archive-date=23 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223194756/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5goQqnyeJ8|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Ant Group|Ant Bank]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB7n8Zu5RDw|title=Ant Bank commercial|date=11 December 2024|accessdate=5 February 2025|publisher=YouTube|archive-date=30 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130032714/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB7n8Zu5RDw&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Notable works that use "Dragostea din tei"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;"| Title<br>{{small|Artist}}
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Country of origin
! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:17em;"|Notes
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|{{Abbr|AUT|Austria}}]]<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://austriancharts.at/|title=Austrian charts portal|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|via=Hung Medien|language=German|archive-date=30 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630065823/https://austriancharts.at/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song into the search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Ultratop|{{Abbr|BEL (Fl)|Belgium (Flanders)}}]]<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/|title=Flanders charts portal|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=Dutch|archive-date=29 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429072935/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song into the search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Ultratop|{{Abbr|BEL (Wa)|Belgium (Wallonia)}}]]<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/|title=Wallonia charts portal|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=French|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203072919/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song into the search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Tophit|{{Abbr|CIS|Commonwealth of Independent States}}]]<br><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru|title=CIS charts portal|publisher=[[Tophit]]|access-date=1 November 2024|language=Russian|archive-date=7 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241107181904/https://tophit.com/ru|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song into the search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[SNEP|{{Abbr|FRA|France}}]]<br><ref name="FRA">{{cite news|url=https://lescharts.com/|title=Les charts français|trans-title=The French charts|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[SNEP]]|via=Hung Medien|language=French|archive-date=10 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610192009/https://lescharts.com/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song/album and/or the artist(s) into the "Recherche" search bar and select "Singles" or "Albums" from the dropdown menu.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|{{Abbr|GER|Germany}}]]<br><ref name="GERc">{{cite news|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|trans-title=The Official German Charts|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|language=German|archive-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531083511/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song/album and/or the artist(s) into the "Suchen" search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard Japan Hot 100|{{Abbr|JPN|Japan}}]]<br><ref>For peak positions in Japan:
*For "Girls": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=11&day=05|title=Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=31 October 2012|accessdate=4 November 2024|language=Japanese|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127020658/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2012&month=11&day=05|url-status=live}}
*For "Numa Numa 2": {{cite news|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=10&day=01|title=Hot 100|date=26 September 2018|accessdate=14 August 2024|language=Japanese|work=Billboard Japan|archive-date=7 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607142211/https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot100&year=2018&month=10&day=01|url-status=live}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Dutch Single Top 100|{{Abbr|NLD|Netherlands}}]]<br><ref name="NL">{{cite news|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/|title=Dutch Charts|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Dutch Single Top 100]]|via=Hung Medien|language=Dutch|archive-date=25 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625215304/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song/album and/or the artist(s) into the "Zoek" search bar and select "Songs" or "Albums" from the dropdown menu.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Swiss Hitparade|{{Abbr|SWI|Switzerland}}]]<br><ref>{{cite news|url=http://swisscharts.com/index.asp|title=Swiss charts portal|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Swiss Hitparade]]|via=Hung Medien|language=German|archive-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702073229/http://swisscharts.com/index.asp|url-status=live}} ''Note: Enter the name of the song into the search bar.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK singles chart|{{Abbr|UK|United Kingdom}}]]<br><ref name="UKc">{{cite news|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182731/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|url-status=live}} ''Note: Click on the magnifying glass symbol, insert the name of the artist into the "Search bar" and select from the results in the drop-down menu that appears.''</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |[[Billboard Hot 100|{{Abbr|US|United States}}]]<br><ref name="USc">For peak positions in the United States:
*For "Live Your Live": {{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/chart-history/hsi/|title=Rihanna Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2 November 2024|archive-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825075021/https://www.billboard.com/music/Rihanna/chart-history/Hot-100|url-status=live}}
*For "I Don't Wanna Wait": {{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-guetta/chart-history/hsi/|title=David Guetta Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2 November 2024|archive-date=17 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117233728/https://www.billboard.com/artist/david-guetta/chart-history/hsi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="1"|2003
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"[[Dragostea din tei#Haiducii version|Dragostea din tei]]"{{dagger}}<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/><br>{{small|[[Haiducii]]}}
|Romania
| 1 || 5 || 2 || — || 2 || 2 || — || 4 || 2 || — || —
|
|-
|rowspan="17"|2004
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Allo! (Dragostea din tei)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Allo! (Dragostea din tei)|type=CD liner notes|author=De Feestridders|year=2004|publisher=ARS|id=786574084959}}</ref><br>{{small|De Feestridders}}
|Belgium
| — || 3 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Argent-Argent"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Argent-Argent|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Sébastien Cauet|Cauet]]|author2=Mopral|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]|id=602498208298}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Sébastien Cauet|Cauet]] featuring Mopral}}
|France
| — || — || — || — || 14 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=Audiosmog|year=2004|publisher=Spectre|id=4260010750302}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Audiosmog|de}}}}
|rowspan="2"|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Greatest Hits|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Fancy (singer)|Fancy]]|year=2004|publisher=Silver Star|id=0090204901937}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Fancy (singer)|Fancy]]}}
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Festa no Apê (Dragostea din tei)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/br/album/latino-apresenta-as-aventuras-de-dj-l-festa-no-ap%C3%AA/375941282|title=Latino Apresenta as Aventuras de DJ L – Festa no Apê – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (BR)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Latino (singer)|Latino]]}}
|Brazil
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
Experienced notable commercial success in Brazil.<ref name="adevarul reinviata"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2021/12/27/festa-no-ape-riqueza-e-polemicas-latino-fala-dos-30-anos-de-carreira.htm|title='Festa no apê', riqueza e polêmicas: Latino fala dos 30 anos de carreira...|trans-title='Festa no apê', wealth and controversies: Latino talks about his 30-year career...|language=Portuguese|publisher=[[Universo Online]]|accessdate=7 November 2024|date=27 December 2021|author=Pasin, Lucas|archive-date=12 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212154644/https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2021/12/27/festa-no-ape-riqueza-e-polemicas-latino-fala-dos-30-anos-de-carreira.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Lekker Lekker (Ga Maar Met Me Mee) (Dragostea din tei)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Lekker Lekker (Ga Maar Met Me Mee) (Dragostea din tei)|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Ome Henk]]|year=2004|publisher=Cat|id=8713545607017}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Ome Henk]]}}
|Netherlands
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Le poulailler"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Le poulailler|type=CD liner notes|author=((Le 6–9))|year=2004|publisher=[[NRJ Group|NRJ]]|id=602498208274}}</ref><br>{{small|{{Interlanguage link|Le 6/9|lt=Le 6–9|fr|Le 6/9 (France)}}}}
|rowspan="2"|France
| — || — || 8 || — || 2 || ― || — || — || 30 || — || —
|
Parody<ref name="four versions">{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/monden-suete-15-iunie-2004-67092.html|title=Șuete|trans-title=Chats|language=Romanian|date=15 June 2004|accessdate=3 September 2024|work=[[Jurnalul]]|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812075432/https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/monden-suete-15-iunie-2004-67092.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Ma cé ki? Massimo"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Ma cé ki? Massimo|type=CD liner notes|author=Massimo Gargia|year=2004|publisher=[[Sony Music|Sony]]|id=5099767506011}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Massimo Gargia|fr}}}}
| — || — || 13 || — || 9 || — || — || — || 38 || — || —
|
Parody<ref name="four versions"/>
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Muggen hier, muggen daar"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Zonnebril / Muggen hier, muggen daar|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Gebroeders Ko]]|year=2004|publisher={{Interlanguage link|Berk Music|lt=Berk|nl|Berk Music}}|id=8130620200473}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Gebroeders Ko]]}}
|Netherlands
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 5{{efn|group=upper-alpha|Charted together with their fellow recording "Zonnebril".<ref name="NL"/>}} || — || — || —
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Numerakirály"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/hu/album/bazi-nagy-lagzi/1678332653|title=Bazi Nagy Lagzi – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (HU)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Irigy Hónaljmirigy]]}}
|Hungary
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Nur ma' so"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/nur-ma-so-ep/200987799|title=Nur ma' so – EP|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (DE)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Frank Lars|de}}}}
|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Ra la la (Rudi hier, Rudi da)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Ra la la (Rudi hier, Rudi da)|type=CD liner notes|author=Bangman|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]|id=602498675045}}</ref><br>{{small|Bangman}}
|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || 41 || — || — || — || — || —
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Rumba rej (Dragostea din tei)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Rumba rej|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Dagmar Patrasová|Toxic Babe]]|year=2004|publisher=[[EMI Records|EMI]]|id=900045-2}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Dagmar Patrasová|Toxic Babe]]}}
|Czech Republic
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Unsichtbar"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Kiddy Contest Vol. 10|type=CD liner notes|author=Various|year=2004|publisher=[[Ariola]]|id=82876648522}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Lisa Aberer|de}}}}
|rowspan="2"|Austria
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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Won the 2004 ''[[Kiddy Contest]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vol.at/neider-gibt-es-immer/6427262|title='Neider gibt es immer!'|trans-title='Jealous people always exist!'|language=German|date=17 November 2019|author=Heel, Saskia|publisher={{ill|Vorarlberg Online|de}}|accessdate=7 November 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121184610/https://www.vol.at/neider-gibt-es-immer/6427262|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Wenn der Hafer sticht"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Wenn der Hafer sticht|type=CD liner notes|author=Antonia aus Tirol|year=2004|publisher=Kaumuni|id=603877045527}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Antonia aus Tirol|de}}}}
| 7 || — || — || — || — || 90 || — || — || — || — || —
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Я её хой" ("Ya Yeyo Khoy"){{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tophit.com/ru/tracks/1535|title=Я её хой|language=Russian|accessdate=7 November 2024|publisher=[[Tophit]]}}</ref><br>{{small|{{Interlanguage link|Professor Lebedinsky|lt=Professor Lebedinsky|ru|Профессор Лебединский}} featuring [[Russkiy Razmer]] and [[Dmitry Nagiyev]]}}
|Russia
| — || — || — || 40 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Zauberschule (Dragostea din tei)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Schabernack im Schlumpfen-Schloss – Vol. 16|type=CD liner notes|author=[[The Smurfs|Die Schlümpfe]]|year=2004|publisher=[[EMI Records|EMI]]|id=724387588226}}</ref><br>{{small|[[The Smurfs|Die Schlümpfe]]}}
|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|rowspan="4"|2005
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/hu/album/miniszt%C3%A1r/775408007|title=Minisztár – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (HU)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Minisztár]]}}
|Hungary
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|{{nihongo|"恋のブチアゲ"|"Koi no buchiage"}}{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A019996/VICP-35103.html|title=Koi no buchiage|language=Japanese|accessdate=4 November 2024|publisher=[[JVC]]|archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413055626/https://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/-/Discography/A019996/VICP-35103.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Maeken Trance Project]]}}
|rowspan="2"|Japan
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|
Medley of multiple songs, including "Dragostea din tei".<ref name="believer"/>
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|{{nihongo|"恋のマイアヒ"|"Koi no maiahi"}}{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://avexnet.or.jp/girlsbox/|title=Girl's Box Compilation|language=Japanese|accessdate=5 November 2024|archivedate=30 January 2006|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060130150439/http://avexnet.or.jp/girlsbox/|publisher=[[Avex Inc.]]}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Yu Hasebe]], [[Miori Takimoto]] and [[Sweets (group)|Mai Iwasaki]]}}
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Pluma Gay"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/pluma-gay-single/1759587922|title=Pluma Gay – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (ES)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="bae"/><br>{{small|[[Los Morancos|Los Morancos de la Triana]]}}
|Spain
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Also known as "Marica tú" (Spanish: "Gay You").<ref name="believer"/> With lyrics altered to talk about partying and [[coming out]], the song attained commercial success in several [[List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language|Spanish-speaking territories]] and became popular with the [[LGBTQ community]] there.<ref name="believer"/><ref name="bae">{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/2005/02/02/165168-la-cancion-que-estafa-los-gays/|title=La canción que estafa a los gays|trans-title=The song that scams gays|language=Spanish|date=2 February 2005|accessdate=6 November 2024|publisher=[[Infobae]]|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818203826/http://www.infobae.com/2005/02/02/165168-la-cancion-que-estafa-los-gays/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="6"|2006
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Bài Ca Mi Ya Hee"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/b%C3%A0i-ca-mi-ya-hee/320492720|title=Bài Ca Mi Ya Hee – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Đan Trường]]}}
|Vietnam
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|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"戀愛瘋" ("Liàn'ài fēng"){{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1087/1712233521|title=1087 – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=5 November 2024|archive-date=18 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718202438/https://music.apple.com/us/album/1087/1712233521|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Elva Hsiao]]}}
|Taiwan
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Sem Drama Aguardarei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/olha-a-onda-est%C3%A1-de-volta/1559294283|title=Olha a Onda, Está de Volta! – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Onda Choc|pt}}}}
|Portugal
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Shabu Shabu"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/%E9%9B%99%E8%83%9E%E8%83%8E%E7%9A%84%E5%88%9D%E5%9B%9E%E7%9B%A4/151812889|title=2moro – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[2moro]]}}
|Taiwan
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|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Sister's Dream"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sisters-dream-ep/1468037518|title=Sister's Dream – EP|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Hyun Young]]}}
|South Korea
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Sugar Tunes Numa Numa"{{dagger}}<ref name="sugar tunes">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sugar-tunes-numa-numa-single/208115126|title=Sugar Tunes Numa Numa – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=7 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Dan Balan|Balan]]}}
|Moldova
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|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Bu Pa Bu Pa"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/sg/album/%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B4%E5%BF%AB%E6%A8%82-%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%84%9B-ep/1364696347|title=Happy New Year, My Love – EP|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (SG)|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Jocie Kok]]}}
|Singapore
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
Lyrics rewritten to delve on overcoming the fear of [[cockroaches]].<ref name="believer"/>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Kumimies"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/%C3%A4ij%C3%A4energiaa/973147620|title=Äijäenergiaa – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Frederik (singer)|Frederik]]}}
|Finland
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|rowspan="4"|2008
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]"{{Hash-tag}}<ref name="stereogum"/><br>{{small|[[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]}}
|United States<br>Barbados
| 5 || 15 || 19 || 49 || 17 || 12 || — || 21 || 8 || 2 || 1
| The song's producer [[Just Blaze]] came up with the idea of sampling and interpolating the song through Brolsma's viral "Numa Numa Dance" video.<ref name="stereogum">{{cite news|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2221655/the-number-ones-t-i-s-live-your-life-feat-rihanna/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: T.I.'s "Live Your Life" (Feat. Rihanna)|author=Breihan, Tom|accessdate=13 August 2024|date=3 May 2023|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|archive-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117234231/https://www.stereogum.com/2221655/the-number-ones-t-i-s-live-your-life-feat-rihanna/columns/the-number-ones/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Numa Numa 2"{{dagger}}<ref name="mama">{{cite AV media notes|title=[[Mm-ma-ma]]|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Dan Balan|Crazy Loop]]|year=2008|publisher=[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|id=0602517749337}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Dan Balan|Crazy Loop]]}}
|Moldova
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Trzech Tenorow"{{dagger}}<ref name="tt">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pl/album/hit-hit-hurra-parodie-doda-boys-rubik-i-inne/633006004|title=HIt, hIt hurra! (ParodIe: Doda, Boys, RubIk I Inne...) – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (PL)|access-date=9 November 2024|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627232626/https://music.apple.com/pl/album/hit-hit-hurra-parodie-doda-boys-rubik-i-inne/633006004|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|{{ill|Kabaret pod Wyrwigroszem|pl}}}}
|Poland
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|
Medley of parodies of "[[Con te partirò|Time to Say Goodbye]]" and "Dragostea din tei".<ref name="tt"/>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"When You Leave (Numa Numa)"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/cantareata-top-model-965100.html|title=Cântăreaţa top-model|trans-title=The supermodel singer|language=Romanian|date=31 July 2008|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082747/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/cantareata-top-model-965100.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Alina Pușcău|Alina]]}}
|Romania
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"When You Leave (Numa Numa)" did not chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but reached number six on the magazine's [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay|Hot Dance Airplay]] chart.<ref>{{cite book|title=Billboard|publisher=[[Nielsen Holdings|Nielsen Business Media]]|date=7 March 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Huu90EQHpEC&pg=PT52|access-date=2 November 2024|page=53|archive-date=12 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512220850/https://books.google.com/books?id=3Huu90EQHpEC&pg=PT52|url-status=live}}</ref>}} 
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref name="hf2">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/happy-feet-two-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1455160804|title=Happy Feet Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=6 November 2024|archive-date=12 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230312004922/https://music.apple.com/us/album/happy-feet-two-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1455160804|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Hank Azaria]] and Happy Feet Two Chorus}}
|United States
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|
Recorded in a [[humppa]] version and included on [[Happy Feet Two (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] of ''[[Happy Feet Two]]'' (2011).<ref name="hf2"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/Original-Soundtrack/Alben/Happy-Feet-Two-71724|title=Pink wirkt hier eher wie ein Störfaktor|trans-title=Pink seems more like a disturbing factor here|language=German|accessdate=13 August 2024|author=Kabelitz, Sven|publisher=[[laut.de]]|archive-date=13 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813130306/https://www.laut.de/Original-Soundtrack/Alben/Happy-Feet-Two-71724|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Ma-Ya-Hi"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/ma-ya-hi-single/883222102|title=Ma-Ya-Hi – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (DE)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Jamatami]]}}
|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || 84 || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"Girls"{{Hash-tag}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/girls-winter-dream-global-edition-single/1445041513?l=zh-Hant-TW|title=Girls / Winter Dream (Global Edition) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Gille (singer)|Gille]]}}
|Japan
| — || — || — || — || — || — || 11 || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"[[My Life Is a Party]]"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/my-life-is-a-party-remix/546311305|title=My Life Is a Party (Remix) – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (DE)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[ItaloBrothers]]}}
|Germany
| 18 || — || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"My Life Is a Party" did not chart on the [[Ultratop]], but reached number 34 on the [[Ultratop#Ultratip|Ultratip]] extension chart.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/101218/ItaloBrothers-My-Life-Is-A-Party|title=ItaloBrothers – My Life Is a Party|access-date=1 November 2024|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=French|archive-date=2 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211922/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/101218/ItaloBrothers-My-Life-Is-A-Party|url-status=live}}</ref>}}  || — || 103 || 43 || — || — || 62 || — || —
|
|-
|2018
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"Numa Numa 2"{{Hash-tag}}<ref name="numanuma2">{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/a-fost-lansata-o-continuare-a-hit-ului-dragostea-1890411.html|title=A fost lansată o continuare a hit-ului 'Dragostea din tei' cu un videoclip inedit. Peste 100 de copii din Africa dansează şi cântă celebrele versuri|trans-title=A sequel to the hit 'Dragostea din tei' was released with a music video. Over 100 children from Africa dance and sing the famous lines|language=Romanian|date=12 September 2018|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Constanda, Alexandra|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082845/https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/a-fost-lansata-o-continuare-a-hit-ului-dragostea-1890411.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|Dan Balan featuring Marley Waters}}
|Moldova<br>United States
| — || — || — || 78 || — || — || 64 || — || — || — || —
|
Marketed as a continuation of "Dragostea din tei".<ref name="numanuma2"/> Not to be confused with an unrelated video of Brolsma's of the same name.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newnuma.com/story.html|title=Gary Brolsma & The Numa Story|accessdate=6 November 2024|publisher=[[Numa Numa (video)|Gary Brolsma]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221060133/http://www.newnuma.com/story.html|archive-date=21 February 2007}}</ref> Released under the title {{nihongo|"恋のマイアヒ2018"|"Koi no maiahi 2018"}} in Japan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://avex.jp/maiahi/|title=Koi no maiahi 2018|language=Japanese|accessdate=9 November 2014|publisher=[[Avex Inc.]]|archive-date=12 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512041033/https://avex.jp/maiahi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref name="begu">{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/tv/cine-este-katerina-biehu-tanara-care-a-facut-1923310.html|title=Cine este Katerina Biehu, tânăra care a făcut senzaţie la 'Vocea Ucrainei' cu o reinterpretare a piesei 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=Who is Katerina Biehu, the young singer who rocked 'The Voice of Ukraine' with a reinterpretation of the song 'Dragostea din tei'|language=Romanian|date=10 February 2019|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Mărăcine, Adelina|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121355/https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/tv/cine-este-katerina-biehu-tanara-care-a-facut-1923310.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|Dan Balan featuring {{ill|Katerina Begu|ro}}}}
|Moldova<br>Ukraine
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
Viral cover performed on ''[[Holos Krainy]]'' by contestant Begu and juror Balan.<ref name="begu"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2020
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ro/album/dragostea-din-tei-live-session-single/1724034421|title=Dragostea din tei (Live Session) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (RO)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Mira (singer)|Mira]]}}
|Romania
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Travel the World"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/travel-the-world-single/1527418620|title=Travel the World – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|{{Interlanguage link|Spookiz|lt=Spookiz|ko|스푸키즈}}}}
|South Korea
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|rowspan="3"|2021
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/dragostea-din-tei-feat-simone-jean-marc-single/1637867630|title=Dragostea din tei (feat. Simone & Jean-Marc) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (FR)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Julien Doré]] featuring Simone and Jean-Marc}}
|France
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightblue""|"Faded Love"{{Hash-tag}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radiorst.de/artikel/leony-faded-love-875842.html|title=Leony – Faded Love|language=German|date=25 February 2021|accessdate=6 November 2024|publisher={{ill|Radio RST|de}}}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Leony]]}}
|Germany
| 11 || 31 || — || — || — || 17 || — || 58 || 24 || — || —
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|-
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Numa Numa Yey"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/numa-numa-yey-apple-music-home-session/1553278906|title=Numa Numa Yes (Apple Music Home Session) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[The Lathums]]}}
|United Kingdom
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2022
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Dragostea din tei"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/exclusiv-solistul-trupei-germane-care-a-facut-2147078.html|title=Solistul trupei germane care a făcut cover la 'Dragostea din tei': 'Româna e o limbă extraordinar de melodioasă'|trans-title=The lead singer of the German band that covered 'Dragostea din tei': 'Romanian is an extraordinarily melodious language'|language=Romanian|date=31 January 2022|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|author=Grigorescu, Denis|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121305/https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/exclusiv-solistul-trupei-germane-care-a-facut-2147078.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Feuerschwanz]]}}
|Germany
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
Feuerschwanz also performed their cover while competing in the [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025|German national selection]] for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2025]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/esc-vorentscheid-fraenkische-band-feuerschwanz-im-halbfinale,UcrqnBZ|title=ESC-Vorentscheid: Fränkische Band 'Feuerschwanz' im Halbfinale|language=German|trans-title=Eurovision national final: Franconian band 'Feuerschwanz' in the semi-final|author1=Goeckel, Karin|author2=Berger, Lasse|accessdate=3 March 2025|date=13 February 2025|publisher=[[Bayerischer Rundfunk]]}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"Coup de vieux"{{Hash-tag}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/fr/album/les-autres-cest-nous/1628919763|title=Les autres c'est nous – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (FR)|access-date=9 November 2024|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130151652/https://music.apple.com/fr/album/les-autres-cest-nous/1628919763|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Bigflo & Oli]] featuring Julien Doré}}
|France
| — || — || 3 || — || 36 || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2023
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"Let's Go MIA"{{Hash-tag}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mix1.de/music/evangelia/let-s-go-mia/|title=Evangelia präsentiert den Song 'Let's Go MIA'|trans-title=Evangelia releases the song 'Let's Go MIA'|language=German|accessdate=6 November 2024|publisher={{ill|Mix1|de}}}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Evangelia (singer)|Evangelia]]}}
|United States<br>Greece
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"Stupid Heart"{{Hash-tag}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/stupid-heart-single/1691448311|title=Stupid Heart – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=6 November 2024}}</ref><br>{{small|[[Sorana (singer)|Sorana]]}}
|Romania
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
|2024
|bgcolor="lightblue"|"[[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]"{{Hash-tag}}<ref name="adevarul reinviata"/><br>{{small|[[David Guetta]] and [[OneRepublic]]}}
|France<br>United States
| 8 || 10 || 4 || 3 || 13 || 10 || —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"I Don't Wanna Wait" did not chart on the [[Billboard Japan Hot 100|''Billboard'' Japan Hot 100]], but reached number eight on the magazine's Japan Hot Overseas chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2024&month=04&day=22|title=Hot Overseas|magazine=[[Billboard Japan]]|date=17 April 2024|accessdate=4 November 2024|language=Japanese|archive-date=17 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417053510/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2024&month=04&day=22|url-status=live}}</ref>}} || 12 || 7 || 19 || 96
|
|-
|{{N/A|N/A}}
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|"Người Tình Mai-Ya-Hee"{{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDeQqaXzr8o|title=Người Tình Mai Ya Hee|publisher={{Interlanguage link|Vũ Hà|lt=Vũ Hà|vi|Vũ Hà (ca sĩ)}}|via=YouTube|date=4 February 2020|accessdate=7 November 2024|archive-date=9 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009085702/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDeQqaXzr8o|url-status=live}}</ref><br>{{small|{{Interlanguage link|Vũ Hà|lt=Vũ Hà|vi|Vũ Hà (ca sĩ)}}}}
|Vietnam
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|
|-
| colspan="18" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.<br>{{dagger}} Green cells denote cover versions that use the original or altered lyrics.<br>{{Hash-tag}} Blue cells denote releases that sample and/or interpolate the original.
|}

==Track listings==
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*'''Romanian CD single'''<ref name="Romania CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" – 3:33
#"[[Despre tine]]" (Unu' in the Mix) – 7:38
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39
#"Numai tu" (Music video) – 4:10
#"Despre tine" (Music video) – 3:53

*'''DACH CD single'''<ref name="DACH CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39
#"Dragostea din tei" (Music video) – 4:46

*'''European and Swedish CD single 1'''<ref name="Europe CD2"/><ref name="Sweden CD1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15

*'''European CD single 2'''<ref name="Europe CD1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35

*'''French CD single 1'''<ref name="France CD1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39

*'''French CD single 2'''<ref name="France CD2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (Nectar Remix) – 5:57
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Spike Norton Tekmix) – 6:37
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Mix) – 7:00

*'''French 12-inch single 1'''<ref name="France vinyl1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Nectar Remix) – 5:57
#"Dragostea din tei" (Spike Norton Flymix) – 6:34
#"Dragostea din tei" (Spike Norton Tekmix) – 6:37
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Mix) – 7:00

*'''French 12-inch single 2'''<ref name="France vinyl2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (Acapella) – 3:30

*'''German CD single'''<ref name="Germany CD1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39

*'''German mini CD and UK CD single 2'''<ref name="Germany CD2"/><ref name="UK CD2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15

*'''Italian, Mexican, Dutch and Spanish CD single,<br>and Swedish CD single 3'''<ref name="Italy CD"/><ref name="Netherlands CD"/><ref name="Spain CD"/><ref name="Mexico CD"/><ref name="Sweden CD3"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39

*'''Italian 12-inch single'''<ref name="Italy vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
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*'''Spanish 12-inch single'''<ref name="Spain vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33

*'''Swedish CD single 2'''<ref name="Sweden CD2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Aligator vs. CS-Jay Radio Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Aligator vs. CS-Jay Club Version) – 6:04

*'''UK CD single 1'''<ref name="UK CD1"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Mix) – 6:58
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Unu' in the Dub Mix) – 3:39
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Dub) – 6:01

*'''UK 12-inch single'''<ref name="UK vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Mix) – 6:58
#"Dragostea din tei" (Almighty Dub) – 6:01

*'''US 12-inch single 1'''<ref name="US vinyl1"/>
#"Ma Ya Hi" (featuring [[Lucas Prata]]) – 3:36
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Romanian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:15

*'''US 12-inch single 2'''<ref name="US vinyl2"/>
#"Ma Ya Hi" (featuring Lucas Prata) [Valentin Remix Club Version] – 6:38
#"Ma Ya Hi" (featuring Lucas Prata) – 3:37
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Italian Version) – 3:33
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Radio Remix) – 4:16
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:23

*'''Japanese CD single'''<ref name="Japan CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" – 3:39
#"Dragostea din tei" (Overhead Champion Remix) – 6:46
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Kaya & DJ Kousuke Remix) – 5:40
#"Dragostea din tei" (Eurobeat Remix) – 4:09
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross Extended Remix) – 6:23

*'''Japanese 12-inch single'''<ref name="Japan vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Overhead Champion Remix) – 6:46
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Kaya & DJ Kousuke Remix) – 5:40
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Version) – 3:39
#"Dragostea din tei" (Eurobeat Remix) – 4:09

*'''Other official digital versions'''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|This is a summary of all digital versions of the single that differ from those found on the CD releases.<ref name="US remix EP"/><ref name="remix album"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-ole-eb-remix-single/1582848707|title=Dragostea din tei (Ole Eb Remix) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620220255/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-ole-eb-remix-single/1582848707|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-radu-sirbu-remix-single/1642980562|title=Dragostea din tei (Radu Sirbu Remix) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620220239/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-radu-sirbu-remix-single/1642980562|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-w-w-remix-single/1711703526|title=Dragostea din tei (W&W Remix) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620220236/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-w-w-remix-single/1711703526|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-besomorph-its-different-remix-single/1730710157|title=Dragostea din tei (Besomorph & It's Different Remix) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625071156/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-besomorph-its-different-remix-single/1730710157|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
#"Dragostea din tei" (Crystal Mix) – 3:45
#"Dragostea din tei" (Seb Version) – 3:53
#"Ma Ya Hi" (featuring Lucas Prata) [Valentin Radio Edit] – 3:34
#"Dragostea din tei" (Ole Ed Remix) – 2:52
#"Dragostea din tei" (Radu Sirbu Remix) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (W&W Remix) – 2:54
#"Dragostea din tei" (Besomorph & It's Different Remix) – 2:08
{{col-end}}

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2003–2005 weekly chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2003–2005)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Austria|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Austria"}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Flanders"}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Wallonia"}}
|-
{{single chart|CIS|48|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din tei|songid=845|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="CIS O-Zone"}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] ([[TopHit]])<ref name="Unu Tophit">{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/tracks/959|title=Dragostea din tei (Unu' in the Dub Mix)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702070809/https://tophit.com/tracks/959|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}''
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] ([[TopHit]])<ref name="DJ Ross Tophit">{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/tracks/1079|title=Dragostea din tei (DJ Ross Radio Remix)|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702070810/https://tophit.com/tracks/1079|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''{{small|DJ Ross Radio Remix}}''
| 146
|-
! scope="row"| Czech Republic ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])<ref name="Czech Republic">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Oficiální Česká Hitparáda – Pro týden 31/2004|trans-title=Official Czech Charts – Week 31/2004|language=cs|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI ČR]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803142148/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=3 August 2004}}</ref>
| 2
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Denmark"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="European Hot 100">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |title=Hits of the World |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=116 |issue=31 |date=31 July 2004 |page=53 |issn=0006-2510 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=27 June 2024 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923125513/https://books.google.com/books?id=eRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{single chart|Finland|2|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Finland"}}
|-
{{single chart|France|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="France"}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|1|songid=6101|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Germany"}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungaryradio|2|year=2004|week=45|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|5|year=2004|week=35|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Hungary"}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarydance|3|year=2004|week=36|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland3|1|artist=O-Zone|rowheader=true|access-date=20 January 2021|refname="Ireland"}}
|-
{{single chart|Italy|17|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Italy"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japan ([[Oricon Singles Chart|Oricon]])<ref name="Japan">{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/347987/products/release/|title=Ｏ－ＺＯＮＥのCD・DVDリリース情報|trans-title=O-Zone CD/DVD release information|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archivedate=25 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825094706/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/347987/products/release/}}</ref>
| 72
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=2004|week=30|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Netherlands"}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Norway"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Poland ([[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Chart]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_33_2004.html|title=Polish Airplay Charts – Lista krajowa 33/2004|publisher=PiF PaF Production|language=pl|access-date=8 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026105947/http://www.pifpaf.com.pl/airplay/lista_33_2004.html|archive-date=26 October 2007|url-status=dead|trans-title=Polish Airplay Charts – National charts 33/2004}}</ref>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]])<ref name="Romania">{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10085.html|title=Arhivă Romanian Top 100 – Ediția 34|publisher=[[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514165753/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10085.html|archive-date=14 May 2005|url-status=dead|date=1 September 2003|trans-title=Romanian Top 100 archive – Edition 34}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20040430-20040506|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart|date=6 May 2004|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=24 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424141117/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20040430-20040506|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 72
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref name="Russia">{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20040618-20040624|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart|date=24 June 2004|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=24 April 2024|archive-date=24 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424140814/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20040618-20040624|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}''
| 31
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref name="DJ Ross Tophit"/><br />''{{small|DJ Ross Radio Remix}}''
| 116
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20040619|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Scotland"}}
|-
{{single chart|Spain|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Spain"}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|3|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Sweden"}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=O-Zone|song=Dragostea din teï|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="Switzerland"}}
|-
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|3|artist=O-Zone|artistid=10776|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2024|refname="UK"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref name="Unu Tophit"/><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}''
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref name="DJ Ross Tophit"/><br />''{{small|DJ Ross Radio Remix}}''
| 68
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Dan Balan US history"/><br />''{{small|Lucas Prata version}}''
| 16
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Digital Songs|Digital Songs Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Dan Balan US history">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dan-balan/chart-history/hds/|title=Dan Balan Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117154056/https://www.billboard.com/artist/dan-balan/chart-history/hds/|archivedate=17 November 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />''{{small|Lucas Prata version}}''
| 69
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Dance/Mix Show Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Dan Balan US history"/><br />''{{small|Lucas Prata version}}''
| 14
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Pop 100]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="Pop 100">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA61 |title=Billboard Pop 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=117 |issue=11 |date=12 March 2005 |page=61 |issn=0006-2510 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=27 June 2024 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923125405/https://books.google.com/books?id=sBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><br />''{{small|Lucas Prata version}}''
| 72
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2017 weekly chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)<ref name="CIS O-Zone"/>
| 103
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2024 weekly chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
!scope="col"|Chart (2024)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Moldova Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/md/weekly/20241101-20241107|title=Top Radio Hits Moldova Weekly Chart|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=13 November 2024|date=7 November 2024|archive-date=10 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110150114/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/md/weekly/20241101-20241107|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 85
|-
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2003 year-end chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rt100.ro:80/topul-anului-2003.html|title=Topul anului 2003|trans-title=Year-End Chart 2003|publisher=[[Romanian record charts|Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050319004259/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-2003.html|archive-date=19 March 2005|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 12
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2004 year-end chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref name="Austria2004">{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2004|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2004|trans-title=Year-End Singles Chart 2004|publisher=[[Ö3 Austria Top 40]]|language=de|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728174139/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref name="Flanders2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2004&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 2004 – Singles|trans-title=Year-End Chart 2004 – Singles|language=nl|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=6 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006230559/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2004&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 7
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref name="Wallonia2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2004&cat=s|title=Rapports Annuels 2004 – Singles|trans-title=Year-End Chart 2004 – Singles|language=fr|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=7 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107070639/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2004&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| CIS (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/yearly/2004-01-01/all/all|title=Radio – Top Year-End Hits|publisher=[[Tophit]] |access-date=2 July 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810203002/https://tophit.ru/en/chart/airplay/yearly/2004-01-01/all/all|archive-date=10 August 2019}}</ref><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}'' 
| 73
|-
! scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref name="Eurochart year end">{{cite magazine |author=Sexton, Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1421388/norahs-home-tops-year-end-european-chart |title=Norah's 'Home' Tops Year-End European Chart |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=3 January 2005 |access-date=2 July 2024 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101034406/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1421388/norahs-home-tops-year-end-european-chart |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref name="France2004">{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2004|title=Tops de L'Année {{!}} Top Singles – 2004|trans-title=Year-End Charts {{!}} Top Singles – 2004|language=fr|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=10 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710142107/http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Germany (GfK)<ref name="Germany2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2004|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 2004|trans-title=Top 100 Single Year-End Chart – 2004|language=de|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=5 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605180151/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2004|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2004|trans-title=Rádiós Top 100 – Audience Data – 2004|language=hu|publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603160136/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 48
|-
! scope="row"| Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irma.ie/best2004.htm |title=Best of 2004 – Top 20 Singles |publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association]] |access-date=2 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219064938/http://www.irma.ie/best2004.htm|archive-date=19 December 2008}} ''Note: Select "best of 2004''</ref>
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref name="Dutch40-2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2004|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2004|trans-title=Top 100 Year-End Chart for 2004|language=nl|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015123534/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref name="Dutch100-2004">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2004&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2004|trans-title=Year-End Charts – Single 2004|language=nl|publisher=[[Dutch Single Top 100]]|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701014540/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2004&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Russia Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2004|title=Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart – 2004|publisher=[[TopHit]]|archive-date=23 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423175500/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2004|url-status=live|accessdate=2 July 2024}}</ref><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}''
| 188
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref name="Sweden2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2004&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2004|trans-title=Singles Year-End Chart – Year 2004|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407010251/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2004&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 15
|-
! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref name="Switzerland2004">{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2004|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2004|trans-title=Swiss Year-End Chart 2004|publisher=[[Swiss Hitparade]]|language=de|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=28 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150228153804/http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2004.pdf |title=Year-End Chart 2004 |accessdate=2 July 2024 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |archive-date=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331160914/http://ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2004.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 28
|-
! scope="row"| Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2004|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart – 2004|publisher=[[TopHit]]|accessdate=4 July 2024|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920084314/https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2004|url-status=live}}</ref><br />''{{small|Unu' in the Dub Mix}}''
| 26
|-
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+2000–2009 decade-end chart performance for "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2000–2009)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref name="Austria decade">{{cite web |url=https://ifpi.at/website2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ifpi-marktbericht-2010.pdf|title=Österreichischer Musikmarkt 2010 – Erstmals veröffentlicht: die meistverkauften Alben und Songs der Jahre 2000-2010 |publisher=[[IFPI Austria]] |language=de |page=14 |trans-title=Austrian Music Market 2010 – Released for the first time: the best-selling albums and songs of the years 2000-2010|access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref>
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| Germany (GfK)<ref name="Germany decade">{{cite web |url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |title=Die ultimative Chart Show – Hits des neuen Jahrtausends|trans-title=The Ultimative Chart Show – Hits of the New Century |language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|via=[[RTL (German TV channel)|RTL]]|access-date=2 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125035951/http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |archive-date=25 November 2010}}</ref>
| 3
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009|publisher=[[Dutch Single Top 100]]|language=nl|access-date=2 July 2024|archive-date=14 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814001533/https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|url-status=live}}</ref>
|12
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Dragostea din tei"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2004|relmonth=4|certyear=2004|date=13 July 2004|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=4 July 2024|refname="Belgium cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-september|title=Gold og platin i september|trans-title=Gold and platinum in September|publisher=[[IFPI Denmark]]|date=14 October 2004|access-date=4 July 2024|language=Danish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303031051/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content%2Fguld-og-platin-i-september|archive-date=3 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Diamond|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|salesamount=1,170,000|salesref=<ref name="France sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du 21ème siècle : le récap !|trans-title=Top 100 best-selling singles of the 21st century: the recap!|publisher=[[Puremédias|Charts in France]]|access-date=4 July 2024|language=fr|date=20 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210120626/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93671.html|archive-date=10 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>|access-date=4 July 2024|refname="France cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|access-date=4 July 2024|refname="Germany cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Gold|id=13295|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|access-date=13 October 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|artist=オゾン|title=恋のマイアヒ|award=Million|number=4|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2006|certmonth=8|digital=true|note=Ringtone|certref=<ref name="Japan cert">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w060920_3.html|title=Japanese single certifications – オゾン – 恋のマイアヒ|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812093549/https://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/chart/w060920_3.html|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|artist=オゾン|title=恋のマイアヒ|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|certmonth=8|digital=true|note=Full-length ringtone|certref=<ref name="Japan cert"/>|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|artist=オゾン|title=恋のマイアヒ|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|certmonth=8|digital=true|note=PC download|certref=<ref name="Japan cert"/>|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=O Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Romania|nocert=true|salesamount=250,000|salesref=<ref name="jurnalul eu"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|date=2 September 2004|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=O-Zone|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|certmonth=2|id=11341-3417-1|access-date=4 July 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=O-Zone|title=Mai Ai Hee|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|digital=true|date=25 August 2005|access-date=4 July 2024|refname="US cert"}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=12,000,000|salesref=<ref name="allmusic bio"/><ref name="Adevarul sales"/>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable"
|+Release dates for "Dragostea din tei"
!Region
!Date
!Format
!Label
!Version
!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Romania
|{{abbr|cca.|circa}} July 2003
|{{N/A|Unknown}}
|Media Services
|rowspan="19"|{{center|Original}}
|{{center|<ref name="libertatea cazuti"/><ref name="billboard tops"/>}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|{{center|2003}}
|rowspan="3"|CD single
|rowspan="1"|[[Cat Music|Cat]]
|{{center|<ref name="Romania CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2003|publisher=[[Cat Music]]|id=6420565000286}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|[[Geographical distribution of German speakers#German-speaking Europe|DACH]]
|rowspan="2"|{{center|2004}}
|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
|{{center|<ref name="DACH CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=0602498675885}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe
|{{hlist|[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]|Universal}}
|{{center|<ref name="Europe CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=0602498668726}}</ref><ref name="Europe CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]|id=828766204421}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|France
|14 April 2004
|colspan="2" {{N/A|Unknown}}
|{{center|<ref name="jurnalul eu"/>}}
|-
|rowspan="11"|{{center|2004}}
|CD single
|rowspan="2"|Universal
|{{center|<ref name="France CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=3259119298502}}</ref><ref name="France CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=3259119298489}}</ref>}}
|-
|[[Twelve-inch single|12-inch single]]
|{{center|<ref name="France vinyl1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=3259119298540}}</ref><ref name="France vinyl2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=3259119298496}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Germany
|rowspan="1"|CD single
|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]]|Universal}}
|{{center|<ref name="Germany CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Polydor Records]]|id=0602498664803}}</ref>}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Mini CD]]
|{{center|<ref name="Germany CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Universal Music Group]]|id=060249866840(5)}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Italy
|rowspan="1"|CD single
|rowspan="2"|[[Time Records|Time]]
|{{center|<ref name="Italy CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Time Records]]|id=5099767478127}}</ref>}}
|-
|12-inch single
|{{center|<ref name="Italy vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Time Records]]|id=8019991004654}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Mexico
|rowspan="3"|CD single
|[[Musart Records|Musart]]
|{{center|<ref name="Mexico CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Musart Records]]|id=7509985332807}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands
|BMG
|{{center|<ref name="Netherlands CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]|id=828766195026}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Spain
|rowspan="2"|[[Vale Music|Vale]]
|{{center|<ref name="Spain CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Vale Music]]|id=VLCDMX 1620-4}}</ref>}}
|-
|12-inch single
|{{center|<ref name="Spain vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Vale Music]]|id=8435098162033}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden
|rowspan="1|CD single
|[[Cosmos Music Group|Bonnier]]
|{{center|<ref name="Sweden CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Cosmos Music Group|Bonnier Music]]|id=733233441812}}</ref><ref name="Sweden CD3">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Cosmos Music Group|Bonnier Music]]|id=7332334411829}}</ref><ref name="Sweden CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Cosmos Music Group|Bonnier Music]]|id=7332334412222}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|United Kingdom
|24 May 2004
|colspan="2" {{N/A|Unknown}}
|{{center|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1052664.html|title=Romania/Moldova: O-Zone Breathes Fresh Air Into European Pop Music Scene|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|accessdate=20 November 2024|date=6 May 2004|archive-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814180125/https://www.rferl.org/a/1052664.html|author=Tomiuc, Eugen}}</ref>}}
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{center|2004}}
|rowspan="1|CD single
|Time
|{{center|<ref name="UK CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Time Records]]|id=828766184129}}</ref><ref name="UK CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din teï|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Time Records]]|id=828766184020}}</ref>}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|12-inch single
|[[Jive Records|Jive]]
|{{center|<ref name="UK vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Jive Records]]|id=828766184013}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States
|[[Ultra Records|Ultra]]
|{{center|Lucas Prata version}}
|{{center|<ref name="music picks"/><ref name="US vinyl1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei (Ma Ya Hi)|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Ultra Records]]|id=617465124266}}</ref><ref name="US vinyl2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei (Ma Ya Hi)|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Ultra Records]]|id=617465122466}}</ref>}}
|-
|22 June 2004
|rowspan="2"|Digital download
|Media Services
|{{center|Original}}
|{{center|<ref name="US mai ai hee">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/mai-ai-hee-dragostea-din-tei-single/15158940|title=Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea din tei) – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817052423/https://music.apple.com/us/album/mai-ai-hee-dragostea-din-tei-single/15158940|archive-date=17 August 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|-
|30 November 2004
|Time
|{{center|Remix [[Extended play|EP]] {{abbr|incl.|including}}<br>Lucas Prata version}}
|{{center|<ref name="US remix EP">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/ma-ya-hi-dragostea-din-tei-english-mixes-ep/34103233|title=Ma Ya Hi (Dragostea din tei) [English Mixes] – EP|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620220238/https://music.apple.com/us/album/ma-ya-hi-dragostea-din-tei-english-mixes-ep/34103233|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Japan
|{{center|2005}}
|CD single
|[[Avex Trax]]
|rowspan="2"|{{center|Original}}
|{{center|<ref name="Japan CD">{{cite AV media notes|script-title=ja:恋のマイアヒ (Koi no maiahi)|type=CD liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2005|publisher=[[Avex Trax]]|id=4988064307784}}</ref>}}
|-
|{{center|2006}}
|12-inch single
|[[Avex Inc.|Rhythm Republic]]
|{{center|<ref name="Japan vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|script-title=ja:恋のマイアヒ (Koi no maiahi)|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[O-Zone]]|year=2006|publisher=[[Avex Inc.|Rhythm Republic]]|id=RR12-88480}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Various
|{{N/A|Unknown}}
|rowspan="1"|Digital download
|Cat
|{{center|[[Remix album]]}}
|{{center|<ref name="remix album">Citations regarding the release of the remix album in various countries:
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|title=Dragostea din tei (Remixes) – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=20 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620220240/https://music.apple.com/us/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|title=Dragostea din tei (Remixes) – Album|publisher=Apple Music (GB)|access-date=21 June 2024|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082258/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|title=Dragostea din tei (Remixes) – Album|publisher=Apple Music (DE)|access-date=21 June 2024|language=German|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621212846/https://music.apple.com/de/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/jp/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|title=Dragostea din tei (Remixes) – Album|publisher=Apple Music (JP)|access-date=21 June 2024|language=Japanese|archive-date=21 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621212841/https://music.apple.com/jp/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ro/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|title=Dragostea din tei (Remixes) – Album|publisher=Apple Music (RO)|access-date=21 June 2024|language=Romanian|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920082319/https://music.apple.com/ro/album/dragostea-din-tei-remixes/1662362206|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|-
|}

==Haiducii version==
{{Infobox song
| name          = Dragostea din tei
| cover         = Dragostea_din_tei.jpg
| caption       = Cover for the Belgian and Dutch physical release.<ref name="H Belgium CD"/><ref name="H Netherlands CD"/>
| type          = single
| language      = Romanian
| studio        = MM Studio
| artist        = [[Haiducii]]
| album         = Paula Mitrache in Haiducii
| released      = December 2003<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/>
| length        = 3:35
| genre         = [[Electronic dance music|Dance]]<ref name="rivista essay"/>
| label         = Universo<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/>
| writer        = Balan
| producer      = Max Minoia
| next_title    = Nara Nara Na Na (Mne s Toboy Horosho)
| next_year     = 2004
| misc          =
{{External music video|{{YouTube|MhuTaD-B4qs|"Dragostea din tei"}}}}
}}

===Background and composition===
Italy-based Romanian singer Paula Monica Mitrache recorded a cover of "Dragostea din tei" after having been advised to do so by her label Universo,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-externe/europa/solista-de-la-haiducii-va-primi-cetatenie-1013960.html|title=Solista de la Haiducii va primi cetăţenie italiană|trans-title=The Haiducii lead singer will receive the Italian citizenship|language=Romanian|date=16 September 2009|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=9 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809121311/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-externe/europa/solista-de-la-haiducii-va-primi-cetatenie-1013960.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="blog">{{cite news|url=https://www.soundsblog.it/post/haiducii-2016-dragostea-din-tei-che-fine-ha-fatto-intervista|title=Haiducii (Paula Mitrache) a Blogo: "Dicono che sono una meteora? Resto pur sempre una stella"|language=Italian|trans-title=Haiducii (Paula Mitrache) to the Blog: "They say I am a shooting star? I am still a star"|publisher=Soundsblog|author=Pasqui, Giulio|date=16 August 2016|accessdate=10 October 2024|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829144020/https://www.soundsblog.it/post/haiducii-2016-dragostea-din-tei-che-fine-ha-fatto-intervista|url-status=live}}</ref> although she had initially opposed to the idea.<ref name="tgcom24">{{cite news|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/caffellatte-haiducii-dragostea-nuova-versione_66545959-202302k.shtml|title=Caffellatte e Haiducii rilanciano 'Dragostea din tei' in una versione 'Troppo chic'|trans-title=Caffellatte and Haiducii re-release 'Dragostea din tei' as 'Troppo chic'|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=28 July 2023|publisher=[[TgCom24]]|author=Longoni, Massimo|archive-date=30 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630105238/https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/spettacolo/caffellatte-haiducii-dragostea-nuova-versione_66545959-202302k.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Her stage name, Haiducii, was inspired by the mention of hajduks in the song.<ref name="blog"/> The cover was produced and [[Mixing engineer|mixed]] by Max Minoia at MM Studio in [[Rome]], Italy,<ref name="H Sweden CD1"/> and features uncredited vocals by Italian singer Vittorio Centrone, who notably provides the "Ma-ia-hii, Ma-ia-huu, Ma-ia-hoo, Ma-ia-haha" sequence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/02/19/news/era_la_voce_maschile_della_super-hit_di_haiducii_del_2004_il_pugliese_vittorio_centrone_a_sopresa_in_gara_a_the_voice_senior-422164072/|title=Era la voce maschile della super-hit di Haiducii del 2004, il pugliese Vittorio Centrone a sorpresa in gara a The Voice senior|language=Italian|trans-title=He was the male voice of Haiducii's super-hit of 2004. The Apulian Vittorio Centrone surprisingly competing in The Voice senior|work=[[la Repubblica]]|author=Puricella, Anna|date=19 February 2024|accessdate=14 October 2024|archive-date=19 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219165310/https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/02/19/news/era_la_voce_maschile_della_super-hit_di_haiducii_del_2004_il_pugliese_vittorio_centrone_a_sopresa_in_gara_a_the_voice_senior-422164072/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="centrone">{{cite news|url=https://www.baritoday.it/social/vittorio-centrone-lemuri-the-voice-senior.html|title=The Voice Senior, il molfettese Vittorio Centrone scelto dai 4 coach|trans-title=The Voice Senior, Vittorio Centrone from Molfetta chosen by the 4 coaches|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=17 February 2024|publisher=Bari Today|archive-date=17 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217132204/https://www.baritoday.it/social/vittorio-centrone-lemuri-the-voice-senior.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This [[Electronic dance music|dance]] version was reframed as a conversation between a man and a woman, which Francesco Gerardi of ''Rivista Studio'' likened to "{{Interlanguage link|Che scherzo mi fai/Buonasera dottore|lt=Buonasera dottore|it|Che scherzo mi fai/Buonasera dottore}}" (1974) by Italian singer [[Claudia Mori]].<ref name="rivista essay"/><ref name="rivista"/>

===Release===
"Dragostea din tei" was serviced as Haiducii's debut single in December 2003 in Italy by Universo.<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/> It was physically released in various countries throughout 2004, including in France,<ref name="H France CD"/> Germany,<ref name="Haiducii CD Ger/SWI"/> Italy,<ref name="H Italy CD"/> Netherlands,<ref name="H Netherlands CD"/> Spain and the United States.<ref name="H Spain CD"/><ref name="H US CD"/> The CDs and vinyls all included a remix produced by Italian DJ and group [[Eiffel 65]] member [[Gabry Ponte]].<ref name="H Italy CD"/><ref name="H Italy vinyl"/> A remix [[Extended play|EP]] was made available for digital download on 3 August 2004 in various countries.<ref name="Haiducii remix EP"/> In 2005, a CD was released in Taiwan by Avex Trax under the title of {{lang|zh|"嘜阿喜"}} ("Mai A Hi"), featuring cartoon characters on its cover that were used to promote the song in the region.<ref name="H Taiwan CD"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.avex.com.tw/maiahi/history01.asp|title=Mai Ai Hi Official Website|publisher=[[Avex Taiwan]]|language=Chinese|accessdate=13 August 2024|archive-date=11 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611145522/http://www.avex.com.tw/maiahi/history01.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> "Dragostea din tei" was eventually included on Haiducii's sole studio album, ''Paula Mitrache in Haiducii'' (2008).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibs.it/album/k8027851012381/haiducii-1/paula-mitrache-haiducii.html|title=Haiducii – Paula Mitrache in Haiducii (album MP3)|language=Italian|publisher={{Interlanguage link|Internet Bookshop Italia|lt=Internet Bookshop Italia|it|IBS.it}}|accessdate=27 July 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012649/http://www.ibs.it/album/k8027851012381/haiducii-1/paula-mitrache-haiducii.html|archivedate=5 March 2016}}</ref> A remix, titled "Dragostea din tei 2k13", was released in 2012, featuring the contribution of Eiffel 65 lead vocalist [[Jeffrey Jey]] alongside Ponte.<ref name="2k13"/> On 11 August 2023, Haiducii issued a solo [[Re-recording (music)|re-recording]] of the song for its 20th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/0VVOXaXH1IlMEwSbkwvHos|title=Dragostea din tei – Single by Haiducii|publisher=[[Spotify]]|access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.paeseroma.it/intrattenimento/2023/08/10/haiducii-presenta-la-nuova-versione-solista-di-dragostea-din-tei-matura-ed-energica/|title=Haiducii presenta la nuova versione solista di Dragostea din tei: 'Matura ed energica'|trans-title=Haiducii releases the new solo version of Dragostea din tei: 'Mature and energetic'|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=10 August 2023|publisher=Paese Roma|author=Giampetruzzi, Domenico|archive-date=1 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301175150/https://www.paeseroma.it/intrattenimento/2023/08/10/haiducii-presenta-la-nuova-versione-solista-di-dragostea-din-tei-matura-ed-energica/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Commercial performance===
[[File:Gabry Ponte @ Troppifiky Bellaria.jpg|thumb|upright=1|right|A remix produced by Italian DJ [[Gabry Ponte]] significantly aided the song's performance on the Italian charts.<ref name="abendblatt"/><ref name="haiducii laut"/>]]
In several territories, Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei" impacted the charts before O-Zone's original, including in Germany,<ref name="Germany"/><ref name="Germany H"/> Italy,<ref name="Italy"/><ref name="Italy H"/> Spain,<ref name="Spain"/><ref name="Spain H"/> and France.<ref name="France"/><ref name="France H"/> It debuted atop the Italian singles chart in January 2004 with 200,000 copies sold, outpeaking the original.<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/><ref name="Italy"/><ref name="Italy H"/> Significantly aided by the Gabry Ponte remix,<ref name="abendblatt"/><ref name="haiducii laut">{{cite news|url=https://www.laut.de/Haiducii|title=Haiducii|language=German|accessdate=13 August 2024|publisher=[[laut.de]]|archive-date=30 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630173415/https://www.laut.de/haiducii|url-status=live}}</ref> the song claimed the top position for a total of six weeks and remained within the top 10 for over four months.<ref name="Italy"/> In March 2004, Haiducii's version debuted and peaked at number four in Spain,<ref name="Spain H"/> following which she reached numbers one and two in Austria and France, respectively, in April.<ref name="France H"/><ref name="Austria H"/> The track also reached number two in [[Wallonia]] in May 2004, being held from number one by the original.<ref name="Wallonia"/><ref name="Wallonia H"/>

In June 2004, the cover peaked at number two in Germany—behind by the original—and Switzerland,<ref name="Germany H"/><ref name="Switzerland H"/> as well as number four in Norway and number six in [[Flanders]].<ref name="Norway H"/><ref name="Flanders"/> Throughout July, it ranked behind O-Zone's original at number two on the European Hot 100 Singles chart,<ref name="European Hot 100"/> while also peaking at numbers four, five and seven in the Netherlands, Denmark and Hungary, respectively.<ref name="Netherlands H"/><ref name="Hungary H"/><ref name="Denmark H"/> In Sweden, Haiducii topped the chart in August, outcharting the original.<ref name="Sweden"/><ref name="Sweden H"/> It held the top spot for five consecutive weeks and spent five months in the top ten.<ref name="Sweden H"/> For the year of 2004, Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei" ended within the top 10 of the best-performing singles in Austria,<ref name="Austria2004"/> Germany,<ref name="Germany2004"/> Italy,<ref name="Italy2004"/> Sweden,<ref name="Sweden2004"/> Switzerland,<ref name="Switzerland2004"/> as well as on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.<ref name="Eurochart year end"/> It was further awarded gold certifications in Austria,<ref name="Austria H cert"/> Belgium,<ref name="Belgium H cert"/> France,<ref name="France H cert"/> Sweden and Switzerland.<ref name="Sweden H cert"/><ref name="Switzerland H cert"/> As of February 2021, the song has sold one million copies in Europe.<ref name="ilfatto">{{cite news|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/02/04/dragostea-din-tei-nu-ma-nu-ma-iei-diventa-presto-presto-parliamo-di-gesu-la-svolta-cristiana-di-haiducii/6090064/|title=Dragostea din tei, 'nu ma, nu ma iei' diventa 'presto presto, parliamo di Gesù': la svolta cristiana di Haiducii|trans-title=Dragostea din tei, 'nu ma, nu ma iei' becomes 'quickly, quickly, let's talk about Jesus': Haiducii's Christian turning point|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=4 February 2021|work=[[il Fatto Quotidiano]]|author=Pasqui, Giulio|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224015606/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/02/04/dragostea-din-tei-nu-ma-nu-ma-iei-diventa-presto-presto-parliamo-di-gesu-la-svolta-cristiana-di-haiducii/6090064/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Promotion===
An accompanying music video was released in 2004 at the latest.<ref name="H Germany CD2"/> It opens with a man entering a hotel room and throwing himself on the bed. He then proceeds to walk through the room and the hallway of the hotel seemingly confused and in search of something. Haiducii, meanwhile sitting in another room, is watching him on a TV that shows the footage of a surveillance camera. The man ultimately finds a hidden camera and walks to Haiducii's room, which is now empty. He watches the footage on the aforementioned TV, which now depicts her leaving through the hallway in a red fur outfit. The video often has its screen [[Split screen (video production)|split]] in four, and includes interspersed shots of Haiducii dancing to the song wearing different dresses.

For further promotion, Haiducii performed the song as a musical guest at the Italian [[Sanremo Music Festival 2004]] on 4 March 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/de-la-vip-uri-adunate-71889.html|title=De la VIP-uri adunate|trans-title=On VIPs|language=Romanian|date=6 March 2004|accessdate=3 September 2024|author=Horațiu, Tudor|work=[[Jurnalul]]|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812075437/https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/de-la-vip-uri-adunate-71889.html|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as on the local version of ''Top of the Pops''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UAWuSEtEVc|title=Haiducii – Dragostea din tei (Live at Top of the Pops)|date=30 May 2013|accessdate=11 November 2024|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> She also sang "Dragostea din tei" in Germany on ''[[VIVA Germany|Interaktiv]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpgsSeb_D64|title=Haiducii – Dragostea din tei (Live on Interaktiv)|date=17 May 2019|accessdate=11 November 2024|publisher=YouTube}}</ref> as well as in France on ''{{ill|La Chanson de l'année|fr}}''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctFk8Wu3OWo|title=Haiducii – Dragostea din tei (Live on La Chanson de l'année)|date=8 May 2023|accessdate=11 November 2024|publisher=YouTube|archive-date=29 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829144041/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctFk8Wu3OWo&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, she appeared on ''{{ill|Die ultimative Chartshow|de}}'' in Germany.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwnXhKxjV0|title=Haiducii – Dragostea din tei (Live on Die ultimative Chartshow)|date=3 January 2020|accessdate=11 November 2024|publisher=YouTube|archive-date=18 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518132448/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwnXhKxjV0&list=RDMGwnXhKxjV0&start_radio=1&rv=MGwnXhKxjV0|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2023, she performed on ''[[ZDF-Fernsehgarten]]'' in the same region on 7 May, as well as on ''{{Interlanguage link|Arena Suzuki|lt=Dai 60 ai 2000|it|Arena Suzuki}}'' in Italy on 27 September.<ref name="mr frog">{{cite news|url=https://www.paeseroma.it/attualita/2023/11/06/haiducii-dual-beat-e-mr-frog-trasformano-dragostea-din-tei-in-chiave-future-rave/|title=Haiducii, Dual Beat e Mr Frog trasformano 'Dragostea din tei' in chiave future rave|trans-title=Haiducii, Dual Beat and Mr Frog transform 'Dragostea din tei' in future rave|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=6 November 2023|author=Giampetruzzi, Domenico|publisher=Paese Roma}}</ref> Haiducii further made an appearance during Centrone's audition on the Italian version of ''[[The Voice Senior (German TV series)|The Voice Senior]]'' in 2024 to sing the song with him.<ref name="centrone"/>

===Dispute over legality and impact on the original version===
In February 2004, Balan claimed that, although he had been credited as a songwriter, Haiducii's cover was released without his permission. He threatened to sue Haiducii and Universo if they would not pull back her version. According to Balan, they had relied on an Italian law which they alleged allowed the release of covers. However, he concluded that such a law did not exist and would not apply to Haiducii, a Romanian citizen, as well as not to "Dragostea din tei", which had been recorded in Romania first.<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit">{{cite news|url=https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/scandalul-dragostea-din-tei-72374.html|title=Scandalul 'Dragostea din tei'|trans-title=The 'Dragostea din tei' scandal|language=Romanian|date=26 February 2004|accessdate=3 September 2024|author=Horațiu, Tudor|work=[[Jurnalul]]|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812075436/https://jurnalul.ro/timp-liber/monden/scandalul-dragostea-din-tei-72374.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gerardi of ''Rivista Studio'' wrote that Haiducii "didn't even ask permission" for her cover, but concluded that this was "a practice that was still legal at that time".<ref name="rivista"/> In a 2016 interview, Haiducii said that no legal action had been taken against her cover.<ref name="blog"/>

Multiple observers argued that Haiducii's cover was a key factor in bringing international attention to the original version.<ref name="siebenbuerger">{{cite news|url=https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/alteartikel/3246-o_zone-dragostea-din-tei.html#google_vignette|title=O-Zone 'Dragostea din tei': Rumänischer Hit erobert Europa|trans-title=O-Zone 'Dragostea din tei': Romanian hit conquers Europe|language=German|work=[[Association of Transylvanian Saxons in Germany|Siebenbürgische Zeitung]]|date=16 June 2004|accessdate=19 September 2024|author=Schuster, Thomas|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812113307/https://www.siebenbuerger.de/zeitung/artikel/alteartikel/3246-o_zone-dragostea-din-tei.html#google_vignette|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/o-zone-numarul-unu-in-europa-729358.html|title=O-Zone – numarul unu in Europa|trans-title=O-Zone – number one in Europe|language=Romanian|date=25 June 2004|accessdate=14 August 2024|work=[[Adevărul]]|archive-date=20 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920084314/https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/societate/o-zone-numarul-unu-in-europa-729358.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mz">{{cite news|url=https://www.mz.de/panorama/verwirrung-in-der-hitparade-sangerkrieg-um-sommerhit-2885135|title=Verwirrung in der Hitparade: Sängerkrieg um Sommerhit|trans-title=Confusion in the charts: singer war surrounding the summer hit|language=German|work=[[Mitteldeutsche Zeitung]]|date=16 June 2004|accessdate=19 September 2024|author=Könau, Steffen|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812113308/https://www.mz.de/panorama/verwirrung-in-der-hitparade-sangerkrieg-um-sommerhit-2885135|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Rivista Studio''{{'s}} Gerardi wrote: "[In 2003, 'Dragostea din tei' by O-Zone] had achieved a fair amount of success in Romania and Moldova, only to then be forgotten along with many of the things that happen in the summer. But [...] Universo [...] did not miss the commercial potential of the song. [...] [After Haiducii's success, Balan] called all the people he knew in the music industry to find one who would reissue [the original] 'Dragostea din tei' and give the single global distribution".<ref name="rivista">{{cite news|url=https://www.rivistastudio.com/dragostea-din-tei/|title=L'estate in cui tutti cantavamo in rumeno|trans-title=The summer when we all sang in Romanian|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=19 August 2022|work={{ill|Rivista Studio|it}}|author=Gerardi, Francesco|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519085257/https://www.rivistastudio.com/dragostea-din-tei/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to media reports, Haiducii's success was also the reason why O-Zone postponed their intended disbandment in December 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/se-desparte-si-o-zone-98852|title=Se desparte si O-Zone?|trans-title=Are O-Zone breaking up too?|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=11 January 2005|accessdate=17 September 2024|author=Dobrescu, Petre|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523014115/https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/se-desparte-si-o-zone-98852|url-status=live}}</ref> Balan saw the coexistence of Haiducii's cover as an impediment in commercializing the original version internationally, since O-Zone "[had] to convince other labels [...] that the original song belong[ed] to [them]".<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/>

===Other usage===
A version of the song titled "Maya Hi, Maya Hu" credited to Swedish animated character [[Crazy Frog]] was released in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-crazy-hits/1369886424|title=Best of Crazy Hits – Album|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (US)|access-date=4 November 2024|archive-date=9 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709205954/https://music.apple.com/us/album/best-of-crazy-hits/1369886424|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Haiducii and Catholic pastor Don Allessandrou Cosu published "Parliamo di Gesú" ("Let's Talk About Jesus") on YouTube,<ref name="ilfatto"/> which is an alternate version of "Dragostea din tei" with rewritten religious lyrics.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/e-tornata-dragostea-din-tei-ma-ora-parla-di-gesu/549624/|title=È tornata 'Dragostea din tei', ma ora parla di Gesù|trans-title='Dragostea din tei' is back, but now it's about Jesus|language=Italian|accessdate=20 October 2024|date=4 February 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] Italia|archive-date=20 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220232920/https://www.rollingstone.it/musica/news-musica/e-tornata-dragostea-din-tei-ma-ora-parla-di-gesu/549624/|url-status=live}}</ref> The accompanying music video, which was filmed in a church, went viral on Italian social media in 2021.<ref name="ilfatto"/><ref name="libertatea jesus">{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/solista-paula-monica-mitrache-cea-care-a-amplificat-succesul-mondial-o-zone-a-dus-dragostea-din-tei-in-bisericile-catolice-italiene-2855057|title=Solista Paula Monica Mitrache, cea care a amplificat succesul mondial O-Zone, a dus 'Dragostea din tei' în bisericile catolice italiene|trans-title=The soloist Paula Monica Mitrache, who amplified the worldwide success of O-Zone, took 'Dragostea din tei' to Italian Catholic churches|language=Romanian|work=[[Libertatea]]|date=14 January 2020|accessdate=16 September 2024|author=Gheorghe, Florian|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812103430/https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/solista-paula-monica-mitrache-cea-care-a-amplificat-succesul-mondial-o-zone-a-dus-dragostea-din-tei-in-bisericile-catolice-italiene-2855057|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2023, Caffellatte and Haiducii released "Troppo Chic (Dragostea din tei)", which uses portions of "Dragostea din tei" that Haiducii re-recorded. She also took part in promotional endeavours for the song on television.<ref name="tgcom24"/><ref name="mr frog"/>

===Track listings===
{{col-begin}}
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*'''Austrian, Italian, Dutch, US and Taiwanese CD single,<br> and Swedish CD single 1'''<ref name="H Netherlands CD"/><ref name="H Sweden CD1"/><ref name="H Italy CD"/><ref name="H US CD"/><ref name="H Taiwan CD"/><ref name="H Austria CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. [[Gabry Ponte]] Radio Version) – 3:42
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Club Remix) – 6:22

*'''Belgian and French CD single'''<ref name="H Belgium CD"/><ref name="H France CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Radio Version) – 3:42
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Radio Remix) – 4:15

*'''French 12-inch single'''<ref name="H France vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Club Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35

*'''German CD single 1 and Swiss CD single'''<ref name="Haiducii CD Ger/SWI"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Radio Version) – 3:42
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Club Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Potatoheadz Club Mix) – 6:55
#"Spring" – 7:17

*'''German CD single 2'''<ref name="H Germany CD2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Friki Remix) – 5:17
#"Dragostea din tei" (Karaoke Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Music Video) – 3:35
#Kultvideo von DJ Friki – 2:21
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*'''Italian 12-inch single'''<ref name="H Italy vinyl"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Radio Version) – 3:42
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Club Remix) – 6:22
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Mix) – 3:35

*'''Spanish CD single'''<ref name="H Spain CD"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Radio Version) – 3:42
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Radio Remix) – 4:15
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Extended Version) – 6:31
#"Dragostea din tei" (DJ Ross 4 the Club Remix) – 6:22

*'''Sweden CD single 2'''<ref name="H Sweden CD2"/>
#"Dragostea din tei" (Original Version) – 3:35
#"Dragostea din tei" (Haiducii vs. Gabry Ponte Radio Version) – 3:42

*'''Other official digital versions'''{{efn|group=upper-alpha|This is a summary of all digital versions of the single that differ from those found on the CD releases.<ref name="2k13">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-2k13-feat-haiducii-jeffrey-jey-single/591337125|title=Dragostea din tei 2k13 – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (IT)|access-date=26 June 2024|language=Italian|archive-date=23 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923125512/https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-2k13-feat-haiducii-jeffrey-jey-single/591337125|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-single/1705268100|title=Dragostea din tei – Single|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (IT)|access-date=26 June 2024|language=Italian|archive-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625225751/https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-single/1705268100|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
#"Dragostea din tei 2k13" (Gabry Ponte featuring Haiducii and [[Jeffrey Jey]]) [Radio Edit] – 3:26
#"Dragostea din tei 2k13" (Gabry Ponte featuring Haiducii and Jeffrey Jey) [Extended] – 4:52
#"Dragostea din tei 2k13" (Gabry Ponte featuring Haiducii and Jeffrey Jey) [Alien Cut & Dino Brown Radio Remix] – 3:38
#"Dragostea din tei 2k13" (Gabry Ponte featuring Haiducii and Jeffrey Jey) [Alien Cut & Dino Brown Remix] – 5:46
#"Dragostea din tei" (with Dual Beat and Mr. Frog) [Future Rave Extended Mix] – 5:30
#"Dragostea din tei" (with Dual Beat and Mr. Frog) [Future Rave Radio Mix] – 3:18
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===Charts===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2004 weekly chart performance for Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Austria|1|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Austria H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Flanders H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Wallonia H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Denmark|7|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Denmark H"}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="European Hot 100"/>
| 2
|-
{{single chart|France|2|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="France H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|2|songid=6081|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Germany H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|5|year=2004|week=29|artist=Haiducii|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Hungary H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Hungarydance|1|year=2004|week=27|artist=Haiducii|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Italy|1|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Italy H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|year=2004|week=29|artist=Haiducii|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|4|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Netherlands H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|4|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Norway H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Spain|4|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Spain H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Sweden H"}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Haiducii|song=Dragostea din tei|rowheader=true|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Switzerland H"}}
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+2004 year-end chart performance for Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref name="Austria2004"/>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref name="Flanders2004"/>
| 14
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref name="Wallonia2004"/>
| 22
|-
! scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref name="Eurochart year end"/>
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref name="France2004"/>
| 39
|-
! scope="row"| Germany (GfK)<ref name="Germany2004"/>
| 9
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref name="Italy2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/Classifiche_TUTTE_2004.pdf|title=Top of the music – ACNielsen (Classifica annuale 2004)|trans-title=Top of the music – ACNielsen (Year-end chart 2004)|publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]]|language=it|access-date=7 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510005652/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/Classifiche_TUTTE_2004.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2006}}</ref>
| 3
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref name="Dutch40-2004"/>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref name="Dutch100-2004"/>
| 28
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref name="Sweden2004"/>
| 5
|-
! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref name="Switzerland2004"/>
| 9
|}

====Decade-end charts====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+2000–2009 decade-end chart performance for Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei"
! scope="col"| Chart (2000–2009)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref name="Austria decade"/>
| 77
|-
! scope="row"| Germany (GfK)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtl.de/cms/unterhaltung/tv-programm/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html |title=Die ultimative Chart Show – Hits des neuen Jahrtausends|trans-title=The Ultimative Chart Show – Hits of the New Century |language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts|GfK Entertainment]]|via=[[RTL (German TV channel)|RTL]]|access-date=7 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306051825/http://www.rtl.de/cms/sendungen/show/die-ultimative-chartshow/hits-neue-jahrtausend-download.html?limit=20&start=80 |archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
| 95
|}
{{col-end}}

===Certifications and sales===
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Haiducii|title=Dragostea Din Tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|date=7 June 2004|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Austria H cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Haiducii|title=Dragostea Din Tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|date=26 June 2004|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Belgium H cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Haiducci|title=Dragostea Din Tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="France H cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|nocert=true|salesamount=200,000|salesref=<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Haiducii|title=Dragostea Din Tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|date=11 August 2004|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Sweden H cert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Haiducii|title=Dragostea din tei|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|access-date=7 July 2024|refname="Switzerland H cert"}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|nocert=true|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref name="ilfatto"/>}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}

===Release history===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable"
|+Release dates for Haiducii's version of "Dragostea din tei"
!Region
!Date
!Format
!Label
!Version
!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy
|December 2003
|{{N/A|Unknown}}
|Universo
|rowspan="13"|{{center|Original}}
|{{center|<ref name="jurnalul lawsuit"/>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Austria
|rowspan="12"|{{center|2004}}
|rowspan="3"|CD single
|Edel
|{{center|<ref name="H Austria CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Edel Records|id=9004245500104}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium
|ARS Productions
|{{center|<ref name="H Belgium CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=ARS Productions|id=786574082757}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|France
|Universo
|{{center|<ref name="H France CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Universo|id=0828766137422}}</ref>}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|12-inch single
|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|Bertelsmann]]
|{{center|<ref name="H France vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Bertelsmann Music Group]]|id=0828766137415}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Germany
|rowspan="2"|CD single
|{{hlist|[[Ministry of Sound]]|Mach1}}
|{{center|<ref name="Haiducii CD Ger/SWI">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Ministry of Sound]]|id=4029758195734}}</ref><ref name="H Germany CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Mach1 Records|id=4029758567814}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="2"|Italy
|[[Sony Music|Sony]]
|{{center|<ref name="H Italy CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Sony Music]]|id=5099767467428}}</ref>}}
|-
|rowspan="1"|12-inch single
|[[Spy Records (Italy)|Spy]]
|{{center|<ref name="H Italy vinyl">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=12-inch single liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Spy Records (Italy)|Spy Records]]|id=8019991758748}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands
|rowspan="5"|CD single
|Digidance
|{{center|<ref name="H Netherlands CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Digidance|id=8714866574033}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain
|[[Blanco y Negro Records|Blanco y negro]]
|{{center|<ref name="H Spain CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Blanco y Negro Records]]|id=BNCD1423R}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden
|{{hlist|Media Services|[[EMI]]}}
|{{center|<ref name="H Sweden CD1">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei (Mai ai hii)|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Media Services. [[EMI]]|id=5050467390225}}</ref><ref name="H Sweden CD2">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei (Mai ai hii)|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Media Services. [[EMI]]|id=5050467390058}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland
|Ministry of Sound
|{{center|<ref name="Haiducii CD Ger/SWI"/>}}
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|Empire Musicwerks
|{{center|<ref name="H US CD">{{cite AV media notes|title=Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=Empire Musicwerks|id=654545063022}}</ref>}}
|-
!scope="row"|Various
|3 August 2004
|Digital download
|{{N/A|Unknown}}
|{{center|Remix EP}}
|{{center|<ref name="Haiducii remix EP">Citations regarding the release of the remix EP in various countries:
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-ep/295952430|title=Dragostea din tei – EP|publisher=[[Apple Music]] (IT)|access-date=22 June 2024|language=Italian|archive-date=23 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923125512/https://music.apple.com/it/album/dragostea-din-tei-ep/295952430|url-status=live}}
*{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/es/album/dragostea-din-tei-ep/295952430|title=Dragostea din tei – EP|publisher=Apple Music (ES)|access-date=22 June 2024|language=Spanish|archive-date=23 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923125518/https://music.apple.com/es/album/dragostea-din-tei-ep/295952430|url-status=live}}
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|Avex Trax
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|{{center|<ref name="H Taiwan CD">{{cite AV media notes|script-title=zh:嘜阿喜 (Mai A Hi) Dragostea din tei|type=CD liner notes|author=[[Haiducii]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Avex Trax]]|id=4719760018748}}</ref>}}
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==See also==
* [[List of music released by Moldovan artists that has charted in major music markets]]
* [[List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets]]
* [[List of best-selling singles in Japan]]
* [[List of best-selling singles by country]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:Songs written by Dan Balan]]
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[[Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies]]