Dog goes woof
Cat goes meow
Bird goes tweet
And mouse goes squeek
Cow goes moo
Frog goes croak
And the elephant goes toot
Ducks say quack
And fish go blub
And the seal goes ow, ow, ow
But there's one sound
That no one knows
What does the fox say?
Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding
What the fox say?
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow
What the fox say?
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho
What the fox say?
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
Joff-tchoffo-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
Joff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff
What the fox say?
Big blue eyes, pointy nose
Chasin' mice and diggin' holes
Tiny paws up the hill
Suddenly you're standing still
Your fur is red, so beautiful
Like an angel in disguise
But if you meet a friendly horse
Will you communicate by
Mo-o-o-o-orse?
Mo-o-o-o-orse?
Mo-o-o-o-orse?
How will you speak to that
Ho-o-o-o-orse?
Ho-o-o-o-orse?
Ho-o-o-o-orse?
What does the fox say?
Jacha-chacha-chacha-chow
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow
Chacha-chacha-chacha-chow
What the fox say?
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow
Fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow
What the fox say?
A-hee-ahee ha-hee
A-hee-ahee ha-hee
A-hee-ahee ha-hee
What the fox say?
A-oo-oo-oo-ooo
Woo-oo-oo-ooo
What does the fox say?
The secret of the fox
Ancient mystery
Somewhere deep in the woods
I know you're hiding
What is your sound?
Will we ever know?
Will always be a mystery?
What do you say?
You're my guardian angel
Hiding in the woods
What is your sound?
Wa-wa-way-do
Wub-wid-bid-dum-way-do
Wa-wa-way-do
Will we ever know?
Bay-budabud-dum-bam
I want to
Mama-dum-day-do
I want to
I want to know
Abay-ba-da bum-bum bay-dum
About This Song
"The Fox" is a brilliantly absurd novelty song that transforms a simple children's question into an existential meditation on the unknowable mysteries of life. What begins as an innocent catalog of animal sounds quickly spirals into surreal territory as the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis confronts the profound uncertainty of what sound a fox actually makes. The song's genius lies in its commitment to taking this ridiculous premise completely seriously, with increasingly frantic electronic production and nonsensical vocalizations that mirror our human tendency to fill gaps in knowledge with wild speculation. Beneath its playful surface, the track explores themes of curiosity, the limits of human understanding, and our compulsive need to categorize and explain the natural world. The driving EDM beat and escalating intensity create a sense of urgent quest for answers that will never come, while the made-up fox sounds become increasingly unhinged and desperate. Originally created as a promotional piece for Norwegian television, the song accidentally captured the internet's collective fascination with purposeful absurdity and became a viral phenomenon precisely because it embraced meaninglessness with such earnest conviction. Its success revealed how audiences craved content that was simultaneously sophisticated and completely ridiculous, offering a brief escape from the pressure to find deeper meaning in everything. The Fox remains a perfect encapsulation of early 2010s internet culture's love affair with the beautifully pointless.
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