MemeWatch: Feist’s 1 2 3 4

Feist’s 1 2 3 4 has been stuck in the Internet’s head for over a year now, but it wasn’t until just recently that it stood a chance of becoming the next big mash-up meme. How? It’s all because of Sesame Street, and a cover version sung by Amanda Palmer, lead singer of the Dresden Dolls: The original lyrics for 1 2 3 4’s chorus (”Oh, you’re changing your heart/Oh, you know who you are”) are a perfect part of a deceptively bouncy song about lost love — but don’t make it very open to reinterpr

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