The Meme Cemetery

We Are Number One2016–2018Number one, forever

We Are Number One

2016 — 2018

“Number one, forever”

Obituary

Born from a 2007 episode of LazyTown, We Are Number One became an anthem of defiance in 2016 when fans learned its performer, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, was fighting pancreatic cancer. The internet remixed the song into the ground and raised over a million dollars for his treatment. The meme died with him on August 21, 2018. It is the only meme in this cemetery that left with its dignity fully intact.

Born
2016
Died
2018
Cause of death
Died shortly after its hero did
Last sighting
A tribute remix, August 2018
Resting place
Section A, Row 1 — the honored plot
Category
audio