It began with this, discovered through an email that led from failblog to Engrishfunny:

This was not some ancient one-hit wonder, cruelly abused by Youtube. No, Dschinghis Khan had quite a success after Eurovision, and they’re still big in Japan. How big?

This big:

That’s Berryz Koubou, a Hello!Project group that gets more publicity than Morning Musume these days.

And, for those who were wondering, here’s the original group singing it in English:

And how could I forget to link to Girly Man?