Nyon Nyon by Jake Runestad

[@pietervanbriemen2411]

I like the part where she says nyon

[@JakeRunestad]

Favorite comment of the year. :)

[@mmgamer64_49]

😂😂😂

[@ValkyRiver]

@Jake Runestad Hey Jake Runestad, here's the international phonetic alphabet: [ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ...] [si mʌkə hu wen ja bə dubida] [uə p’ t’k’ ʔaʱ saʱ] [dum dum dum...] [we na na na na na na na na] [ɲa i u a] [wen wə wə nau wa nau wa wə nau wə nau] [wen wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wau wau wau ʔaʱ]

[@jacobjensen3172]

I like the se maka who part

[@divingdolphin5035]

@@jacobjensen3172 yeah thats my favorite part to sing and as an alto 1, i sing it a lot lol

[@rubychxrry]

Just heard members from my own choir practice with this. We couldn't stop laughing, it's one of my favourite pieces now. It's so unique.

[@demonjeans]

never thought I'd get so hype over a choir piece

[@blizzmcwaggs2091]

I didn't realize it was only a picture, until 2 minutes in... :(

[@desteddyeggroll]

Blake McKee lol that made me laugh!

[@roxanabeta8515]

I didn't realize until I saw your comment

[@kolbypappan9557]

Blake McKee it be like that

[@emileehanna9927]

Me to bro

[@HERIT4GE]

I'm singing this song rn in Chamber Choir...it's not an easy piece.

[@thatonewim]

Jonathan Myers I sang this in chamber too, and it was pretty easy imo. lots of energy, its a fun song

[@erichslife8319]

I’m about to as well

[@_mreyes]

My choir loves this song, we’re in Highschool and we’re gonna sing it

[@negative_cosinusoidal_function]

Same lol​@@_mreyes

[@pearl92391]

i’m singing it in my high school choir and we learned it in a day it’s really not that hard

[@vampirekeen]

when they were doing the zoo-WHOP parts I was like wow they're barely moving their mouths... then I realized I was satring at a picture

[@ECJ1776]

Hey Jake! You Skyped with my choir a while back so you could give your opinion on how we sang it and to give us some pointers. I am happy to say that we won state championship with this and two other songs. Thank you for producing great music and a song for us to sing to the winner spot!

[@JakeRunestad]

Congratulations!!!

[@xuly3129]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@xuly3129]

My house is singing this for house concerts in syd Conservatorium tomorrow

[@Emma-qx6wc]

Last year I had the honor of preforming this song along with please stay and let my love be heard with Jake conducting (he is a lovely man, and we wore the same out fit) and it was an amazing experience

[@JakeRunestad]

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[@MunchkinJax]

A choir at my school recently did this with a whole bunch of other choirs. It was beautiful to listen to and watch

[@madrimorgan]

after a while is sounds like they're saying "meow" instead of "nyon"

[@mercyfae3069]

That sounds like fun, though. XD

[@00SNIVY00]

More like Nyan to me, kind of a mix between the a and o vowel. Nyan is the Japanese version of meow.

[@troyboi7662]

Like nyon cat lol

[@BooTedesco]

"Nyon" is "Meow" in Japanese

[@ValkyRiver]

[ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ.../ [si mʌkə hu wen ja bə dubida] [uə p’ tɪkə ʔaʱ sa] [dum dum dum...] [we na na na na na na na na] [ɲa ɲi u a] [wen wə wə nau wa nau wa wə nau wə nau] [wen wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wau wau wau ʔaʱ]

[@BridgetRavens]

I'm singing this with the SATB All-State choir this year... I am almost too excited haha this is so good!!!!

[@JakeRunestad]

Have a blast, Bridget! Say hi to your choir for me!

[@aaronlarson7322]

I'm singing it for All-State in Idaho this year. Really excited(:

[@willmurphy9898]

Aaron Larson yo same

[@aaronlarson7322]

Will Murphy let's go 😎😎

[@JayClamb]

Me rn

[@NoahShiley]

I'm singing this on 2nd Bass, and it is fun!

[@OXGC413]

I sung it on 1st base at the 18 Michigan music conference! Good luck to you, this is a tough one, you got it!

[@NoahShiley]

@OXGC413 What's nice is that I play in band and jazz band, which gives me experience with tricky music. I also have perfect pitch, which makes my musical side easy.

[@OXGC413]

@@NoahShiley yeah, perfect rhythm is the lynchpin for this song, especially the stop claps. How did it go?

[@NoahShiley]

@OXGC413 My concert is this Thursday.

[@OXGC413]

@@NoahShiley sending luck🥂🔱

[@chloe-may-21]

We are singing this song in my Concert Choir for our March concert. The song is super fun!

[@Michael-nq9pf]

This song has been a hit in the US. In one year it was performed at the NAfME All-National Conference, NYSCAME All-County, AND NAfME All- Eastern Conference. DAUMMMMM RUNESTAD! You're good!

[@queenmadison2743]

I’m singing this now as a freshman, and it’s the best one to practice for, cuz the euphoric feeling you get from singing this song fills the room rapidly. And you can’t ignore it

[@NaviNeku24]

I remember doing singing this song for my freshman year in high school and I remember flipping out after singing it in the halls for the first time. The acoustics made it sound AMAZING!!! Now, being a senior, I was GUNNING for this to be the senior song (seniors got to choose a song for the spring concert), but with corona happening, the concert never got to happen. (Besides, this song wasn't the senior song that got picked.) :(

[@serennadavis9543]

sang alto 2 for this amazing piece my senior year in chamber ensemble!

[@wayne7181]

Serenna Davis what school did you go to?

[@serennadavis9543]

DeWayne Watson Coventry High School, Akron, Ohio

[@jaylajordan1685]

Serenna Davis Even though you'll probably won't see this, I just wanted to say I'm singing alto 2 my freshman year now. 😂

[@becketttt]

Hey, me too! I'm singing this as alto 2 as a freshman!

[@oddineyes]

I'm singing this as a senior lol can't wait to! It sounds like so much fun!

[@CeleritasAmoris]

My choir sung this at a church back in July of this year. It was the only piece that I found to have a lot of energy instead of just words on a page. I am a composer myself, and I love every soprano part.

[@erinreddy]

This recording is really stellar! I performed this with my choir and I wish I'd heard this beforehand.

[@TeddyLeitner]

This is the song that's making me love doing choir again. Thank you so much

[@grimibis1854]

I and a whole group of my peers sung that at the 2014 FSU Summer Music Camps this summer. It was our song of choice for the chorus elective in the Senior High Band Camp. This song was truly amazing and fun to do!

[@emma-zs8sl]

I performed this at a state workshop. Jake was awesome to work with. Love his work.

[@cadynduford1128]

Performed this piece in high school. Jake Runestad’s work just hits different.

[@SimplySolar360]

Ahh my choir is learning this right now and I'm sO exCitEd! It sounds so good 😫❤

[@jaywong379]

My choir sang this song before and it’s not easy to sing like them ,awesome!

[@UninterestedOtaku]

Holy hell, I love this piece. Singing this with my Varsity Choir, a great refresher from the traditional chorale music that is normally sung.

[@rachelrandolph2579]

I’m singing this in the 2019 edition of the Ohio Ambassadors of Music for our upcoming Europe trip. I’m so excited!! It’s such a fun closing piece for our concert

[@claireadams1416]

Singing this for Southeast Regional Honor Choir in AZ this weekend! I can't wait!!! Soprano 1 :D

[@LuckyLiegeLady246]

I wonder how many people saw the name of this song on a program and thought it was the pop tart cat song? It's spelled with an o instead of an a here, but still.

[@JakeRunestad]

I'm proud to say that "Nyon Nyon" came before that video! :)

[@ValkyRiver]

IPA: [ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ ɲɒ̃ɲ.../ [si mʌkə hu wen ja bə dubida] [uə p’ tɪkə ʔaʱ sa] [dum dum dum...] [we na na na na na na na na] [ɲa ɲi u a] [wen wə wə nau wa nau wa wə nau wə nau] [wen wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wau wau wau ʔaʱ]

[@TheChandelierLobster]

This is one of the pieces for MSVMA's State Honor's SATB, and it's amazing. So glad I'll be singing this!

[@mariagolob]

Nyon is the name of my son! I had never heard this music. Love it!!

[@JakeRunestad]

How cool!

[@moniqueconrad9128]

My choir is working on this for our trip to Prague, and it's difficult and strange and wonderful.

[@sarahdayton0721]

I had so much fun singing 1st soprano in this song at Dorian!! Love the song! 😄😄

[@kategraciela9079]

Singing this at the PMEA All-State concert next week! So excited!

[@faithdensmore7774]

My choir plus several other choirs are singing this at Festival of Choirs in Smithville tonight! Such a fun song :)

[@abbywisky4997]

Soo... 8 years later, howd it go

[@YumHippos]

I sang this with my choir a few years ago and we couldn’t stop laughing. It’s actually such a fun song😂

[@IsaiahWu]

singing this in my high school choir on tour in Chicago! This song is AWESOME!

[@notalpacalypse]

We're singing this on our tour to Minnesota. I love it!

[@Staciilyssaa]

I'm singing this song with my concert choir this month! It's such a great song!!

[@Sarah-cb6cb]

Sang this at music camp last summer and it was one of my favorite to sing. Stressful but very rewarding.

[@setsana_inc]

This piece is super fun to perform!!! Our academy choir here at Virginia Beach had a blast singing this :)

[@rondabrown7851]

We did this for senior high allstate, our conductor was friends with the composer and he called him to listen to us! It was so fun, I was a soprano 1

[@hannahbeebe5734]

my choir and I got a division 1 with this song!!!! amazing work!

[@hyphennate]

This was such an amazing song to sing at Dorian, and also it was cool to have you there too! Dorian was one amazing experience!

[@JakeWolf00]

I'm singing this song in my high school vocal ensemble. Quite a wonderful piece!

[@jennaleonard3870]

Singing this at the Luther college Dorian festival. And I just found out that my voice coach knows the composer jake!

[@nettiestith3623]

My granddaughter sang this song at Music in may she had a blast this song is great

[@mysticcrow_27]

So happy to be singing this in choir. It's a really fun song.

[@neuron_star]

We sang this for All-Camp Choir at music camp this summer and it was so much fun!

[@popgum2037]

this song can make any choir get down with that beat 😂 I love it!

[@zaramaja7186]

I sang this in an Honor Choir last month. Was one of my favorites of everything I've done before!

[@lunalovegood7580]

Such a unique and thrilling piece. I love singing this in high school SATB madrigals

[@graciegacke2079]

I'm so excited to do this piece in choir!! I sing sop 1 && I am beyond ecstatic!! This is amazing!!!

[@TA_9819]

Sing this for concert choir, so excited cause. This song makes me smile ear to ear lol

[@shadowofthemoon3104]

This is my favorite song we're during in choir this spring, I love it so much!!! Also it sounds like a factory run by cats, especially at the first groove session.

[@jacksoneckendorf4007]

Oh my gosh this is amazing! Can't wait to sing this at Dorian! Just one more day!

[@Ceilingcatrocks]

My choir went to Charnegie hall last year and sang it. I sadly didn't go, but i heard it was awesome. I love singing the alto part.

[@juliannewest2838]

We get to sing this with my choir this year! It's an incredible arrangement. We also got to sing your Alleluia composition! :)

[@sophiaruggiano2986]

I want to show this song to my choir director! Along with many other fantastic east coast composers.

[@normand21]

My choir is performing this for this districts mpa so excited!!!

[@williammiller1884]

Singing this as tenor 2 for MD all state :) so excited.

[@williammiller1884]

+Jack Perdue sweet! I agree! I guess I'll see you there lol.

[@mandysparkles2400]

Alto 1 here :D

[@tatyanasmith4712]

+Paul Miller Haha, Soprano 2 here! This is hilarious, all of us ending up on the same video. See you all soon! :) Good luck!!

[@alannastefano4657]

+Paul Miller Soprano 1 for MD all state! haha

[@eyeofra56]

+Paul Miller The Bass two's had too much fun with the beatboxing...

[@grantberends3088]

Sang this at the Meistersinger festival at wartburg and can't wait to sing it for Iowa all state 2017!

[@RebeccaStowe]

I'm so excited to sing this at camp this summer! :D

[@robbydilley6272]

Got this as our concert piece for my madrigal choir yay

[@kalelmancini876]

Hi Jake, great song!

[@bigcheese4006]

Really have to be there in person to fully experience.

[@kebeaman]

Love it, Jake!

[@xagcax]

i love this song so much, i got to sing tenor 1 for it at my county's all county

[@cassienelson5120]

My choir is doing this song. It's really fun and exciting!

[@SpadeTheCat]

Singing this for contest with my choir. So excited! Listened to this exact recording in class. Alto 1 :)

[@JakeRunestad]

Woo hoo! Go altos!

[@SpadeTheCat]

Jake Runestad Contest is tonight! Thank you for writing such a great piece!

[@Santiago_Musician]

my freshman large ensemble got a "1" at state, with this song last year. Tenor 1 represent.

[@joshdiaz2619]

ill be singing this at ACDA Western Division convention in a week!

[@KeybladeBrett]

this song is hypnotizing

[@shayna110]

This sounds like Mironczarnia by Jakub Neske.

[@lilymoss-yerg9666]

Doing this for a competition in May with my concert choir class, it’s not easy.

[@MysteryAndroclese401]

Tenor II in the Bemidji Choir. I am wondering if you listened to The Who while composing this. The beginning almost reminds me of Pinball Wizard (they are in the same key and even begin in a similar manner).

[@JakeRunestad]

Just listened to that song -- I hadn't heard it before! Fascinating how we can connect certain pieces of music to others. Hope you have a great time performing!

[@Soor101]

+Jake Runestad This is brilliant! Just wondering, what inspired such a change in pace from other songs of yours such as "I will lift mine eyes" and "Let my love be heard"?

[@JakeRunestad]

Hi there -- actually, "Nyon Nyon" and "I Will Lift Mine Eyes" were both written around the same time over 10 years ago! They were two of my first choral works.

[@shaylaceth]

just sang this in my choir, also jake is coming to help us out in a few months :)

[@kolbypappan9557]

Hello jake. I’m from Edmond Memorial High School. And we end to osu and you rehearsed with us! Remember? Our choir conductor is name Wes Singleton.

[@shotonc1851]

Singing this Song with my High School Choir this Year!

[@JakeRunestad]

Hope you have fun!

[@shotonc1851]

O boy Our practices are soo lively and i'm a tenor and it's soo fun

[@JakeRunestad]

Superronial Contreras Nice! Try cupping your hands over your mouth and nose when you do the "we ow" part!

[@shotonc1851]

omg its so weird lol do you plug ur nose? or is it just trying to be nasal like headvoice?

[@RinkuChan333]

Yes! My chorus is gonna go and sing this at Disney World in the Spring! Our balance is way out of wack, but I'm still really excited!

[@DaftRetrop]

Singing this with the All-National Choir in October...should be good!

[@type3to2funpipeline]

I honestly can't wait.

[@JoshLeRose]

I'm in all nationals too! This song is by far the most fun to learn!

[@Blahman2816]

I will see you all there, everyone! The name's Matthew Bridgeman if we wanna get together. Also, for Mr. Runestad, will you be uploading a video of Nyon Nyon being performed by the NAfME All-Nationals Hompr Mixed Choir to your channel?

[@thaliadimitriou331]

I am so excited I can't even handle it. See you all soon!

[@cadencesweetser6907]

dat choreographing tho

[@Evensong_Conductor]

What's the minimum size of a choir needed to perform this? I have a very small group but I love this song

[@margaretschaap5673]

Hands down the most fun song I've ever gotten to sing!

[@hannahroman7174]

This makes my heart happy 😊

[@xuly3129]

Sorry, I’m not so good at Chinese. 🇨🇳 0:02 娘娘娘... 0:19 西马卡呼温牙巴度比大 1:12 乌俄 波地克 啊撒 1:59 温纳纳纳... 2:11 纳-意-乌-啊 2:17 温瓦瓦脑瓦脑瓦瓦脑瓦脑 2:36 温哇哇哇...

[@LuckyLiegeLady246]

They turned into a choir of Owen Wilsons at the end there!

[@desteddyeggroll]

Woah!!! Epic!!!

[@mathewclutter7426]

I love this song

[@beanstalk1309]

that is so cool!

[@piggieperson2402]

At the end they really said WOW 👁👅👁

[@emilybittorf9444]

Singing this at Carnegie hall this weekend!

[@BrownieChick]

Indianola a Capella is singing this two years after Jake Runestad visited

[@thatone646]

My choir sang this song and now it’s become the meme song of the choir kids it’s great. Really though, I love the energy behind this song and while it seems a little goofy it’s a fun song.

[@simonzehr5273]

I want to know the English words to this song! I love the song!

[@iceomgawd4601]

This is a made up language they're using, the song was written to use the sounds not specific words.

[@jlco]

Where can I find an English translation?

[@jlco]

jk this song is ridiculous but that makes it fun

[@marya3144]

I miss practicing this so much with Mrs. Wilcox

[@grateful_whipzz]

Who's singing this for honors choir?

[@KetsaKunta]

I won't be singing this ever. Fun!

[@MollyLappe12345]

0:28-0:38 sounds like the star song in the Mario games I sang this in high school!