Watskeburt?! is a song by the

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hip hop group

De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig (The Youth of Today) is a Dutch hip hop and R&B group based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, renowned for their musical approach of irreverent, humorous lyrics and electronic beats. Their humorous style is characterised b ...

. "Watskeburt" is a contraction of the Dutch sentence "Wat is er gebeurd?" ("What happened?", in the sense of "What's happening?"/"What's up?"). The song was released as a single on 16 May 2005. At first, the song was not very successful, until several radio stations picked it up. The song entered the

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on 4 June at #8, and the next week rose to #1, where it remained for three weeks. The song was a hit in

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as well, peaking at #15 on the

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.De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Watskeburt?!
αCharts.us. Retrieved 16 April 2009. The beat of "Watskeburt?!" was created by

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, the group's producer. The first verse is done by Vieze Fur, and the second by P. Fabergé. The single was also released in England. The British DJ

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played this song on his radio show on 23 January. After that, the management of De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig decided to release it in the UK and

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Group's official site
Dutch Top 40 number-one singles Dutch pop songs 2005 songs Dutch-language songs {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub