They sing, they dance, their worries jump from their souls: worldwide and also in Berlin, the song accompanying the lockdown isolation period 2020/21 is clicked on the Internet – the catchy tune “Jerusalema” by the South African artist Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode. The song is about a haven that gives people courage, and that’s what makes this catchy piece too. New BVG dance videos are now being clicked a lot, more than 100,000 times.
The employees of the six depots shot it themselves out of their own motivation, there are different versions from many districts: from the workshop, the vehicle hangar, the canteens. And everything is put together in a large Berlin-BVG-Jerusalema video.
Within a few weeks, people in Berlin and around the world began dance step choreography for the song of the artist to memorize and post in a kind of challenge. You can see Swedish firefighters in gear, German police, Austrian hospital crews on the helicopter landing pad, Latin American rescuers and African children taking steps together.
Some carers hold a doll from the children’s ward in their arms while dancing at a safe distance. The clinic staff dance their cares away. These people are very close to Corona and the sick – and the dead.
When you watch, you are touched, the stress falls away, some even tears of relief and emotion flow. Months after the musical encouragement triumphant march around the world, the record company Warner Music is now demanding license fees from the Feelgood dance crews, which is legitimate.
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Some have now deleted the clips that first made the song famous around the world because they do not want to or cannot pay the money – such as the Asklepios Clinic in Schwedt, Brandenburg.
And the BVG clip? An amicable solution has been found, according to the BVG press office. The individual videos and a compiled version are available on the Internet. Advertising agencies have often produced BVG clips that caused a sensation across Germany
Many internet users are now hoping that Warner Music will donate income to worldwide Corona aid or issue a Corona Charity Mix Edition so that the positive spirit of the song is preserved.
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