Holly Dolly
Holly Dolly, an Italian animated comic figure that first appeared in 2006, was
created specifically to commercialise the Finnish folk tune "Ievan Polkka". The
character, a personified, sexy donkey dressed in a lilac top and miniskirt, was
designed by two Italian producers who sampled Loituma's 1990s recording, which
had become an internet phenomenon through a flash animation, and produced a
catchy house track. The remix "Dolly Song (Ieva's Polka)" was released as a
single by Hamburg label Kontor Records in August 2006, entered the German
singles chart in September, and its accomp...
