What Is Love was released in 1993 by Trinidadian German singer Haddaway and became a major Eurodance hit across Europe and the United States. Its second life came from the Saturday Night Live Roxbury Guys sketches and the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury, where the chorus soundtracked synchronized head bobbing in a car. That image carried into early video memes, edits and soundboards, where short chorus clips like this SNK upload are still used to mock lovesick drama and cheesy nineties romance.
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Clip of Haddaway's 1993 dance hit What Is Love chorus, used as a meme sound for head bobbing, romantic fails and ironic love scenes in short videos.
This clip is the instantly recognisable chorus of What Is Love, built around the repeated question and the pleading baby don't hurt me line over a pulsing Eurodance beat. The SNK version is trimmed to the hook, so the synth and vocal land immediately without a long intro. It sounds dramatic and lovesick at the same time, which is why it feels funny rather than sad. Dropped over a hopeful glance, a rejection or a character bobbing along in silence, it turns a small romantic moment into an exaggerated, melodramatic joke.