You Are a Pirate was written for the Icelandic children's series LazyTown and performed in the show's pirate themed material by its cast. Clips spread widely on YouTube in the mid 2000s, where the relentlessly cheerful chorus was remixed, parodied and paired with anime, gaming and film pirates. Its fame grew again through short form reposts that treated the hook as a ready made anthem for anyone in costume. Because the melody is simple and the lyric is instantly quotable, it remains a default pirate cue online.