Ivar Christian Johansen (born April 28, 1976) is a Norwegian popular musician under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 Ravi (his first name backwards). English Language translation of article He writes songs with Anders Løvlie under the name Ravi og DJ Løv.

He is probably most famous for the remake of the song "Cheerio" originally sung by The Monroes

The Monroes (Norwegian band)

The Monroes was a Norwegian pop/ska duo that held significant popularity in Norway in the 1980s. The band consisted of guitarist Eivind Rølles and vocalist Lage Fossheim. Their biggest hit was "Sunday People". Their first album , released in 1983, sold over 130,000 copies in Norway...

. He renamed this song Tsjeriåu/Tsjeriå. In the music video for this song he appears as a baby and DJ Løv dressed as a Marine

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 with The Monroes. Ravi is also famous for his short body, red hair and beard.

Ravi has also appeared in "Venn" by Espen Lind

Espen Lind

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 and Lene Marlin

Lene Marlin

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 which was made to raise money for tsunami victims.

Ravi has released many albums, in his own "Ravi language", he writes things phonetically, e.g. "cheerio" = "tsjeriåu", "kroppen min" (my body) = kråpn min, and "it's too late to cry" = "its tu leit tu krai".

Some of his other known songs are "Utadæsjælåplevelse", "E-Ore", "Ås To I Osjlo" and "Dødssøt".

Currently he is the host of the show "Landeplage" on NRK.

Albums

• Lekr Butik (2004), with DJ Løv
• Den Nye Arbæidsdagn (2005), with DJ Løv
• Kjøpr Gitar (2006)