--- title: Figure Skater Paul Fentz Performs to Paul Anka Wonderwall Jazz Cover description: Figure skater Paul Fentz performed to a jazz cover of Wonderwall by Paul Anka at the 2018 Winter Olympics and we already have our first meme. canonical: https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-09T16:11:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:28.576Z og:title: A Jazz Version of ‘Wonderwall’ Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed og:description: The skater's impact on social media was true victory og:url: https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50ff4f8b25d23d86/698926e87cdbac69f7d5be5e/paul-fentz-olympics-wonderwall-020918.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FSKATING-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Jazz Version of ‘Wonderwall’ Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed twitter:description: The skater's impact on social media was true victory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50ff4f8b25d23d86/698926e87cdbac69f7d5be5e/paul-fentz-olympics-wonderwall-020918.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Jazz Version of ‘Wonderwall’ Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 9, 2018 4:11 PM UTC  Germany's Paul Fentz skates to "Wonderwall" during the figure skating team event men's single skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Germany's Paul Fentz skates to "Wonderwall" during the figure skating team event men's single skating short program during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.MLADEN ANTONOV—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Feb 9, 2018 4:11 PM UTC Before the [Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5141291/shani-davis-team-usa-flag-bearer-winter-olympics/), the internet already had its first [figure skating](http://time.com/5141084/nathan-chen-winter-olympics-2018/) meme. German figure skater Paul Fentz [glided](http://time.com/5131773/guide-figure-skating-jumps-olympics/) into everyone’s lives while performing in some slacks and suspenders to the tune of Paul Anka’s jazz cover of Oasis’s hit song “Wonderwall” at Thursday’s the [Men’s and Pairs’ short program](http://time.com/5141084/nathan-chen-winter-olympics-2018/) during the Team Event. Fentz may have took two tumbles during his performance, knocking him down to a [66.32](http://www.rockerskating.com/news/2018/2/8/2018-olympics-live-recapresults-team-event-mens-short-program) score, but his impact on social media was his true victory. Oasis’s original has already served as ripe fodder for the internet, but on Thursday, many on the internet learned the big band version was a thing. It wasn’t the first time Fentz brought out the “Wonderwall” rendition. The song is Fentz’s go-to for the short program. He busted it out at the European Championships. This is the first Winter Olympics when single figure skaters are allowed to skate to music with lyrics, opening skaters up to limitless music for their choreography. If anyone was looking for a new reason to take up an interest in winter sports. This performance was it. See the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/emptycIub/status/961772651021848576) > [](https://twitter.com/crepeau/status/961771088421228544) > [](https://twitter.com/EpicK8lin/status/961770690092392449) > [](https://twitter.com/jmarshfof/status/961770712217333761) > [](https://twitter.com/brotatoee/status/961771203072548865) > [](https://twitter.com/bzcohen/status/961772735599820800) > [](https://twitter.com/emptycIub/status/961771229752504320) > [](https://twitter.com/clurkudi/status/961774220098273281) > [](https://twitter.com/brotatoee/status/961771203072548865) You can listen to the full tune here. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/"},"headline":"A Jazz Version of ‘Wonderwall’ Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed","datePublished":"2018-02-09T16:11:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:28.576Z","description":"Figure skater Paul Fentz performed to a jazz cover of Wonderwall by Paul Anka at the 2018 Winter Olympics and we already have our first meme.","url":"https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","onetime","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50ff4f8b25d23d86/698926e87cdbac69f7d5be5e/paul-fentz-olympics-wonderwall-020918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50ff4f8b25d23d86/698926e87cdbac69f7d5be5e/paul-fentz-olympics-wonderwall-020918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FSKATING-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG","caption":"FSKATING-OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG","creditText":"MLADEN ANTONOV—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/","name":"A Jazz Version of ‘Wonderwall’ Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed"}}]}] ```