# Diggy Diggy Hole On February 3, 2011, Yogscast members Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane were recording a Minecraft Let's Play when Simon improvised a dwarvish song about digging a hole[1]. Fan edits spread across YouTube within weeks[2], and Yogscast released a full studio recording in July 2014 that reached 65 million views[4]. The dwarven anthem returned on November 29, 2025, with 'Diggy Diggy Hole 2: Coming Home,' a sequel single on the Yogscast channel[7]. ## Origin Yogscast members Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane posted the eighth episode of their Minecraft Let's Play series, titled 'Shadow of Israphel Part 8: Diggy Diggy Hole,' on February 3, 2011[1]. Around the 10-minute mark, Lewis asked Simon to sing about being a dwarf digging a hole, and Simon delivered a short improvised chant in a 'dwarvish accent' at the 10:07 timestamp[1]. That episode has since reached millions of views[1]. - **Platform:** YouTube (Yogscast Let's Play) / Yogscast studio releases (viral spread) - **Creator:** Yogscast (Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane) - **Date:** 2011 ## Overview Simon Lane's improvised dwarvish singing voice and the lyric about tunneling underground gave Yogscast fans a chant to work into music videos, image macros, and animations[1]. Yogscast's 2014 studio recording with proper vocals, orchestration, and animated Minecraft dwarves became the version most listeners know today, while Italian folk metal band Wind Rose later recorded a cover in June 2019 that played the Minecraft gag as a Tolkien-style dwarf ballad[4]. Standalone image macros set the song's chorus against screenshots of dwarves, miners, or anyone heading underground, from Lord of the Rings scenes[5] to Hololive VTuber clips[6]. ## How to Use To make a Diggy Diggy Hole reference, people typically take a scene of someone mining, tunneling, or heading underground, then overlay the song's chorus or caption with the lyric. Image macro versions often mix the song's chorus with scenes from Lord of the Rings dwarf characters[5] or VTuber mining streams[6]. Yogscast's 2014 studio recording is the common soundtrack choice for fan edits. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Diggy Diggy Hole? Diggy Diggy Hole is a song that began as a short improvised chant by Yogscast's Simon Lane during a February 2011 Minecraft Let's Play, later developed into full studio recordings and fan covers[1]. ### Where did Diggy Diggy Hole come from? The song came from 'Shadow of Israphel Part 8,' a Yogscast YouTube video uploaded on February 3, 2011, where Simon Lane sang about being a dwarf digging a hole at the 10:07 mark[1]. ### What does Diggy Diggy Hole mean? The lyric describes a dwarf's love of mining underground, originally sung in a mock-dwarvish accent as a joke during a Minecraft session, and later turned into a full dwarf anthem by Yogscast and metal band Wind Rose[4]. ### How do you use Diggy Diggy Hole? People use the song as a soundtrack to any mining, tunneling, or dwarf-themed clip, and the chorus works as a caption on image macros about going underground, like u/MellowThePotato's December 2020 r/memes post[5]. ### Is Diggy Diggy Hole still popular? Yogscast released 'Diggy Diggy Hole 2: Coming Home' on November 29, 2025, as a sequel single that reached over 582,000 views in its first two days[7]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK7hbdLgLOg]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQwUqP9omCo]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR7EAdPUqvQ]() 4. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/diggy-diggy-hole]() 5. [https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/klo0in/diggy_diggy_hole/]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/lbewxr/diggy_diggy_hole/]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRvTj2zM5Uw]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/diggy-diggy-hole Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library