Founded in 2006 and promoting their image as bears,[1] they released three singles accompanied by YouTube videos, and scored hits in the Netherlands before breaking up in 2009.

Bearforce 1 was founded by three Dutchmen (Ian Turnel, Peter Johansson, and Yuri) and an Irishman (Robert Brown),[2] led by actor and producer Roeland Fernhout.

[3] Their eponymous single "Bearforce 1", a medley of popular dance songs including Sabrina Salerno's Boys and Dead or Alive's You Spin Me Round, accompanied by a video clip in which the four bears dance and lip-sync, was a YouTube phenomenon[2][4] and ended as #20 on LOGO TV's Ultimate Queer Videos Countdown.

"[6] They released a second single, "Christmas is here," in 2007, also accompanied by a popular YouTube video (shot in the snow in Austria, in which the four men danced in red boxers, tank tops, ski outfits, and Santa Claus suits),[7] The song entered the Single Top 100 at #7.

[13] The band's comeback single 'Action Man'[14] has been entered into the competition to be selected as Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.