Yeah, Yeah, I know, the Harlem Shake is all the rage!
BUT! Your hip and cool writer did a thing called the “Harlem Shuffle!”
“Harlem Shake” is a song recorded by American DJ and
producer Baauer. It was released as a free digital download by Mad
Decent imprint label Jeffree’s on May 22, 2012. The uptempo song
incorporates a mechanical bassline, Dutch house synth riffs, a dance
music drop, and samples of growling-lion sounds. It also samples Plastic
Little’s 2001 song “Miller Time”, specifically the vocal “then do the
Harlem shake”, which is an allusion to dance of the same name. Baauer
added a variety of peculiar sounds to the song so that it would stand
out.
The single did not begin to sell significantly until February 2013, when a YouTube video set to its music developed into an Internet meme of the same name. The media response to the meme helped increase the single’s sales, as it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also charted at number three in the United Kingdom and at number one in both Australia and New Zealand. The success of “Harlem Shake” prompted Billboard to include video streams as a new component of their charts.
The single did not begin to sell significantly until February 2013, when a YouTube video set to its music developed into an Internet meme of the same name. The media response to the meme helped increase the single’s sales, as it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also charted at number three in the United Kingdom and at number one in both Australia and New Zealand. The success of “Harlem Shake” prompted Billboard to include video streams as a new component of their charts.
BUT! Your hip and cool writer did a thing called the “Harlem Shuffle!”
(By the way, you should have seen this girl when she was nineteen!!!!)
