Artist: Baauer
Album: Harlem Shake
Genre: Dance / Electronic
Duration: 3:16
Released on: May 22, 2012
Rankings: #1 on Dance / Electronic
#1 on Top 20 Songs
Description:
"Harlem Shake" is a song recorded by American DJ and Producer 'Baauer'.
It was released as free digital download by Mad Decent imprint label Jeffree's on May 22, 2012.
The upetempo song incorporates a mechanical bassline, Dutch house synth riffs, a dance music
drops, 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 if 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 Feb 2013, when 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.
Rankings: #1 on Dance / Electronic
#1 on Top 20 Songs
Description:
"Harlem Shake" is a song recorded by American DJ and Producer 'Baauer'.
It was released as free digital download by Mad Decent imprint label Jeffree's on May 22, 2012.
The upetempo song incorporates a mechanical bassline, Dutch house synth riffs, a dance music
drops, 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 if 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 Feb 2013, when 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.
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