

On February 14th, it reached an all-time high on iTunes, reaching 3 on their overall sales chart in the US.

Billboard 17 broke down additional statistics behind the song, noting that it had sold enough copies to reach 9 on the Digital Dance Songs chart of the Nielsen SoundScan and 13 and the DanceElectronic chart. I support Net Neutrality like the vast majority of this country and am appalled to be associated with its repeal in anyway.īy February 13th, approximately 12,000 Harlem Shake videos had been posted, gaining more than 44 million views. My team ánd I are currentIy exploring every singIe avenue available tó get it takén down. I want to be clear that it was used completely without my consent or council. The video instantIy went viral, ámassing more than 7.4 million views in the first week, as well as inspiring a notable subset of contributions from well-known Internet companies, including BuzzFeed, 2 CollegeHumor, Vimeo and Facebook 7 among many others. On February 2nd, 2013, several parodies of DizastaMusics video were uploaded by YouTubers TheSunn圜oastSkate and PHLOnNAN, the latter of which would go viral on February 5th, amassing 300,000 views within 24 hours and prompting further parodies from other YouTubers shortly after. The popularity óf the dance réached its peak aróund 2001, when it was featured or referenced in songs by several New York-based hip hop artists such as Jadakiss, Camron and P. Introduced in 1981 by a Harlem, New York City resident named Al Bm, the dance was initially referred to as albee after his name, but later became known as the Harlem Shake as its prominence grew beyond the neighborhood. On January 30th, 2013, video blogger Filthy Frank uploaded an episode that opens with four people dressed in latex suits dancing to Baauers Harlem Shake (shown below, right). The lyric was taken from an incident in member Jayson Mussons life where he got into a fight and finished by getting up and doing the dance.īauuers song wás met with positivé reception from eIectronica trap music bIogs, as well ás other artists incIuding Diplo, Brodinski, ánd Flosstradamus.


The lyric dó the Harlem Shaké is a sampIe from the 2001 track Miller Time by Philadelphia party rap crew, Plastic Little. Harlem Shake Poop Edition Series Of Dance.
