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Harlem Shake (meme)

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Screenshots from a Harlem Shake video, showing the characteristic static jump cut from one dancer to a wild party after the song's drop.

The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme in the form of a video in which a group of people perform a comedy sketch accompanied by a short excerpt from the song "Harlem Shake". As a meme, the video was replicated by many people, using the same concept, and this rapidly led to it becoming viral in early February 2013, with thousands of "Harlem Shake" videos being made and uploaded to YouTube every day at the height of its popularity.

The form of the meme was established in a video uploaded on February 2 by five teenagers from Queensland, Australia known on YouTube as The Sunny Coast Skate. The video started a viral trend of people uploading their own "Harlem Shake" videos to YouTube. The teenagers' video was a follow-up to a video by a YouTube comedy vlogger named Filthy Frank which featured a section where several costumed people danced to the song "Harlem Shake" by Baauer.

This video is 30 seconds and crazy.

Success

How did this have success? It was bad and you should feel bad.

Notable performances of the Harlem Shake

Only like, one of them were funny.

References

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  2. Goodman, Will (February 12, 2013). ""The Harlem Shake" phenomenon keeps going strong (with grandmas and military)". CBS News. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference youtube trends was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Will the Harlem Shake viral meme ever stop?". 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-15. A group of teenagers known as The Sunny Coast Skate from Queensland Australia, were the first to respond and the rest, as they say, is history.
  5. "'Harlem Shake' Shakes It Across YouTube, With Over 44 Million Views". Abcnews.go.com. 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  6. Zeichner, Naomi (February 15, 2013). "FADER Explains: Harlem Shake". The Fader, Inc.
  7. Cite error: The named reference sunshinecoastdaily20130215 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. Peppers, Margot (February 19, 2013). "Making the Harlem Shake: Meet the man behind internet's hottest new craze". Daily Mail.
  9. Holpuch, Amanda (February 19, 2013). "Harlem Shake: Baauer cashes in on viral video's massive YouTube success". The Guardian.

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