Harlem Shake
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| Baauer | |
| publication | May 22, 2012 |
| length | 3:16 |
| Genre (s) | Hip-hop , trap |
| Label | Mad Decent |
Harlem Shake is a song by the American DJ and music producer Harry Rodrigues, better known as Baauer . The single has been available as a free download on the Mad Decent label since May 22, 2012 . The song contains elements of hip-hop and trap .
In February 2013, a video uploaded by internet comedian Filthy Frank that featured part of the song became the viral internet phenomenon on YouTube . The video found more than 40,000 imitators who re-enacted a dance scene like a flash mob in twitching movements and in different environments.
background
The Style Harlem Shake was in the early eighties in New York district of Harlem invented. This dance is about the rhythmic pulling back of the shoulders and simultaneous pushing movements of the hips.
The 2001 song of the hip-hop group Plastic Little "Miller Time" contains the passage "then do the Harlem shake", which is used in the song Harlem Shake .
Internet resonance
The rules of the Harlem Shake dance style have largely dissolved with the increasing popularity of the video. The sequence in the videos is always the same and is based on a video response from Australian teenagers to Filthy Frank's version. Usually there is a group of people, more rarely also individuals, animals, objects or animations, in an everyday situation. With the onset of the music, a person begins with rhythmic contortions, while the environment remains passive, ignoring. Their movements are often sexually connoted. The dancing person clearly stands out from the environment through a mask, costume or something similar.
After exactly 15 seconds, the bass starts with the text "Do the Harlem Shake". At the same time, from one moment to the next, all other people (and possibly new ones) join the Harlem Shake with uncontrolled movements such as fidgeting and jumping. Your exterior is now also flashy and contrasting with the surroundings. The actors often wear full-body costumes, work clothes or only a little clothing. The transition is hard because of the video editing , and less often it is also fluid. The video ends after another 15 seconds.
Due to the sudden distribution of the video, parallels to the South Korean song Gangnam Style were seen. In this, a new dance style, the equestrian style, was also shown and imitated a thousand times. According to US media, the Harlem Shake replaced Gangnam Style as the most popular “YouTube dance”.
The Internet video portal YouTube built an Easter egg for Harlem Shake into the search function. When a user searched for Do the Harlem Shake and waited briefly after the search results were displayed, the Harlem Shake music would sound and the YouTube logo, located to the left of the search bar, began to fidget. After the known 15 seconds, the search results, the left navigation bar and the user profile in the top right began to join the dance.
Charts
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In the Dutch single Top 100, Harlem Shake came to number 16 in the charts. In Ireland the title came to number 38 on the charts.
The US Billboard charts have also included YouTube views in their rating since that week. This made it possible for the song to enter number 1 with 103 million views.
literature
- Sebastian Göschel: Harlem Shake: It doesn't change the world, but it keeps turning it off its hinges: Protest culture has discovered the fidget dance , in: Tanz , June 2013, p. 70f.
Web links
- FILTHY COMPILATION # 6 - SMELL MY FINGERS - YouTube video by Filthy Frank, uploaded January 30th
- The Harlem Shake v1 (TSCS original) - YouTube video of The Sunny Coast Skate, uploaded February 2nd
- DO THE HARLEM SHAKE (ORIGINAL) - YouTube video by Filthy Frank, uploaded later on February 2nd
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The “Harlem Shake” web phenomenon: Fidget, whatever it takes. SPIEGEL online, accessed on February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c You-Tube hit “Harlem Shake”: Thirty seconds of loss of control. FAZ.net, accessed on February 22, 2013 .
- ↑ Harlem Shake. knowyourmeme.com, accessed February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ FADER Explains: Harlem Shake. The Fader, New York, accessed February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Youtube hit "Harlem Shake", even flatter than "Gangnam Style". Süddeutsche.de, archived from the original on February 17, 2013 ; Retrieved February 17, 2013 .
- ↑ Flash mob in New York: 200 people danced “Harlem Shake”. Salzburg 24, accessed on February 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Harlem Shake challenges Gangnam Style on online dance floors. Chicago Tribune, accessed February 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Youtube's Easteregg for "Harlem Shake". Retrieved March 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE - AT - CH - UK - US
- ↑ Chart sources: Netherlands , Belgium (Flanders) , Ireland ( Memento from July 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ↑ A ranking is turned inside out - YouTube clicks are included in the charts. news.orf.at, accessed on February 22, 2013 .