The Harlem Shake
The Harlem Shake is an Internet meme that went viral on YouTube in early February 2013. The meme is in the form of a video that began being replicated according to a similar concept by many people.The meme was established in a video uploaded on February 2 by five teenagers from Queensland, Australia.The teenagers’ video, in its turn, was a follow-up to a video by a YouTube comedy vlogger named Filthy Frank featuring a part where several costumed people danced to the song “Harlem Shake” by Baauer.
The Harlem Shake v1 (TSCS original)
Viral spread
On February 10, the upload rate of Harlem Shake videos reached 4,000 per day. As of February 11, about 12,000 versions of the popular Internet meme had been uploaded to YouTube, garnering over 44 million unique views. As of February 15, about 40,000 Harlem Shake videos had been uploaded, totalling 175 million views.
As a result of the popularity of the phenomenon, Baauer’s single reached #1 on the iTunes America chart and #2 on iTunes in the UK and Australia on February 15, 2013.[19]
The Harlem Shake meme went on to achieve widespread global success, including in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and most of the rest of Europe,[8] even spreading as far as Russia and Eastern Europe, China, India The United Arab Emirates,[25] and Jamaica, to name but a few.- wikipedia.org
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