THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

454-Baauer-Harlem Shake.

2013-Number 3 single.

Best Bit-At 0.50. Having observed people dancing the actions to this song, I can vouch that after watching those who have 10 pints of lager inside them dance to the song also, there is absolutely no difference in performance.

Harry Bauer Rodrigues was born on April 30th, 1989, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, he is a music producer who specialises in Electronic Dance Music, Trap, Hip-Hop, and Grime. To date he has released two studio Albums in 2016, and 2020, and 26 singles, with this song being his only chart hit on either side of the Atlantic, he has also produced many remixes for other artists since 2012.

‘Harlem Shake’ started out as a free digital download from the ‘Mad Decent’ records imprint label ‘Jeffree’s when first issued in May 2012. Several months later the comedian George Miller who is better known by his stage name ‘Joji’ recorded a video of himself dancing to the song along with his friends, and posted it on ‘You Tube.’ The video became a sensation with many people posting their own outrageous dance routines, filmed in unusual settings, and often wearing comical attire.Video’s would normally last for around 30 seconds, and were watched by several thousands each day, eventually racking up millions of views. With all the publicity the song received, and the recently established new rules about adding a songs streaming history to it’s chart performance, it aided in propelling the track to Number 1 on Billboard for five weeks in 2013.

Baauer wanted the song to instantly grab the listeners attention so he added several strange sounds, including the noise of a growling lion. The song also has two notable samples, the line ‘Then do the Harlem Shake’ is taken from a 2001 Hip-Hop track called ‘Miller Time’ by the Rap group ‘Plastic Little,’ and a sample of a woman yelling ‘Con los terroristas’ is taken from an a cappella version of a 2010 remix of the track ‘Con Alegria’ by Gregor Salto, DJ Solo, and DJ Gregory.

The Harlem Shake dance has nothing to do with, but was probably inspired by a dance created in 1981 in Harlem by one of it’s residents called ‘Al B.’ The dance was initially called ‘The Albee’ and was associated with the predominately African-American neighbourhood of Harlem, in New York City. The dance consists of jerking your arms, and shoulders in time to the music, a good example of the dance can be seen in the 2001 video by ‘G Dep,’ for their song ‘Let’s Get It.’

‘Con Los terroristas.’