"The use of my song in this video obviously comes as a surprise to me as it was just brought to my attention.
That evening, Billboard published a statement from Baauer, in which he claimed to be "exploring every single avenue available to get it taken down." The popularity of the dance reached its peak around 2001, when it was featured or referenced in songs by several New York-based hip hop artists such as Jadakiss, Cam'ron 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. The Harlem Shake is a style of dance that involves pivoting the shoulder out while popping the other shoulder out at the same time. On January 30th, 2013, video blogger Filthy Frank uploaded an episode that opens with four people dressed in latex suits dancing to Baauer's "Harlem Shake" (shown below, right). Bauuer's song was met with positive reception from electronica & trap music blogs, as well as other artists including Diplo, Brodinski, and Flosstradamus.
The lyric was taken from an incident in member Jayson Musson's life where he got into a fight and finished by getting up and doing the dance. The lyric "do the Harlem Shake" is a sample from the 2001 track " Miller Time" by Philadelphia party rap crew, Plastic Little.
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"Harlem Shake" by Baauer, the stage name of American music producer Harry Rodrigues, was uploaded to YouTube on August 23rd, 2012 and released by Diplo's Mad Decent record label, under their sub label Jefferies initially as a free download, along with the B-side "Yaow!".