New Delhi, February 16, 2013- After Gangnam Style, it’s Harlem Shake video that’s making quite a buzz on YouTube.
Harlem Shake, a dance that originated in Harlem in the 1980s, is the latest internet phenomenon that has gone viral.
According to YouTube trends blog: The meme first started gaining traction last week and is attributed to a silly video from a vlogger named “Filthy Frank.” Though it was another user named SunnyCoastSkate who then established the form we’ve become familiar with: the jump cut, the helmet, etc.
Over 12,000 Harlem Shake videos had been posted since the start of the month and they’d already been watched upwards of 44 million times and 4,000 more videos are being uploaded per day, as per YouTube.
The Harlem Shake is a dance that originally began in Harlem, New York. Since its beginnings it has spread to other urban areas and became popular in music videos. The modern day Harlem Shake was started by a man by the name of “Al B” (nickname Sisqo or Cisco). Al B was an alcoholic who would perform the dance upon request. Because of its founder, the dance was originally called the “albee” in Rucker and Harlem, but then later became known as the Harlem Shake.
It may not get the billion hits thatGangnam Style got but Harlem Shake looks set to create a record of the number of videos uploaded on a single theme.
