Videos like this one helped send “Harlem Shake” to No. "People might find it annoying and weird, but some of the previous No.1 songs in Australia might have been annoying to other people too, but they do make up or rich and diverse landscape of music. Harlem Shake becomes Australia's 1000th number one hit NOVELTY track Harlem Shake becomes Australia's 1000th No.1 single since chart records began in 1940. Harlem Shake: #1 on Billboard Charts! With the exception of a takedown notice issued when artist In addition, the comparatively short life cycle of this kind of video meme means that by the time a traditional advertising agency or brand has put together its response to a current trend, it is likely that the trend will have long since peaked.Numerous commenters have compared the Harlem Shake to "Various groups that shot videos of themselves doing the Harlem Shake included the staff of On February 20, 2013, the cast of American reality television series On Valentine's Day (February 14), developers at Moovweb released an open source On February 22 in Tel Aviv, 70,000 people danced during a "pre-On March 18, 2013, the cast of the Armenian TV series Two Israeli soldiers received prison sentences, and one was also relieved of his command, after they posted a video of soldiers performing the Harlem Shake around a cannon, even though they were reported to have notified their commanders of the project, taken care to ensure that no sensitive military equipment was shown, and sought approval for the finished video. Despite its name, the meme does not actually involve participants performing the The videos usually last about 30 seconds and feature an excerpt of the 2012 song "This success of the videos was in part attributed to the anticipation of the breakout moment and short length, making them very accessible to watch.The Harlem Shake is technically very easy for fans to reproduce, as it consists of a single locked camera shot and one The "Harlem Shake" was first featured as the opening segment in a video by Japanese comedian On February 10, 2013, the upload rate of Harlem Shake videos reached 4,000 per day, or one every 21.6 seconds.Harlem Shake hit the 1 billion view mark on March 24, 2013, just 40 days after its first upload, according to Visible Measures. Courtesy: YouTube/USEmbassyBangkokVIRAL: Five bored Sunshine Coast teenagers do the Harlem Shake - and generate millions of hits on YouTube.AUSTRALIAN chart history has been made with our 1000th No.1 single being logged this week.Novelty track Harlem Shake by US DJ Baauer has become the 1000th chart topper since chart records began in 1940.Melbourne chart statistician Gavin Ryan has been tracking the milestone for the past year.Indeed Baauer has not made a video for the track, rather everyone from football teams to Playboy playmates have made 30 second DIY videos dancing wildly to Both Hawthorn and Melbourne Storm posted their own Between all the various videos, Harlem Shake has had over 100 million views on You Tube since the craze kicked off on February 7.
by Free Britney at February 22, 2013 7:04 am .
The time it took for Harlem Shake to hit 1 billion views is half the time "Baauer's single reached #1 on the iTunes America chart and #2 on iTunes in the UK and Australia on February 15, 2013.Its popularity has spread in many countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Russia, and much of Europe,In consequence of this significant change, Baauer's Harlem Shake made its debut at No.