Harlem ShakeBaauer
Harlem Shake
2012
Two uncleared vocal samples and a thirty-second meme put Baauer at number one the week Billboard started counting YouTube.
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Two uncleared vocal samples and a thirty-second meme put Baauer at number one the week Billboard started counting YouTube.

Snake and Tchami built the drop, Lil Jon shouted the title, and Daniels made a video of pure slapstick.

Dropped without warning on a Saturday in August, an Outkast sample underneath, Minaj arriving to claim the rap crown.
DJ Toomp turned a Roberta Flack interpolation into a synth fanfare, and T.I. won a Grammy for the performance.

Detail's beat was called "Drunk" before Beyoncé heard it; she and Jay-Z freestyled their verses in Manhattan.