harlem shake song harlem shake song recorded american producer released debut single mad decent imprint label uptempo song incorporates mechanical bassline dutch house synth riffs dance music drop samples lion sounds samples song miller time specifically vocal harlem shake allusion dance added variety peculiar sounds song stand single begin sell significantly february youtube video set music developed internet media response helped increase single sales charted number consecutive weeks billboard hot reached number united_kingdom number australia new_zealand song chart run billboard enacted policy included video streams component charts harlem shake received music critics viewed appealing dance track felt novelty song song hit mad decent label head reached agreement artists song samples cleared release according received money song legal issues having properly cleared samples american rapper released remix harlem shake page subsequently removed request led dispute background music studying began practice making beats recorded harlem shake bedroom studio brooklyn new_york song wanted record high pitched dutch house synthesizer hip hop track stand adding variety peculiar sounds later referred goofy fun song posted harlem shake recordings page april featured song essential mix bbc_radio_1 record producer label head heard song released free digital download mad decent imprint label debut single music lyrics harlem shake features harsh mechanical bassline samples lions dutch house synth riffs high tempo characteristic hip hop dance music drop according harlem shake hip hop bass song atlantic viewed trap musical stylistic origins southern hip hop felt song music represents hip hop contingent bass music rolling finding particularly growing strain music obsessed trap contrast new_york_times argued isn hip hop song hip hop influenced harlem shake begins sample voice shouting con los spanish phrase translates terrorists english listeners assumed female voice sample taken song line refrain songs recorded phrase philadelphia disc remix dance track con said found vocal sample unidentified source internet sampled voice followed building synths sub bass sound voice commands listeners harlem shake line sampled hip hop song miller time sampled having friend play getting stuck head member said line inspired fist fight ended performing harlem shake dance fight didn know properly end fight harlem shake blood glass cuts face kid guess wanting fight anymore maybe wanting fight danced got took shoes commercial performance harlem shake released commercially june commissioned music video single time satisfied result shelved gradually received online released single january begin sell significantly february music set youtube video developed internet second video featured people dancing song parodied times user submitted videos billboard magazine cited harlem shake biggest viral sensation style generated income user submitted videos original audio post youtube site content service allows artists labels publishers songs according earned views video late week media response helped single sell units itunes week ending february according nielsen_soundscan consequently entered number number mad decent manager said harlem shake biggest thing released happened days united_kingdom harlem shake reached number singles chart week phenomena end chart week single climbed nineteen spots number official_charts_company managing director said single climb chart quickly track turned bone phenomenon start week wasn selling popular tracks following week harlem shake debuted number billboard hot climbed number selling units instrumental track hot miami vice theme song hot history debut number aided million weekly video streams announced week billboard nielsen soundscan new component charts according billboard editorial director harlem shake success prompted enact chart policy years discussions youtube magazine director charts said interview timing came period negotiating chart policy logistics lacked major label promotional support single registered low airplay debuted number aria_singles_chart number song australia began compiling charts harlem shake remained number hot second week sold digital units received airplay promoted radio agreed deal mad decent february distribute song worldwide harlem shake topped hot week sold units despite decline youtube streams march reached sales million digital units march guardian reported song earned youtube harlem shake remained number consecutive weeks hot copyright infringement vocal samples harlem shake cleared shocked hear song hit february told manager heard voice song wanted legal action according subsequently called told unaware harlem shake sampled voice released single called harlem shake clear breaking intellectual property rights said lawyers negotiating mad decent compensation sample received enthusiastic late february past member telling voice sampled harlem shake problem sample permission found song production phenomenal subsequently called thank useful annoying music felt allusion dance peculiar outdated like fuck rapping said interview march negotiating mad decent compensation agreement reached label cooperative april told huffington_post reached agreement clear samples august interview pitchfork_media said money song despite reported agreement meeting lawyer gon find think legal shit didn clear samples fucking bedroom grand street wasn going think didn know sample knew sample found fucking legal letters shit lawyers exposure wise fantastic critical reception pitchfork_media labelled song best new track release called irresistible appeal owes menacing world smashing bassline wrote conclusion purely pleasure hard marvel awesome lion samples sound los_angeles_times said liked song viewed instrumental convergence hip hop dance rock resident advisor gave harlem shake rating half found musical climax satisfying resumes like novelty track writing hard track liked bit head simply interesting similarly jon new_york_times said hearing minute played power song felt like novelty like strategy felt success song shop reflects future hip hop stated depending lens reflects tremendous cultural victory hip hop moment hip hop construct begins lose meaning remixes february american rapper released remix harlem shake removed request banks twitter response claimed sent giving permission use song said sent mail telling remix removed rapper february banks shared music video remix revealed purported mail saying liked remix responded interview saying planned release version song banks felt verse meet expectations jon new_york_times cited remix best songs spin wrote delivers fire hot verse fire hot verse remarked banks raps dumb harlem shake recorded freestyle raps song releasing version jones claimed interview harlem shake song originally recorded year ago album ultimately scrapped started hear harlem shake heard beat like damn record year record track listing digital 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