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Dance Trend: The Harlem Shake

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March 11, 2013

Move over Gangnam Style, make way for the Harlem Shake. This global dance trend is now catching on in Germany. Internet users are taking videos of themselves "shaking" in the craziest of places and then posting the clips on the Web.

The "Harlem Shake" is a song by American DJ Harry Rodrigues, alias Baauer. His song went viral after it was featured in a YouTube video by web comedian Filthy Frank. Since February of 2013, Net users around the globe have been imitating the crazy dance style seen on his YouTube channel.

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