"The Harlem Shake" is a ridiculous trend (and we love it)

By: Will Goodman
Topics: FAIL!

(CBS News) So last weekend I caught a video online of people doing something called "The Harlem Shake". And I watched, chuckled and moved on to cat videos. I wouldn't have thought about it again, but then the Internet decided to explode with parodies and emulations of it. So click play and check out a recent example above to get an idea of what this new trend is all about.

The latest video for the trend entitled "Harlem Shake v3 (office edition)" was posted by YouTube user Hi i'm Rawn (with music by Baauer), and I have to admit: I'm kind of impressed and hope to see more now. Is it ridiculous? No doubt. But it's the kind of ridiculous your blogger here can get behind. If you're curious to know more on the trend, click here to see the Know Your Meme article. And to check out more work from Hi i'm Rawn, you can click here to go to his YouTube page.

UPDATE: Our good friends over at CollegeHumor sent us their own office version of "The Harlem Shake" that we've included below for some sweet bonus dance fun. Hope you all enjoy!

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by Pat0man8 February 11, 2013 2:35 PM EST: LONG LIVE FILTHY FRANK; Reply to this comment


by bobster87 February 10, 2013 6:19 AM EST: How reputational is it for a jobboard to be involved? They don't take themselves too seriously! 1st office edition in Germany: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3bTa_05o44; Reply to this comment


by DJ_Paler February 10, 2013 5:45 AM EST: hahaha this Harlem Shake on Omegle is way funnier!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwd3czNO_Q; Reply to this comment


by MaryMaryMmm February 9, 2013 10:10 PM EST: Harlem Shake PETA edition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lMNEnlqyQ; Reply to this comment


by MaryMaryMmm February 9, 2013 10:10 PM EST: Harlem Shake PETA edition: http://******/Y22JEo; Reply to this comment


by teeohdee February 9, 2013 6:07 PM EST: Here's the snowstorm Nemo version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI3eaI5GhRE; Reply to this comment


by durends February 9, 2013 7:33 AM EST: Have you seen the website ? http://the-harlem-shake.com/; Reply to this comment


by Malactis February 9, 2013 4:41 AM EST: STAR WARS HARLEM SHAKE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6ziXEZDbxM; Reply to this comment


by lugolugo3 February 8, 2013 8:38 PM EST: I'm loving this new meme! I wonder how big it will get? Found a bunch of these videos on http://harlemshakevideos.com/; Reply to this comment