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Iowa City Does the Harlem Shake (Video Gallery)

We got your Harlem Shake dance meme right here.


With all of the "Harlem Shake" videos I've seen going around recently, I had a theory that Iowa City must have a few good ones of this video meme to show off. A quick YouTube search revealed that I was not going to be disappointed.

But what is the Harlem Shake, you ask? 

Well besides being an actual dance, it has now become the name of a recent video meme. From Know Your Meme:

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Harlem Shake is a popular style of hip hop dance and the title of a 2012 heavy bass instrumental track produced by Baauer. In February 2013, the song spawned a series of dance videos that begin with a masked individual doing the Harlem Shake alone in a group before suddenly cutting to a wild dance party featuring the entire group.

Of the Iowa City videos I've seen so far, I believe my favorite effort has to be the University of Iowa Scope's production for adhering best to the meme, with second place going to Sculpt Iowa City for their anti-meme video. Honors go to the Stuff Animal Harlem Shake video for the amount of time that must have taken to do.

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The FAC video finishes last, only because that's what Iowa City bars look like all the time. I admire the effort, but where are the costumes guys?


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