The Harlem Shake Hits the Automotive Scene

The internet has spoken and the new crazy dance trend set to take over last year's 'Gangnam Style' is 'The Harlem Shake', which has been spreading like a wildfire on the web these past few days and has even touched a chord with the automotive scene. Read more »

Facebook Employees Do The “Harlem Shake”

Multiple Facebook employees just shared this clip of a bunch of Facebookers doing the “Harlem Shake” dance at their HQ. Supposedly some of the Instagram team and COO Sheryl Sandberg participated, but I can’t spot them (Oh, but please try your best to). I wonder if Zuck is the Smiley Face lemon balloon guy ..?

Of course this made our team jealous. “Just as with ‘Shit Tech Reporters Say,’ ‘Call Me Maybe,’ and ‘Gangnam Style,’ TechCrunch was slow on the draw to produce its own gag-inducing meme-following viral video,” Ryan Lawler sullenly remarked, “Let’s change that next time, people!”

If you don’t know what the Harlem Shake is, you should a) befriend more people with the access and desire to use the Internet b) read this simple Buzzfeed guide on how to replicate the phenomenon.

Here’s the video that started it all, via “Know Your Meme.”