The 10 Best "Harlem Shake" Videos

We let you guys know early on that Baauer was one to watch this year, and we figured his track "HIGHER" with Just Blaze (and their current tour) and t

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We let you guys know early on that Baauer was one to watch this year, and we figured his track "HIGHER" with Just Blaze (and their current tour) and that Vegas check was enough to vindicate that. We obviously didn't read the tea leaves, as the "Harlem Shake" meme caught fire this week. If you're not up on the meme, it goes a bit like this: set up a camera in a random location, and have someone dancing to the intro of Baauer's "Harlem Shake" (preferably with a mask on). Once the drop comes, with that "do the harlem shake" vocal, the scene then turns into mad people dancing... awkwardly. You'd think that'd be enough for one video, right? Wrong.

We've seen all kinds of costumes, a bunch of random locations, and a lot of, um, dancing (we're surprised someone hasn't done the actual Harlem Shake in any of these videos), and figured we should put you onto this craze, and share our favorite "Harlem Shake" videos. Yay, Internets!

10. Harlem Shake v2

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Kudos for the fish eye lens, although we're not sure if any boy should be expressing themselves, anywhere.

09. Harlem Shake: Power Ranger Edition

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For these four, there's nothing quite like getting dressed up from head to toe as their favorite random characters and air-fucking their dorm room.

08. Harlem Shake: Hot Dog Girl

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There's definitely been a lack of females in this series, so this video wins off that alone. And while these girls aren't shaking like many of you horndogs wish they were, they got into the spirit. Homegirl is dressed like a hot dog! Slight deduction on their shitty camera, though.

07. Harlem Shake v1

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Many are saying that this one that started it all. That room is mad small, so we feel like this one gets extra points for difficulty.

06: Harlem Shake: College Humor Edition

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College Humor got in on this as well. Respect on the Angry Birds mask, although we're not sure why homegirl has a football helmet on and seems to be doing crunches on the desktop.

05. Harlem Shake: Firefighters Edition

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In what looks like the inside of a firetruck, these three firefighters go from calmly chilling to all-out pandemonium. Spider-man AND a giant chicken?!?!?

04. Harlem Shake: UK Edition

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Leave it to the Brits to school us on trap, huh? They get into animal costumes and bug out; shouts to them for have a female expressing herself as well.

03. Harlem Shake: The Office Edition

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What kind of office is this? This one wins because there's a shitload of people, including two people with helmets on and a guy punching an inflatable giraffe.

02. Harlem Shake: The Chive Edition

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The Chive's version wins for a few reasons... mostly because there's a guy doing the robot, while another Santa-hat wearing gentleman has on wings and is riding a unicycle.

01. Harlem Shake: David Ngyuen Edition

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Nope, we're not sure who David Nguyen is either, but he wins. He wins. Oh, yes, he wins.

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