The meme form was established in a video uploaded on Januby YouTube personality on his FilthyFrankTV channel.
Despite its name, the meme does not actually involve participants performing the, a and that originated in 1980s, rather, the meme usually features participants performing flailing or convulsive movements. As a meme, the video was replicated by many people, using the same concept, which led to it becoming in early February 2013, with thousands of 'Harlem Shake' videos being made and uploaded to every day at the height of its popularity. The Harlem Shake was an in the form of a video in which a group of people dance to a short excerpt from the song '.
Screenshots from a Harlem Shake video, showing the characteristic static jump cut from one dancer to a wild dance party after the song's.
