Let’s put something into context: When LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” debuted in early 2011, I was just young enough to have it rotated at my last high school prom. I thought I had escaped those dulcet tones of “everyday I’m shufflin.’” I was wrong. The cherry on top is that the song went platinum in June of 2018.
Ever the one to retool famous songs into anime themes or other pop hits, the internet sunk its claws into “Party Rock Anthem” and discovered that its basic BPM (that’s beats-per-minute) applies to quite a few other songs. Strap in.
The meme started with Twitter user @Josejusejo, who discovered that “Party Rock Anthem” goes perfectly with the opening to the infamous anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Party Rock Anthem has the same BPM as the Evangelion Opening and I hate it pic.twitter.com/UC2WzNF3zN
— Joseju (@Josejusejo) September 18, 2018
Party Rock Anthem’s choreography but with Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody in the background pic.twitter.com/ziEEKiP6WR
— Annie Potts (@Annie305Wamsley) September 29, 2018
I did that Party Rock Anthem video with Westlife's version of Uptown Girl. It works just the same! 😂💃 #Westlife #WestlifeReunion@NickyByrne @ShaneFilan @MarkusFeehily @KianEganWL pic.twitter.com/kIN3o1pl45
— Hema Malik (@Hema_ByrnesArmy) October 6, 2018
I don't know why I made another one of these but I did
— LightningGrey (@Lightning_Grey) October 2, 2018
this really does have the same BPM as Party Rock Anthem this time pic.twitter.com/qmyPZdOsgw
This just made my day. RT @StanLewis_: Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Uptown Girl pic.twitter.com/hMjG8kCioh
— Rickety Fuckery (@IgnatiousNiple) October 5, 2018
Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Dropkick Murphys' "I'm Shipping Up to Boston." #lmfao #BPM pic.twitter.com/yldYIqlNsn
— Taylor 🗿🏝️ (@busbuddha71) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/blueboxufo/status/1048358728368513024
https://twitter.com/Editandrew/status/1048549625635000320
https://twitter.com/DJMullyD/status/1048372179447025665
https://twitter.com/gracieb7299/status/1048309232775442433
And my personal favorite:
I've seen a few mashups using the "everyday I'm shufflin" part of Party Rock Anthem in the past few weeks, and it reminded me of a mashup I saw on YouTube years ago that doesn't seem to exist anymore.
— Benjamin Breuer (@BenjaMage) September 29, 2018
So I decided to re-create it. pic.twitter.com/aWKSYyNRlM
H/T Mashable