Before EDM acts like Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia and deadmau5 exploded into the mainstream themselves, LMFAO offered up-tempo choruses and wild live shows, with their tours often rife with animal-print merch, crass props and alcohol flowing from the stage. RedFoo and Sky Blu are actually uncle and nephew: Stefan Gordy and Skyler Gordy are the son and grandson of Motown Records legend Berry Gordy, and began trying to crack the club scene in the mid-2000’s before being scooped up by Kierszenbaum, Neil Jacobson and RedFoo’s pal Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas in a joint label deal. “Woven into its melody, lyric and chord changes are a buoyant joy which will always resonate with human ears and transcend time.” “‘Party Rock Anthem’ has performed so well because, at its essence, it’s extremely well-written,” says Martin Kierszenbaum, whose Cherrytree Records co-released the song. Eight years and change later, “Party Rock Anthem” somehow sounds like both a relic of a bygone era - one in which the top of the Hot 100 had a much more frenetic tempo, and one could un-ironically wear a tank top that read ‘Everyday I’m Shufflin’’ - and an enduring club staple. 2 on Billboard’s Top Hot 100 Songs of the Decade list, after spending six weeks atop the Hot 100 chart and being crowned the Song of the Summer in 2011. singer Lauren Bennett and producer GoonRock, finished at No. The time was right for these neon-clad court jesters to bring their party energy to the masses the result was the apex of the goon-pop movement, and one of the biggest hits of the entire decade. top 40 radio had increasingly embraced a higher BPM, with uncerebral electro-rap hits from Ke$ha, Pitbull, Flo Rida and Far East Movement dominating airwaves. But when “Party Rock Anthem” was unveiled in early 2011, complete with a music video featuring partying zombies doing the running-man-adjacent “shuffle” dance, U.S.
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