[102] The United Nations hailed Psy as an "international sensation" because of the popularity of his "satirical" video clip and its "horse-riding-like dance moves. [180], In December 2012, the Department of Health in the Philippines launched a "Gangnam Style" dance campaign against the use of firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. The single made its chart debut on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 21 on September 3, 2012. According to Social Security data , Karen was indeed the fourth most popular name for newborn girls in the 1960s, peaking at #3 in 1965. I didnt understand a word that you said except "American Latina". Cumbia music is sometimes called the mother of all Latin music. China has/had a huge variety of different styles of puppet but the rod puppet is one of the most widely used, especially in Guangdong province. [31], According to the news agency Agence France-Presse, the success of "Gangnam Style" could be considered as part of the Korean Wave,[32] a term coined by Chinese journalists to refer to the significant increase in the popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture since the late 1990s. [11], "Gangnam Style" is a South Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District[12] of Seoul,[13] where people are trendy, hip, and exude a certain supposed "class." [270] According to Adam Sherwin from The Independent, the global web demand for Gangnam Style had short-circuited the "traditional reluctance" of radio stations to play foreign-language songs. DI Corporation, whose executive Chairman Park Won-Ho is Psy's father, saw its share price increase by 568.8% within a few months of the song's release despite making a year-over-year loss. "Gangnam Style" debuted at number one on South Korea's Gaon Chart. [371][372], In the United States, "Gangnam Style" debuted at number 64 the Billboard Hot 100 in the week of September 22, 2012, with 61,000 downloads sold, more than the total number of previous weeks (57,000), becoming the second K-pop song to enter the chart behind the Wonder Girls' "Nobody," which spent a week at number 76 on the October 31, 2009, chart. The man dances along, occasionally waving his sombrero hat in the air, trying all the while, to win over the woman. [236] During the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards held in Frankfurt on November 11, Psy delivered a performance of "Gangnam Style" which featured a David Hasselhoff appearance and backup dancing of Psy look-alikes. [246] He also made his second appearance on The Ellen Show's September 19 episode to perform the song along with his backup dancers. [234] Then, he traveled to Oxford and performed a short rendition of "Gangnam Style" with students from the Oxford Union, before moving on to the Yalding House in London where he danced "Gangnam Style" with the BBC's radio DJ Scott Mills. [40], Despite its popularity, a few music critics including Robert Copsey from Digital Spy criticized the song for being monotonous. [24] On July 11, 2012, Psy and his music label YG Entertainment started releasing several promotional teasers for "Gangnam Style" to their subscribers on YouTube. He shuffles into an outdoor yoga session and on a boat. Since September 2012, the dance has been performed by athletes in international competitions. As a result, YouTube was forced to upgrade to using 64-bit integers to store view numbers, with a maximum value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (263−1, or nine quintillion). He raps in a serious tone in an enclosed space, but when he says "You know what I'm saying" the camera zooms out, and it is revealed that he is actually sitting on a toilet with his pants down. [139][140][141] On October 9, the mayor of London Boris Johnson held a speech at the 2012 Conservative Party Conference where he told the audience that he and the British Prime Minister David Cameron have danced "Gangnam Style. [207], The song was also parodied by cadets from the United States Military Academy,[208][209] United States Merchant Marine Academy,[210] United States Naval Academy,[211][212] United States Air Force Academy,[213] and the Royal Military College of Canada;[214] soldiers from the 210th Fires Brigade, the 2nd Infantry Division, service members from an undisclosed unit and location in Afghanistan,[215] and service members from the China Coast Guard's Jiangsu division,[216] as well as high-ranking officers from the Royal Thai Navy. Yoo also arranged the song while Psy was responsible for the lyrics. [319][320] CNN readers picked "Gangnam Style" as the eighth best song of 2012. I even got to carry a sloth! Get in touch with us and we'll talk... Cumbia dance originated as a dance of courtship where young men and women dressed up mostly in white. The combination of the K-pop star and MC Hammer ... was a stroke of genius that very few could have seen coming," and chose it as the best performance of the night. One such parody includes "Conjugation Style," a parody used to teach students about the conjugation of -er verbs in the French language. This song inspired a dance craze that won’t soon be forgotten. [374] In its third week, it rose to number two on the chart, topping the Hot Digital Songs chart with a 60% increase to 301,000 downloads sold and climbing to number nine on On-Demand Songs chart. [255] On December 16, he performed the song at the halftime show of the NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks in Toronto. According to Max Fisher from The Washington Post, this parody of "Gangnam Style" was likely to be filmed in Dharamshala, the home of Tibet's government-in-exile in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Let's do some chair dancing whether we are pretending to be at a quinceañera, wedding, or at home! He then sings in front of two men (then labelmates under YG Entertainment, BIG BANG's Daesung and Seungri, dressed as older men) playing Janggi (Korean chess), dances with a woman at a tennis court, and bounces around on a tour bus of seniors. Paso doble. [10] On May 7, 2013, at a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye at the White House, Obama cited the success of "Gangnam Style" as an example of how people around the world are being "swept up" by the Korean Wave of culture. [133], The song has been mentioned in tweets by the United Nations,[135] the United Nations Children's Fund,[136] and the American space agency NASA;[137] by a reporter during a U.S. State Department briefing;[138] and referenced by the president of the International Criminal Court Song Sang-Hyun during his speech in front of the UN Security Council. "Gangnam Style" reached the unprecedented milestone of 1 billion YouTube views on December 21, 2012. "[103] As such, the music video has spawned a dance craze unseen since the Macarena of the mid-1990s. [394] In its fourth week, it reached in the top ten of the chart, climbing to number three, and the following week hit the pole position. Psy later told reporters that his gig with Madonna had "topped his list of accomplishments. "PSY (ft. 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His fire dance at the weekly beach party is a must see! As the African natives got acquainted with some of the local ethnic groups such as the Kogui, the Kuna and the Amerindians, their music gradually got incorporated into Cumbia. [128] Major flash mobs (those with more than 1,000 participants) were also held in Seoul (South Korea),[129] South Sulawesi (Indonesia),[130] Palermo (Italy), Milan (Italy),[131][132] and Paris (France). BIG BANG's Daesung and Seungri, who are dressed as older men playing Janggi on a bench behind Psy. "[13], Hallie Sekoff of The Huffington Post quoted from the video's official YouTube video description that the song is characterized by its "strongly addictive beats," and wrote that this is not too far-fetched, considering "how obsessed we've found ourselves. The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and by American producer and musician Pharrell Williams, while production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Williams. [239] Two days later, Psy appeared on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live show, and taught television hosts Carrie Keagan and Jason Dundas how to dance "Gangnam Style."[92][240]. It shows a Photoshopped image of the presidential candidate performing the dance moves of "Gangnam Style" and labels her as a devoted admirer of the Yushin system of autocratic rule set up by her father, Park Chung-hee. That’s why babies move to music and dance, early in life. [143], The American Council on Exercise estimated that dancing "Gangnam Style" will burn 150–200 calories per half-hour. [313] Music critic Robert Christgau placed "Gangnam Style" as the No. [389] The track also peaked at number three on the Hot Dance/Club Play Songs chart in the week of November 17, 2012. The word cumbia is derived from the African cumbe, which means dance. "We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer, but that was before we met Psy," stated a YouTube spokesperson. "[218] During the two weeks before August 7, 2012, nearly 1,000 videos with the word "Gangnam" in the title were uploaded onto YouTube. 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[94] On December 21, at around 15:50 UTC, the video's YouTube page updated with 1,000,382,639 views.

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