Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Uptown Girl pic.twitter.com/vt7B1mQIqA
— Stan Lewis (@StanLewis_) October 4, 2018
Every day you’re shufflin’. It would be nice to take a break from the cascading horror that is 2018 to get oddly nostalgic about the recent past. Even better would be mixing nostalgia while also making someone dance to songs they weren’t originally dancing to, as was the case with the Oscar Isaac dancing and Pennywise dancing in IT memes. Oh, hey, here’s a new meme of LMFAO’s hit “Party Rock Anthem” from 2011 being set to other popular songs.
The meme grew in popularity when the tweet above of LMFAO dancing to Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” went viral, but the first instance of the meme we could find was this tweet matching “Party Rock Anthem” with the Evangelion opening:
Party Rock Anthem has the same BPM as the Evangelion Opening and I hate it pic.twitter.com/UC2WzNF3zN
— Joseju (@Josejusejo) September 18, 2018
From there, other Twitter users were quickly seeking out other songs in the 129 to 130 beats per minute range to make their own mashups. This one was particularly inspired:
https://twitter.com/Bag_of_Snails/status/1048017737161699328
Plenty of catchy tunes matched LMFAO’s dancing perfectly:
https://twitter.com/realtraitorfinn/status/1042418227387629568
Party Rock Anthem (almost) has the same bpm as Love Shack! 130:128, but it looks right! #lmfao #BPM #loveshack pic.twitter.com/WRtqTg0BZv
— Taylor 🗿🏝️ (@busbuddha71) October 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/cuppycup/status/1047941563534532610
https://twitter.com/cuppycup/status/1047938917507510272
Okay I had to have a go at one of these. LMFAO – Push the Party Rock Anthem #lmfao #BPM pic.twitter.com/EnwCBixgqC
— Shaun O'Neill (@shaunonair) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/cuppycup/status/1048965296638369792
https://twitter.com/MCBDatGuy/status/1048768922709835776
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/PRAdancingto/status/1048717288407490560
https://twitter.com/JackOrange8/status/1046401397846085632
did you guys know party rock anthem and somebody I used to know have the same bpm?? because they do pic.twitter.com/B6DhOhyEDa
— Jill Mencke (@jillyidle) September 20, 2018
Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Big Girls Don't Cry pic.twitter.com/P4nkIY1R3n
— Fleeting Yeets (@scottparadis) October 6, 2018
(Sound On) LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem has the same bpm as Tiffany – I Think We're Alone Now.. pic.twitter.com/RP3cJZGFE9
— Fleeting Yeets (@scottparadis) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/leQuigs/status/1048399275892330497
It even sort of resembles country line dancing with the right music:
We just had to make one… “Party Rock Anthem” has the same BPM as “I Like It, I Love It” by Tim McGraw 😂 @LMFAO @TheTimMcGraw pic.twitter.com/1fTz5LonQg
— The Shades (@WeTheShades) October 7, 2018
This doesn’t quite work but we commend the effort. It’s a hot one.
https://twitter.com/cuppycup/status/1047901169794859008
And since it’s October…
https://twitter.com/mattwilson157/status/1048638523606224896
And this last one went above and beyond with some Drowning Pool:
https://twitter.com/DJMullyD/status/1048372179447025665