Party Rock Anthem

"Party Rock" was in the house in 2011, bringing Los Angeles electro-hop to the masses and celebrating the "shuffling" dance trend, which you can see in the video. The song was everywhere, a global hit that spent six weeks at #1 in America that summer, when everyone was party rockin'. That hook line, "Everyday I'm shufflin'," is a variation of the "Everyday I'm hustlin'" line from the 2006 Rick Ross track "Hustlin'."

LMFAO, named after text-speak for "Laughing My F-----g Head Off," was the duo of Redfoo (Stefan Gordy) and his nephew Sky Blu (Skyler Gordy). They specialized in kinetic party music, starting in 2009 with "I'm In Miami Trick," which was huge in the clubs but your mom definitely didn't know it - the song peaked at #51 in the US. "Party Rock Anthem" was the lead single from their second album, Sorry For Party Rocking, which ended up being their last. The party got a little out of control, and after performing it for about two years (2011-2012), LMFAO seemed to get tired of it, just like the rest of us. In September 2012, Redfoo announced their hiatus, and they never returned. "I was really passionate about bringing party music to the world, so I will always be making some kind of party music," he wrote. Post-LMFAO, Redfoo got really into tennis. In 2012 and 2013 he hosted the "Party Rock Open" professional women's tournament in Las Vegas; around this time he dated the pro Victoria Azarenka. Thanks to his wild hair, he instantly recognizable, and is often seen at tennis matches. Inevitably, the TV cameras will find him and one of the announcers will say, "Party Rock is in the house." He also appeared as a judge on X-Factor Australia and released a solo album in 2016 called Party Rock Mansion. Sky Blu has been less visible, sticking mostly to music.

The shuffle dance had been around a while; it can be traced back to the Melbourne Shuffle, which originated in Australia in the '80s. It goes very well with electronic dance music, so it became common at raves. Redfoo and Sky Blu do some serious shufflin' in the video, and that's really what the song is about. "Before we just kind of partied and had some personal moves," Redfoo told Billboard. "But now there's dances that are out there that people are doing and shuffling is one that really caught my eye and it felt so good when I was doing it, so we just kind of made that song about shuffling."