![]() ![]() Rick Astley released “ Never Gonna Give You Up” in 1987 and contrary to Toto’s “Africa”, people groan and roll their eye when they hear this song nowadays. If you click on the video below, you know what you are in for. What’s obvious though is that the internet loves “Africa” and all its various covers, lip syncs, and uses! And can you blame them? It’s a great song, even 36 years after its first release! It’s unclear how it all started, how this song, in particular, garnered that much love. Needless to say that this information is hardly ever correct.ĭarude himself has embraced the meme and has, apparently, even performed the song at some gaming conferences.Īmerican soft rock band Toto surely didn’t anticipate how popular their 1982 song “ Africa” would become an internet phenomenon over three decades later. It has become a tradition of commenters on both platforms to answer the question about which music was used for a particular video or stream with “Darude – Sandstorm”. Years later, it became the background music to many YouTube videos and Twitch streams (primarily gaming footage and let’s plays) – or so it seems. ![]() In 1999, Finish techno music producer Darude released a song called “ Sandstorm“. It doesn’t have to be a particularly popular or modern song either. For whatever reason, the internet decided that these particular songs have great meme (or prank) potential. Some songs themselves have managed to become memes themselves. Now, they are here on Ambient Mixer as well! Let’s have a look at meme music, songs used in and for memes, and more! You can either love them or hate them – or only hate some of them – but they are everywhere. Memes are a big part of internet culture nowadays. ![]()
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