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Last fall, Ricky Werner and his brother-in-law, Russ Rabon, were watching ESPN. Playing was a segment detailing the creation of “Jump Around” as the unofficial anthem for Wisconsin Badgers Athletics.

Despite the fact that apps like Shazaam exist and there are whole websites dedicated to answering music questions, people still ask in the online comments of trailers, mashups, and mixtapes, “What’s ...

On New Year’s Eve, Darude kicked off the celebration of Finland’s 100th anniversary as nation, dropping “Sandstorm” at midnight beneath a cascade of fireworks, seen by 100,000 people in person ...

This October marks twenty years since the 1999 release of the Finnish DJ Darude’s “Sandstorm,” one of the most culturally significant electronic dance singles of all time. A monster crossover hit of ...

As soon as the soft synths start, you can recognize the song. They quickly get louder before a sudden kick drum and snare break it up, and almost police-siren-like goes Da‑da‑da‑da‑daa!