Party Rock Anthem
The original single brings LMFAO, Lauren Bennett and GoonRock together around its sung refrain and unmistakable instrumental dance hook.
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LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Why we feature this artist A party invitation built to become a physical response Party Rock Anthem makes participation part of its musical design. LMFAO's 2011 single, featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, moves between spoken encouragement, a bright sung re…
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- United States, United Kingdom
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- electro, electro house, hip-hop, dance-pop
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Why we feature this artist
A party invitation built to become a physical response
Party Rock Anthem makes participation part of its musical design. LMFAO's 2011 single, featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, moves between spoken encouragement, a bright sung refrain and an electronic instrumental hook that is almost impossible to separate from the dancing around it. The record knows exactly how direct it wants to be.
Several voices, one shared instruction
LMFAO supply the conversational, deliberately exaggerated presence at the front of the track. Bennett's featured vocal gives the refrain a clearer melodic lift, while the shared GoonRock credit connects another distinctive voice to the record's collective character. The changes of delivery keep a simple central idea from sitting still.
The beat is firm and regular, but the production likes short interruptions and conspicuous returns. Those moments create room for a vocal cue, a pause or a fresh instrumental entrance. Each part seems to anticipate an answering movement from the people hearing it.
The video gives the sound a visible vocabulary
The official video makes the shuffle central to the single's identity, extending its repeated musical figures into coordinated movement. The effect is less about illustrating a complicated story than making the track's invitation easy to understand. Its humour and its rhythmic precision work together.
Party Rock Anthem also appears on Sorry for Party Rocking, with separately credited remixes giving it a longer club life. The original remains the defining statement: a deliberately broad party record whose sung hook, spoken cues and instrumental refrain all arrive at useful moments. Its apparent simplicity depends on knowing when to make everyone wait and when to let the beat return.