Rockefeller Street

"Rockefeller Street" is a song by Getter Jaani which represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf.[1]

This article is about the Getter Jaani song. For its parent album, see Rockefeller Street (album).

"Rockefeller Street"
Single by Getter Jaani
from the album Rockefeller Street
Released24 January 2011
GenreElectropop
Length3:13
LabelMoonwalk
Songwriter(s)Sven Lõhmus
Producer(s)Sven Lõhmus
Getter Jaani singles chronology
"Grammofon"
(2010)		 "Rockefeller Street"
(2011)		 "Valged ööd"
(2011)
"Rockefeller Street"
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
9th
Semi-final points
60
Final result
24th
Final points
44
Entry chronology
◄ "Siren" (2010)
"Kuula" (2012) ►

The song was composed by Sven Lõhmus, writer of the 2005 and 2009 Eurovision entries for Estonia.

Alongside the act were two female backing vocalists on stage, singer and dancer Marilin Kongo who was also involved with "Rändajad", the 2009 Estonian entry, singer and actress Anna Põldvee, and three male street-dancers Ahto Paasik, Eghert-Sören Nõmm and Ahti Kiili.

The song gained 44 points and finished in 24th place of 25 in the final.

The nightcore version of the song became a meme in 2015 with a video of 2 osu! players dancing to the music.

Track listing
Digital download – Single
No.TitleLength
1."Rockefeller Street"3:13
Digital download – Remix
No.TitleLength
1."Rockefeller Street" (Remix)3:58

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[2] 40
Estonia (Top 40)[3] 3
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 44
UK Indie (OCC)[5] 33

Release history
Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom 25 February 2011[6] Digital download Moonwalk

Internet phenomenon

The meme started as a nightcore remix of the song, which later became a popular internet phenomenon and meme.

Nightcore

The meme started as a nightcore remix of the song. The original song is in E♭ minor while the nightcore version is in G minor, having been sped up by 1.25x with the pitch also increased. The first known occurrence of the nightcore version was an osu! map that was published on the 24th of July, 2011.[7] Subsequently, a play of the map was published on the 24th of September, 2011.[8] Two days after, on the 26th, a video with the static background and the nightcore version was posted to YouTube, gaining a significant amount of views, sitting at around 71 million as of November of 2021.[9]

The trend

In 2015, the song became popular after a video of two individuals playing a Nightcore version of the song using the rhythm game osu![10] following them, dancing to the song became popular on social media. Their dance moves also became popular, spreading to apps and sites such as TikTok and YouTube in 2018.

References
  1. Siim, Jarmo (26 February 2011). "Getter Jaani takes Estonian victory". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. "Getter Jaani – Rockefeller Street" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  3. "MyHits". myhits.postimees.ee. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. "Chart Track: Week 20, 2011". Irish Singles Chart.
  5. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  6. Rockefeller Street – Single by Getter Jaani, retrieved 22 March 2020
  7. "Rockefeller Street (Nightcore Mix) -Getter Jaani". osu!. osuplayer111 "Andrea".
  8. "OSU ! [ Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street Nightcore Mix ( Andrea ) ]". Youtube. Maerchenkatze. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. "Nightcore - Rockefeller Street". Youtube. TheNightcoreWitcher. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  10. "Chinese Weaboo plays Osu! dance [ylyl]". Youtube. Chan Ylyl. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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