With more than four million views on YouTube, the 'Gangnam Style' phenomenon on does not seem to be going away anytime soon.
The video, shot by South Korean rapper Psy, has made its way into the dancehall arena and has been dominating local airwaves.
Not wanting to be left out of the latest social-media craze sweeping the world, more than five Jamaican artistes have remixed the single.
Dancehall artiste Elephant Man told THE WEEKEND STAR his remix of Gangnam Style, titled Badman Style, has been gaining momentum since released two weeks ago.
"I decided to do a remix because him (Psy) a talk bout Gangnam, but the video is showing dancing, so me use the melody to write about dancing," Elephant Man said.
Not wanting to be outdone, GarrIzon, a student of the University of the West Indies and former Magnum King and Queen finalist, decided to do a college version remix of the song.
"Well I wasn't doing much music in recent times due to my focus on completing my studies at UWI. I heard the Gangnam style song and loved the rhythm, so I just pitched the idea of a remix to fellow artistes Gramma Zone and Melloquence, and we just went into the studio and freestyled a song called UWI/UTech Style," GarrIzon said.
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GarrIzon also recently shot the video for his remix, slated to be released in the coming week.
"The UWI/Utech style video features Breezy Squad dancers and students from UWI and UTech. Since it's upload a week ago, we have already received close to 10,000 downloads online, suh mi cyah complain," he said.
Elephant Man is gearing up to shoot the video for Badman Style on Sunday at Port Royal.
"The video a go feature all a the dancer dem, Shelly Belly, John Hype and others. Mi hear couple other remix and dem a gwaan good, but you done know say a me a di king of dancing," Elephant Man said.
Artistes such as Mega Banton, Sugar Roy and Sample King have also released remixes of Gangnam Style.
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