<P> The song was released on May 5, 2015 . Starting August 28 until September 6, 2015, Silentó performed a remixed version for Nickelodeon to help advertise their Labor Day weekend line - up of shows (ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks, Harvey Beaks, Sanjay and Craig, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket) under the title "Epic Dance Party". In the promos, portions of Silentó's original music video are used, although there are new shots featuring him dancing with the Nick characters and rapping the remix . </P> <P> The music video was uploaded online on Silentó's Vevo channel on YouTube on June 25, 2015 and shot in Atlanta, Georgia . It was directed by Marc Klasfeld . Set in a high school gymnasium, Silentó performs the dance moves mentioned in the song with dance crews, high school and university cheerleaders, fans, even a trio of conservative women who later join in on the dance, and also incorporates videos sent in by viewers . Lil Scrappy and Rich White Ladies make guest appearances in the video . As of April 2018, it has surpassed 1.5 billion views on YouTube, making it the site's 38th most - watched video . </P> <P> The digital media company DanceOn was crucial to the success of "Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)." After striking a deal with Silentó, DanceOn reached out to its network of dance content creators to make instructional videos to the song for their #WatchMeDanceOn campaign . 50 of their creators made videos that they then posted on YouTube . Instantly they gained popularity bringing in more than 250 million views in under three months . The campaign was launched on April 13, 2015 and by May 22, 2015 the track's sales tripled from 17,000 units a week to 42,000 a week . </P> <P> "Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, where it has spent six non-consecutive weeks being kept from number one on the chart by songs such as "Cheerleader" by Omi and "Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd . It spent eighteen weeks in the top ten of that chart before dropping out on October 14, 2015 . Internationally, the song has peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, as well as the top twenty of the charts in Denmark, New Zealand and the United Kingdom . The song reached over 2 million in sales by November 2015, and has sold 2,440,000 copies as of June 2016 . </P>

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