![]() The 1st single taken from the album, "Party Rock Anthem", was released on Januand features British singer Lauren Bennett formerly of the girl pop group, "Paradiso Girls" and producer GoonRock, and showcases the iconic "Melbourne Shuffle" dance in its popular video. They then recorded their 2nd album, "Sorry for Party Rocking" in the remainder of 2010 and it was released later on June 17, 2011, in the U.S. In the middle of 2010, they were featured in David Guetta's hit song "Gettin' Over You", which was an international hit, peaking top ten in 11 countries and three of them at #1, including in the UK (United Kingdom). LMFAO were a featured storyline on MTV's The Real World: Cancun in August 2009, which covered the group's appearance in Cancun during 2009 Spring break. A few weeks later the song became the theme song for the E! television show Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami and "Get Crazy (song)" was used for Jersey Shore in 2009. The bootleg was spread across the internet and became a huge success at the Miami Winter Music Conference 2009. In early 2009 a little known DJ/producer 'DJ Inphinity' created a bootleg using the Silvio Ecomo remix of DJ Chuckie's 2008 hit "Let the Bass Kick" and the a cappella of LMFAO, creating the mixed tune "Bass Kick in Miami". Their first single was "I'm In Miami Bitch", which was released in the December of 2008, and peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.37 in Canada. Los Angeles Times described Party Rock as "14 virtually interchangeable odes to night life." The album charted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the U.S Dance Chart. ![]() LMFAO released "Party Rock EP" on the iTunes music store later in July 1, 2008, and released their full album on July 7, 2009. Interscope A&R and will.i.am manager Neil Jacobson told HitQuarters that the demos sounded like "finished records" and that so little artist development work was needed it was essentially a "turnkey operation" for the label. Once they had recorded some demos, Redfoo's friend "will.i.am" introduced them to Interscope head Jimmy Iovine who gave the green light for them to be signed to Interscope/will.i.am Music. The duo started generating a local buzz through their performances and radio play. ![]() LMFAO began their career performing as part of the electro club scene in LA, which at the time featured DJ/producers like Steve Aoki and DJ AM. The group's name is an Internet slang abbreviation for "Laughing My F*cking Ass Off", but the duo themselves have says that their band's name stands for "Loving My Friends And Others." The duo says its original name was Sexe Dude (read as Sexy Dudes) and the two eventually changed it at the advice of their grandmother. RedFoo & SkyBlu both grew up in the affluent Los Angeles neighborhood Pacific Palisades, when together they formed the group "LMFAO" in 2006. Redfoo is actually SkuBlu's uncle, meaning that Redfoo's dad music mogul Berry Gordy, is also SkyBlu's grandfather. LMFAO is an electro pop duo with Redfoo (full name Stefan Kendal Gordy) and his partner SkyBlu's (Skyler Austen Gordy).
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