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A "still" image from the Dance Monkeyboy video

Dance Monkeyboy is an Internet meme and a viral video of Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer at an employee convention. The video features Ballmer dancing and screaming wildly to "Get on Your Feet" by Gloria Estefan for roughly 30 seconds. Image File history File links Dance MonkeyBoy This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ... Steven Anthony Ballmer (born March 24, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American businessman and has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. ... Get on Your Feet is a single by Gloria Estefan. ... Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning Cuban American singer and songwriter. ...


The video has been used as the basis for a parody ad of the Apple Computer iPod, featuring the same iconic shadow graphics as used in the original iPod ads. It is entitled "welcome to the so-so", a play on words for the Microsoft Zune slogan "welcome to the social". [1]. Apple Inc. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Zune is the name of a brand of digital music services sold by Microsoft. ...


Similarly to the also popular "developers video", audio from this video has been remixed into a song titled "Monkey Developers" by Digital Droo.


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Dance Monkeyboy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (104 words)
Dance Monkeyboy is an Internet meme and a widely-circulated video of Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer at an employee convention.
The video features Ballmer dancing and screaming wildly to "Get on Your Feet" by Gloria Estefan for roughly 30 seconds.
The video became immensely popular on the Internet, especially on sites like Slashdot where links to it are often included in articles relating to Microsoft.
Steve Ballmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (880 words)
Footage featuring Ballmer during on-stage appearances at Microsoft events have been widely circulated on the internet, becoming what are known as "viral videos".
The most famous of these is commonly titled "Dance Monkeyboy", and features Ballmer dancing around and screaming on a stage for about 45 seconds after being introduced at an employee convention.
More video, captured at a developers' conference just days later, featured a sweat-soaked Ballmer chanting the word "developers", at least fourteen times, in front of the bemused gathering (video).
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