Daft Hands

[major rewrite in progress]

Origin

On Jun 6, 2007, YouTuber Austin Hall uploaded the video titled “Daft Hands – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” to his channel, FrEckleStudios. The description states that the video was “done with his own hands”. The video has now accumulated 52 million views.

The Song

The song used in the video is “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” in the album Discovery by the famed French DJ duo Daft Punk, released in October 2001.

The song sampled Edwin Birdsong’s Cola Bottle Baby and was later sampled in Kanye West’s Stronger.
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Spread

The original Daft Hands video had sprouted numerous similar One Take videos much like the original. One of the most notable ones is the video Daft Bodies, with 16 million views.

Ellen Show Appearance

Austin appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Sept 14, 2007.

Flash Game

On Feb. 2008 deviantArt/Newgrounds user PJJMDCC created a flash game that imitates the original video.

Click here to play.

External References

^[1]His personal resume

^[2]Carleton College