Matt Harding

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Matthew "Matt" Harding (born September 27, 1976) is an American from Westport, Connecticut who began a world journey after working in the video game industry in Brisbane, Australia. While on his travels, he asked others to record him dancing in front of iconic buildings and street scenes and set to music from "Sweet Lullaby" (Nature's Dancing 7" Mix), by Deep Forest. The dancing compilation can be found at wherethehellismatt.com. According to that site, he is currently residing in Seattle, Washington.

It has been noted that this act is remarkably similar to Deep Forest's Sweet Lullaby music video (nominated by MTV for music video of the year). This was also used as a station identification for the SBS television network and was widely broadcast during Harding's stay in Australia, which he admitted to having seen before the creation of his own version. The music video consists of a little girl riding a tricycle in front of iconic scenes from around the globe.

Matt has gone on to become an international sensation and his video ranks as one of the most downloaded (and watched) in internet history.[citation needed]

Matt's 15 minutes of fame included screening the video clip on television shows including:

Matt was bumped from Good Morning America on September 8, 2005, due to coverage of Hurricane Katrina. On May 31, 2006 he appeared on Good Morning America dancing outside their studio in Times Square in front of footage of him in other countries being displayed on the large screen overlooking the Square.

Contrary to popular belief, Matt does not hate Canada. It's based on an ambiguous statement he made, after receiving many e-mails from Canadians asking him to dance there. Since then, Matt has retracted and post this on his website : "I don’t hate Canadians. I made an ill-advised sarcastic remark on this page that some took at face value."[1]

There are two versions of the video edited in 2005 and 2006.

Contents

[edit] Videogame development credits[2]

[edit] Quotes

  • I'm not the guy in the video.
  • The only wrong way to dance badly is to do it well.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oh, Great White North, I Hear Your Mighty Call (blog entry)
  2. ^ MobyGames.com

[edit] External links

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