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'American Idol' Winner Scotty McCreery Does the 'Harlem Shake' (Video)

4:00 PM PST 2/24/2013 by Michele Amabile Angermiller

The season 10 alum recruits his bandmates and a crowd of 2,000 for his own version of the viral video phenomenon.

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American Idol's Scotty McCreery is the latest celebrity to get his “Harlem Shake” on.

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The season 10 winner enlisted his bandmates to play along to the DJ Baauer hit, which begins with McCreery skillfully tuning his guitar in an empty venue (Pittsburgh's Stage AE), then breaks into a giant dance party for last 15 seconds of the clip.

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The video was filmed Feb. 21 at a tour stop in Pennsylvania with help from the country crooner's fans -- more than 2,000 of whom were in attendance.

McCreery is busy recording his second album, set for release later this year via 19/Interscope/Mercury Records. He recently debuted a new song called "See You Tonight."

Watch McCreery's "Harlem Shake" below:

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