The 2012 pop hit "Call Me Maybe," layered 147 times in its acapella form by Dan Deacon. It's a much more interesting song as a blast of free-form noise. (HT Sam Humphries)

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Next step: slow it down 1000 times.
- http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch
  
  ”Next step: slow it down 1000 times.”
  
  And combine with footage from occult 70s soft-core horror movie.
Trig Discipline

I was about to say “so this is like a lazy John Oswald piece” but then I listened to it and it’s actually pretty damn cool.
http://twitter.com/randywalters Randy Walters

I’m an audio pro, and I have no idea what “147 times exponentially layered” means. Is there any explanation of what techniques are being used? Does this mean that each time a new layer is added, the existing layers are collectively halved in volume?
- http://twitter.com/Sn1ds Stiv
  
  I think it means the time between each layer decreases exponentially. So each layer gets added with a slightly shorter space between the next layer. That’s why the track degrades into a more or less constant noise/tone/sound. I fink.
  - Boundegar
    
    That’s kind of how it sounds, but I was also wondering if “exponentially” meant anything.
- http://twitter.com/wi_ngo wingo shackleford
  
  I was wondering the same thing, but I think @twitter-22685788:disqus has it right. Sort of like a Row, Row, Row Your Boat round that starts sooner every time. When I first read that I thought it involved multiplying frequencies or something but it doesn’t sound like that at all.
  - http://www.facebook.com/stepmuel Stephan J. Müller
    
    Until 1:03 it seems to just be a new song every two bars. After that I think there is some grain synthesis going on, probably controlled. The distortion might be caused by the layers just being added and cut off if the amplitude gets too high.
    
    I suspect that the composer simply didn’t understand the meaning of exponential and wanted to say that it adds to the same thing again and again. I’ve heard people using the term like that occasionally. I blame teachers.
    - http://profile.yahoo.com/QFJA3QHCVIWNKRY2STBS5BI4KI matt
      
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http://profile.yahoo.com/KV3PDLBSUEJ3YCGEWYUGDQ664E Leo

Needs more dubstep
Scott Fay

First in with Steve Reich reference. 1966 b!tches.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDo1YN_q3c
Jon

I’m not sure which makes my head hurt more, this version or the original.
- Wreckrob8
  
  The original is certainly one of the more obnoxious forms of noise pollution encountered in public at the moment.
meerkat

BTW – Dan Deacon is quite the happy mutant, amazing in concert and a musical genius. If this video doesn’t entertain you, you are sad horrid person (or just have different tastes than me!) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnXiXlF7olo
pasq242

I prefer the Rickroll version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUGah9lBAgA

Remix: "Call Me Maybe Acapella 147 Times Exponentially Layered"

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