Released 4 November 2011 Recorded 2011 Length 4:13 | Format Digital download Genre Jumpstyle
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"Original Don" is a song by musical project Major Lazer and The Partysquad from their 2011 extended play of the same name. The song was released as a digital download on 4 November 2011. The song has charted in the Netherlands.
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Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Original Don" was first released onto YouTube on 8 December 2011 at a total length of two minutes and forty-two seconds. It features an American family, dancing around carrying various blade weapons, Diplo makes a cameo in the video.
In popular culture
A portion from the middle of the song was prominently featured in a television advertisement for The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, which aired in the summer of 2013 through the winter of 2013–14.
The version featuring The Partysquad appeared on Dancing with the Stars during James Maslow and Petra Murgatroyd's freestyle dance number.
Florida Gators gymnast, Bridget Sloan, used the song as her floor music for the 2015 season.