Paschall originally uploaded the video of his students doing the routine in gym class on his YouTube channel. It was later posted to Facebook, where it's been viewed nearly 20 million times.
In an interview for AL.com, Paschall said, "Since they loved the song so much and many of them already knew some moves, I decided to incorporate exercise into music and get them excited about doing a cardio workout." Paschall also said in the interview that he filmed his students demonstrating the dance workout so that other teachers can try it out in their schools.