Sandstorm was released in 1999 by Finnish DJ Darude and became one of the most recognisable trance tracks in the world. In the early 2010s it turned into an online joke, with commenters answering every what is this song question with Darude Sandstorm regardless of the actual track. That running gag spread through video platforms, livestreams and gaming communities and kept the riff alive long after its chart run. Filtered and remixed versions like this one keep reworking the familiar melody for new meme formats.