Using the web page's popularity as a springboard, she and a Toronto native, Jeffery Lane, worked together with Canadian remix duo the Boomtang Boys to create a full song out of the sample.
"The Hampsterdance Song" originated from a web page called the Hampster Dance, created by Deidre LaCarte in mid-1998 as a competition with her sister Melanie and friend Hazel Steenman on who could launch the busiest website.
[2][3] In early 2000, Lane met LaCarte and Steenman in person, when he revealed to them that he had worked with the Boomtang Boys—who had recently had chart success with their hit "Squeeze Toy"—to create "The Hampsterdance Song".
Lane knew his song would experience similar levels of popularity if he used the same "Whistle-Stop" hook from the Cuban Boys' pastiche and because pop groups such as Aqua and Vengaboys were prominent at the time.
After the Boomtang Boys resolved the licensing issues involved with the "Whistle-Stop" sample, they increased the song's volume so that it would emulate a track heard in a club.
Realizing "The Hampsterdance Song" was finished by this point, they finalized the track, issued it commercially, and began working on an album of similar material.
[11][12] Reviewing the song on their July 8, 2000, issue, Billboard magazine called the track "silly" and a "guilty pleasure" but pointed out its appeal for dance clubs and young audiences.
[12] In November 2009, The Village Voice writer Maura Johnston named the track one of "The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s", calling it a "threadbare, madness-inducing dance tune" and noting that it influenced the contemporary process of how remixes bring attention to an original composition.
[19] In the United States, the song first appeared on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks ranking, debuting at its peak of number 70 on the issue of August 26, 2000.
[24] It ended 2001 as Australia's 83rd-most-successful single and earned a gold certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting shipments exceeding 35,000 copies.