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Janet Jackson's hit single Rhythm Nation had the ominous ability to crash laptops

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Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation might have the ability to get you up making shapes on the dancefloor, but it also has a lesser-known (and slightly ominous) power. The track stormed the charts in 1989, with its accompanying video an absolute masterclass in choreography.

But while packed dancefloors were heaving to the catchy song, not everyone could keepup with the rhythm – namely, laptops. Microsoft has revealed playing the music video for Rhythm Nation actually caused some of its older-model laptops to crash.

In a new blog post, Microsoft senior software engineer, Raymond Chen, said a colleague had recently shared a story with him from his days working in Windows XP product support.

He said the video for Janet’s iconic song contained one of the ‘natural resonant frequencies’ of the hard drives that both Microsoft and some competitors were using at the time.

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