--- title: Us the Duo Hit 2014 Songs in 2 Minutes: Video description: Hits by Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Pharrell Williams and Meghan Trainor canonical: https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-03T18:34:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:59.562Z og:title: Us the Duo Hit 2014 Songs in 2 Minutes: Video og:description: Hits by Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Pharrell Williams and Meghan Trainor og:url: https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Us the Duo Hit 2014 Songs in 2 Minutes: Video twitter:description: Hits by Ariana Grande Taylor Swift Pharrell Williams and Meghan Trainor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Listen to the Hit Songs of 2014 in Just 2.5 Minutes by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 3, 2014 6:34 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 3, 2014 6:34 PM UTC Us the Duo, the Vine phenomenon that covers hit songs in social-media friendly six second loops known as #6SecondCovers, has expanded their time frame to cover all of the hits from 2014 in just two-and-a-half minutes. In the video, the husband and wife team of Michael and Carissa Alvarado seamlessly blend parts of Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” with Coldplay’s “A Sky Full of Stars”, Sia’s “Chandelier”, Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”, and more. Remember way back at the beginning of this year when Pharrell’s “Happy” was inescapable? It’s in the mix along with John Legend, Ariane Grande, Nico & Vinz, Magic!, Clean Bandit, and Maroon 5. Us The Duo signed a deal with Republic Records in March, becoming the first Vine artists to get picked up by a major label. **MORE:** [Top 10 Best Songs of 2014](https://time.com/3613567/top-10-best-songs/) [Top 10 Worst Songs of 2014](https://time.com/3613505/top-10-worst-songs/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/"},"headline":"Listen to the Hit Songs of 2014 in Just 2.5 Minutes","datePublished":"2014-12-03T18:34:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:59.562Z","description":"The Vine phenomenon covers all the songs.","url":"https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Music","YouTube","Vine","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3616217/vine-us-the-duo-2014-songs/","name":"Listen to the Hit Songs of 2014 in Just 2.5 Minutes"}}]}] ```