Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (song)
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites is a song by the American Electro, Dub and brostep producer Skrillex. The song was first released on 25 October 2010 as the first single of his EP of the same name. Musically, it is mainly influenced by dubstep, brostep and house. It contains vocal samples from Rachael Nedrow, screaming in the song " Yes, oh my gosh! ". It is Skrillex ' most commercially successful single to date. She reached the charts in the U.S., Australia, Canada, Norway and Sweden. On 9 December 2011, the single in the U.S. with 500,000 units sold reached gold status. Otherwise, the song reached Denmark in gold and platinum status in Canada.
On 12 February 2012, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the Grammy Awards of 2012.