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Crank Dat Batman is a single from the group called Pop It Off Boyz (reportly written in 2005 and released in 2006) and is a form of snap music, which means you snap with the music while dancing. The exact release date of the single is unknown.

Dance

Like many similar songs such as Crank That (Soulja Boy) and Crank Dat Spiderman, it has a dance that goes along with it. The dance, choreographed by a group of four young men known as the Crank It Boiz, was first released on YouTube as a fan-made video, soon gaining momentum and is now known as the Crank Dat Batman's official dance. Although they have not given an overall opinion, The Pop It Off Boyz appear to approve of the dance as they have mentioned the dance several times and added the Crank It Boiz's video to their Myspace page.

Song controversy

There have been several rumors about the song with many people claiming it to be a ripoff of rapper Soulja Boy's song, Crank That or Crank Dat Spiderman by Crank Squad and many others saying that Crank Dat Batman came first. Hearing this, the group posted the following on their MySpace page and attempted to set everything straight.

"We have got our own original style. And for the record, the song Crank Dat Batman wuz made in the early 2005. We juz put it out in da late 2006 and itz starting to blow up becuz we have the video. Soo the Batman came out b4 da Supaman and da Spidaman 'n junk. Don't get it twisted. But really, Supaman came out first by my home boi playa c if yeen kno......"