Who Created Rush E? The Story Behind the Viral Piano Meme

Who Created “Rush E”? The Minds Behind the Internet’s Most Infamous Piano Meme

If you have spent any time online over the last few years, you have almost certainly heard “Rush E.” Whether it was featured in a high-speed challenge video, a TikTok sound, or a hilarious “impossible piano tutorial,” this chaotic composition has cemented itself as a legendary piece of modern internet culture. But who is actually responsible for creating this viral monster?

The Creators: Sheet Music Boss

“Rush E” was created by Sheet Music Boss, a YouTube channel and musical duo consisting of Australian composers Andrew Wrangell and Samuel Dickenson.

Based in Brisbane, Australia, the duo launched their channel to create engaging piano tutorials, MIDI visualizers, and original compositions. They gained early traction by transforming popular video game themes and classical tracks into fun, stylized arrangements. However, nothing they ever produced prepared them for the global phenomenon that “Rush E” would become.

The Inspiration and Conception

The track didn’t appear out of nowhere; it was built on a foundation of internet history and musical puns:

• The Name: The title is a playful nod to “Rush B,” a famous tactical meme originating from the multiplayer shooter Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), where players constantly yell at teammates to rush a specific map location.
• The Note: True to its name, the song heavily revolves around the musical note B (and later shifting elements), cleverly wrapped in an intense, dramatic Russian folk-style composition.
• The “E” Meme: The creators leaned heavily into internet culture by incorporating the deep-fried, distorted Lord Farquaad/Markiplier “E” meme directly into the visual and auditory climax of the piece.

Written primarily in A minor, the track starts off sounding like a genuinely fast, playable classical piece before rapidly escalating into an absurdly complex, “humanly impossible” wall of notes that requires three hands—or a computer—to play.

How It Took Over the Internet

When Sheet Music Boss uploaded “Rush E” alongside their signature visualizer video, it instantly struck a chord with the internet.

• The Challenge: Pianists and content creators across YouTube and TikTok began trying (and usually failing hilariously) to play the track in real life, spawning an entire genre of “meme piano” challenges.
• The Spinoffs: Due to its massive success, Sheet Music Boss expanded the “Rush” universe, creating sibling tracks like “Rush B”, “Rush G,” and various difficulty adaptations.

Ultimately, what started as a fun, meme-infused experiment by two Australian composers turned into a defining piece of 21st-century digital folklore—proving that music, comedy, and internet culture make for a powerful combination.

[Learn more about the creation of the viral track in this Rush E: A Completely Unnecessary History and Analysis video.]
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