Songs that have Dances

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Does anyone have suggestions of songs that have accompanying dance-steps? For example, The Twist, or Le Freak. I need songs that NYC DJs might actually have on hand, and whose dances at least a few people would know how to do.
This is for a bachelorette party, by the way!

― Lalena, Thursday, 29 May 2003 16:30 (twenty-three years ago)

the time warp for one...erm...the 900 number by the 45 king
(see who can remember the
dance to *that* !)

― piscesboy, Thursday, 29 May 2003 16:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Hoky Pokey
Chicken Dance
Achy Breaky
Macarena
Hustle
Electric Slide
Bristol Stomp (?)

.. That should illustrate what a great idea song/dances can be.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 29 May 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I would LOVE to be at a bachelorette party where the assembled tried to follow these classic dance-song instructions:

"First I limp to side like my leg was broken
Shakin' and twitchin' kinda like I was smokin'
Crazy wack funky
People say 'You look like MC Hammer on crack, Humpty!"

um . . . "The Cha Cha Slide"?

― chris herrington (chris herrington), Thursday, 29 May 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Step In The Name Of Love
Da Dip

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 29 May 2003 20:16 (twenty-three years ago)

The Stonk
Tragedy (apparently)

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Thursday, 29 May 2003 21:37 (twenty-three years ago)

do the collapse

... er ...

― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Thursday, 29 May 2003 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Saturday Night by Whigfield
The Ketchup Song

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 29 May 2003 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

THE LAMBADA YOU FOOLS

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 29 May 2003 22:59 (twenty-three years ago)

oh and the Locomotion

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 29 May 2003 23:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Mambo Number 5"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 May 2003 23:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Vogue by Madonna

― Toshy (Toshy), Friday, 30 May 2003 11:41 (twenty-three years ago)

"Hanky Panky"

― Jrvision (visionjr), Friday, 30 May 2003 11:56 (twenty-three years ago)

didn't "pump up the jam" had dance steps? i remember everyone at parties back in the early 90s copying off felly's moves in the video... but i could be wrong.

― cecilia, Friday, 30 May 2003 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

the Mashed Potato (just heard that on the radio)
the Bus Stop
da Butt

did the Funky Chicken actually have an accompanying song?

― H (Heruy), Friday, 30 May 2003 19:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Agadoo!

― man, Friday, 30 May 2003 20:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Steps, complete with illustrated "how to" cd covers

― geoff, Friday, 30 May 2003 20:46 (twenty-three years ago)

"Bump",
the mid-70s thingy? (Kenny a.o. had a hit with a song named thus back then)
not sure, tho, whether besides 'bumping yer asses together' there were any other kinda 'steps'

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 30 May 2003 21:15 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven months pass...

"Men In Black" by Will Smith....
"Ride It" by Geniwine
"The Train" by the 69 Boyz
"Here Kitty Kitty"

― Nada, Thursday, 27 May 2004 04:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Time - 'The Bird'
Prince - 'Housequake'

― Barima, Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Princess Superstar - 'Bump Your Ass Off'

― Crickets Dance On Tequila Booty (Barima), Thursday, 27 May 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf700/f701/f70174ffor2.jpg

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Bootsy - "Body Slam"

Don't know if there is one, but there oughta be a Milkshake dance.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

the Oblivans have a "Milkshake" dance. And Bob Log III's "Clap Your Tits"

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"Jerk and Twine" by Jackie Ross (all-time fave!) has not just one but TWO dances! So if you don't know how to do both the jerk AND the twine, just sit ya ass on down.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 27 May 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Do the Hustle!

― phil dennison, Thursday, 27 May 2004 18:34 (twenty-two years ago)

no "Land of a 1,000 Dances?"

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

grandma's funky popcorn
the washing machine
the larks - the jerk
tyrone brunson - the smurf (i can remember this being played at school dances)
cloud one - (the) patty duke

oh and we made up one once upon a time to "the percolator"

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and two obvious ones:
tighten up
and
the funky eight corners

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

how about "Funky 16 Corners?"

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:22 (twenty-two years ago)

not heard that one hstencil, but my mind reels trying to imagine the corresponding dance

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Is that like "Funky Broadway"?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

it's pretty good!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Stones Throw are doing god's work

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

don't say that too loudly, there are some haters around here.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:33 (twenty-two years ago)

of course there are. any label that makes "nullifies" all the cred-legwork done by collector types over years and years will surely face mucho hate.

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

remove "makes" from that last post in order for it to make sense

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't mean from the collector types (most I know love Stone's Throw), but from most of the anti-undie types.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)

ahhh. they don't count anyway :)

― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 27 May 2004 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)

every Henry Flynt piece has a corresponding dance.
"Do the Spindizzy!"

― beta beta, Thursday, 27 May 2004 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Put your hands up
Bend your knees
Bounce around in a circle, get down with me
Come on, come on, it ain't hard to learn
Come on, come on, it's called the U-Turn

― Ursher (Barima), Thursday, 27 May 2004 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

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