# Identify This Youtube Video (Teenagers Dancing in Parking Lot) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517 "2009-08-15T14:26:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/1 "2009-08-15T14:26:50Z")
I caught the briefest of glimpses the other day while watching the news of some video that’s apparently quite popular. I literally only caught about a second of it before they cut to a commercial. It was a handful of teenagers (or perhaps young adults) doing some kind of dance. They appeared to be in a parking lot. That’s all I got. Does this ring a bell for anyone? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/2 "2009-08-15T15:49:30Z")
Could it have been this scene from _[Fame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V8J_jiMpVQ)_? Although you said it was in a parking lot, if the clip was real short, this street scene might appear to be a parking lot, especially after the dancers stop traffic. Anyway, thanks for making me look this up and bringing back some great memories from when this movie came out. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/3 "2009-08-15T16:05:23Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Could it have been this scene from _[Fame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V8J_jiMpVQ)_? No, sorry, that wasn’t it. This video was obviously more modern, and there only four or five people in it. Thanks for trying, though. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/4 "2009-08-15T20:56:44Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Could it have been this scene from _[Fame](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V8J_jiMpVQ)_? > > Although you said it was in a parking lot, if the clip was real short, this street scene might appear to be a parking lot, especially after the dancers stop traffic. > > Anyway, thanks for making me look this up and bringing back some great memories from when this movie came out. I can’t help but think of this random Animaniacs quote: “What do you like best about fame?” “The scene where Irene Cara dances on a car.” ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/5 "2009-08-15T21:55:48Z")
Oh boy. It used to be ‘Books’, ‘movies’, old or obscure ‘TV shows’, and ‘songs’, (often remembered in childhood in-which the inquisitor only remember a lyric or two); And now ‘Youtube’. Heh, not making fun of you HeyHomie, I wish I could help ya. Hope you find it. ---
**Author:** ![Sxyzzx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sxyzzx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sxyzzx)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/6 "2009-08-15T23:38:21Z")
Perhaps they were [jerkin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39uHMH7jxHM). ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/7 "2009-08-16T06:31:09Z")
How about this? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0UE3CNu_rtY/hqdefault.jpg "Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit zijn dak!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY) ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/8 "2009-08-16T08:31:42Z")
The Disneyland marriage proposal?: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpojZ0COU3Y) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/9 "2009-08-16T11:52:36Z")
is it this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dvFjwGBr4aw/maxresdefault.jpg "Consider Yourself | Times Square") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFjwGBr4aw) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/10 "2009-08-16T12:21:04Z")
Hmm…well, there more people involved in my Youtube than “four or five”, but if you only caught a glimpse it still \*COULD \*be that. Any other details you may be leaving out? Do you know what kind of dance it was? Did you see both women and men involved? Was it just for the camera, or was there a crowd? ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/11 "2009-08-16T12:33:53Z")
Eh, sorry for all the posts, but I’m not sure that link works for everyone because it’s in “HD”,(I guess, my friends computer wont play it), so incase it doesn’t work, here’s the non-HD; [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dvFjwGBr4aw/maxresdefault.jpg "Consider Yourself | Times Square") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvFjwGBr4aw) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/12 "2009-08-16T15:03:12Z")
Could it be the [OK Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbdbVhBGETQ)? They have numerous youtube vids in which they do odd dance routines in weird places, and have spawned numerous copycats. (I can’t find a parking lot vid by them though.) My personal favorite OK Go vid is the [running machines](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI&feature=fvw). ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/13 "2009-08-16T15:23:38Z")
Thanks for all the replies, everyone. None of the links are what I am looking for, but they’ve been fun to watch anyway (especially the Disneyland Marriage Proposal - that made my day!). Thanks for all your efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor\_Rhythm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Transistor\_Rhythm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Transistor_Rhythm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/14 "2009-08-17T20:16:40Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Thanks for all the replies, everyone. None of the links are what I am looking for, but they’ve been fun to watch anyway (especially the Disneyland Marriage Proposal - that made my day!). > > Thanks for all your efforts. I’m pretty sure that it must have been [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0), and maybe you just got confused with the parking lot part. There’s dancing, and it’s really the only recent Youtube phenom to make it to “local evening news” level of exposure. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-youtube-video-teenagers-dancing-in-parking-lot/506517/15 "2009-08-18T01:23:46Z")
> [@Transistor\_Rhythm](#): > > I’m pretty sure that it must have been [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0), and maybe you just got confused with the parking lot part. There’s dancing, and it’s really the only recent Youtube phenom to make it to “local evening news” level of exposure. Nope, not it.