# Song and Dance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708 "2012-09-14T17:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/1 "2012-09-14T17:28:00Z")
I was just listening to “Locomotion” on the radio, and now I’m wondering if there are any recent popular songs about dances. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/2 "2012-09-14T21:00:21Z")
Was that version of “locomotion” that came out in the mid 70’s the last of it’s kind? ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/3 "2012-09-15T00:43:07Z")
The problem is that after about the 1960s and certainly after American Bandstand went off the air, the kids pretty much stopped naming dances. There was the twist, then came things like the monkey and the watusi, which were made popular by shows such as American Bandstand, but since then everyone has been more or less free-styling. Sure there were broad trends such disco or line-dancing, but those were more general than one specific dance. There have been popular songs about dancing. [Move for Me by Kaskade and Deadmau5](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larRO7U549A) was a big hit a couple of years ago. The last hit about a specific dance style that I can think of was [Vogue by Madonna](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI) from 2006(?). Although many claim that was just a ripoff of 1980s songs such as [Deep in Vogue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1UfL_Z7mw) and [Waltz Darling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOGX-x9UlLs) by Malcolm Mclaren. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/4 "2012-09-15T10:27:51Z")
Did I really say Madonna’s _Vogue_ came out in 2006? That should be 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/5 "2012-09-15T10:43:50Z")
[Saturday Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-qpHo7H7s) came out in the 90s IIRC. It was very popular in discos where the crazy kids would do the dance. Never did get the hang of it myself #oldfogey [The Ketchup Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFzyYYZsxGc&feature=related) had a ‘hand jive’ style dance move for the chorus [HEY! Macrena](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anzzNp8HlVQ&feature=related) [Achy Breaky Heart](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQIPdHMpjc) had 'em up and bopping at weddings [Cos this is Thrilller, thriller night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA) (what, was I the only one who danced??) [Steps (group)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiwDHHcHPh0) were very popular in the 90s and had dance routines for every one of their songs ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/6 "2012-09-15T10:57:50Z")
[Teach Me How to Dougie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZglqkCRNt8) [Soulja Boy (Crank That)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UFIYGkROII) [Tacata](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ-CmHZrKHU) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/7 "2012-09-15T11:00:18Z")
[Open condom style](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-and-dance/634708/8 "2012-09-15T12:45:56Z")
One of the lamest I recall from post-2000 was in Terror Squad’s [Lean Back](http://youtu.be/ajmI1P3r1w4) (ft. Fat Joe). In the song it’s called “The Rockaway,” but I’ve only heard people describe it as “leaning back.” The description of the dance from Wikipedia’s article on the song is pretty succinct: “Fat Joe described the dance in the video as throwing back the right shoulder to the beat of the song.” That’s it.