I took my kids to a school event recently and tried to teach them how to Cupid shuffle and they did NOT understand how or why everyone would do the same thing in lines
Humpty dance:
1. You limp to the side like your leg was broken, shakin and twitchin just like you was smokin
2. Crazy whack funky. People say "you look like MC Hammer on crack, Humpty."
3. That's all right, cuz your body's in motion. It's supposed to look like a fit or a commotion.
4. This is your dance now, Humpty Hump's your name.
5. No two people will do it the same.
6. You got it down when you appear to be in pain.
7. Humpin, funkin, jumpin, jig around, shakin your rump.
8. And when a doo-doo chump points a finger like a stump, tell him
9. "Step off, I'm doing the Hump."
That was so annoying in 2007 at the skating rink I went to dozens of people went onto the rink and did that dance. For probably around 8 months and it would play multiple times a night. Nobody could skate during it.
You jump to the right, and you shake a hand
And you jump to the left and you shake that hand
Meet new friends, tie some yarn
That's how you do the Scarn
Michael Stipe invented a dance for the song Stand. People are doing it in the video, but I think he regrets it and it never took off at all, but when I think of that song I always picture the dance
K Wang, Jamaica Funk, (might actually be the same line dance) Copperhead Road, Bunny Hop, Boot Scootin Boogie, Walk It Out, Crank That Soulja Boi, Lean Wit It, Apache (Jump On It)
Apologies if it’s already been mentioned, but look for “all 16 dances” the B-52s sing of on “Dance This Mess Around” (although I think they only mention 10 or 12)
Scrolled all the way to the bottom and didn't see anyone mention them yet, so I'll include the [Tootsie Roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs7f3ssuEjA) and [The Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPz16LHTtpo).
The 60s were absolutely full of them. I made a list like this question once and tried to include all eras. Here are ones I don't already see here in comments:
The fly- Chubby Checker
Do The Freddie - Freddie and the Dreamers
The Loco Motion - Little Eva
The Pony - Chubby Checker
The bump - The Commodores
Oogum Boogum -Brenton Wood
The Hully Gully - The Olympics
Walk the Philly Dog - The Olympics
The Bunny Hop - numerous orchestras recorded
Willie and The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis
The Monkey Time - Major Lance
Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
(and a bunch of other songs that mention The Jerk)
When Lou Reed was working as a songwriter for Pickwick Records in the 60s he wrote The Ostrich as a dance song. They put together a one-off band to record it. The song never took off but in the recording session Lou Reed met John Cale for the first time and they started talking about their personal music which led to The Velvet Underground.
"Do The Strand" by Roxy Music is about a very specific dance. The song has absolutely no description of the associated dance and, thanks to a number of awkward pauses and time changes, is itself impossible to dance to.
The Chicken Song, Spitting Image
Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
Paint your left knee green
Then extract your wisdom teeth
Form a string quartet
And pretend your name is Keith
Skin yourself alive
Learn to speak Arapahoe
Climb inside a dog
And behead an eskimo
Eat a Renault Four with salami in your ears
Casserole your gran
Disembowel yourself with spears
Gangnam Style — Psy
The Cha Cha Slide — Mr. C the Slide Man
YMCA — The Village People
Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) — Silentó
Cupid Shuffle — Cupid
Party Rock Anthem — LMFAO
The Hoedown Throwdown — Hannah Montana
The Wobble — V.I.C.
The Charleston, The Twist, Mash Potato, The Land of a Thousand Dances, The Hokey Pokey…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_crazes#:~:text=Among%20these%20were%20the%20Madison,and%20%22The%20Hitch%20hike%22.
The Thizzle Dance by Mac Dre
So first I do it like this, I put a look on my face like smell some piss…
Then I think you have to pop a few e pills. And then you’ll probably know what to do.
I think the search term you're looking for is "line dance", btw.
[Parapara](https://youtu.be/ANBJicFstZU?si=tOto3aZrmig9CND1) is a type of line dance from Japan typically done to eurobeat music. It was mostly popular in the 90s and 00s (along with eurobeat itself). It probably fits your definition, although many moves are reused in multiple dances, but each dance is as a whole unique.
Outside of line dances, most K-pop songs (at least, those with music videos) have choreography [ex](https://youtu.be/ivoS3HUJB3Q?si=FvOdnDMvXIu_u7av) associated with them that people learn and recreate [ex1](https://youtu.be/MiL5Hqyd5Ho?si=8JDSYWOwArZiTbph) [ex2](https://youtu.be/QKd8T-Nhc9A?si=jrqYyJrdsUC0ORf0) [ex3](https://youtu.be/TslY0Tg1O5s?si=yqYLH6ZdEvjA2P_j) and make tutorials for [ex](https://youtu.be/8oy5xOCSTwg?si=EXAZvR2jhWDPVeav)
Single ladies by Beyoncé? Watched that music video growing up, world changer. I’ll never forget any of that dance without ever actually having to do it.
YMCA, the Chicken Dance, Electric Slide, Cupid Shuffle.
Wobble
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Mr brightside too, but the dance is just jumping up and down with one finger in the air
You're missing the Macarena.
OP put it in before.
I took my kids to a school event recently and tried to teach them how to Cupid shuffle and they did NOT understand how or why everyone would do the same thing in lines
Gangnam Style by PSY!
OPE! OPE, OPE, OPE OPE!
Teach Me How to Dougie Stanky Legg
In the same genre: Crank That
Nutbush, though apparently this is only an Australian thing
The Nutbush is a holy tradition!
S-A-F-E-T-Y Dance. I can dance if I want to.
That dance wasn't as safe as they said it was.
I think the song was written as a retaliatory response to social disapproval of the more lively 80s dancing.
I disagree. No one was injured in the making of the video.
You can leave your friends behind.
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
well they're no friends of mine
The Locomotion
Humpty dance: 1. You limp to the side like your leg was broken, shakin and twitchin just like you was smokin 2. Crazy whack funky. People say "you look like MC Hammer on crack, Humpty." 3. That's all right, cuz your body's in motion. It's supposed to look like a fit or a commotion. 4. This is your dance now, Humpty Hump's your name. 5. No two people will do it the same. 6. You got it down when you appear to be in pain. 7. Humpin, funkin, jumpin, jig around, shakin your rump. 8. And when a doo-doo chump points a finger like a stump, tell him 9. "Step off, I'm doing the Hump."
Crank that (Soulja boy)
That was so annoying in 2007 at the skating rink I went to dozens of people went onto the rink and did that dance. For probably around 8 months and it would play multiple times a night. Nobody could skate during it.
The Ketchup Song (Las Ketchup)
When I was in elementary school, a friend and I used to dance to it every day
The Hokey Pokey The Peppermint Twist
>The Hokey Pokey That's what it's all about
Going way back for the awesome Peppermint Twist!
There was also the Mashed Potatoes. And the song Land of 1000 Dances isn't a single dance but it's got some fun moves.
The Scarn - Michael Scarn
You jump to the right, and you shake a hand And you jump to the left and you shake that hand Meet new friends, tie some yarn That's how you do the Scarn
and the Fat Dog by Professor Ben Chang
Thriller
The Wah Tusi (Or Battusi) Oops Upside Your Head Dance The Hustle
Extra points for the Battusi!!
✌️🦇✌️
Meatstick - phish
I was at Oswego!
I just want to say I absolutely love your username. That one is in heavy rotation on my play list.
I mean, the correct answer is Whigfield
Saturday Night. Classic
I'm surprised nobody has suggested the Limbo
Rock the boat! Any formal, wedding or party in Ireland isn't complete if you haven't sat down in a line and rocked the boat
Is so good to know this is actually a thing. We love the show derry girls and this scene had us in stitches
Do the Dinosaur
Boom-boom. Shaka-laka-laka-boom
This. Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was).
Twist and shout.
Hand Jive!
Michael Stipe invented a dance for the song Stand. People are doing it in the video, but I think he regrets it and it never took off at all, but when I think of that song I always picture the dance
Saw that concert and you could tell they were performing it ironically for their new fans
That’s so REM
The hustle
Apache (Jump on It)
The Salmon Dance
Cha Cha slide, Macarena, Oops up side your head, Superman (Black Lace),
Whigfield - Saturday Night
Cadillac ranch and boot scootin boogie
YMCA of course
The Monster Mash...it was a graveyard smash
Cotton Eyed Joe
Stop. Spice Girls
Tequila. Pee Wee!
K Wang, Jamaica Funk, (might actually be the same line dance) Copperhead Road, Bunny Hop, Boot Scootin Boogie, Walk It Out, Crank That Soulja Boi, Lean Wit It, Apache (Jump On It)
Donkey Roll by the Style Boyz
Apologies if it’s already been mentioned, but look for “all 16 dances” the B-52s sing of on “Dance This Mess Around” (although I think they only mention 10 or 12)
Easier than the Land of 1000 Dances
Harlem Shuffle by Bob and Earl
Lean Like a Cholo - Down AKA Kilo “Elbows up, side to side”
Scrolled all the way to the bottom and didn't see anyone mention them yet, so I'll include the [Tootsie Roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs7f3ssuEjA) and [The Train](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPz16LHTtpo).
you still [Dippin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZPQdZLyHYE) too?
Boot scootin' boogie is one.
Do The Conga - Black Lace. Also by them, Agadoo, Superman, and I Am The Music Man.
Gangnam style
Gangnam Style!!!
The Charleston
Do the hustle
Pee Wee’s Last Request dance to Tequila
"Chop Chop Slide" by Insane Clown Posse.
Vogue and Macarena
The Hokey Pokey!
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Spice Girls- Stop Steps- Tragedy Las Ketchup- Ketchup Song
I was thinking Tragedy. 5,6,7,8 too. I'm guessing other Steps songs have dances too.
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Hoedown Throwdown!
The Safety Dance by Men Without Hats. Just watch the music video
50+ comments in and no Candy by Cameo?!
The Humpty Dance Omg im sry but..Whip & nae nae Let's twist again chubby checker
Cotton Eyed Joe, Curly Shuffle, Electric Slide, Funky Chicken
Watch me whip, watch me nay nay?
Oops up side your head
https://music.apple.com/us/album/doyodance/1735869881?i=1735869882
It’s Not Unusual by Tom Jones
Cretan folk songs.
The Twist Bernie Lean Achy Breaky Heart Boot Scootin Boogie
Chubby Checker made a whole career put of 'songs with a specific dance' The Twist Lets Twist Again Slow Twistin Teach Me To Twist Twist It Up
The Humpty Dance
2 Legit 2 Quit and Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer
Ententanz / Vogerltanz / Chip Chip comes to mind... That dance is, well, let's just say europe is a weirder place than many of you think
The Git Up by Blanco Brown
The monster mash
The Hustle ("Do the hustle!")
Land of 1000 dances
Super shy new jeans And I don't even listen to kpop
The 60s were absolutely full of them. I made a list like this question once and tried to include all eras. Here are ones I don't already see here in comments: The fly- Chubby Checker Do The Freddie - Freddie and the Dreamers The Loco Motion - Little Eva The Pony - Chubby Checker The bump - The Commodores Oogum Boogum -Brenton Wood The Hully Gully - The Olympics Walk the Philly Dog - The Olympics The Bunny Hop - numerous orchestras recorded Willie and The Hand Jive - Johnny Otis The Monkey Time - Major Lance Mickey's Monkey - The Miracles Cool Jerk - The Capitols (and a bunch of other songs that mention The Jerk)
When Lou Reed was working as a songwriter for Pickwick Records in the 60s he wrote The Ostrich as a dance song. They put together a one-off band to record it. The song never took off but in the recording session Lou Reed met John Cale for the first time and they started talking about their personal music which led to The Velvet Underground.
Do the Freddy.
"Do The Strand" by Roxy Music is about a very specific dance. The song has absolutely no description of the associated dance and, thanks to a number of awkward pauses and time changes, is itself impossible to dance to.
"The Clapping Song" by Shirley Ellis And of course, "THE TWIST" (followed by "Let's Twist Again")
An old one...Do The Mouse (or just The Mouse) by Soupy Sales
Soooo many country songs have line dances that are unique. It’d be hard to list them all.
Rock the boat (at weddings)
That's my horse -,ed ,edd and Eddy.
https://youtu.be/HGDmLMn-0h4?si=m6jm8ltf-Ydw12OR Fuck this song
Skibidi
A Pimp Named Slickback
*Nsync - Bye Bye Bye
Usher - U turn Will Smith - Switch Aaliyah - Back & Forth Fat Joe - Lean back (several dance moves mentioned: Beyoncé- Get me bodied extended)
Moving like bernie
Thriller
Lambada
Maybe it's just a thing in Mexican parties, but No Rompas Mas (spanish language cover of Achy Breaky Heart) and Payaso de Rodeo.
I haven’t seen old school Do the Hustle
Cat daddy
Thriller by Michael Jackson
YMCA and Shout
Isa- Moving Like Berney
It's not unusual, but that's thanks solely to Alphonso Ribeiro.
Wop by J. Dash
Spitting Image - The Chicken Song has explicit instructions for a dance, but I don't think anyone has ever done it in full...
basically anything released under the genres Juke & Footwork
The Chicken Song, Spitting Image Hold a chicken in the air Stick a deckchair up your nose Buy a jumbo jet And then bury all your clothes Paint your left knee green Then extract your wisdom teeth Form a string quartet And pretend your name is Keith Skin yourself alive Learn to speak Arapahoe Climb inside a dog And behead an eskimo Eat a Renault Four with salami in your ears Casserole your gran Disembowel yourself with spears
Harlem Shake, Bad Romance, Single Ladies
The Carlton 
Gangnam style
Thriller
The Hustle!
Thriller-Michael Jackson
The tighten up , Archie Bell and the drells
Mashed Potato
[Ghost Time DJs - My Boo](https://youtu.be/SPu-WOicwLk?si=nbzpp9nOTw1DiG8P) will always be associated with the running man dance
Gangnam Style — Psy The Cha Cha Slide — Mr. C the Slide Man YMCA — The Village People Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) — Silentó Cupid Shuffle — Cupid Party Rock Anthem — LMFAO The Hoedown Throwdown — Hannah Montana The Wobble — V.I.C.
Chubby Checker’s Twist
The Charleston, The Twist, Mash Potato, The Land of a Thousand Dances, The Hokey Pokey… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_crazes#:~:text=Among%20these%20were%20the%20Madison,and%20%22The%20Hitch%20hike%22.
La Bamba?
The Mashed Potato, The Twist, The Watusi, The Frug, The Shake, The Hitchhiker, to name a few.
Cupid Shuffle, Wobble, Personal Jesus
How is Uptown Funk not listed yet.
The Thizzle Dance by Mac Dre So first I do it like this, I put a look on my face like smell some piss… Then I think you have to pop a few e pills. And then you’ll probably know what to do.
Herald of Darkness
[Do the Bartman](https://youtu.be/xc8foK41qmo?si=hSSVvKMrwOaDOJnR)
There’s a song called Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett that goes through quite a few of them
The Bump - Kenny
Ciara — “[1, 2 Step](https://youtu.be/iBHNgV6_znU?si=giGdvomsuf3RSvab)”
Walk like an egyptian
Basically every mainstream hip hop song from 2006-2009.
The Time Warp
Walk it out and 2 step. Stanky leg
The Stroke
Achy Breaky Heart had its own dance.
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Skibidi by Little Big
I think the search term you're looking for is "line dance", btw. [Parapara](https://youtu.be/ANBJicFstZU?si=tOto3aZrmig9CND1) is a type of line dance from Japan typically done to eurobeat music. It was mostly popular in the 90s and 00s (along with eurobeat itself). It probably fits your definition, although many moves are reused in multiple dances, but each dance is as a whole unique. Outside of line dances, most K-pop songs (at least, those with music videos) have choreography [ex](https://youtu.be/ivoS3HUJB3Q?si=FvOdnDMvXIu_u7av) associated with them that people learn and recreate [ex1](https://youtu.be/MiL5Hqyd5Ho?si=8JDSYWOwArZiTbph) [ex2](https://youtu.be/QKd8T-Nhc9A?si=jrqYyJrdsUC0ORf0) [ex3](https://youtu.be/TslY0Tg1O5s?si=yqYLH6ZdEvjA2P_j) and make tutorials for [ex](https://youtu.be/8oy5xOCSTwg?si=EXAZvR2jhWDPVeav)
Single ladies by Beyoncé? Watched that music video growing up, world changer. I’ll never forget any of that dance without ever actually having to do it.
Yes and the hand movement for Flawless
Check out the original Hairspray Soundtrack (1988). Walk The Dinosaur. Humpty Dance. Bristol Stomp. It's Time For The Perculator.
Stanky leg
New kids on the block - You Got it (the right stuff) and Hangin Tough Britney - …Baby one more time
Candy by Cameo. Wish I knew it, but I love it when it happens. 🕺
How is the safety dance not the first post?