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One thing is required: the rhythm [[Ear Worm|has to be catchy]].
If the song is less about how popular the song is and how nice is dancing to it, and more on literally explaining the steps of the choreography, then it is [[Music, Dance Instructions Included]]
{{examples}}
== [[Film]] ==
* "The Time Warp" from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' mentions a fair number of steps:
{{quote|''It's just a jump to the left
''And then a step to the right
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''But it's the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane
''Let's do the Time Warp again! }}
* The [[Fred Astaire]]-[[Ginger Rogers]] movies were famous for these: they introduced "The Carioca" in ''[[Flying Down To Rio]]'', "The Continental" in ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'', "The Piccolino" in ''[[Top Hat]]'', and "The Yam" in ''[[Carefree]]''.
* At least 20% of ''[[Hairspray]]'' (the original) is a compilation of these songs.
* "Ballroom Dancing" by [[Paul McCartney]] is a past-tense version. (Listed here because the song eventually reached ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]''.)
* "The French Mistake" from ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''
* "The Tina-Lina" in ''[[The Toast of New Orleans
* "Hoe Down" from ''[[Babes On Broadway]]''.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* "Do The Urkel" from ''[[Family Matters]]''.
* "The Chicken Song" from ''[[Spitting Image]]'' parodies this
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{{quote|''Now with your partner you shout
''Open the window and jump out'' }}
* The "Batusi", from [[Batman (TV series)|the 1960s ''Batman'' TV series]]. Invented for the show, and actually became popular and notable enough for [[The Other Wiki]] to have [[w:Batusi|a page about it]].
== [[Radio]] ==
* ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'' enjoyed doing this on occasion. One of the more memorable ones was the '[[Running Gag|Gibbon]] Stuffing' song. It was [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]].
== [[Theatre]] ==
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** "Rock Around The Clock"
** [[Christmas Songs|"Jingle Bell Rock"]]
* Usher had "U-Turn" from his ''8701'' album
{{quote|''Put your hands up''
''Bend your knees''
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''Don't miss the chance
''Now we're here with
''The Caramell Dance!
* Before the [[Velvet Underground]] came about, [[Lou Reed]] wrote a version of these called "The Ostrich" featuring a ridiculous dance that involved people ''stepping on other people's heads.''
* ''Limbo good, Limbo fine, Everybody gets a chance...'' Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!
* "The Compromise" by the Format satirizes this by describing a dance whose steps are "Throw your partner behind a desk, where they'll do absolutely nothing so it's your job to dance and smile". It's a retaliation against the record company, who asked them to write a hit (hence "The Compromise").
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* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_yW8tZxs The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump!]''
* [[Cab Calloway|"The Calloway Boogie"]]
* [[Older Than Television]]: [
* Parodied in [https://web.archive.org/web/20140203230643/http://www.songstowearpantsto.com/songs/old-fashioned-line-dance-or-square/ this] [[Songs to Wear Pants To]] song.
* ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' has a song called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqGPhkrPVpw The 7 Jump]. Unfortunately the lyrics seem to assume that you're watching [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ4GgjL2ZoU the music video] to the song so you'd never learn how to do it just from hearing it. Hilariously, the lyrics comment about how easy it is to do.
* ''Open the door, get on the floor, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgiDcJi534Y&feature=related everybody walk the dinosaur.]''
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184&feature=related Well everybody's heard about the bird...] (The Bird was originally a dance, and was indeed "the word.")
* "The Wilbury Twist" by [[Supergroup|The Traveling Wilburys]] invites the dancer to, among other things, fall on his ass, put his teeth in a glass, and put his blindfold on so his friends can get away from him ("Could be ''years'' before you're missed!").
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* Parodied with The Lonely Island's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLPZmPaHme0 "The Creep"], a dance specifically designed to make one look like, well, a creep.
* The Cupid Shuffle. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24_zoqu4_Q To the right! To the right! To the right! To the right!]
* [[MC Frontalot]] has the 'Margaret Thatcher' from his song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qcrSm_C3lA Wallflowers], which describes exactly the [[Adorkable]] dance that would be performed by an awkward geek with no idea how to dance. Notable for taking 'vague steps' [[Up to Eleven]] - after all, if it's an awkward nerd dance, ''you're not supposed to know what you're doing.''
{{quote|''Step One:
''Wiggle, wobble, wriggle,
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** The Dougie (discussed in TWO songs)
** Lean Like a Cholo
* [[The Bangles
* The Dismemberment Plan's "Do The Standing Still", which uses the lyrical format of a typical dance sensation song to satirize how non-demonstrative indie rock audiences often are:
{{quote|''Oh whoa-oh, well it's a sensation
''Across the entire nation
''Oh whoa-oh, a hundred million kids
''All dancing in suspended animation
** Oddly predated by 15 years with an identically titled song by Belgian [[New Wave]] band The Employees, which had basically the same lyrical premise.
* "The Crunge" by [[Led Zeppelin]] is another parody of this style of song, influenced by [[James Brown]], but with an undanceable, oddly-timed rhythm.
* [[Eels]]' "Going Fetal" is a pretty sardonic parody: According to the lyrics, the latest dance craze is the [[Troubled Fetal Position]].
== [[Real Life]] ==
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