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{{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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