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It's just a jump to the left, and a step to the ri-i-i-i-ight

One hop this time —"Cha Cha Slide"

A song that tells you how to dance to at least part of the song, almost always in the lyrics, but visual instructions in a music video also count. It is not necessary for the song to say how to do the entire (or even most of) the dance, even one visual aid (other than actual dancing of course) or line of lyrics that tell you how to dance is enough to qualify.

If the song only vaguely alludes to its dance moves, and it's more insistent on how you should be enjoying dancing to it and how popular the song or the dance is, then it is a Dance Sensation

Examples of Music, Dance Instructions Included include:

Film

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show has "The Time Warp" (the lyrics of which qualify on its own). In addition to the lyrics they have a picture that shows 2 dance steps—the two easiest ones, of course.

Music

• "The Time Warp": You bend your knees and thighs You bring your knees in tight...
• The lyrics to "Cha Cha Slide" are almost exclusively this trope.
• The "Hokey Pokey" — almost all the lyrics.
• "Mambo No. 5" (Lou Vega version): The second verse "Jump up and down, move it all around..."
• "The Locomotion" by Little Eva (and dozens of others) .
• Ass Up by Baracuda has 10-11 different words. And most of the lyrics is "Put your ass in the air". Given how awkward such a dance would be, its probably safe to say this is subversion.
• Blue Man Group's "Time To Start" is about how to move at a rock concert rather than dance, but fits nicely anyway.

Rock Concert Movement Number Four: The Behind-The-Head Leg Stretch...

• Caramelldansen — at least the English version — includes lyrics instructing the listener to dance in the manner of the Popotan opening.
• Latin American music is big on this. Basic rule is that the song is tittle "El Baile del [X]" (lit. "The Dance of X") there is a high chance that either the dance instructions will be on the lyrics or the video will display the dance.
  • "La Bomba", by Azul Azul (and dozens of others) gives the instructions in the chorus. One hand in your head, the other in your waist, a sexy move, and then down
  • "El Baile del Gorila", by Melody, teaches you to dance as a gorilla.
  • Argentinian band El Símbolo released several of those, albeit none as popular as "Levantando las manos" and "1, 2, 3".
  • "Danza Kuduro" by Don Omar.
  • "El Baile Del Pescado" by Aldo Ranks.

Video Games

• Every dance-themed Rhythm Game.
  • Foot-operated games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Pump It Up overlay dance instructions on top of the song's video that tell the player where to step when.
    • Among the songs in DDR, "The 7 Jump" is the closest to this trope: the exact instructions aren't explained, but it sounds like they are. The original video is a bit more explicative.
  • Just Dance has pictographs in the corner telling which way to swing the Wii Remote (or what moves to do, if you are playing the Xbox + Kinect version), in case you can't catch up with the dancers in the main screen.

Web Original

• And Now, a Word From Our Sponsors uses the song "Burger Dance (International Remix)" (which qualifies on its own). In addition, there are visual aids on how to dance (aside from 'dancers').