Songs which mention dance crazes

I find it amusing/cringe and want to feed that sick pleasure

Beach Boys - Surfin’ “and when the surf is down to take its place / we’ll do the surfer stomp it’s the latest dance craze”

Chic - Le Freak “have you heard about the new dance craze? / listen to us I’m sure you’ll be amazed”

Robert Parker - The Hiccup “put your hand on your hip / and let your backbone slip / doing the hiccup”

More plz

In Fargo, six or seven kids watched the Plan in a strip-mall.
I thought they were bored out of their skulls but it turns out they were having a ball, uh-huh.
Oh whoa-oh, well I finally knew they were doing a brand-new step everybody isn’t moving to.

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I remember doing the time warp…

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beyoncé referencing her own choreo, obviously

do the uh-oh/do the uh-oh/do the uh-oh-uh-oh-uh-oh oh no no/uh-oh, do the uh-oh/do the uh-oh-uh-oh-uh-oh oh no no

Not sure if this counts:

Also: not explicitly a dance craze, but sitting down at an indie disco was apparently The Done Thing in the late 80s/early 90s

Hmm this is more about the joy of dancing. Can’t include that or we’ll have all of disco in here

misunderstood genre this

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I loved when they used this in Mad Men!