0:00:04 > 0:00:11Hello, I'm TV's Robert Webb and we're here to catch up with some of pop's greatest dance crazes.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Now, I've been watching your attempts at dancing,
0:00:15 > 0:00:16and I must say
0:00:16 > 0:00:19they are complete rubbish!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20What are they?
0:00:20 > 0:00:22ALL: Complete rubbish.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24We were playing ourselves and the TV show was about
0:00:24 > 0:00:26us trying to make it, trying to be successful.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I beg your pardon, sonny!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It was one of the biggest kids TV shows at the time.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33# Don't stop, never give up... #
0:00:33 > 0:00:35You'd wake up in the morning and you'd watch S Club
0:00:35 > 0:00:39and they would always dance and they would always entertain you.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42You'd watch and have your favourite one and want to copy their style.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Everybody wanted to know the moves.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Like, if you were at a youth club
0:00:47 > 0:00:51and you didn't know the moves to an S Club tune, who are you?!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Dance routines are important because we don't have instruments to play,
0:00:56 > 0:01:01so you kind of need something else, and we had some really fun and easy-to-pick-up dance routines.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02# So don't stop tryin'
0:01:02 > 0:01:04# Don't stop, never give up
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Hold your head high and reach the top... #
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Those moves weren't that hard. Anyone could do it, the iconic S, anyone could do it.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15But they did it in slow motion so I had to slow it down
0:01:15 > 0:01:16to do it with them.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18# Reach for the stars... #
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Reach for the stars, oh yeah! Climb every mountain, yep.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Reach for the stars, duh-duh-duh.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29And everybody remembers this part.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Reach.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Reach for the... That was...
0:01:35 > 0:01:40I used to do it in the playground with all the bigger girls.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I mean, I got bullied any way, so it didn't help.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45But, um...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Dinner ladies love me.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53But even an S club party has to come to an end at some point.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And when they're management brought out the S Club Juniors,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58the band must have known their time was up.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01# DJ got the party started There's no end in sight... #
0:02:01 > 0:02:03I auditioned for S Club Juniors.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08They were holding auditions everywhere, and were like, "If you want to be in S Club Juniors,
0:02:08 > 0:02:11"come on down, and you have to make a dance routine",
0:02:11 > 0:02:15and me and my friends would all practise in the school yards.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19When we got there, it didn't quite go to plan.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21There was a lot of crying involved.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Dark place. Very dark place.
0:02:24 > 0:02:30The original concept of S Club was to leave at 21, kind of like a scouts movie.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34# Don't stop movin' Can you feel the music...? #
0:02:34 > 0:02:37The Juniors came along, and they were really good.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Two of them are still doing well. They're in The Saturdays. - Yes, there's a young Rochelle.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- Ooh, there's Frankie! - If it wasn't for the Juniors,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48you probably wouldn't have two sexy girls that are in The Saturdays right now.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51# Don't stop moving to the S Club beat... #
0:02:54 > 0:02:55# Let's get physical... #
0:02:55 > 0:02:59At number 37 on our countdown of pop's greatest dance crazes,
0:02:59 > 0:03:06it's a routine that took us back to the 1980s, with big hair, tiny leotards, and woeful music.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09It's Call On Me by Eric Prydz.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13As well as being a great way to keep in shape,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17it's also a lot of perfectly harmless, well meaning fun.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I find it's best enjoyed with the sound on mute so that you can hear the key in the front door.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30The video Call On Me is trying to recreate a scene
0:03:30 > 0:03:32from the film Perfect.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34It's a pretty hot scene.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And Jamie Lee Curtis is instructing, you know, an aerobics class
0:03:37 > 0:03:41and John Travolta's in there getting pretty sweaty and watching her
0:03:41 > 0:03:44and it wasn't until I got on set and they handed me my outfit,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48and it was literally a leotard, and I was like, "Is there anything else to go with it?"
0:03:48 > 0:03:53and they said, "Oh, yeah, here's some leg warmers and a sweatband", and I'm like, "Brilliant".
0:03:53 > 0:03:55They've got the neon colours on,
0:03:55 > 0:04:00they've got the leg warmers on the go, they've got the really high-cut leotards.
0:04:02 > 0:04:09There was some serious waxing in that video. Those leotards were verging on indecent, I would say.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11No, I'd say decent.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15I love that video. I think most guys do love that video.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17That's what we want to see.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Come on, they weren't wearing clothes. That's great!
0:04:20 > 0:04:23That's how I normally work out in the gym.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Like that. Just do that.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Just... Yeah...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34That looks disgusting.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Well, I think the move that stands out the most in Call On Me
0:04:38 > 0:04:40is obviously the pelvic thrust,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42so what you need to do for that
0:04:42 > 0:04:45is take your legs very wide, get down really low, and then
0:04:45 > 0:04:46just pelvic thrust.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51There's what I like to call the peeing dog which is this one.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Where we do lots of leg raises up here.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59This one here which actually is very good for the butt.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Squeezing in.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08I don't remember the dance routine so much as the bottom of the woman doing the dance routine.
0:05:08 > 0:05:14If you want someone to look at your dance routine, then don't wear a G-string leotard.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Technically, Call On Me didn't spawn a dance craze
0:05:19 > 0:05:21which is why I demanded it be disqualified,
0:05:21 > 0:05:24but millions of men admired the...choreography online,
0:05:24 > 0:05:28and Tony Blair said it made him fall off his rowing machine,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31so I allowed it to be reinstated.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34# Call on me... #
0:05:34 > 0:05:37That bloke has clearly discovered the best gym in the world
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and he's not letting on to his mates. He can't believe his luck.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45He gets his little running shorts on every week, gets in there, and he's like, they're still all here.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50He enjoyed it, that's for sure, and I think there was a lot of men out there that were quite envious.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I'm surprised he didn't have to wear sturdier shorts in the situation he was in.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59I think it made a lot of 14-year-old boys extremely happy.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I was 15. I had a tape and I recorded it on it.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10So my mum wouldn't know, I put the Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air on it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Oh, dear, Jack.- Oh!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Gently, gently!
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Slow. Slow... OK, right.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Hi, guys. As you can see, I've been skateboarding my whole life,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and so it'll come as no surprise to you
0:06:31 > 0:06:36that I'm actually an expert in the next dance craze, break dancing.
0:06:36 > 0:06:42I'd perform a bit for you now, but it'd probably blow your minds so the BBC has asked me not to.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Here's our number 36,
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Jason Nevins vs Run DMC, It's Like That.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56# And it goes a little something like this... #
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I've always wanted to be able to break dance
0:07:00 > 0:07:03because I grew up in the '80s, and there was loads of kids with lino,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07and you know, going out with the ghetto-blasters and everything.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Run DMC, that video was so cool.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Like, everyone in it was amazing at breaking and dancing.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- They were like...- Up in your face. - Up in your face.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26When that song came out, it was like, whoa, there's some serious moves
0:07:26 > 0:07:31that we are not knowing about that we need to know about.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35In 1998, New York DJ Jason Nevins remixed this vintage Run DMC tune.
0:07:35 > 0:07:41It's Like That was huge, number one in over 30 countries with almost 5 million copies sold.
0:07:41 > 0:07:47The video showed B-boys battling B-girls and introduced a new generation to the dance-off.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52And classic '80s breaking moves.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56A break dance battle was all about two crews battling each other
0:07:56 > 0:07:57with moves to see
0:07:57 > 0:08:00who's got supremacy with style and moves,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02so you've got different aspects.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You've got power which is like the head spins, the mills,
0:08:05 > 0:08:06the flares and all that kind of stuff.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10You've got style, which is more the top rocking.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And you've got footwork itself. So it's cool and the gang.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18When they're battling, a lot of is freestyle,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20so it's all off the top of your head.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Just going with the song,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24so everything you're doing is just like...
0:08:24 > 0:08:27# ..Street soldiers killing... #
0:08:27 > 0:08:31OK, players, we're going to take it down and do some B-boys styles. Let's go.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36# It's like that, and that's the way it is. #
0:08:46 > 0:08:47That's my boy.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50# ..Eating out of a garbage can... #
0:08:50 > 0:08:55For me, it was all about that dude with the crazy curly hair.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00It was just such a weird style, you know, his top rocking was just shaking his head.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- There was someone in it that looked like me.- Was there? - Had hair like me.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09He did have my hair.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13- I think I told people I was in that video as a laugh. - How would that have even worked?!
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Break dancing is perhaps the least accessible dance craze on this countdown.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Only people like me with real skills can pull off these moves,
0:09:24 > 0:09:29but there are many who have tried and bear the scars to this day.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33When Run DMC comes on, I think a lot of men think
0:09:33 > 0:09:36they can break dance and they will give it a go.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39We've had people try to do the caterpillar and open their chin up
0:09:39 > 0:09:42so there's just claret, you know, everywhere.
0:09:42 > 0:09:49It's hilarious because when that song comes on, a circle immediately develops, and nobody knows why.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51It's just a thing that happens.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55And for the first two minutes as well, no one get in the middle.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Everyone's like, "You go. - You do it.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- "You go.- You do it."
0:09:59 > 0:10:04You'll get like five, six drunken men that can't break dance.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Like, I used to just do a roly-poly.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10But as soon as you did the roly-poly, as long as you looked confident,
0:10:10 > 0:10:12like, "I did a roly-poly" and I'd go...
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And people would cheer.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18# Run DMC and Jam Master Jay. #
0:10:20 > 0:10:23When pop stars are children, they dream of making music for grown-ups
0:10:23 > 0:10:25but when pop stars are grown-ups
0:10:25 > 0:10:30it seems they dream of making music for children, which explains why they give themselves baby names like
0:10:30 > 0:10:31Dappy and Biffy and GaGa.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34The dance craze at number 35 in our chart
0:10:34 > 0:10:37is definitely one for the under-fives.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41It's the Kings in da Ghetto proving that the UK urban music scene
0:10:41 > 0:10:44isn't too cool to embrace a primary school jig
0:10:44 > 0:10:48with their take on Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Personally, I prefer The Wheels Of The Bus Go Round and Round
0:10:51 > 0:10:52by the Wu-Tang Clan.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56A brand-new dance is sweeping the nation.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Ladies, let me see you go down low.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02# Head Shoulders Knees N Toez
0:11:02 > 0:11:03# Head Shoulders Knees N Toez... #
0:11:03 > 0:11:08If someone said to you, they put Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes into a song, you'd probably go, "Really?"
0:11:08 > 0:11:13# Head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes
0:11:13 > 0:11:15# Head Shoulders Knees N Toez... #
0:11:15 > 0:11:20But until you actually hear it, and the fact that it's on a grime tune, it's cool.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24# Heads, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes... #
0:11:24 > 0:11:25But our one is just better.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31These enterprising lads made their very own video that they posted online
0:11:31 > 0:11:34and their amateur efforts became a surprise hit.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39I made the video, we all made the video, but I mean like...
0:11:39 > 0:11:41He was the man behind the camera.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44I was there walking round asking,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47"Can you do Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, please?"
0:11:47 > 0:11:51We're just seeing normal people Head Shoulders Knees N Toez
0:11:51 > 0:11:54and the whole point of it is to embarrass yourself.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The more you embarrass yourself, the better it looks.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01It's not very hard to learn that dance, is it? Heads, shoulders... but they did it in a cool way.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Heads, shoulders, knees and toes.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07When that first dropped on 1Xtra,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I couldn't quite believe my ears.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And I was like, is it that simple?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15We just literally got heads, shoulders, knees and toes? Amazing!
0:12:15 > 0:12:20We all got our own versions. Like, he does it in a specific, like...
0:12:20 > 0:12:27Basically, he's like the Mr Motivator of heads, shoulders, knees and toes. Minus the spandex.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29HE LAUGHS
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- He does it the most stiff. - He's the stiff one!
0:12:34 > 0:12:39And then I do it for the basic, for the people that just can't get down to their toes.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42# Let me see you go down low Let me see you go down low... #
0:12:42 > 0:12:45He keeps going, "Ladies, let me see you go down low."
0:12:45 > 0:12:48And there's a point where you think the ladies can't get any lower.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54It doesn't matter if you're at the bar, sitting down, you're gonna come to the dance floor
0:12:54 > 0:12:56and then everyone just does it,
0:12:56 > 0:13:01and it looks wicked when you see 3,000 people all doing the dance at the same time.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05I went to Ayia Napa last year and Head Shoulders Knees N Toez was the one.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08When you see everyone do it in unison,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10you forget it was ever a ridiculous kiddie tune.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Ladies, you gotta wind down low.
0:13:15 > 0:13:16So, that's your lot.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20If, like me, you spent the whole show dancing along to each and every song,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23then, like me, you probably stink.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Take a shower. Seriously, have a shower. Now.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30Goodbye!