0:00:02 > 0:00:07Dancing is super fun. It's a form of expression and it's cool.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Oh, I know this song. Let's do the routine to it. It brings everyone together. It's great.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Having a dance craze gives us a chance to do something all together
0:00:15 > 0:00:17and all feel like we are one animal.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21There's been so many great dance crazes
0:00:21 > 0:00:23and I've partaken in most of them.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26It's fun, it's something that everyone can do.
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Oh, it's camp as Christmas.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30You can just do your thing.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32You know what I'm saying.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Dance is a way to free the soul and ease the mind.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39The moment any of these songs start, you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Better to slap on a smile and get stuck in, I reckon.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52Hello, I'm TV's Robert Webb, and this is Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55A countdown of the songs that have got you bopping like idiots
0:00:55 > 0:01:00at office parties, wedding discos or alone in your front room drunk.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03These are some of the sexiest, the quirkiest and, let's be honest,
0:01:03 > 0:01:07the gayest dance crazes from the last 40 years.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Hit it.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19It was about a young girl who aspires to be
0:01:19 > 0:01:22a legitimate dancer, and she right now is a welder
0:01:22 > 0:01:26during the day, and at night she does this incredible,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28music video-type dancing.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30It was based
0:01:30 > 0:01:34on some girls in Pittsburgh who were
0:01:34 > 0:01:40working in strip clubs, or whatever, but they were trying to do something that represented themselves.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It was called flashdancing.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Wow, I'm such a huge fan of Flashdance,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48especially the scene where she pulls the chain
0:01:48 > 0:01:49and all the water goes over her.
0:01:53 > 0:01:54And the water, pow.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58That was my favourite.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02I would've kicked myself round a steelworks if I could look like that in the end.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06I think it was a movie that was just one great music video.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The film made everyone want to dance, and even people who had
0:02:10 > 0:02:14never been near a dance studio wore leg warmers and lycra.
0:02:14 > 0:02:21Everyone knows the flashdance look, with the cut-off shoulder and the leg warmers, the whole Eighties feel.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It was very, very Pineapple, what with the off-the-shoulder sweat and
0:02:28 > 0:02:32the high-cut knickers and the crop in cotton lycra.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41It was about jazz dance, you know, that Fame era with the leotard and leg warmers and the hair.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It caught people's imagination, and that's great when you do that,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49it's the best feeling, when people live your movie.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57To fulfil her dream, Alex needed a scholarship to the dance academy,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and we were all rooting for her on the day of the big audition.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03When that music kicks in and she's doing that audition,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I could be 100 and I'd be dancing,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09because it's the adrenalin, "You will do it, do it, do it, do it."
0:03:10 > 0:03:13# First, when there's nothing... #
0:03:13 > 0:03:17That scene, where she's just like living What A Feeling
0:03:17 > 0:03:20is just what dance is about in that era.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24# In a world made of steel... #
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I think people were caught up in the idea of somebody
0:03:27 > 0:03:31wanting something enough and having their dream come true.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34# What a feeling!
0:03:35 > 0:03:38# Being's believing! #
0:03:38 > 0:03:41She goes along the panel pointing you, you, you, and the kicks, everything.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Take your passion, make it happen.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51It speaks to people's motivation, their faith in themselves.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Those are themes that are very human, very universal.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00She's doing all these leaps and somersaults.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02She turns on her back,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06which is a very hardcore, hip hop move, then it was like, "Whoa."
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Is it an urban myth, that it was really a man that all the acrobatics and stuff?
0:04:15 > 0:04:19I've watched that over and over again, and it's definitely not her doing that backspin!
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Being asked to wear a leotard, tights and a wig
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and being asked to shave my legs and my underarms...
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I wasn't groomed to be an actor or anything like that,
0:04:30 > 0:04:35where they would be like, "Oh, yeah, cool, all right, so you need me to shave my legs?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38"I'll shave my ass, too, just in case."
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I was like, "Yeah, you'd better give me some money for this."
0:04:49 > 0:04:53If you like a man whose surname is a number, you'll love our next entry.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It's Hey Ya!, sung by Outkast's Andre 3000.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02I'm actually toying with the idea of changing my name from Robert Webb to Bobby Millions.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07I won't really do it, of course. It just sounds ace when I'm chatting up women on the street.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Anyway, the great thing about this video
0:05:09 > 0:05:13is that Mr 3000 plays the roles of all the band members himself.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19It had to be filmed in one day, too, so the less energetic the dance, the later it was in the shoot.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23And unusually for something coming out of my mouth, that's actually true. Here is your number 20.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Oh, guys, get some vitamin C. Come on.
0:05:31 > 0:05:38# Hey, ya, hey ya... #
0:05:39 > 0:05:40The Outkast dance was that.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42# Hey, ya... #
0:05:42 > 0:05:44It's pretty much that, isn't it?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48# Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo. #
0:05:48 > 0:05:51# Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it... #
0:05:51 > 0:05:57Shake it like a Polaroid picture. I can only guess that it means shake your booty like a Polaroid picture.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59# ..like a Polaroid picture... #
0:05:59 > 0:06:04Shake it, shake it, shake, shake it... At one moment there's a slow motion.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I fell in love with that girl when that music video came out.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09God, she's so hot.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Polaroid used the popularity of this song to try and revive sales of their cameras.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16However, shaking a Polaroid
0:06:16 > 0:06:20doesn't actually help to develop the picture, as the image is behind a protective film.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Indeed, vigorous shaking risks distorting the image and can actually cause the ink to separate.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I'm so sorry, that was incredibly boring, wasn't it?
0:06:28 > 0:06:32And everyone did this to make them develop quicker, didn't they?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35I don't know why. Photographers used to do this.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39It was the heat I think that did it. But everyone used to shake them.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45- I never had any Polaroid pictures of me.- It's digital now, really. It's been pretty much modernised.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- That's a good point.- It's completely redundant.- Get over it, Outkast.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55At number 19 on our list of pop's greatest dance crazes
0:06:55 > 0:06:59we have the 1989 dancefloor sensation the Lambada.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It's a sensual piece of music
0:07:01 > 0:07:03that evokes romantic evenings by the beach,
0:07:03 > 0:07:08eyes meeting over cocktails and a moustachioed busker in a sombrero going "Ayayayayeee!"
0:07:08 > 0:07:10as he plays a guitar two feet from your table,
0:07:10 > 0:07:14his phlegm drenching your deep fried calamari. Idiot.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18We've brought in an expert to teach us the steps,
0:07:18 > 0:07:23but first here's a reminder of the video that started the craze.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33The video featured two Brazilian kids, Chico and Roberta.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I was about the same age as the little boy.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38My mum used to say, "Bradley, that looks like you."
0:07:38 > 0:07:43But the girl that he dances with, my gosh I used to fancy her so bad.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51This sort of slightly uncomfortable Lolita-ish girl
0:07:51 > 0:07:54and her tiny dance partner sort of,
0:07:54 > 0:07:59you know, wiggling around like doing this really quite full-on dance.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I'd feel uncomfortable if that came on telly when my parents were in the room.
0:08:02 > 0:08:09Embarrassing, maybe, but that's what the lambada was designed to do - to make us get up close and personal.
0:08:09 > 0:08:14You need the energy of your partner that's holding your hand and he's like pulling you, hips, hips, hips.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20The intimacy of the lambada is quite aggressive for the Brits, because
0:08:20 > 0:08:22everyone is a bit more reserved here.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25And of course, we know it's a Brazilian carnival type-dance.
0:08:25 > 0:08:31- You need a partner. "Where is my partner? Partner?"- I think the Latino culture is really fiery.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36There's no gap between the partner. It's really important to have that physical contact and eye contact.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39You do it together and it's
0:08:39 > 0:08:42almost like having a lot more fun than just dancing.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49A lot of women just like wanted to put on a mini skirt and twirl and maybe show their panties,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- a glimpse of their panties. - I couldn't cope with it.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56It was so beyond my experience of life, I didn't know what to do.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It was a very, very naughty, sexy dance.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03That's what dancing is meant to be.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06It's meant to be sexy and skilful and poised.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12I agree, Rufus, but unfortunately not everyone is quite as skilful and sexy as Lorraine Kelly.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17One, two, three, four.
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Right, next up it's YMCA by the Village People. Not really!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38It is of course the Bangles with their lie about how Egyptians walk.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42But first, a Bangles fact - when they were recording the song Eternal Flame,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46producer Davitt Sigerson convinced them to sing naked.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49There's only one thing I have to say about that.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05If you've got a great song with a title like Walk Like An Egyptian,
0:10:05 > 0:10:06what do you reckon you're going to do?
0:10:06 > 0:10:11# All the old paintings on the tomb they do the sun dance don't you know... #
0:10:11 > 0:10:13How did people move to Walk Like An Egyptian?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Everybody knows it's like that.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It did it for you, didn't it?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Easy. A bit of this.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27Thing is, we had an Egyptian kid in our school and we used to just walk past him all the time going...
0:10:27 > 0:10:28He had a terrible time.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31# Walk like an Egyptian... #
0:10:33 > 0:10:37The Bangles were a trailblazing, all-girl power pop combo from LA
0:10:37 > 0:10:40who hit number three with this track in 1986.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43But the moves weren't exactly groundbreaking.
0:10:43 > 0:10:49The Egyptian dance was a dance that had been done like years ago, and then they brought it back.
0:10:52 > 0:10:59The sand dances were performed in the music halls by very, very thin men in nappies.
0:10:59 > 0:11:06The joke basically was, "Look at this very, very thin man skidding around on some sand."
0:11:08 > 0:11:15You just wouldn't make a song now picking a country and saying, "They all look like that!"
0:11:15 > 0:11:17You just wouldn't nowadays.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20But, oh, back in the Eighties you didn't think of such things.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Even the writer of the song admits the inspiration -
0:11:23 > 0:11:28and he wasn't in Arabia and saw people doing that, it wasn't some documentary he saw people
0:11:28 > 0:11:33doing that - the inspiration is when he saw people struggling on a ferry.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38He saw people struggling to stand up on a ferry, doing that. "Oh, that looks Egyptian."
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I think Walk Like People Struggling On A Ferry probably hasn't got the ring to it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46But I think what the Bangles fundamentally misunderstood
0:11:46 > 0:11:52was that the pictorial hieroglyphic representation of Egyptian history was just that.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54I'm not an Egyptologist,
0:11:54 > 0:11:58but I don't think the Egyptians were walking around like that
0:11:58 > 0:12:03and therefore I think the Bangles have done history a great disservice.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06# Walk like an Egyptian. #
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Hello there. I'm just rowing a small boat across a lake.
0:12:15 > 0:12:22Hang on a minute, no, I'm not. I'm actually sat on a dancefloor with a piece of broken glass in my bottom.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Which can only mean one thing - I'm hammered and the DJ's put on Oops Upside Your Head.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30I could have stopped doing this ages ago, couldn't I?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39# Oops upside your head
0:12:39 > 0:12:41# Say oops upside your head
0:12:41 > 0:12:48Oops Upside Your Head is a song played exclusively at family get-togethers.
0:12:48 > 0:12:54It's basically a group sat up on the dance floor as if they were in canoes, a pint of lager either side.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56It's the ultimate inclusive dance craze.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Assuming all the kids in your family drink lager.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02In the Eighties, Oops Upside Your Head used to come on all the time.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05We used to sit on the floor and bash the floor.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Say Oops upside your head. And more.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Oops upside your head
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Say oops upside your head.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18It's basically line dancing for lazy people.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19You can sit down and not worry about a thing.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It's a classic and it's one that gets everyone going.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29- This is the biggest dance record at the moment. What do you do to this?- A sort of rowing motion.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- Sort of like they do at Henley, I'd say.- Something similar.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- # Don't believe that I wanna dance... #- The first time we went
0:13:34 > 0:13:38to perform the song scared me half to death.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Everybody started sitting down. I was freaking out! I was like, "Come on, everybody come on, oops, up..."
0:13:42 > 0:13:46And they was all getting on the floor and I was like, "What's going on?"
0:13:46 > 0:13:49I turned around to my brothers and I was like, "This don't look good."
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Then I turned back around and everybody was rowing and I was like, "Whoa, what's this?"
0:13:55 > 0:13:58After I figured out they was doing a dance I was like a happy camper.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02The origins of the dance are shrouded in mystery,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05but it seems like it was us Brits who first came up with the moves.
0:14:05 > 0:14:12Pat the floor, slight double pat, oops upside your head, with a shimmy to the front.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Once you get the hang of it, it's actually quite easy.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20And then someone is normally sick down the back of your shoulder.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22# Oops upside your head... #
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I said, "So what's this called?" And he was like, "The Row Dance," and I was like, "The Row Dance?
0:14:26 > 0:14:29OK!" And I was like, "Everybody row, come on."
0:14:29 > 0:14:33There's something very strange about seeing lots of people sitting down on a dancefloor.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It kind of, is it a dance or is it a protest?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I don't know where it came from. It was a UK thing only.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43They didn't do it in the States. I thought it was the coolest thing.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47Do they still do it? They still do it.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49That's all right.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59We've all watched the X Factor and marvelled at Dannii Minogue's ability to make either positive,
0:14:59 > 0:15:04negative or neutral remarks about a contestant's performance.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08But how many of us realise that Dannii has a sister?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Well, she does, and her name is Kylie.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18Interestingly, both Minogue sisters are so diddy that they sometimes save money on travel costs
0:15:18 > 0:15:23by taking a sleeping pill, jumping into a Jiffy bag and being posted to their destination.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Incredible women.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33# Come on, baby, do the locmotion... #
0:15:33 > 0:15:39Back in 1988, Kylie had a number two hit with The Locomotion, a cover of Little Eva's song
0:15:39 > 0:15:44with a cute little dance that had us all pratting about with a chugga chugga motion.
0:15:44 > 0:15:51But in 2001 Kylie got us grooving in a whole new and frankly much cooler style.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53# ..do the locomotion with me... #
0:16:01 > 0:16:02# La la la... #
0:16:02 > 0:16:07Can't Get You Out Of My Head was a great dance track and a really iconic video.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I remember the white all-in-one with the hood and the robotic dance moves.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15That was really cleverly choreographed, actually. It was simple but it was really effective.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18# I just can't get you out of my head
0:16:18 > 0:16:23# Boy, your lovin' is all I think about... #
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Can't Get You Out Of My Head - choreographically, performance wise,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30stylistic, clothing wise, it absolutely was a turning point for her.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35Globally and internationally, she felt like a superstar.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38# Every day... #
0:16:38 > 0:16:42Loved that, that white suit Kylie wears in that video is so hot.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I love it. It's great. With a body like that, I mean phew.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51# Won't you stay? #
0:16:51 > 0:16:52Kylie asked me to come
0:16:52 > 0:16:55into her dressing room and she showed me the dress
0:16:55 > 0:16:57that she was going to be dancing in,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01and... I said, "Where's the dress?"
0:17:01 > 0:17:06The outfit she was wearing was completely covering her hair,
0:17:06 > 0:17:07burka fashion.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11She wore that and just looked like a goddess.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17Anything could pop out at any sort of time and she was just this swirling sort of sexy ghost.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20What looks so scrummy on Miss Minogue was foolishly copied by clubbers.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24But out in the real world, it just never seemed to look as good.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29Especially on men. I only wore mine once before donating it to Dr Barnardo's,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32unwashed and with one particularly unsightly stain.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35There would have been a lot of toupee tape going on there
0:17:35 > 0:17:40for those quick turns, just to, just so it doesn't come out.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44There was some double stick tape going on. They were going to get the staple gun out,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46but they just decided to go with the double stick.
0:17:46 > 0:17:52Some of the iconic moves from the Can't Get You Out Of My Head video for Kylie Minogue - I had a pivot
0:17:52 > 0:17:57where I had her step forward, sliding your feet against the floor.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03And locking, these are called quarter pivots, slide, quarter, pivot.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Hands are kind of here, bent, really kind of cool.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Have the head kind of go with it, grooving and moving.
0:18:21 > 0:18:26You've got a great tune there that allowed the choreographer to go, "Well, this is easy.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28"Can't get you out of my head, hands on my head."
0:18:28 > 0:18:32That's it, you know, and just animate that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35# La la la, la la la la la... #
0:18:35 > 0:18:39Kylie doesn't even know this, but when I was making up the steps for her video
0:18:39 > 0:18:44she put me up in a beautiful hotel and I had three feet from the bed to the wall and I literally
0:18:44 > 0:18:50had to make up all the dance steps so I was doing everything like this
0:18:50 > 0:18:56and keeping everything parallel, and all the dance moves that I did had to be in a three foot confined space.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Someone like her doesn't have to move much to make people catch on
0:19:00 > 0:19:03to it because you're just kind of like hypnotically into it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Everyone, when it came on, everyone was like going like they're a little bit demented.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17That is the beauty of great choreography,
0:19:17 > 0:19:22that every single person can pick it up and they can do it on a dancefloor
0:19:22 > 0:19:24and feel like they're a star themselves.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26# And ever... #
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Kylie called me one day and she's like,
0:19:28 > 0:19:32"Oh my God, Michael, everybody's doing these dance steps in the clubs in London!"
0:19:32 > 0:19:38And I was like, so thrilled because any time a dance move catches on and becomes iconic,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40it's just amazing.
0:19:45 > 0:19:50If there's one thing you can always say about the British public, it's that they know their music.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55That's why in 1998 they bought over 1.5 million copies of a single by Steps.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00But then again, Tragedy was originally a Bee Gees song but H and the rest of the guys
0:20:00 > 0:20:03really made it their own by coming up with these nifty little moves.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Maestro, if you please.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06- # Tragedy... #- Tragedy!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- (SHOUTS)- When the feeling's gone and you can't go on, it's tragedy!
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- When you know... - HE CHOKES
0:20:14 > 0:20:18# With no-one to love you You're going nowhere
0:20:20 > 0:20:22# Tragedy!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25# When the feeling's gone and you can't go on, it's tragedy... #
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Everybody remembers...Tragedy.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30You can't not remember...Tragedy.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34As soon as you hear Tragedy, I mean, even I can't help it.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36If you played it now, I'd have to sit on my hands.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40My hands automatically go up to my face.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Tragedy. Arms out.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Tragedy.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47And the head.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50That's one of my favourites! They just didn't even care.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53They weren't cool, but it didn't matter
0:20:53 > 0:20:55and I still do the routine to Tragedy.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Tragedy. One, da, da, da. Tragedy.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Under the command of pop Svengali Pete Waterman Steps conquered the UK charts,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08peddling their own brand of catchy pop songs and disco covers
0:21:08 > 0:21:11accompanied by equally infectious dance routines.
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Even Prince Charles was infected, joining their legion when they performed at Hyde Park.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I was worried that he would think that we were taking the mickey out of his ears,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23but of course, we were doing the Tragedy dance.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27You know your dance craze has caught on when the future King knows the moves,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31but actually, most people get the famous hand gesture wrong.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Our second single, Last Thing On My mind, had a similar dance routine to Tragedy.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40We had a move like this and we called it "washing our hair".
0:21:40 > 0:21:46And so some people do confuse that with that and you get a bit of a mix, but, you know, it's all good.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I just remember doing that.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Tragedy!
0:21:50 > 0:21:53# Take a chance on a happy ending... #
0:21:53 > 0:21:57With a string of 14 - yes, 14 - consecutive top five singles,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Steps were based on a simple gimmick but boy, did it catch on.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04We learned early on that everybody enjoyed
0:22:04 > 0:22:09the dance routine as much as the song and it really went hand in hand for us and it became our signature.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13The dance thing was definitely as important as the music.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18They were acting out what they were singing and that made it so easy for everyone to copy it.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25We decided it would be a good idea to actually have the dance moves
0:22:25 > 0:22:29in the sleeves of our singles, so that the fans could join in.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36We wanted the steps and that's what their name was and that's what they showed us - steps.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40If they were called Acapella Harmonies, it'd be a different story,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43but they were called Steps, they delivered steps. That's why we like them.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Regardless of your level of dance, the routines were simple,
0:22:47 > 0:22:51everybody at home could join in and that's what we wanted.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53I mean, they were no Beyonce.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Do you know what I mean? They were no Jackson Five.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I think they knew that, the public knew that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01But what they were, when they were, was great.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10So! That's your lot. If, like me, you spent the whole show
0:23:10 > 0:23:15dancing along to each and every song, then, like me, you probably stink.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Take a shower. Seriously, have a shower. Now.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Goodbye!
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