0:00:02 > 0:00:06Dancing is super fun. It's a form of expression and it's cool.
0:00:06 > 0:00:11Oh, I know this song. Let's do the routine. It brings everyone together. It's great.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13There's been so many great dance crazes,
0:00:13 > 0:00:15and I've partaken in most of them.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18It's fun, it's something that everyone can do.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Oh, it's camp as Christmas.
0:00:19 > 0:00:25The moment any of these songs start, you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Better to slap on a smile and get stuck in, I reckon.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Ooh! Hello, I'm TV's Robert Webb,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37actor, writer and, as I'll constantly remind you
0:00:37 > 0:00:41over the next half an hour, a highly accomplished dancer.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44It's a combination of skills that makes me the perfectly...
0:00:44 > 0:00:47adequate choice to host Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50A countdown of the 50 songs that have got you bopping like idiots
0:00:50 > 0:00:55at office parties, wedding discos, or alone in your front room drunk.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57# Don't blame it on the sunshine
0:00:57 > 0:00:59# Don't blame it on the moonlight... #
0:00:59 > 0:01:02At number 13, it's Blame It On The Boogie.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06But it's not the Jacksons' version that most of us know and love,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10because they didn't make up the dance. Incidentally, they didn't even write the song.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13That was a fella called Mick Jackson from Sheffield, but there's no time
0:01:13 > 0:01:18to dwell on that now because... Actually, there IS time to dwell on that, but I just don't want to.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Instead, let's learn about the dance.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21# Blame it on the boogie... #
0:01:27 > 0:01:28'People ask me, "Who are Big Fun?"'
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And I say, "Sunshine, moonlight, good times."
0:01:31 > 0:01:33"Oh, yeah, I remember now."
0:01:33 > 0:01:34# Don't blame it on the sunshine
0:01:34 > 0:01:36# Don't blame it on the moonlight... #
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Yeah, we were the guys that did THAT dance routine!
0:01:41 > 0:01:43# Don't blame it on the sunshine... #
0:01:43 > 0:01:49We were the first all-dancing boy band, prior to Boyzone, Take That, we were on Top Of The Pops.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52We were on front covers of magazines.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Everyone was just like, screaming and doing the routine.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58We got the most amazing response everywhere we went.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Big Fun. What a great name, because they were literally having big fun,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04as they shot to fame in the early '90s.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10They were produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, but the band had creative input. Oh, yes.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15The boys made up their groovy little dance in the kitchen of their North London flat.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17We came up with the idea of doing something simple.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21With every main word for the chorus, we just tried to do something that would relate to it.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Don't blame it on the sunshine.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Moonlight, don't know where that came from.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Then there's the good times, a kind of sexual thing, that's a bit rude.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33We'd have called it at school, a sort of sex-skiing kind of move.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35As a kid, I didn't really approve of that.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39# Don't blame it on the sunshine
0:02:39 > 0:02:40# Don't blame it on the moonlight
0:02:40 > 0:02:42# Don't blame it on the good times... # Blokes
0:02:42 > 0:02:47loving this. Once you get a bit of a pelvic thrust in there, can't go wrong.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I hate all that sort of stuff, when the choreography
0:02:50 > 0:02:53is speaking the words.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58I mean, it's great for two or three year olds, but please, don't bring it into pop.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The other two guys, Jason and Mark, said, "No, we can't do that!"
0:03:01 > 0:03:04I said, "Just trust me, I think it'll really work."
0:03:04 > 0:03:07And it did. The response was incredible.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Everyone was doing the dance routine.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11# ..Blame it on the boogie! #
0:03:11 > 0:03:13'I don't think people boogie enough.'
0:03:13 > 0:03:15They blame the boogie too much.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18'They never specify what the crime is, do they?'
0:03:18 > 0:03:21They just give you advice on who you should blame it on.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Accompanied by illustrative dance!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27# ..I just can't, I just can't I just can't control my feet... #
0:03:27 > 0:03:30# I just can't, I just can't... #
0:03:30 > 0:03:31# I just can't control my feet... #
0:03:31 > 0:03:36# ..I just can't, I just can't I just can't control my feet... #
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Big Fun had it all, the looks, the bum bags and a few catchy songs,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43but in 1995, their name stopped being literal and became ironic,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46as they were dumped by their record label.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Big Fun mania was over as quick as you could say, Take That.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51# ..Blame it on the boogie... #
0:03:52 > 0:03:54# Body movin', body movin'
0:03:54 > 0:03:56# Body movin'. We be body movin'! #
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Now, there's something you guys should know.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Ever since I was an incredibly small boy, I've always been able to move my ass.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Put a tune on the ghetto-blaster and believe me, this baby can shift.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14And it's just as well, because next on our run-down is the Queen of rump shaking herself, Beyonce Knowles.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19And in her honour, I'd now like to perform for you what I have called the Bobby Webb botty jiggle.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Hit it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23# Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh Oh, no, no
0:04:23 > 0:04:25# Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh Oh, no, no
0:04:25 > 0:04:28# Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh Oh, no, no... #
0:04:28 > 0:04:30She does it slightly better.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35# Yes! So crazy right now
0:04:35 > 0:04:38# Most incredibly Crazy right now... #
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Crazy In Love was definitely a breakthrough video for Beyonce.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47It was her first video coming into her solo career, outside of Destiny's Child.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49# Ready? #
0:04:50 > 0:04:55I remember watching the video and literally looking at the TV screen like this...
0:04:57 > 0:05:01She's walking, the hair's blowing and it's like, wow!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Like, you walk down the street like that?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06# ..I look and stare so deep in your eyes
0:05:06 > 0:05:09# I touch on you more and more every time... #
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Beyonce is queen. She walks down and struts. She's dropped on the floor!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Why's she dropped on the floor? No, she hasn't.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17She's booty popping...
0:05:17 > 0:05:20- and dancing around. - Everything Beyonce does, I love.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23She just looks so hot in the red high heels,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26the denim shorts, and they were short.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28You know, hello!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31# ..Got me lookin' so crazy right now. Your touch got me... #
0:05:31 > 0:05:34She's just this woman who just wanted to dance
0:05:34 > 0:05:37and it was just like, wow. Wow, wow, wow!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40# ..Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh Oh, no, no... #
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Crazy In Love, you cannot forget the, "Uh-oh".
0:05:43 > 0:05:47And the moment the... # Uh-oh, uh-oh.... #
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's just hot!
0:05:49 > 0:05:54The key move is the booty shake, and it does help if you've got some junk in your trunk as well.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Can I show you my booty shake? I've been practising,
0:05:59 > 0:06:00and this is my Beyonce.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03It turns out I have to start quite slow, like that.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06And then you have to really get going like that.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08# ..So crazy right now... #
0:06:08 > 0:06:11# Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh Oh, no, no... #
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Beyonce's all about the bum.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I can't keep it going, I can't sustain.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I'm quite knackered after that. How does she do it?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29All of that, without a bra on?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31# Young hov, y'all know when the flow is loco... #
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Everyone was doing the Beyonce, even boys were doing it. Someone comes on
0:06:34 > 0:06:37who wouldn't know the words, but he'd know how to do that, Uh-oh...
0:06:37 > 0:06:41You had three year olds doing it. 52 year olds doing it.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- 103 year olds doing it. - # ..Got me looking
0:06:45 > 0:06:47# So crazy, my baby... #
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Where she kicked the fire extinguisher
0:06:49 > 0:06:54and she just starts to go all in the water and her hair's all wet.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It's like, whoo! She means business.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59# ..Your love's got the best of me
0:06:59 > 0:07:01# And, baby, you're makin' a fool of me... #
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Crazy In Love, for me, it's just hot.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10It's the cheekiness of the walk and the nipple lick
0:07:10 > 0:07:16where she's nipple licking. It's so cheeky and I absolutely love it.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21Take your thumb and rub yourself and you've got yourself a Beyonce move.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23It's less sexy when a man is doing it
0:07:23 > 0:07:26and just slightly moistening a tiny bit of chest hair
0:07:26 > 0:07:31that they've got. When Beyonce does it down her cleavage, it's somehow sexy.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35She's also got a tiny bit of chest hair.
0:07:36 > 0:07:44I knew that one where she was like that, that way, head, that way, that way, up, down, spin around.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52I think people just love the fact that she's all woman.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55You know, she had something to shake and she shook it.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58I fully approved...
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Sorry.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06So, ooh, here we are, perched on the brink of the top 10,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and what can I say about the dance craze that's at Number 11?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Well, that's easy, really. I just say what's written on the autocue.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Ever since I learned how to read last year, it's not really been a problem.
0:08:17 > 0:08:24Anyway, it says here that our Number 11 is none other than Can't Touch This, by MC Hammer.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Here he is.
0:08:28 > 0:08:29# U can't touch this
0:08:32 > 0:08:34# U can't touch this
0:08:36 > 0:08:37# U can't touch this... #
0:08:37 > 0:08:40It came to me, I was doing it and I just say, you can't touch this.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43When it's time to do it, it's Hammertime.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45# ..My music hits me, so hard
0:08:45 > 0:08:46# Makes me say, oh, my Lord
0:08:46 > 0:08:50# Thank you, for blessing me... #
0:08:50 > 0:08:56When you think of MC Hammer, you think of dancing, having a good time, partying on the dance floor.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01I don't know anybody who doesn't know the MC Hammer dance.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05There's something about the way that geezer moves his feet.
0:09:05 > 0:09:12I've just never seen anybody do that side-to-side, jerky crab movement quite like the Hammer.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17# You got it like that and you know you want to dance... #
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Dance craze, MC Hammer.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21We want to show you how we get down. 5, 6, 7...
0:09:24 > 0:09:28# ..Why are you standing there, man? You can't touch this... #
0:09:28 > 0:09:29That's what I'm talking about.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31MC Hammer in the place.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Everybody would remember
0:09:35 > 0:09:37the running man from MC Hammer.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I used to do that move at weddings and stuff.
0:09:39 > 0:09:44I'd be the first on the dance floor with my dad, in the middle, doing the running man.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46The running man is like this...
0:09:46 > 0:09:49You've just got to run on the spot, with a little bounce to it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52# ..Break it down... #
0:09:54 > 0:10:00You get your knees up, put your arms down and then some people take that to the side and go this way.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Or this way... And then some people do some jumping
0:10:04 > 0:10:08and MC Hammer took it a bit further, we had some of this.
0:10:08 > 0:10:13- Running man. - # ..Wave your hands in the air... #
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Forget about the music.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19It was all about the pants. I mean, the pants were amazing.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23MC Hammer's pants were brilliant.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25They've just been back in fashion, haven't they?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26We call them pooh catchers.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28# ..Look, man You can't touch this... #
0:10:28 > 0:10:31We all like to dance and when you're dancing, the baggy pants
0:10:31 > 0:10:38capture the wind, so all your movements are accentuated by having the nice loose-fitting pants.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40I used to try and wear the pants.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I didn't know where to get them from, so gym pants, they're similar,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45like bodybuilder pants.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50I had a pair of those, really awkward colours, like purples and turquoise.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I'm just grateful nobody's got photos of that stuff.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58People always say, "Hammer, I had the pants, I had the pants!"
0:10:58 > 0:11:05You know, from current adults to young kids, "When I was little, I had some Hammer pants."
0:11:06 > 0:11:08# ..You can't touch this... #
0:11:08 > 0:11:10MC Hammer, with that one dance, became a phenomenon.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I mean, that bloke made an absolute fortune
0:11:14 > 0:11:19for being the biggest thing in the world for all of about six months.
0:11:19 > 0:11:25And that dance was pretty much why.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27# ..You can't touch this. #
0:11:29 > 0:11:31We're in the top 10!
0:11:31 > 0:11:36So, "What's the 10th best dance craze of all time?" I hear you ask.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40'What's the 10th best dance craze of all time?'
0:11:40 > 0:11:43Thank you!
0:11:43 > 0:11:46The 10th best dance craze of all time is the Macarena.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51This staggeringly repetitive tune by the evil geniuses of Los Del Rio
0:11:51 > 0:11:55comes with a dance that's as simple as it is simple.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03'The Macarena. Oh, Macarena!'
0:12:03 > 0:12:06The Maca-flipping-rena!
0:12:07 > 0:12:09'Those people should have been shot.'
0:12:09 > 0:12:14Those men singing that song, they should have been put in a small room,
0:12:14 > 0:12:16and they should have been played that record
0:12:16 > 0:12:17for the rest of their natural lives.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20It was dreadful.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21'Budda-budda-budda-budda...'
0:12:21 > 0:12:23You never really know the words.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27You just know the bit that goes, # Hey, macarena! All right! #
0:12:27 > 0:12:30'I love the Macarena.'
0:12:30 > 0:12:36- The Macarena is just genius.- You all move the same, then you all turn around and do the same movements.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37It's just another form of line-dancing.
0:12:37 > 0:12:44Whether you loathe it or just hate it, nobody knew what it was actually about, until right now.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49In 1992, Spanish lounge singers Los Del Rio saw a Venezuelan dancer
0:12:49 > 0:12:52who inspired them to write these poetic words.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57- TRANSLATION:- Give your body joy and good things.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Because your body is meant to be given joy and good things.
0:13:03 > 0:13:09Their song about a flamenco-dancing floozie became a worldwide hit after a club remix was released in 1996.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14Souped up with a funky new video that taught everyone that groovy little dance.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17When you make up those kind of dances, you have to remember that
0:13:17 > 0:13:19you are appealing to people that maybe have
0:13:19 > 0:13:24no notions of dance. So it was like, let's do something easy.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30If you want to learn how to do the Macarena, all you have to do is follow me.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34You just go right arm out, left arm out. Then you turn your hand
0:13:34 > 0:13:37towards the ceiling, right and then left.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Then you cross on your shoulder, right then left.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Put it behind your head, right then left.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Then you cross on your hip, right, then on your left.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Then you go back on your booty on your right and then on your left.
0:13:49 > 0:13:55Then you go down, and you just rock it. To the right, to the left, to the right, to the left.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57And then you pop and jump to the side.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Rock, you know, like a clock that's ticking.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04And don't forget your smile!
0:14:04 > 0:14:07It was like, let's do something that, if you make a mistake,
0:14:07 > 0:14:12it doesn't really matter because maybe you will be hopping in front of someone else. It's funny.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18- TRANSLATION:- We wanted to show that the song is meant for the whole world.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23And that's why there's an Indian girl and one from the Netherlands, and an African girl.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26It was a beautiful thing and we loved it.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Oh, I see. World peace via the Macarena.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33The Macarena got massive attention.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Everybody just got the virus of the Macarena.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42It was a pandemic, and all across the globe, people began dancing like simpletons.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47The single spent an astonishing 14 weeks at the top of the US charts.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51A crowd of 50,000 people danced the Macarena together at the New York Yankees stadium.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56And if you get 50,000 Americans to do anything, it must be straightforward.
0:14:56 > 0:15:02- TRANSLATION:- We never thought that they would be dancing to one of our songs in India, or in Chile,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06or in Italy, or in Japan.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11We knew it was out of hand when even US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
0:15:11 > 0:15:14was grooving with the Minister for Botswana at the United Nations.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Yes, you heard me correctly. That's the UN.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23The minute the song would come on, people would actually freak.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28They would be hypnotised and just drawn to start doing it.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33I have done the Macarena, but only in the comfort of my own living room.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37'I have danced it a few times in my life, I've got to say.'
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I'm quite good at it, actually.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46'Everybody could do it, and it was like, you needed to do it. And if you didn't participate,'
0:15:46 > 0:15:47you look bad.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49This dance is cool!
0:15:49 > 0:15:54'Everyone does it. Even the boyfriends at a party or at a wedding'
0:15:54 > 0:15:55that don't want to dance,
0:15:55 > 0:15:57they go, "All right, we'll do this one.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00"We know this one, boys, come on, let's do this one."
0:16:00 > 0:16:05It's a song that's inviting everyone to have a laugh, have a dance.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08We're not being serious, everyone's smiling and having a good time.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13The dance is like a legend. It's a creature, and it goes on.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18It's a monster, and it goes on, you know, with or without me.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23# Hey, Macarena! #
0:16:26 > 0:16:32At number nine, it's his Royal Highness, Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36That's pop as in pop music, not pop as in fizzy drinks.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Although, I'm told he did enjoy the feeling of Bubbles.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Oh, please!
0:16:48 > 0:16:54Michael Jackson has to be one of the most influential dancers in history.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58# She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene... #
0:16:58 > 0:17:02When it comes to dancing, Michael is funky and he dances inside the music.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06He wasn't a trained dancer.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08You know, it's not like he went to ballet classes or jazz.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12He did all this... He had his own unique style.
0:17:13 > 0:17:19And never more so than at the 25 Years Of Motown concert, when he first performed his signature move,
0:17:19 > 0:17:21the moonwalk, in a routine that shook the world.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25SCREAMING
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I remember feeling like I was right there,
0:17:30 > 0:17:33feeling like I was in the audience, watching it on TV.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Because everybody went completely mad.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I was so excited and right away tried to do it on the carpet.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43# Get ready tonight... #
0:17:43 > 0:17:46But Michael Jackson did not actually invent the moonwalk.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Body popper Jeffrey Daniel, from Shalamar, had performed
0:17:49 > 0:17:52his version of Top Of the Pops in 1982.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58And it was Jeffrey who taught Michael how to do the iconic step.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00We started showing Michael
0:18:00 > 0:18:04the backslide in 1980. It wasn't called the moonwalk yet.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06It wasn't just a backslide, it's a series of dances.
0:18:06 > 0:18:11You're working on popping, working on dances that are in the clubs.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Michael Jackson would take something,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16repolish it and do it even better. Look at the moonwalk,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20which originally was a backslide that Jeffrey Daniel did.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26And then Michael Jackson took it, and gave it that kind of magic, made it his own,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29brought it to the world, and hey presto, it's a Michael Jackson move.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36I spent a long time trying to do the moonwalk.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40And I think I might have just done it once.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42It's weird. You suddenly think, I'm doing it!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45It's like riding a bike for the first time.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47The moment you realise you're doing it, you've stopped.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55I was lucky enough to meet Michael Jackson, I had dinner with him. He took me through
0:18:55 > 0:18:58the theory of the moonwalk, and it's actually opposite to
0:18:58 > 0:19:00what people think in their heads.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03If you want me to show you. You start with your forefoot on the floor.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07And then you keep it on the floor as long as you possibly can,
0:19:07 > 0:19:10and drag it all the way back until you have to start lifting your heel.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14You transfer your weight and repeat with the other foot.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17So it's actually heel-toe,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20and not toe-heel, as a lot of people think.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Anyone can do it. Simply purchase your very own rhinestone glove -
0:19:27 > 0:19:29maybe go halves on a pair with your friend.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Resign from your job, practise just 10 hours a day for 200 days,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36and you too can impress your mates with a moonwalk like mine.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41There is not a single person that can do the moonwalk
0:19:41 > 0:19:45and not think of Michael Jackson or have somebody say, "Michael Jackson, yeah!"
0:19:45 > 0:19:50He's... One and the same, synonymous with him. The moonwalk.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Michael Jackson, the legend lives on.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04Bill Medley might sound like the best bits from an ITV police drama, but it's also the name of a man.
0:20:04 > 0:20:09And together with Jennifer Warnes, that man gave the world the song you're about to hear.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Brackets - I've had - close brackets - The Time Of My Life.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15OK, guys. Let's do the lift! We're doing the lift!
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Yeah? Just like the film?!
0:20:17 > 0:20:19It's a bit like the film, yeah?!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22# With my body and soul
0:20:22 > 0:20:26# I want you more than you'll ever know... #
0:20:26 > 0:20:29'The plot of Dirty Dancing is really about'
0:20:29 > 0:20:31the sexual awakening of a teenage girl.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37And also Patrick Swayze with his top off, yes!
0:20:39 > 0:20:42'I think every woman's dream is to be taught how to dance'
0:20:42 > 0:20:45by someone like Patrick Swayze!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Patrick Swayze was the alpha male of dance for a long time.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55He is the most sexiest dancer
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I think I've ever seen.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Apart from when I've caught myself in the mirror.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04In the final, climactic scene of the film,
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Baby and Johnny perform a dance routine that reveals their secret love.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12When she's dancing her last dance with Johnny,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15just the lifting the arm up and the tickle down there,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18that is just brilliant.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Basic move.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# I've had the time of my life
0:21:24 > 0:21:27# No, I've never felt this way before
0:21:27 > 0:21:30# Yes, I swear... #
0:21:30 > 0:21:33The final dance, that's what the movie has been about.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It's all about, is she going to do this lift?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41That lift is hard to do. It involves strength,
0:21:41 > 0:21:44a lot of balance and a lot of technique.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47And, done badly, could be quite catastrophic.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52It takes a bit of practice. You need a strong man.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And, I guess, it is all about the timing.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59That's a lift you attempt when you're drunk,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01probably the worst time to try it.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05If that Dirty Dancing song comes on and I have had enough to drink,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08I...usually try to jump.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10And hope someone catches you!
0:22:10 > 0:22:13So iconic has the lift become, that the routine is now a popular
0:22:13 > 0:22:17first dance for Swayze-loving brides around the world.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Ready, steady...catch the bride!
0:22:25 > 0:22:29I've seen a few of the wedding routines on the internet.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I think it's hilarious the way it's turned into a craze
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and they've really reinvented the first dance.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40It's gone from being something where people are a bit embarrassed and maybe they just have a little smooch
0:22:40 > 0:22:43on the dance floor to actually, this is our wedding,
0:22:43 > 0:22:48this is our first dance, and it's something for everyone to remember.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52And this couple, Julia and James, danced their way to
0:22:52 > 0:22:58becoming an internet phenomenon, with 8 million people watching their first dance on YouTube.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00It wasn't his idea! It was my idea.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Let's be honest, every woman has the fantasy of doing that.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- It was my day, and...- YOUR day?
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Sorry, OUR day! OUR day.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12The first thing that popped into my head when Julia said,
0:23:12 > 0:23:16"Let's do that dance from Dirty Dancing as our first dance," was the lift.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19We didn't go to a lake to practise, we went to my friend's back garden.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23So if we fell, we actually fell into his flowerbeds.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27There were 120 people there.
0:23:27 > 0:23:33And if I really screwed up badly, what they would remember was me dropping my bride on her face.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42We've had millions of people contacting us telling us that that dance made them cry.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46It just made them feel all warm and fantastic.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- (SOBBING)- It's so beautiful!
0:23:51 > 0:23:56At number seven, it's the Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59A musical all about... Actually, it doesn't matter.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02But why is the Time Warp so popular?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Perhaps because the song contains instructions in the lyrics
0:24:05 > 0:24:08that explain how to do the dance as you go along.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It's basically the hokey-cokey for transvestites.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14LAUGHTER
0:24:15 > 0:24:17It's astounding.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- Time is fleeting. - 'What is the Time Warp about?'
0:24:21 > 0:24:25It's not about anything. Should it be about anything?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Most dances are just about getting people to move on the dance floor,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31encourage them to actually make fools of themselves,
0:24:31 > 0:24:32most of the time.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37# Let's do the time warp again... #
0:24:37 > 0:24:39This isn't a dance for intellectuals.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41This is a dance for people...
0:24:41 > 0:24:43You can have an IQ in single figures.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48# ..It's just a jump to the left And then a step to the right... #
0:24:48 > 0:24:51It's just a jump to the left.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56You see? Easy. And then a step to the right, two, three, four, one.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59With your hands on your hips.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02We all know where they are, don't we? There they are, yes, that's it.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04You bring your knees in tight.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Got it? # Then it's the pelvic thrust... #
0:25:07 > 0:25:09That's the sexy bit.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13# Really drives you insa-a-a-ane
0:25:13 > 0:25:17# Let's do the time warp again
0:25:17 > 0:25:20# Let's do the time warp again. #
0:25:20 > 0:25:22It's so simple.
0:25:22 > 0:25:28- # It's just a jump to the left. # - The Time Warp is the signature song from the Rocky Horror Show,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33the transgender-bending musical that brilliantly parodies science fiction and B-movie horror films.
0:25:33 > 0:25:40You've seen all kinds of movies, but you've never seen anything like the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44# Let's do the Time Warp again... #
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Bafflingly, the film is said to be
0:25:46 > 0:25:52the longest-running cinema release in history, and is still being shown in some cinemas 35 years later.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56- They're probably foreigners with ways different than our own. - It's fabulously freaky.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00It's a perfect opportunity for men to don a basque,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02seemingly for the sake of
0:26:02 > 0:26:06Rocky Horror, but actually, just to satisfy a strange fetish they have.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11I think the British men have got an awful lot, deep down inside of them, that's dying to get out
0:26:11 > 0:26:17and any excuse that makes it look OK, Rocky Horror Show is there to supply that OK-ness.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19# Transvestite! #
0:26:19 > 0:26:22The Rocky Horror Show comes to town and you'll see your neighbour,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Gerald and Sandra, dressed up in their S&M outfits.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29You're like, "Where are you off?" "Off to see the Rocky Horror Show."
0:26:29 > 0:26:31You're like, "Oh, this is awkward."
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Sandra's got Gerald on a lead.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36They never went that far in the Rocky Horror, but...
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Got him on a lead!
0:26:39 > 0:26:43# Let's do the Time Warp again... #
0:26:43 > 0:26:48The Time Warp encapsulates the freak-show party atmosphere of Rocky Horror, and the dance that
0:26:48 > 0:26:55actually started out as a parody of Simon Says routines has become the very thing it was poking fun at.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00- # It's just a jump to the left. # - We've got a song where the instructions come in the lyrics.
0:27:00 > 0:27:06It was getting them up there to join in and do something collectively.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11It did, strangely, become accepted as a dance, and a big hit.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Let's do the Time Warp again.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19I'm a massive Rocky Horror fan and I don't like the Time Warp, it cheapens it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23The Time Warp is now owned by drunkards just thrusting
0:27:23 > 0:27:28at you in night clubs, whereas the theatre and the film experience is actually way more than that.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31It's a little bit annoying, actually.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34# Let's do the Time Warp again. #
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Do-do-do-do. Wasn't that easy?
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Piece of cake. I'm not going to do it again. No, I'm not, I'm sorry.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48So! That's your lot. If, like me, you spent the whole show
0:27:48 > 0:27:53dancing along to each and every song, then, like me, you probably stink.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57Take a shower. Seriously, have a shower. Now.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Goodbye!