Evolution of Dance Song List
Back on October 9, 2006 I posted about Inspirational Comedian Judson Laipply and his interpretation of the “Evolution of Dance” video. I even included the actual video to watch and links to his site and the songs used in the video.
Well this morning I received a comment on my original post by a user named Courtney saying:
does anyone know what the songs are in this video??? i really need to know them…
So I went to the post remembering that I posted a link to the songs and guess what? The link no longer works.
Have no fear Courtney, I have them all for you and since I’m such a nice guy, here is the complete list of every song and artist used in the “Evolution of Dance” video:
- Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
- The Twist – Chubby Checker
- Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
- Y.M.C.A. – The Village People
- Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
- Keep On – The Brady Bunch
- Greased Lightnin’ – John Travolta
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
- Billy Jean – Michael Jackson
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Oompa Loompa – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Mr. Roboto – Styx
- Break Dance (Electric Boogie) – The Sugarhill Gang
- Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles
- The Chicken Dance – Bob Karnes
- Mony Mony – Billy Idol
- Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
- U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
- Love Shack – The B-52’s
- Apache – The Sugarhill Gang
- Jump Around – House of Pain
- Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot
- Tubthumping – Chumbawaba
- What Is Love – Haddaway
- Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex
- Macarena – Los Del Rio
- Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync
- Lose Yourself – Eminem
- Hey Ya! – Outkast
- Dirt Off Your Shoulder – Jay-Z
- Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice (“Yo, let’s get outta here. Word to your mother”)
- Bye Bye Bye – N’Sync (“Bye, bye, bye”)
So there you go, every song and artist used in the “Evolution of Dance” video… oh and no I will not link to the MP3’s for you, so don’t ask. It’s up to you for locating the songs.
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Comments / What do you think?
November 18th, 2006
Hmmm… I have six of those songs, if you count remixes. I think the surprising thing is which ones I don’t have, really…
November 19th, 2006
Hi Luke. So what six songs do you actually have?
I’m going to take a guess and say that you for sure have “Keep On” by the Brady Bunch and “Break Dance (Electric Boogie)” by the Sugarhill Gang.
Did I win? :)
November 19th, 2006
Nope, not even close. I have Mr. Roboto, The Chicken Dance, Baby Got Back, Tubthumping, What Is Love, and Cotton Eye Joe, and I’ve since found a copy of Love Shack.
I was really surprised when I realized my library doesn’t have the Macarena or Y.M.C.A. I mean, come on…
November 20th, 2006
Luke, I love that you have the chicken dance in your collection.
I now have this visual of you doing the actual dance… hahaha.
Did you ever do it in the dorms?
November 20th, 2006
I don’t remember doing it in the dorms, but I did do it at my brother’s wedding. There were two or three of us who refused to go join in the group dances on the dance floor at the reception, so one time after my aunt had tried yet again to get us to go dance, I started doing it right behind her back every time she turned back to the party.
That is the only time I have ever been able to pull off the “do it while their back is turned” joke…
December 5th, 2006
Does anyone no where you could get the actually song played in the evolution of dance?
December 5th, 2006
Hi Tom.
Last I heard Judson Laipply was working on getting permission from the copyright holders for all the songs used in his custom mix.
Most of the songs are available at your local music store or on iTunes, so with a little work, you could recreate the mix yourself.
January 5th, 2007
I need the two minute version of evolution of dance. Where can i get it?
January 5th, 2007
Hi maddie.
When you say that you need the two minute version, do you want the songs compiled together or the video of Judson Laipply doing the dance?
January 20th, 2007
My daughter is doing this skit in a talent show tryout on Tuesday. Is there anyone who has all the songs?
April 26th, 2007
I need to get a copy of this song. or a free downloadable program that will merge all the songs together. Ideas?
April 30th, 2007
After I have all the songs how do i put them together?
May 4th, 2007
Is there anyone who has got the nr’s mixed together this guy uses in his video??
May 5th, 2007
i did it!! it took me 3 hours but i did it!!
August 17th, 2007
if your looking for a program to merge the songs, google search audacity
September 4th, 2007
hey jen! do you think that their is anyway that you could send me the song. I’m a senior in high school this year and we have a male beauty pageant and I started to learn the dance for the talent section
September 8th, 2007
ha, I decided to make a playlist of those songs in that order. sweet, thx (long live pirated music)
December 15th, 2007
Hello! That’s a very nice,funny and encouraging videoit makes peoplesmile and laugh. so, i have a question for u, what inspired u to make evolution of dance! What thoughts were following u and if someone suggested it to u who it was?
January 28th, 2008
I have all the songs but am not sure what program to use to compile the clips. Does anyone have any suggestions?
February 23rd, 2008
Thanks for this! :) Much appreciated.
March 4th, 2008
I compiled it with the programm “nero wave editor”
lot´s of work!!!!
March 4th, 2008
I compiled it with the programm “nero wave editor”
lot´s of work!!!! but it made fun!!
April 30th, 2008
there not in the right order :p
May 25th, 2008
you can download the song of limewire
May 28th, 2008
nice i allways wanted to know what the name was of that country song
June 3rd, 2008
And i spent a whole day trying to find that song Apache Sugarhill gang! :)
June 11th, 2008
thanks a lot:)
February 18th, 2009
Can anyone help me put these songs onto a CD??
Not all of them, only a selected few. Me and my husband 2 be want to do this for our wedding dance! Should get lots of laughs, but neither of us are very good at computers or anything technical at all – i am willing to pay someone for their help and time.
Email me if you can help… kensagrys@aol.com