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Bobby Brown also popularized a variant called the Roger Rabbit dance (similar to a "backwards" running man), as seen in the music video for his song "Every Little Step" (1989). [4] A proto version of the step was performed by one of Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo-Kuti female dancers on stage at his 1978 Berlin concert in Germany (1:17:11; [ 5 ] ).
Brown popularized the Roger Rabbit dance (aka the "backwards" running man), [citation needed] as performed in the music video for the song, [4] along with the Gumby-style hi-top fade. [ 5 ] In 1995, "Every Little Step" was remixed by British DJ/producer C.J. Mackintosh and was included on Brown's remix album, Two Can Play That Game (1995).
In movement, the Roger Rabbit dance is similar to the running man, but done by skipping backwards with arms performing a flapping gesture as if hooking one's thumbs on suspenders. [31] Bobby Brown popularized the dance move, [ 32 ] as seen in the music video for his song " Every Little Step " (1989).
Songs such as "The Loco-Motion" were specifically written with the intention of creating a new dance and many more pop hits, such as "Mashed Potato Time" by Dee Dee Sharp, were written to cash in recent successful novelties. In the early 1970s, disco spawned a succession of dance fads including the Bump, the Hustle, and the Y.M.C.A.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed by Robert Zemeckis and featured film score composed by regular Zemeckis collaborator Alan Silvestri, who conducted the London Symphony Orchestra.
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The rap group Gucci Crew II created the dance and introduced it in their 1987 song of the same name, "The Cabbage Patch". [112] Another popular social dance was the Roger Rabbit. This dance imitates the floppy movements of the lead cartoon character as seen in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. [113]
Other songs from the same period also used the tune. The same notes form the bridge in the "Hot Scotch Rag", written by H. A. Fischler in 1911. [citation needed] An early recording used the seven-note tune at both the beginning and the ending of a humorous 1915 song, by Billy Murray and the American Quartet, called "On the 5:15".