Evolution of Dance
Evolution of Dance is a music video on the YouTube video portal . It was released on April 6, 2006 and is portrayed by the American Judson Laipply . In the video, Laipply dances to excerpts from well-known pieces of music from the last few decades. The video was viewed over 300 million times (as of November 2017). It was the most watched video on YouTube for two years before it was overtaken by Avril Lavigne's music video Girlfriend . In the meantime, the clip reached third place among the most discussed videos.
During the first wave of success of the video, in which the video was viewed 10,000,000 times within two weeks, there was a lot of media coverage. CNN , MSN , E! And others reported on the video . , USA Today , Good Morning America , NBC and AOL . Laipply now has an online shop where he sells T-shirts, among other things. He also wrote the book Might As Well Dance .
On January 9, 2009, Laipply released the video Evolution of Dance 2 . It was clicked over 23 million times (as of November 2017).
On April 6, 2016, for the 10th anniversary of the first video, the video Evolution of Dance 3 was released. It has been clicked 900,000 times (as of November 2017) so far.
List of songs
Evolution of Dance
| song | Interpreter | length | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hound dog | Elvis Presley | 0: 00-0: 14 | 1956 |
| The twist | Chubby checker | 0: 14-0: 31 | 1960 |
| Stayin 'Alive | The Bee Gees | 0:31-0:38 | 1977 |
| YMCA | The Village People | 0:38-0:56 | 1978 |
| Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas | 0: 56-1: 03 | 1974 |
| Keep on ' | The Brady Bunch Kids | 1: 03-1: 17 | 1969 |
| Greased Lightnin ' | John Travolta | 1: 17-1: 28 | 1978 |
| You Shook Me All Night Long | AC / DC | 1: 28-1: 42 | 1980 |
| Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | 1: 42-1: 49 | 1983 |
| thriller | Michael Jackson | 1: 50-1: 58 | 1984 |
| Oompa Loompa | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1: 58-2: 04 | 1971 |
| Mr. Roboto | Styx | 2: 04-2: 14 | 1982 |
| Break Dance ( Electric Boogie ) | West Street Mob | 2: 14-2: 28 | 1983 |
| Walk Like an Egyptian | The Bangles | 2: 28-2: 36 | 1987 |
| The Chicken Dance | Bob Kames | 2: 36-2: 42 | 1992 |
| Mony Mony | Billy Idol | 2: 42-2: 57 | 1981 |
| Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla ice | 2: 57-3: 11 | 1990 |
| U Can't Touch This | MC hammer | 3: 12-3: 42 | 1990 |
| Love Shack | The B-52s | 3: 42-3: 46 | 1989 |
| Apache (Jump on it) | Sugarhill Gang | 3: 46-4: 02 | 1981 |
| Jump around | House of Pain | 4: 02-4: 15 | 1992 |
| Baby got back | Sir Mix-a-Lot | 4: 15-4: 22 | 1992 |
| Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | 4: 22-4: 32 | 1996 |
| What is love | Haddaway | 4: 32-4: 40 | 1993 |
| Cotton Eye Joe | Rednex | 4: 40-5:01 | 1994 |
| Macarena | Los del Río | 5: 01-5: 06 | 1996 |
| Bye bye bye | * NSYNC | 5: 06-5: 29 | 2000 |
| Lose Yourself | Eminem | 5: 29-5: 33 | 2002 |
| Hey ya! | OutKast | 5: 33-5: 39 | 2003 |
| Dirt off your shoulder | Jay-Z | 5: 39-5: 49 | 2003 |
|
Ice Ice Baby (Lyrics played: "Yo, let's get outta here. Word to your mother") |
Vanilla ice | 5: 49-5: 52 | 1990 |
|
Bye Bye Bye (Lyrics played: "Bye, bye, bye") |
* NSYNC | 5: 52-6: 00 | 2000 |
Evolution of Dance 2
| song | Interpreter | length | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | 0:10-0:30 | 1965 |
| My girl | The Temptations | 0: 30-0: 39 | 1964 |
| Proud Mary | Ike and Tina Turner | 0:39-0:50 | 1971 |
| The Hustle | Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony | 0:50-0:55 | 1975 |
| Hokey Pokey | Larry LaPrise , Charles Macak and Tafit Baker | 0: 55-1: 09 | 1950 |
| Shout | The Isley Brothers | 1.09-1.20 | 1959 |
| tequila | The Champs | 1.21-1.30 | 1958 |
| I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers | 1: 31-1: 38 | 1988 |
| Pump up the jam | Technotronic | 1: 38-1: 56 | 1989 |
| I'm too sexy | Right Said Fred | 1: 56-2: 11 | 1991 |
| Electric slide | Marcia Griffiths | 2: 11-2: 31 | 1989 |
| My Lovin '(You're Never Gonna Get It) | En Vogue | 2: 31-2: 42 | 1992 |
| Tootsie Roll | 69 boyz | 2: 43-2: 56 | 1994 |
| Cha Cha Slide | DJ Casper | 2: 57-3: 16 | 1996 |
| Lean back | The Terror Squad | 3.16-3.23 | 2004 |
| Here It Goes Again | OK go | 3: 23-3: 32 | 2006 |
| London Bridge | Fergie | 3: 32-3: 42 | 2006 |
| Crank That (Soulja Boy) | Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | 3: 42-4: 00 | 2007 |
Evolution of Dance 3
| song | Interpreter | length | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | 0: 05-0: 13 | 1958 |
| Time warp | The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtrack) | 0:14-0:36 | 1975 |
| Born to Hand Jive | Sha Na Na | 0:36-0:56 | 1978 |
| Beat it | Michael Jackson | 0: 56-1: 13 | 1983 |
| Sweet Child O'Mine | Guns N Roses | 1: 13-1: 30 | 1988 |
| Vogue | Madonna | 1: 30-1: 38 | 1990 |
| Hanging tough | New kids on the block | 1: 38-1: 48 | 1988 |
| Rollin ' | Limp Bizkit | 1: 48-2: 04 | 2000 |
| It's Not Unusual | Tom Jones | 2: 04-2: 20 | 1965 |
| Peanut Butter Jelly Time | Chip-Man & The Buckwheat Boyz | 2: 20-2: 31 | 2005 |
| Hips don't lie | Shakira | 2: 31-2: 41 | 2006 |
| Cupid Shuffle | Cupid | 2: 41-2: 54 | 2007 |
| Wobble | VIC | 2: 54-3: 13 | 2008 |
| Stanky Legg | GS Boyz | 3: 13-3: 19 | 2008 |
| Single ladies | Beyoncé | 3: 19-3: 31 | 2008 |
| Moving Like Berney | ISA | 3: 31-3: 38 | 2010 |
| Party rock anthem | LMFAO | 3: 38-3: 43 | 2011 |
| I'm Sexy and I Know It | LMFAO | 3: 43-3: 48 | 2011 |
| Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen | 3: 48-3: 55 | 2011 |
| Gangnam style | Psy | 3: 55-4: 06 | 2012 |
| wrecking ball | Miley Cyrus | 4: 06-4: 22 | 2013 |
| Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) | Silentó | 4: 22-4: 29 | 2015 |
| Hit The Quan | ILoveMemphis | 4: 29-4: 37 | 2015 |
| Hotline bling | Drake | 4: 37-4: 52 | 2015 |
| So long, Farewell | The Sound of Music (soundtrack) | 4: 52-5: 04 | 1965 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hot Discussed overall on YouTube.de
- ↑ a b Media-Press on theevolutionofdance.com
- ↑ Evolution of Dance 2 on YouTube
- ↑ Evolution of Dance 3 on YouTube
Web links
- Website of the Evolution of Dance 2 (English)
- Evolution of Dance on YouTube
- Evolution of Dance 2 on YouTube
- Evolution of Dance 3 on YouTube
- mightaswelldance.com (English)