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Encyclopedia > Cha Cha Slide

"Cha Cha Slide" is a 2000 song/dance track sometimes referred to as the "Casper Slide". This song is often played at dance clubs, parties, skating rinks and weddings in the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2007, McDonald's used the song in a television commercial in which a young boy dressed in old school hip hop fashion listens to the song while enjoying a meal with his family. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Old school hip hop is a term used to describe the very earliest hip hop music to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. ...


The Cha Cha Slide is also a dance created by Chicago's DJ Casper, (aka Mr. C). Cha Cha Slide is a line dance with a called instructions. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... DJ Casper (real name Wille Perry) is a Chicago based DJ who had a number one hit single in the UK called Cha Cha Slide. MC Jig also did a version of this song, but the DJ Casper version was far more successful. ... A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in one or more lines (British English, rows), executing the same movements. ... Caller is a person that calls dance figures in line dances, square dances, contra dances, etc. ...


DJ Casper developed the Cha Cha Slide in 1996 for Bally Total Fitness; it became a hit with gym members, and the dance's popularity prompted Mr. C to record Cha-Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album in 2000. The following year, the dance caught on around Canada and the USA, where urban contemporary radio stations (and later mobile DJs), particularly in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Arkansas, Memphis, and Detroit. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... A health club chain known for its manipulative sales practices. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The term urban contemporary was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Houston redirects here. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Largest metro area Little Rock Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor...


DJ Casper has made another version of the Cha Cha Slide (Part 2). By 2007 Cha Cha Slide (Part 2) was being played at urban venues and clubs in the Western United States.


MC Jig also did a version of the song[1], which reached #33 in the UK[citation needed], but the DJ Casper version was far more successful, reaching #1 on the same chart in 2004.[citation needed] Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


References

  1. ^ [1]
Preceded by
"Toxic" by Britney Spears
UK Singles Chart number one single
March 20, 2004 - March 26, 2004
Succeeded by
"Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil' Jon

Audio sample Toxic is a dance-pop song written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback for Britney Spears fourth studio album In the Zone (2003). ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yeah! is a R&B/Crunk song written by American songwriters and producers Jonathan Smith, Sean Garrett, Patrick J. Que Smith, Chris Bridges, Robert McDowell and James Phillips for Ushers fourth studio album Confessions (2004). ... Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), is an American R&B/pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. ... “Luda” redirects here. ... Lil Jon This article is about the American rap producer. ...

External links

  • Cha Cha Slide video
  • Step Sheet @ kickit.to
  • Tips on the Cha Cha Slide

  Results from FactBites:
 
Cha Cha Slide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (280 words)
"Cha Cha Slide" is a 2000 song/dance sometimes referred to as the "Casper Slide".
The Cha Cha Slide is a dance created by Chicago's DJ Casper, aka Mr.
DJ Casper developed the Cha Cha Slide in 1996 for Bally Total Fitness; it became a hit with gym members, and the dance's popularity prompted Mr.
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