The Time Warp is a dance featured in the rock musical The Rocky Horror Show and the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, performed during the chorus of the song of the same name. The song is both an example and a parody of the dance song genre in which much of the content of the song is given over to dance step instructions. The dance is one of the major audience-participation activities during screenings of the film and performances of the show. It has become a popular song beyond the reaches of the film and show, and is often played at dances and weddings. Cover versions have been recorded by such artists as Alvin and the Chipmunks, Black Lace, Damian, Groovie Ghoulies, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, and Sebastian Bach of the heavy metal band Skid Row, as well as an Italian adaptation by Elio e le Storie Tese and a Spanish adaptation by the pop group Timbiriche. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... The Rocky Horror Show is a long running stage musical (opening in London initially, on June 19, 1973) that inspired the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy film that parodies horror films. ... A refrain (from the Old French refraindre to repeat, likely from Vulgar Latin refringere) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the chorus of a song. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... A dance song is a song concerning itself almost entirely with a particular dance. ... A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... For the upcoming live-action/computer-generated film, see Alvin and the Chipmunks (film). ... Black Lace are a British band noted for hits such as The Music Man, Agadoo, and Superman. They also represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 in Jerusalem with the song Mary Ann, which finished seventh. ... Damian Davey (b. ... The Groovie Ghoulies were an American punk rock band formed in Sacramento, California. ... Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were a novelty pop act who were the third band to have their first three releases go to number 1 on the UK singles chart, a feat they achieved between July and December 1989. ... This article is about the rock singer. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Skid Row is an American heavy metal band which became the glam metal prototypes of the late 1980s metal scene and were successful until they were eclipsed by the Seattle grunge bands in 1991. ... Elio e le Storie Tese is a popular Italian band from Milan, formed in 1980, whose music is clearly (and declaratly) inspired to the style of Frank Zappa, both in music and lyrics. ... Original members of Timbiriche (album cover) Timbiriche is the name of a Mexican group that debuted on April 30, 1982 during a broadcast of the news program Hoy Mismo with Guillermo Ochoa. ...

The basic dance step is described in the chorus of the song:

It's just a jump to the left.

And then a step to the right.

With your hands on your hips.

You bring your knees in tight.

But it's the pelvic thrust

That really drives you insane.

Let's do the time-warp again.

After which the dancers turn around and repeat the same motions. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

A tap dance often appears in the middle of the song, but recent versions have replaced it with such diverse substitutes as a Dance Dance Revolution pattern, an air guitar solo, and a rally-like chant. Man tap dancing. ... Dance Dance Revolution, a. ... It is believed that air guitar possibly originated from early Iron Maiden fans in the late 1970s. ... For other uses, see Demonstration. ...

The song, fourth in the show/film (after "Science Fiction/Double Feature," "Dammit Janet," and "Over at the Frankenstein Place"), consists of verses sung by alternating characters, serving as the introduction to two of them, and choruses sung by the chorus of "Transylvanians" (Movie) or "Phantoms" (Musical), and the Criminologist/Narrator (played by Charles Gray in the movie). The characters that sing the verses are, in order, Riff-Raff (Richard O'Brien in the movie), Magenta (Patricia Quinn in the movie), and Columbia (Little Nell Campbell in the movie). After the second full chorus, Columbia launches into her tap dance (see above). Science Fiction/Double Feature is the opening song to the 1973 B-movie stage play The Rocky Horror Show, and its 1975 film counterpart The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... Charles Gray (August 29, 1928 - March 7, 2000) was an English actor, born Donald Marshall Gray in Bournemouth, Hampshire, (now Bournemouth, Dorset) Charles Gray as Ernst Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever Donald Gray attended Bournemouth School along side Benny Hill, whose school had been evacuated to the same buildings, during... Richard OBrien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. ... Quinn with Richard OBrien and Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. ... Little Nell Campbell (born Laura Elizabeth Campbell, May 24, 1953) is an Australian actress and singer. ...

The order of the solos varies in certain albums. In the movie and Roxy cast album, Columbia's solo is right after Magenta's, then Columbia does her tap dance after a second chorus. The version that has been in stage shows more recently is similar to the movie and Roxy cast, with Columbia singing her solo right after Magenta's, but then she does her tap dance right after her solo, leaving only two choruses. Occasionally, Columbia's solo and tap dance come after the chorus after Magenta's solo.

The song is reprised/revisited briefly at the end of the film, in flashback, and in the show as an encore, led by Dr Frank-N-Furter In literature and film, a flashback (also called analepsis) takes the narrative back in time from the point the story has reached, to recount events that happened before and give the back-story. ... The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) (first released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 1975) is a cult-science fiction-comedy-horror musical film directed by Jim Sharman from a screenplay by Sharman and Richard OBrien. ...

References in pop culture

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The 1980 film Fame features characters performing the Time Warp at a Rocky Horror screening. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Fame is a 1980 musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva, directed by Alan Parker. ...

In Season 1: Episode 2, of Spaced, Tim leaves his own party in disgust when the Time Warp plays, saying "I hate it! It's boil-in-the-bag perversion for sexually repressed accountants and first-year drama students with too many posters of Betty Blue, The Blues Brothers, Big Blue and Blue Velvet on their blue bloody walls!" For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see Pisces Iscariot. ... Redirct 37°2 le matin ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... Blue Velvet is an influential 1986 neo-noir mystery and thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ...

The song was performed by Chico Slimani on the UK talent search program - The X Factor. Yousseph Slimani (born April 2, 1971), known as Chico, is a British pop singer of Moroccan descent who rose to prominence in the United Kingdom after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 series of the talent show The X Factor. ... For the current series, see The X Factor (UK series 4). ...

The song was also performed in the episode New York and Queens of the television show The Drew Carey Show. Drew Carey (Drew Carey), Lewis Kiniski (Ryan Stiles), Oswald Harvey (Diedrich Bader), and Kate O'Brien (Christa Miller) alongside many nameless extras perform a cut-down version of the Time Warp against Mimi Bobeck (Kathy Kinney) and Nigel Wick (Craig Ferguson) and other nameless extras performing a cut-down version of Peaches and Herb's "Shake Your Groove Thing," which was featured in the cult film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. New York and Queens is the 46th episode of the sitcom The Drew Carey Show and is also the season finale of the second season. ... The Drew Carey Show was a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its everyman characters and themes. ... Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. ... Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and comedian, whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy. ... Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... Christa Miller Lawrence (born May 28, 1964 in New York City) is an American actress. ... Kathy Kinney Kathy Kinney (b. ... Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish comedian, actor, writer and talk show host. ... Peaches & Herb are a musical group most popular during the 1970s. ... The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Oscar-winning Australian film about two drag queens and a transsexual woman driving across the outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a large bus they have named Priscilla. ...

In October 2006, the song was ranked and voted 338 out of 2006 songs featured in the Triple M Essential 2006 Countdown. October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ... This article is about the radio station network. ...

In Mario Party 8, on Bowser's board, if the play lands on a question mark spot, Bowser will say "Let's do the crime warp again!" and switch the direction of the board. Mario Party 8 ) is a video game for Nintendos Wii. ...

The song is often performed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Band during the first intermission of Badger Men's Hockey games, during which the student section performs the dance. University of Wisconsin redirects here. ...

In the Newgrounds movie Thwomps:The Movie, Thwomp #2 is sent back in time by Thwomp#1 by doing the Time Warp.

External links

• The Time Warp at RockyMusic.org
• Instructions on how to do the Time Warp at RockyHorror.com
• TimeWarp is the name of the official U.K. Rocky Horror Fan Club