Top 10 Decade Defining Dance Moves of the 1990s

They're the dance moves that defined the 1990s. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most notable moves we threw in the 1990s that made us the ones to watch on the dance floor. Our countdown includes the Running Man, the Butterfly, Harlem Shake, and more! Which 90s move do YOU still dance to? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

Which 90s move do YOU still dance to? Let us know below, and be sure to also check out our video of the Top 10 Hardest Ballet Moves to Pull Off: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnnPYoF5iN-WZtE

[@adriangarcia543]

Waiting for my idea from suggest

[@keynanmartinez]

What Is Love "Dance".

[@SweetBunny706]

The Macarena

[@TeddyStrongBear]

The Dancing Baby!

[@coreyhill681]

Whigfeild- Saturday Night, it's a lot of fun and a great excericise

[@Breanna_monique]

Nearly all of these dances come directly from African American/Hip Hop culture. My people so influential

[@mrspatilla85]

FACTSSSS

[@turiyahall7526]

You already know 👍

[@daniel-gf8xj]

Thought black ppl didn't come from Africa??

[@OldTinLizzy]

It's so true, the video's narration seemed glaringly white in comparison 😂

[@ThiaFort]

Influential in what? Did black americans/ hip-hop culture invent Facebook, Twitter(x), Instagram, Google, Tik Tok, Uber, lyft, and Cash app? NO. Black people have not made any major contribution to the world at all.

[@arnellamahoney317]

The Cha-Cha Slide was also a very popular dance in the 90’s. I would did it at parties, weddings and even once at the circus.

[@coreyhill681]

One of my favorites

[@SupergirlUK]

That was 2000s, I remember when it came out 🤔

[@arnellamahoney317]

@@SupergirlUK the song was introduced in the early 2000’s but the original dance came out in the late 90’s.

[@g..._anthony27]

@@arnellamahoney317 negative

[@coreyhill681]

@g.anthony2725 no, not negative, they would've not put it in the list if it wasn't the 90s, they have a good reason

[@KingEvan1000]

Can we all agree that we knew the Macarena would top the list? my hunches are never wrong

[@coreyhill681]

It's very obvious,

[@Brook11223]

MC Hammer for "Can't touch me" all time favorite.

[@catherinewilliams9680]

Thank you for giving Digital Underground some props. They have never been given the love and respect they deserve.

[@waitingf0ryou]

90s are the besttt!!!!!!!

[@waitingf0ryou]

Yeppppp

[@bighand1530]

Depends

[@waitingf0ryou]

Well trueeee

[@waitingf0ryou]

I like 80s music

[@bighand1530]

@@waitingf0ryou Nice

[@mattmc5069]

It depends on the era to imo: 1. Early 90s-hip hop/rap, ice ice baby and you can't touch this 2. Mid 90s-grunge, nirvana and green day say it all 3. Late 90s-pop and boy bands

[@maddog6620]

The dance move I’d still dance to from 90s The Humpty dance 💃

[@waitingf0ryou]

Yeah lol

[@jasmineemerald1446]

As I watch this video all I hear and can visualize is that lady in the blue jogging suit.. "Now that's hip hop." LOL The Bart Simpson/Creep is my go to!

[@RapFanatic4ever]

Humpty Dance Tootsie Roll Macarena Carlton Dance

[@davegordon6943]

Running man is the goat of nineties dance moves and the electric slide

[@vibewithshae]

Anyone who is reading this I pray that whatever you are consistently stressing about gets better. May the dark thoughts and overthinking, the doubt exit your mind right now. May replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill in your life. 🙏

[@waitingf0ryou]

Amen ✌🏻

[@BokuWaHikikomori]

🙏🙏🙏

[@KP-nx8lo]

Anyone else feel old for not only knowing these dances but remembering when they first came out!

[@charristicks5815]

Don’t forget the Pee Wee Herman and the Spider!

[@zeokingsilver]

Dance baby

[@cadeevans4623]

Loved mc hammer and milli vanilli dances

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

That chest bump!

[@cadeevans4623]

Yep exactly

[@maddog6620]

Super amazing video

[@telinhajp]

I was waiting for the Macarena. 🤗

[@damarisalaman]

The original Harlem Shake was one of my favorites to do growing up…the new “Harlem shake” would thoroughly piss me off

[@dashiajames1882]

Macrena is my dance...!! Watta about the Vogue inspired by Madonna..??

[@OldTinLizzy]

Not me wondering why the Electric Slide got left out, only to discover that it dates from the 70s 😱 We were definitely still dancing that in the 80s/90s! Also, you know you're old when your kids learn the Macarena in gym class at school 😂

[@hiddenmesa]

I went to Mexico in college for spring break. It was March 1994. The Macarena was played in every club, usually more than once a night. We learned the dance, and it was fun for a few days. But, by the end of the week, we had heard it enough and were over it. Over a year later, it blew up in the USA. I tried telling people that they would hate themselves for getting sucked into the craze. They didn’t believe me until about a month later.

[@maddog6620]

Awesome 😎

[@dsanchez9703]

Love da 90s

[@waitingf0ryou]

Yes sirrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!

[@dsanchez9703]

@@waitingf0ryou da early 90s to be exact

[@odd-man-outSPORTS]

Great video Mrs. Mojo! You have earned my sub! 💪🏼

[@BurrShotHam711]

i learned the Macarena in grade 4 and still know it to this day

[@keynanmartinez]

Can't wait for the 00s and 10s.

[@andrifennell4339]

The Bank HEAD Bounce was in to

[@TKara-bi6in]

MC Hammer & humpty dance 😏

[@cmccarthy]

How you gonna show anybody other than The Fresh Prince doing the Alf? That's his signature move!

[@sarahkimberley9375]

Pop music video choreography! Everybody (Backstreets Back), ...Baby One More Time, Stop by the Spice Girls, that's how i learned to dance 💃

[@kentbrooks3227]

Oh the memories! Thanks for this fun retrospective look.

[@MsMojo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-mu3fn3rh8q]

I remember where I was when I first did the Electric Slide and the Tootsie Roll.

[@garrisonfamily8037]

Thanks!

[@MsMojo]

Your support means the world to us.

[@luxuryhub1323]

I miss this era of the internet.

[@StopBeingRacist]

The internet was not around back then, thank God.

[@alysssabear]

wasn’t the internet created _after_ the 90s?

[@spinflux]

@@StopBeingRacist Lol, no, we had the internet and chat rooms and websites in ‘95. Every house in America had 10 unwanted installation discs from AOL to make sure.

[@maddog6620]

You are cool 😎

[@anthonymason3854]

Number One: should be the Running Man. Thanks for putting Number 10 on your list. Youll are the greatest and coolest. 💯💯💯🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️

[@tristanfilion7039]

Radical video y’all, keep up the good fight!$

[@captainbryce1]

With as many Fresh Prince references...how on Earth did the Carlton Dance NOT make this list?

[@cindeed4422]

Pretty straight forward moves! Lol why were so many people terrible at them! Those people in that first cabbage patch video were awful! 😂 everyone can’t do those dances! Give it a try though.

[@patriciatrent1953]

Show me the 60-70’s dance mostly the 60’s

[@lovemealways7]

Lol...I brought the hammer pants, and only wore them once...they looked good in the video in person they didn't stand out to well

[@midnightodellewest1999]

I had the hammer pants and my Dad told me I looked like a flying squirrel, lol.

[@lovemealways7]

@@midnightodellewest1999 OMG...that is too funny I didn't even think about that ...if you think about they did look like flying squirrel wings

[@taytorty]

how is vogue not even an honorable mention?????

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

great video

[@coreyhill681]

Whigfeild has amazing dance craze as well, Saturday Night, I am surprised you didn't mention that, it's similar to the Macrina but the only difference is the hands on the right and left side instead of straight plus clap, I play it every Saturday night

[@jeffreychongsathien]

It's an American list, really.

[@coreyhill681]

@jeffreychongsathien Can you read the title, one thing that doesn't say anything about the American, that means anything can go on the list

[@coreyhill681]

@jeffreychongsathien the Group that played Macrena, is European

[@jeffreychongsathien]

@@coreyhill681 I'm guessing you didn't do well in the logic section of the G.R.E. exam?

[@jennifermercer3481]

Anyone remember doing the chicken dance before we The Macarena?

[@bighand1530]

I`m not a fan of the Macarena song.

[@jodawa2504]

@Jennifer Mercer, do you mean the funky chicken? If not, I wouldn't know how to do it.

[@jennifermercer3481]

@@jodawa2504 no, the one where you flap your arms like a chicken, clap, and slowly twist down a little

[@jodawa2504]

@@jennifermercer3481 Oh, ok. I remember that dance. That dance song was played sometimes while I was in probably kindergarten or around that time, which was during the mid '90s when I was in pre-K, kindergarten & first grade. Nevertheless, classic nostalgic '90s dance moves. Love 'em.

[@carmensandiego3691]

You forgot Kris Kross Jump Jump and the Lambada The Forbidden dance

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

The Tootsie Roll!

[@ryansenft3315]

I think we all know what #1 will be.

[@randomami8176]

All I recall of the 90s dancing was Macarena. None compared to the beauty, elegance and class of the 1970s disco and hustle. Disco music may have been crap but the dances were gorgeous, but the rap thing, kicking and throwing legs everywhere looks more like people having tantrums.

[@dashiajames1882]

Can ya'll please do 80's, 90's & 2000's dance that ppl still today. Ppl still do the Electric Slide. I see that dance all the time. Especially at weddings.

[@user-hi8gg9bj7h]

I love the Carlton dance in the fresh prince of Bel air y'all with will Smith ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bethgoldman2560]

I was slam dancing in 1980….

[@jennifermercer3481]

Should have had NKOTB in there but still good memories, I miss those days

[@MusicaTexas]

Y'all totally missed The Electric Slide

[@msgriffin8478]

What about raising the roof?

[@sylasDC]

Can't touch this all the way. He makes the way his legs move I've never been able to do that at Chris no matter how many times I drive.

[@BurrShotHam711]

the Butterfly the dance that Lin-Manuel Miranda does in Helpless when he was in Hamilton

[@rickadon2011]

WHERES THE CARLTON!?

[@lizdierdorf]

Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus even got a cover in Spanish called “No Rompas Más (mi Pobre Corazón)” by grupera band Caballo Dorado… and all Mexican parties play that song!!! 🤩

[@jordanashford7521]

I looked it up. Thank you for making this afternoon one for the books.

[@ecwdude17]

the running man

[@SkittyGirl300]

The Macarena was the best dance when I was a kid

[@lovemealways7]

You guys forgot to add the electric slide

[@TheJoyBinkley]

They called it the Achey Breaky.. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lovemealways7]

@@TheJoyBinkley Lol... close enough

[@melani4111]

I thought that was 80s?

[@RachelReiss]

No one does the Macarena like Al Gore.

[@AG-xc9yh]

Where are all the grunge dances?!

[@friskykitten64]

Is that Darla Starr Tucker narrating?

[@lighteningwilsonofficial]

The urclu and the claton

[@user-mu3fn3rh8q]

Macarana

[@sarahramsey9454]

iconic for macarena so is sprinkler but anyone can do it also cha cha slide the bunny hop the worm or even the conga 90's might have some iconic moves but any era does too

[@maevblog9955]

Do top 10 darkest Pokémon journeys episodes

[@sessionshannah]

😂😂

[@BlackSocailDanceCurator-Jada]

The butterfly and Tootsie roll are not the same dance at all.

[@alyshahansen9230]

u forgot foot lose and Cotton Eye Joe

[@bighand1530]

Cotten Eyed Joe is a gem.

[@courtneysmith1558]

just when I thought they had a great list, they put the macarena as the number 1. This should've been number 10!!!

[@loveforeignaccents]

Came for the MC Hammer bit in the thumbnail, but disappointing video over all. And how do you have over 4 million subs but less than 100 comments? Very telling...

[@as670]

That butterfly shit is called Dombolo in Congo. Stop gentrified things stealers !!!

[@antoinelevine2143]

Butterfly isn't reggae

[@agunvunkemjikarita3896]

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[@StopBeingRacist]

So basically this entire list (with the exception of the Macarena) are dance moves created and popularized by Black Americans in the ‘90s, and appropriated by everyone else.

[@spinflux]

“Appropriated?” Jfc you must be fun at parties.