Running man (dance) | running man dance song
TheRunningManisastreetandfaddancepopularizedbyBobbyBrown.Itconsistsofahoppingorslidingstepdoneinsuchawayatspeedtosimulatearunner.NotablepractictionaersofthedanceareMCHammer,JanetJackson,SelenaQuintanilla-Pérez,MilliVanilli,andVanillaIceduringtheirliveconcertshowsandmusicvideos.Itachievedsomewhatofamemedrevivalduringinthe2000s,whereitisperformedinsomemanneroftheMelbourneshuffledancestyle.AvariationofthedancecanbeseeninaFelaKuticoncertcalled"CrossExamination"byoneofhisback-updancers/ex-wifeinB...
The Running Man is a street and fad dance popularized by Bobby Brown. It consists of a hopping or sliding step done in such a way at speed to simulate a runner. Notable practictionaers of the dance are MC Hammer, Janet Jackson, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, Milli Vanilli, and Vanilla Ice during their live concert shows and music videos. It achieved somewhat of a memed revival during in the 2000s, where it is performed in some manner of the Melbourne shuffle dance style. A variation of the dance can be seen in a Fela Kuti concert called "Cross Examination" by one of his back-up dancers/ex-wife in Berlin in 1978.[1]
As far as non-urban acts go, singer Britney Spears homage to it during her M+Ms: Concerts From The HOB Tour 2007[2] and Scarlett Johansson stating in an interview with Seventeen, "I do a great Running Man."[3]
2008 saw the rerelease of "Something Good" by the Utah Saints. The video, set in 1989, comically suggests that the Running Man craze started in Cardiff, ...