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"Cha Cha Slide" is a song by American artist DJ Casper. The song was released as a single in August 2000, and spent five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at the position of number 83. It continued to be a chart hit around the world for four years, topping the UK Singles Chart in March 2004.

"Cha Cha Slide"
Single by DJ Casper
from the album Cha-Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album
ReleasedAugust 2, 2000
Recorded1998–1999
StudioBig Bobby
Genre
  • Dance
  • hip hop
Length3:46
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Willie Perry Jr.
Producer(s)Willie Perry & The Platinum Band, Frederick Johnson[1]

The song was also part of an 11-track album, Cha Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album, released in September 2000.[2] Initially aimed at aerobic sessions and nightclubs alike, the song is often played at dance clubs, school dances, prom nights, birthday parties, ice-skating rinks and roller rinks, bat mitzvahs, quinceañeras, weddings, and sporting events in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and different countries.


History



"Casper Slide" Pts 1 and 2


DJ Casper originally wrote "The Cha-Cha Slide" as a step aerobics routine for his nephew, who was working at the time as a personal trainer at a fitness club.[3] Perry wrote and recorded his performance of the original version of the song, titled "Casper Slide Part 1" in January 1998.

The song was inspired by the Chicago stepping movement.[citation needed] Around June 12, 1999, Perry recorded a second version of the song, entitled "Casper Slide Part 2," at the home studio of Fred Johnson with the help of Hollywood Scott, band leader for the Platinum Band.

Perry recorded and released the song at his own expense, and manufactured copies and distributed them with the help of Gardner Douglas ("Cisco"), owner of the Cisco's Music World record stores in Chicago, Illinois. The song was played at various night clubs and was used by Perry's nephew, a fitness trainer at Bally Total Fitness Health Club in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, as the music for a step aerobics class.[citation needed]


"Cha Cha Slide"


DJ Casper enlisted the help of M.O.B. Music Publishing to produce, edit, and engineer the new version of the song "Cha Cha Slide". Men On Business also produced several other accompanying songs to produce the entire Slide Album. DJ Casper and Men On Business licensed the Slide Album to Universal Records, and it was released on September 19, 2000.

Once it was Universal's project, "we made some instructional 'Cha-Cha Slide' dance videos and distributed them to clubs," said Senior VP of Urban Promotion Michael Horton.[citation needed] "We also promoted the song at various black functions, such as homecoming events at black colleges."[citation needed] The song then made its way to R&B/hip hop station WGCI-FM, in DJ Casper's hometown of Chicago.

In 2001, the following year, the dance caught on around Canada and the United States, where urban contemporary radio stations (and later mobile DJs) played the song continuously, particularly in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Arkansas, Memphis, and Detroit. In March 2004, the "Cha Cha Slide" was released in the United Kingdom, and went on to top the UK Singles Chart.[2][4] Its success in the United Kingdom was helped by Scott Mills of BBC Radio 1, who promoted the song on his weekday afternoon radio show.[citation needed]


Music video


At the beginning of the video, a news van arrives in front of a crowd of people doing the dance on a sidewalk. After that, the reporter reports about the dance. Then, the video transitions to several scenes, including DJ Casper dancing with a group of people on a white background and different people in various locations doing said dance. Near the end of the video, the news camera crew begins dancing a bit. In the last scene, the reporter dances with them.


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cha-Cha Slide" (radio edit) 3:46
2."Cha-Cha Slide" (club edit) 7:44
3."Bus Stop/Electric Slide"Charles Green Hudson Beaudy4:45
4."Casper Slide Part 2"With Live Platinum Band6:27
5."Step To This"Colta / Ken Uchida5:29
6."Unworthy"Colta4:47
7."Unworthy"Colta4:25
8."Bus Stop/Electric Slide" (original)Charles Green Hudson Beaudy7:55
9."DJ Eric-B Slide"DJ Eric-B9:45
10."Step To This"Colta / Ken Uchida5:29
11."R-U-Here"Colta 

Charts and certifications



Release history


Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States August 2, 2000 (2000-08-02)
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
 Universal [citation needed]
September 19, 2000 (2000-09-19)
  • Rhythmic contemporary
  • urban radio
 [29]
United Kingdom March 1, 2004 (2004-03-01)
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 All Around the World [30]
United States April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26) Contemporary hit radio Universal [31]
Australia May 17, 2004 (2004-05-17) CD [32]

Crazy Frog version


"Cha Cha Slide"
Single by Crazy Frog
from the album Everybody Dance Now
ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
GenreDance
Length3:03
LabelMOB Music Publishing
Songwriter(s)William Perry Jr.[1]
Producer(s)M. Thompson[1]
Crazy Frog singles chronology
"Daddy DJ"
(2009)		 "Cha Cha Slide"
(2009)
Music video
"Cha Cha Slide" on YouTube

On August 25, 2009, Crazy Frog released "Cha Cha Slide" for the album Everybody Dance Now.


Charts


Chart (2009) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[33] 18

References


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  29. "Going for Adds / AddVance Notice". Radio & Records. No. 1368. September 16, 2000. pp. 146, 152.
  30. "Reviews: Singles". Music Week. February 21, 2004. p. 31.
  31. "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1552. April 23, 2004. p. 24. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  32. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 17th May 2004" (PDF). ARIA. May 17, 2004. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  33. "Crazy Frog – Cha Cha Slide" (in French). Les classement single.




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