^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 6330." RPM.^ a b "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s".international breakthrough came several years later with the sublime funk of the US/UK Top 10 hit 'Walk the Dinosaur'. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). It was used in the trailer of the Disney's film Dinosaur on video and dvd.Ī cover version of the song sung by Queen Latifah (who also voices Ellie in the Ice Age franchise) appears in the film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Ī version performed by George Clinton appeared on the Super Mario Bros. The original recording of "Walk the Dinosaur" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1994 film The Flintstones. US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales All the sudden it became, like, 'do the mashed potato' or 'the twist.'" Chart performance They connected it with the girls in the little Pebbles and Bam-Bam outfits. It became a dance (anthem) because of the video. But even that seemingly good-time anthem had a dark side. The song became the band's biggest hit single in their home country.Īccording to an interview with co-writer Randy Jacobs, it "was an infectious sing-along with a Flintstonesque video that probably got played on MTV way too much. 7 on the US chart in 1989, two years after its UK success. The video received heavy rotation on MTV. Modern people danced to the song in the "Everybody walk the dinosaur" part.
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The music video featured four scantily clad 'cavewomen' dancing to the song while a Flintstones-style TV played clips from Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur. 10 on the singles chart, becoming the group's first UK top 10 hit. When released in the UK in 1987, the song reached No. The song features a tight, funky sound, punctuated by horns and a cowbell.
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