How to Dance


"How to Dance" is a 1991 single by Austrian house music trio Bingoboys from their debut studio album The Best of Bingoboys. The song features American female rapper Princessa. It peaked at number two in Austria, reached the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, and climbed to number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In addition, it topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in March 1991.
The music video for the song was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category of "Best Dance Video", but it lost out to "Gonna Make You Sweat " by the C+C Music Factory.

Composition

The song borrows heavily from a number of earlier recordings, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " by the band Chic, "Dance " by the disco singer Sylvester, "Kiss" by Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones, the popular James Brown "Yeah! Woo!" sample loop, the bassline motif from Mantronix's single "Got to Have Your Love", and a synth motif from The Whispers' "And the Beat Goes On". In addition, the song contains audio samples from an instructional recording from the 1970s that attempted to teach people "how to dance".

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts