" Dancing Machine " is a song recorded by American R&B group the Jackson 5 ; it was the title track of their ninth studio album . The song was originally recorded for the group's 1973 album G.I.T.: Get It Together and was released as a remix.
20-486: The song, which reportedly sold over three million copies, popularized the physically complicated robot dance technique, devised by Charles Washington in the late 1960s. Michael Jackson first performed the dance on television while singing "Dancing Machine" with the Jackson 5 on an episode of Soul Train on November 3, 1973. It was the group's first US top ten hit since 1971's " Sugar Daddy ". "Dancing Machine" brought
40-404: A crowd, giving room for improvisation and freestyle moves that are seldom seen in shows and performances, such as interaction with other dancers and spectators. Popping, and related styles such as waving and tutting, have also been incorporated into the electronica dance scene to some extent, influencing new styles such as liquid and digits and turfing . As stated earlier, popping has become
60-440: A more varied performance. These dance styles include the robot , waving and tutting. However, popping is distinct from breaking and locking , with which it is often confused. A popping dancer is commonly referred to as a "popper". Popping developed before hip hop and helped influence the tradition of styles of hip hop dancing . It is often performed in battles , in which participants try to outperform each other in front of
80-448: A way that imitates the movements of a robot. Movements of the robot are normally started and finished with a dimestop (a very abrupt stop), to give the impression of motors starting and stopping, but poppers have also been known to do the robot with a pop to the beat. As long as the illusion of being a robot is maintained, it is considered the robot. Robot dancing is often considered a subsection of popping because poppers often include
100-424: Is a street dance style—often confused with popping —that suggests the stilted movements of a dancing robot or mannequin . Roboting gained fame in the 1970s after Michael Jackson used the dance when he performed " Dancing Machine " with his brothers. The robot became popular in the 1960s, but goes back to the 1920s, when it was used theatrically in miming. It is a dance in which the dancer moves their limbs in
120-569: Is also known as posing hard from the boogaloo tradition; this technique was innovated by the Oakland -based boogaloo group the Black Messengers. Popping can be concentrated to specific body parts, creating variants such as arm pops, leg pops, chest pops and neck pops. With its roots in the late 1970s funk era, popping is commonly danced to funk and disco music. Popular artists include Zapp , Dayton , Dazz Band and Cameo . During
140-616: Is based on the technique of boogaloo's posing approach, quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk, or can be a sudden stop in the dancer's body, referred to as a "pose", "pop" or a "hit". This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song, in combination with various movements and poses. The dance was popularized by a Fresno and Long Beach-based dance group called the Electric Boogaloos , which mixed popping techniques with boogaloo. Closely related dance styles and techniques are often integrated into popping to create
160-869: The Guinness World Record for the Largest Robot Dance was broken by Robogals at the University of Melbourne , Australia. The previous record of 276 was broken when a Guinness World Record recognised 318 people were recorded as dancing in unison in approved robot style. Popping Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier boogaloo cultural movement in Oakland, California . As boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as "robottin'" in Richmond, California ; strutting movements in San Francisco and San Jose ; and
180-680: The R&;B charts . Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1974. "Dancing Machine" was most notably sampled by MC Hammer , on his 1990 album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em , for "Dancin' Machine". It was also sampled again in 1990 by Vanilla Ice on the album To the Extreme , later by Too $ hort (featuring Bun B ) on the song "Shout It Out" and by Q-tip on the 2008 album The Renaissance for "Move". Yung Wun sampled it for " Tear It Up " on his album The Dirtiest Thirstiest , in which
200-553: The 1980s, many poppers also utilized electro music , with artists such as Kraftwerk , Yellow Magic Orchestra , Egyptian Lover and World Class Wrecking Crew . More mainstream hip hop music was also employed by poppers during the 1980s, including Afrika Bambaataa , Kurtis Blow , Whodini and Run DMC . Today, it is common to see popping danced to more current music genres, such as modern hip hop (often abstract / instrumental hip hop ) and various forms of electronic dance music , such as dubstep . Poppers generally favor music with
220-595: The Jackson 5 their second Grammy Award nomination in 1975 for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals , losing to Rufus and Chaka Khan 's " Tell Me Something Good ". In Canada , "Dancing Machine" went to No. 2 on the RPM 100 . In the United States, it hit No. 1 on Cash Box and reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 , behind " The Streak " by Ray Stevens . In addition, it hit No. 1 on
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#1732787073333240-696: The Strikin' dances of the Oak Park community in Sacramento , which were popular through the mid-1960s to the 1970s. Popping would be eventually adapted from earlier boogaloo (freestyle dance) movements in Fresno, California , in the late 1970s by way of California high school gatherings of track and meet events: the West Coast Relays. The dance is rooted in the rhythms of live funk music , and
260-485: The dance, but which has a "robot theme". In 1969 Jack Wild did the robot in the "Mechanical Boy" episode of H.R. Pufnstuf . The Jackson 5 first performed "Dancing Machine" on Soul Train on November 3, 1973, where Michael Jackson performed a robot dance during the song's musical break. The group again performed the routine on The Mike Douglas Show and the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1974. On September 29, 2009,
280-458: The jazz-era folk dance of puppeting (a style also appreciated in some colors of experimental ballet), whereby the dancer would emulate the mechanical movements of a simple musical box doll. As with popping in general, the visual impact of the robot can be boosted by doing it in pace with music. The best effect is achieved with music that has very distinct beats such as electrofunk . It is nonetheless common to use music not particularly suited for
300-457: The late 1960s, the style was used while social dancing to funk or soul music. While not the first to imitate a robot as a mime, Charles "Robot" Washington and his partner "Robot Ann" were the first to socially couple dance the style to music at parties and clubs. It was at this point it became a party dance and later combined with other illusion styles to form today's popping style. It is commonly known as "Robotics". Roboting has also been likened to
320-411: The latest umbrella term for a group of closely related styles and techniques rooted in the boogaloo tradition that have often been combined, evolved or danced together with popping, some of which are seldom seen outside of popping contexts. Popping is centered around the technique of "popping", which means to quickly contract and relax muscles to create a jerking effect (a "pop" or "hit") in the body. It
340-453: The robot in their routines, sometimes adding pops to the beat while maintaining the illusion of a robot. However, the robot also exists as its own dance and is sometimes considered a performance rather than a dance when the performer is imitating a robot without any music. When done without music, it is considered to be mime , instead of dance. Street theater often featured mimes who did a mechanical man or puppet style illusion, without music. In
360-437: The sample was uncredited and is taken directly from the film Drumline , when the marching band performed it in medley. Additionally, the song was covered by Roni Griffith in 1984. Another alternate remix version was released on The Original Soul of Michael Jackson in 1987. It was remixed with extra vocals and many overdubbed instruments, giving it an 80's pop feel rather than a mid 70's disco feel. Paula Abdul covered
380-449: The song in 1997 as an unreleased demo. It was also covered by Suburban Legends on their Japan -only EP, Dance Like Nobody's Watching: Tokyo Nights . A longer alternate version (4:25) appears on the I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters compilation released in 2009. A remix by Polow da Don was featured in a commercial for Svedka . This version was later released on the 2009 album The Remix Suite , along with three other versions of
400-669: The song, by Dave Audé , Paul Oakenfold and Steve Aoki . In D-TV , it was set to the Dance of the Hours segment from Fantasia . Justin Timberlake interpolated part of the song ( watch her get down, watch her get down ) for the song "Murder" on his 2013 album The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 . The song was reworked and covered by English singer Laura Mvula in 2017, with the song produced by Naughty Boy . Robot (dance) The robot , also called mannequin or dancing machine ,
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