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September 26, 2011 9:40 AM Subscribe
What are some good songs to play while a group of people rotate through spots?
I'm a swing dancer, and one of the formats used for competition is the "Jack & Jill", where you get paired up with a random partner. During the prelims, partners get switched up for every song, and the most common way to handle this is to have one set (often the leaders) stay in place while the other set (the followers) rotate N places. I would often think of musical interlude while this happened, and it was much later that I finally realized the reason "Spanish Flea" came to mind so often is that it was used in The Dating Game as the "Bachelor's Theme".
What are some songs that would work in this context?
Things I've already thought of (and can remember right now):
- "Spanish Flea"
- The Dating Game theme song
- "Turkey in the Straw"
- The Benny Hill theme version of "Yakety Sax" (seriously, silly is fine)
- "Pop Goes the Weasel"?
- The song Howard puts on in The Big Bang Theory S4E4 ("The Hot Troll Deviation", the one with the robot hand) when he's getting into bed. (Whatever it's called.)
Related: Are there popular, well-known songs used for musical chairs?
I'm a swing dancer, and one of the formats used for competition is the "Jack & Jill", where you get paired up with a random partner. During the prelims, partners get switched up for every song, and the most common way to handle this is to have one set (often the leaders) stay in place while the other set (the followers) rotate N places. I would often think of musical interlude while this happened, and it was much later that I finally realized the reason "Spanish Flea" came to mind so often is that it was used in The Dating Game as the "Bachelor's Theme".
What are some songs that would work in this context?
Things I've already thought of (and can remember right now):
- "Spanish Flea"
- The Dating Game theme song
- "Turkey in the Straw"
- The Benny Hill theme version of "Yakety Sax" (seriously, silly is fine)
- "Pop Goes the Weasel"?
- The song Howard puts on in The Big Bang Theory S4E4 ("The Hot Troll Deviation", the one with the robot hand) when he's getting into bed. (Whatever it's called.)
Related: Are there popular, well-known songs used for musical chairs?
Manu Chao - Me gustas tu or Bongo Bong, maybe?
posted by backwards guitar at 9:56 AM on September 26, 2011
posted by backwards guitar at 9:56 AM on September 26, 2011
Best answer: The music they used in West Side Story for this very purpose
posted by Lucinda at 10:05 AM on September 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Lucinda at 10:05 AM on September 26, 2011 [1 favorite]
The Syncopated Clock
Jeopardy Think Music (at one time, apparently, "The Syncopated Clock" was used as the Jeopardy "Think" music, which explains the resemblance. Also, search YouTube for other versions.)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:08 AM on September 26, 2011
Jeopardy Think Music (at one time, apparently, "The Syncopated Clock" was used as the Jeopardy "Think" music, which explains the resemblance. Also, search YouTube for other versions.)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:08 AM on September 26, 2011
Almost any of the iconic cartoon soundtrack music by Raymond Scott, including: Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals; Powerhouse
posted by googly at 10:13 AM on September 26, 2011
posted by googly at 10:13 AM on September 26, 2011
Oops, sorry, linked to the YouTube search results for Jeopardy Think Music rather than directly to the most recent version. You get the idea.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:23 AM on September 26, 2011
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:23 AM on September 26, 2011
Best answer: the wolowitz song is un homme et un femme (a man and a woman) by francis lai.
posted by koroshiya at 12:40 PM on September 26, 2011
posted by koroshiya at 12:40 PM on September 26, 2011
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posted by jozxyqk at 9:54 AM on September 26, 2011 [1 favorite]