How many of us spent ages waving our arms randomly around above our heads whenever this song came on at parties, before realising that the arm positions were intended to replicate the letters of the hostel’s name? (Maybe that was just me.) Yet the original Village People dance is so much more than that – there’s crouching, there’s clapping, there’s hip-swinging and there’s the blocking of a considerable amount of New York City sidewalk. And, of course, there’s the wearing of ridiculous costumes.
Which dance crazes have I left out? Let’s celebrate the art of ridiculous ensemble dancing – and leave the difficult choreography to Beyoncé.