The Funniest 1990s Dances

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In the 1990s, creativity was at an all-time high when it came to dancing. Musicians were developing their own moves and writing songs about them. Crazes ranged from popular line dances like the Macarena and the Electric Slide to wilder expressions like MC Hammer's Typewriter Move. 

Below, I've compiled a list of the funniest dances from the 1990s. Make sure you have plenty of open space around your computer when reading this page. I guarantee that you'll be inspired to bust a move or two while visiting the old styles.
 

Electric Slide
By far, the coolest line dance of the 1990s has to be the Electric Slide. Ric Silver created the dance in 1976, and Bunny Wailer recorded the accompanying song "Electric Boogie" that same year. Marsha Griffiths covered the record in 1982 and released a remix in 1989 that sparked renewed interest in the 18-step dance variation. The dance is still popular at weddings and bar mitzvahs.

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Kid 'n Play Kick Step
New York rappers Kid 'n Play featured their signature dance, the Kid 'n Play Kick Step, in their music videos "Gittin' Funky," "Rollin' With Kid 'n Play," and "Funhouse," among others. The move involved dance partners stepping forward and backwards and kicking their feet together.

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The Running Man
Though the Running Man dance — which can be described as a kind of mixture of running and skipping in place — first surfaced in the late 1980s, it continued to thrive well into the 1990s and was performed by a number of entertainers including Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice, and MC Hammer. However, Bobby Brown's execution in his video for "Every Little Step" is arguably the most memorable as it is prominently featured throughout the clip.

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Line Dancing
Line Dancing is to Billy Ray Cyrus what twerking is to his daughter Miley. The country star is credited with helping popularise large groups of people, synchronising their dance moves to country music in the 1990s. The music video for Billy's debut single "Achy Breaky Heart" features a mullet-sporting Billy Ray performing on stage as concertgoers dance to the song. The record was a massive hit, achieving platinum status and top 10 ranking on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and even scored a spoof by Jim Carrey on In Living Colour.

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Vogue

Inspired by the way models pose in leading fashion magazine Vogue, the dance emerged in the ballroom scene in Harlem in the 1960s. Dancers essentially strike a succession of poses to the rhythm of the house music. Madonna helped take the dance mainstream with the 1990 release of her music video for "Vogue."

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The Macarena

There's no greater guilty pleasure in dance music history than the Macarena, popularised by Los del Rio's song of the same name. The dance trend began in the Miami nightclub scene with the original Spanish-language version of the song. But interest from an English radio station prompted the Bayside Boys Mix that went on to top the charts and achieve multiplatinum status. Twenty years later, the song and dance's cult following continues to grow.

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The Typewriter

If you weren't born until the 1990s, there's a good chance that you may be unfamiliar with the concept of a typewriter — a now archaic, pre-computer device used for typing formal documents, letters, and term papers. The type bar moves from left to right, printing text. After a full line of text has been reached, the type bar resets to the left side of the page. How ingenious was it for MC Hammer to fashion a dance after these rapid, left-to-right movements? See Hammer's execution in his 1990 music video for "U Can't Touch This."

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