The piece is often notated in cut time and the key of C major. On some recorded releases of the music Werner Thomas is listed as the sole composer, while on others other authors are listed, e.g., as "Thomas/Rendall/Hoes", the last name referring to Dutch singer/producer Johnny Hoes, who re-arranged the song for the Electronicas recording (which was released on Hoes' own record label, Telstar Records). [3] The song also contributed to the success of multiple gold albums for the Emeralds in 1983 and 1984. There were 48,000 participants in 1994. On 13 November 2009, CIHT-FM played the Chicken Dance continuously until 389 Tickets for the CHEO Dream of a Lifetime were purchased at CA$100 each, to support the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. On 20 September 2004, rock musician Vince Neil served as Grand Marshal. During one of Thomas' performances, Belgian producer Louis van Rymenant heard the song. The song went on to further fame when it was used in two movies: John Paizs's cult classic Crime Wave, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The album "Bird Dance" went double-platinum in Canada, and gold in Australia. He also wrote new Dutch lyrics for the song, although the Electronicas version is an instrumental one (Hoes himself recorded the vocal version, but that did not become a hit). At a local television station, however, a chicken costume was available which was donated for use at the festival, giving the "Chicken Dance" its name. [2], In 1982, polka-themed cover band "The Emeralds", from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, recorded a polka-inspired version of the song, released by K-Tel records. "The Tweets" redirects here. [citation needed] Some time in the late 1970s, the song acquired the name "Vogeltanz" (The Bird Dance) or "Vogerltanz" (Little Bird Dance or Birdie Dance), although these names never caught on seriously in Germany. The final repetition of the main theme is often played as one continuous accelerando.[1]. In a fund raiser for Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, an attempt at the world's largest chicken dance record was held at Byron Center, Michigan, US on 23 April 2010, at Jake's restaurant, the site of a giant plastic chicken sculpture.[11]. [6][7] In 2000, this version was voted "the most annoying song of all time" in a poll commissioned for the website dotmusic. In 1990, Dutch band Grandmaster Chicken and DJ Duck released the song as "Check Out the Chicken", which peaked at number 16 in Australia.[8]. Since then the song has become known under numerous other "birdie" names, including "Vogerltanz" (Bird Dance), "Danse des Canards", "El Baile de los Pajaritos", "Il Ballo del Qua Qua", "Chicken Dance" and "Dance Little Bird". [citation needed] On some sheet music and recordings it is called "Dance Little Bird". The fire was later attributed to serial prankster Paul Addis, who was arrested and charged for arson.[9]. On 28 August 2007, Burning Man co-founder Scott "The Hammer" Mucci performed the Chicken Dance prior to The Man being set aflame ahead of schedule. In 1980, Dutch local band "De Electronica's" released an instrumental version called "De Vogeltjesdans" ("The dance of the little birds") as the B-side of a single. It reached number two in the singles chart in October 1981, making it the most popular version. The two themes alternate. [4] and it was also used in the Only Fools and Horses episode The Unlucky Winner Is.... A remix was also released by the Belgian band Brussels Sound Revolution in 1990. Alternative lyrics are "I don't want to be a chicken, I don't want to be a duck, So I shake my butt, Quack, quack, quack, quack!". During the 2015–16 season, NHL club Philadelphia Flyers had the chicken dance played over the PA system[12] at the Wells Fargo Center every time the Flyers scored 4 goals in that game. For other uses, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Services schedule for Tulsa's 'Mr. In a compilation of the 40 Least Metal Moments, the U.S. cable television channel VH1 panned this performance as the single least metal moment in heavy metal history. [3] The song also contributed to the success of multiple gold albums for the Emeralds in 1983 and 1984. However, on subsequent releases of the song, Van Rymenant was listed as co-author under the pen name of Terry Rendall. [10] This played for over 3 hours. It begins with repeated dominant chords before moving into the main theme. The A-side was not a hit, but local radio stations in the south and east of the Netherlands decided to flip the disc and started playing "De Vogeltjesdans". The song was composed by accordion player Werner … The dance was reintroduced in the United States in 1981 during the Tulsa, Oklahoma Oktoberfest. [5], In 1981, Henry Hadaway produced a version of the "Chicken Dance", which was released in the United Kingdom as an instrumental novelty tune "The Birdie Song" by The Tweets. to be a drinking song sung at Oktoberfest. The record entered the Dutch charts and stayed there for over seven months, and started the international success of the song. Eurovox Music now manages the publishing rights worldwide, except for the US (September Music), UK (Valentine Music) and the Netherlands (Benelux Music), sub-publishers. [7] The song is often sung with lyrics with a little bit of this and a little bit of that and shake your bum to the tune. Oktoberfest,' Josef Hardt", "A Fiery Q&A With the Prankster Accused of Burning the Man", "The New HOT 89.9: We're playing the Chicken", "Community "Chicken Dance" closes Grand Rapids-area road", "Philadelphia Flyers 2015-2016 Goal Horn", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicken_Dance&oldid=979350565, Articles needing additional references from September 2016, All articles needing additional references, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from May 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 08:00. The " Chicken Dance ", also known as the Bird Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance or the Chicken Song, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance is now a contemporary dance throughout the Western world. Over 140 versions of it are recorded worldwide, including various versions that were released by Walt Disney Records, together making over 40,000,000 records. The "Chicken Dance", also known as the Bird Song, the Birdie Song, the Bird Dance or the Chicken Song, is an oom-pah song; its associated fad dance is now a contemporary dance throughout the Western world. from his album Straight Outta Lynwood. The members wanted to demonstrate their love through dance in costumes, but there were no duck costumes available anywhere near Tulsa. The Flyers had a partnership with Chick-Fil-A where customers could get free breakfast sandwiches from Chick-Fil-A the day after every game where the Flyers score 4 goals or more. Van Rymenant had some lyrics created and in 1970 released it to the public through his publishing company Intervox Music (later on co-publishing with his other company Eurovox Music) without much success. The name of the original Swiss song was "Der Ententanz" (The Duck Dance). The song was composed by accordion player Werner Thomas from Davos, Switzerland, in the 1950s. Since 1963, Werner Thomas had played it in restaurants and hotels. In 2006, the Chicken Dance opened "Weird Al" Yankovic's polka medley "Polkarama!" The polka-inspired cover version of the song by "The Emeralds" of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada went double-platinum in Canada, and gold in Australia. The secondary theme features a contrasting rhythm. It is rumored[by whom?] The Oktoberfest Zinzinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio, holds a "World's Largest Chicken Dance" annually.
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