Cha Cha Slide

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"Cha Cha Slide"
Single by DJ Casper
from the album Cha-Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album
Released September 19, 2000
April 5, 2004
Format CD
Recorded 2000
Genre House
Length 3:46
Label MOB Music Publishing
Writer(s) Callum Wood[1]
Producer(s) M. Thompson[1]

"Cha Cha Slide" is a song by American artist DJ Casper, often played at dance clubs, school dances/proms, parties, ice and roller skating rinks, bar mitzvahs and weddings in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, where the song reached number one in March 2004.[2]

Origin and history

Willie Perry Jr. wrote the lyrics for the original around January 1998 and recorded his performance of, the original version of the "Casper Slide Part 1" in January, 1998. It was titled the Casper Slide as opposed to its later title of Cha Cha Slide. The song was heavily inspired by the Chicago stepping movement. Around June 12, 1999, Perry recorded a second version of the song, entitled "Casper Slide Part 2," at the home studio of Fred Johnson with the help of Hollywood Scott, band leader for the Platinum Band. Perry recorded and released the song at his own expense and manufactured copies and distributed them with the help of Gardner Douglas ("Cisco"), owner of the Cisco's Music World record stores in Chicago, Illinois. The song was played at various night clubs and was used by Perry's nephew, a fitness trainer at Bally Total Fitness Health Club in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, as the music for a step aerobics class.

The Cha Cha Slide in the U.S.

Willie Perry enlisted the help of M.O.B. Music Publishing (Men On Business) to produce, edit, and engineer the new version of the song "Cha Cha Slide". Men On Business also produced several other accompanying songs to produce the entire Slide Album. Willie Perry and Men On Business licensed the Slide Album to Universal Records and it was released September 19, 2000. Once it was Universal's project, "we made some instructional 'Cha-Cha Slide' dance videos and distributed them to clubs," said Senior VP of Urban Promotion Michael Horton. "We also promoted the song at various black functions, such as homecoming events at black colleges." The song then made its way to R&B/hip-hop station WGCI-FM in DJ Casper's hometown of Chicago. In 2001, the following year, the dance caught on around Canada and the U.S., where urban contemporary radio stations (and later mobile DJs) played the song continuously, particularly in Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Arkansas, Memphis, and Detroit.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Cha-Cha Slide" (radio edit)   3:46
2. "Cha-Cha Slide" (club edit)   7:44
3. "Bus Stop/Electric Slide"   Charles Green Hudson Beaudy 4:45
4. "Casper Slide Part 2"   With Live Platinum Band 6:27
5. "Step To This"   Colta 5:29
6. "Unworthy"   Colta 4:47
7. "Unworthy"   Colta 4:25
8. "Bus Stop/Electric Slide" (original) Charles Green Hudson Beaudy 7:55
9. "DJ Eric-B Slide"   DJ Eric-B 9:45
10. "Step To This"   Colta 5:29
11. "R-U-Here"   Colta  

UK debut

In 2004, the "Cha Cha Slide" was released in the United Kingdom and went on to top the UK Singles Chart.[2][3] Its success in the UK was helped by Scott Mills of BBC Radio 1 who pioneered the song on his weekday afternoon radio show.

Charts

In 2005, the "Cha Cha Slide" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[4]

Charts (2001–04) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[6] 20
France (SNEP)[7] 14
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 83
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 3
Italy (FIMI)[10] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 86
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 83
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B[15] 24

Gold certification

Artist Title Release Date Certification Date Label Award Description Format
Mr. C The Slide Man Cha-Cha Slide Sept 19, 2000 Nov 4, 2005 Universal Gold Album

[4]

Crazy Frog version

"Cha Cha Slide"
Single by Crazy Frog
from the album Everybody Dance Now
Released 25 August 2009
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2009
Genre Dance
Length 3:03
Label MOB Music Publishing
Writer(s) William Perry Jr.[1]
Producer(s) M. Thompson[1]
Crazy Frog singles chronology
"Daddy DJ"
(2009)		 "Cha Cha Slide"
(2009)

On August 25, 2009 Crazy Frog released "Cha Cha Slide" for his album Everybody Dance Now.

Charts

The song entered the French Singles Chart at number 19, and peaked to number 18.

Chart (2009) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[16] 18

References

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  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ↑ "Musicline.de – DJ Casper Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 15, 2004". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide". Top Digital Download.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – DJ Casper – Cha Cha Slide". Swiss Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2004-03-07" UK Singles Chart.
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  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Crazy Frog – Cha Cha Slide" (in French). Les classement single.

External links

Preceded by UK Singles Chart #1 Single
March 14, 2004 - March 20, 2004		 Succeeded by
"Yeah!" by Usher featuring Ludacris & Lil' Jon
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