Saw an interview on tv with the Gap Band and they said when they first came to England to do TOTP they couldn’t understand why everyone sat on the floor swaying from side to side. You usually gety some saddo walking up and down the line of “rowers” whipping them with his tie. You get to look up women’s skirts as they get down (and up) – all innocent, though and I dare you to try to not look and see who’s wearing suspenders & who’s not.Ĭ. It’s a good track which fills the dancefloor.ī. Yeah, Forrest did “Rock the Boat” but it was a cover of The Hues Corporation’s original. This track was not a dedicated dance track, though, as “Oops upside your head” was (Rowing boat dance). As a DJ, I stll play “Oops” at mixed aged parties because:Ī. Come On Eileen, YMCA or Oops Upside Your Head all night. Not sure of the name of the dance but the song was a group called Forest, I will find the title later, was played at a birthday evening or event. I started my DJ career in clubs and bars so I mix and blend most tracks together. A classic at family dos the length and breadth of the country it was also hilariously lampooned on ‘Men Behaving Badly’ to ‘Sailing’ by Rod Stewart. It was for ‘Oops Upside Your Head’ by the Gap Band…Sweet reminiscing of discos growing up! Did it have a name for the actual dance?!Īssorted aunties used to refer to it as “that boat song…” Very popular with aged relatives for some reason, despite their assorted dodgy arthritis & rheumatism doing its best to hinder them. What was that dance called and what song was it meant to go with? I remember a dance where you all sat in a line on the floor with your legs astride the person in front and then swayed from side to side and stuff. ‘Oops!’ (Rowing Boat Song), Hen Night, South London pub, circa 1980. Text by Various. (3/5) Posted: Septem| Author: thelondoncolumn | Filed under: Amusements, Pubs | Tags: Gap Band, Homer Sykes, Hues Corporation, Oops Upside Your Head, Rowing Boat Dance | 1 Comment
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