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Wilson Pickett — Land of 1000 Dances
Album: Greatest Hits
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Released: 1965
Length: 2:22
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Lyrics:

One-two-three
One-two-three
Ow, uh, alright, uh!

Got to know how to pony
Like Bony Maronie
Mashed potato
Do the alligator
Put your hand on your hips, yeah
Let your backbone slip
Do the watusi
Like my little Lucy
Hey!

Uh, na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, I need somebody to help me say it one time
Na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, wo-ow!

Wow!
Uh, you know I feel alright
Ha, feel pretty good y'all
Uh, huh!

Na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, come on y'all, let's say it one more time
Na-na-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, wo-ow!

Twist it in the alley
With long tall Sally
Twistin' with Lucy
Doin' the watusi

Roll over on your back
I like it like that
Do that Jerk-ah
Watch me work y'all

Ow, do it
Wow, do it
Just watch me do it

Aah, help me
Aah, help me
Aah, help me
Aah, help me
Posted 6 days ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Channelling Lil' Jon:

WHAT ??

OKAY !!!

YEEAHH that's a 10 !
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Hey, Bill!  Can we have some James Brown, too?  Please?
Posted 12 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
I only counted 999!
Posted 12 years ago by Elroweho    [ Reply ]
Not my fave of his but still quite good.
Posted 12 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 wolverine wrote:


Now that is funny! {#Lol}
 
swiped from xkcd.com (if ya didn't already know)
Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Let's boogie on guys!
Posted 13 years ago by megaboogieman    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

 

Now that is funny! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]



Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]

This must be in honor of Kalamandalam Hemaletha: According to a report in the Washington Post Express for 2011.01.07 (page 6):

7,395: The number of minutes danced nonstop by a 37-year old Indian woman to earn the Guinness record for the longest dance, Guinness World Record officials confirmed Thursday. Kalamandalam Hemaletha practiced for 10 hours a day and ran 28 miles to build stamina, and then performed in September her record-setting 123-hour, 15-minute Mohiniyattam, one of the eight Indian classical dance forms. (AP)




Posted 13 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
Such a great pick up and go song - LOVE IT! {#Bananapiano}
Posted 13 years ago by ekalmus1985    [ Reply ]
Im shaking my chair!!! Cant sit still!!!  NAAAAAA NAAAA NAAAAAA
Posted 13 years ago by lsfeder    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of the closing credits to The Great Outdoors, Dan Akroyd and John Candy doing the Mashed Potato!
Posted 13 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]

Posted 13 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Trippin with Lucy...Watch me work you all...the Wicked Wilson Picket, one of the gods of the soul sound foloowing up this great tune with Mavis is almost as good as if you had played Mustang Sally{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by mfcrowe    [ Reply ]
 vonwienerhousen wrote:
this reminds me of high school pep band{#Drummer}
 
This reminds me of high school.......

sigh

Posted 14 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
 bcorcoran wrote:
Going from ZZ Top to this kinda ruined the mood :|

Good song, but... please! Not after ZZ Top!
 
You're preferring a glorified (albeit great) bar band to one of the foremost R&B/ Soul singers ever?


Posted 14 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
na, na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na, na na na na! WOWWW! 
{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 14 years ago by jimmunn    [ Reply ]
 xviti wrote:

 
 

who posted my photo on the net?
Posted 15 years ago by philinnz    [ Reply ]
Go ahead on, Wilson{#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
 xviti wrote:

 
 

Cool emoticon!
Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
This station is pretty good and it doesn't need much, but one thing it does need is more Wilson Pickett.

 

AMEN!, and AMEN! {#Yes}  {#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Yes}

Posted 15 years ago by redstorm    [ Reply ]
na na na na nahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by mauflex    [ Reply ]

 


Posted 15 years ago by xviti    [ Reply ]
Ah, I love this song!  A nice simple propelling drum beat can do wonders!
Posted 15 years ago by zair99    [ Reply ]
 Moormann wrote:
Another Atlantic Records Tom Dowd-recorded classic.
 

https://www.thelanguageofmusic.com/  <== (Most) Excellent DVD!!!!!
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
z

heh heh heh...
Posted 16 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
 FlamingLotus wrote:


It certaainly is! :)


 

My god, those bananas made me laugh.   or maybe it was the wine  hahah
Posted 16 years ago by superfido    [ Reply ]
this reminds me of high school pep band{#Drummer}
Posted 16 years ago by vonwienerhousen    [ Reply ]
K-BILLY wrote:
Nice Banana Dance
It certaainly is! :)
Posted 16 years ago by FlamingLotus    [ Reply ]
If any song called for bananas ...
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Sayin' it here Wilson
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
bcorcoran wrote:
Going from ZZ Top to this kinda ruined the mood :| Good song, but... please! Not after ZZ Top!
Hold the ZZ Top, I'll take the Wicked Mr Pickett.
Posted 16 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Where's my Go Go boots?
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This station is pretty good and it doesn't need much, but one thing it does need is more Wilson Pickett.
Posted 17 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
prickelpit96 wrote:
too much velocity for a normal thursday morning in the office....
But great for a Friday afternoon.
Posted 17 years ago by redtex    [ Reply ]
As a Club DJ I  had to overplay a lot of groovs,this is one of them,still today ,have to say,1,2,3, 1,2,3, it´s #9 !

Posted 17 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Wuddi    [ Reply ]
yeahhh nanananana nananananannaaaaaaaaaaa
Posted 17 years ago by gladiatore    [ Reply ]
Nice Banana Dance
Posted 17 years ago by K-BILLY    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
too much velocity for a normal thursday morning in the office.... OUT_OF_COFFEE_EXCEPTION
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
An often useful website.
Posted 17 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
Double Damn!!
Posted 17 years ago by healyf52    [ Reply ]
Another Atlantic Records Tom Dowd-recorded classic.
Posted 17 years ago by Moormann    [ Reply ]
Going from ZZ Top to this kinda ruined the mood :| Good song, but... please! Not after ZZ Top!
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Wow, dude, you're old!
I remember dancing to this when it was a "new" song! I guess that makes me even older!!!
Posted 17 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
Didn't Ray do Shake a Tailfeather? pomalley wrote:
I like the Ray Charles version from the Blues Brothers movie better. Jake and Elwood swinging with Ray.
Posted 17 years ago by KermitDfrog    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
I was wondering when Bill was gonna pickett up.
So right!
Posted 17 years ago by dixiedeb    [ Reply ]
Always reminds me of the movie "Uncle Buck"
Posted 17 years ago by Sunman    [ Reply ]
"I feel pretty good y'all" Me too.
Posted 17 years ago by Narty    [ Reply ]
Ohhhh YESSS
Posted 17 years ago by bev    [ Reply ]
I was wondering when Bill was gonna pickett up.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I got a chance to see him in NYC in '98 and he could STILL shred his voice up like this. He sounded AWESOME.
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Wow, dude, you're old!
Or his sister is a lot older than he is...
Posted 17 years ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
woozurdaddy wrote:
Ahhhh....junior high, listening to my big sister's 45's.....yep....
Wow, dude, you're old!
Posted 17 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
I like the Ray Charles version from the Blues Brothers movie better. Jake and Elwood swinging with Ray.
Posted 17 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
skyguy wrote:
When I Say WILSON you say.....
KICKIN!
Posted 17 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
When I Say WILSON you say.....
Posted 17 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
I can't help myself from singing "Naaaaaaah naa naa na naaaa naa naa na naaaaaaaaaa na na naaaaaaa naa na naaaaaaaaaa" I want to stop but I can't...
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
67nj wrote:
I'm not quite sure if the subject/image Hitler is O.K. to use for that kind of humor. Germans used to make fun of him (more and more in secret, as the years dragged on) - 'till the downfall! After the war he was he-who-must-not-be-named. Later he was just the Antichrist. Jewish humor seems to have the balance right.
Posted 18 years ago by eisbaer_67    [ Reply ]
Barman wrote:
Sei un grande.
... ho un sacco di tempo libero... magari!
Posted 18 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
67nj wrote:
Sei un grande.
Posted 18 years ago by Barman    [ Reply ]
67nj wrote:
Posted 18 years ago by Barman    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
StellarSwarm wrote:
Here comes the hotstepper (murderer) I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer) Excuse me mister officer (murderer) Still love you like that (murderer) Anybody remember that song? Anybody?!
That was musical cancer, yet I couldn't (can't?) resist listening to it.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
Love those horns!
Posted 18 years ago by BGGA    [ Reply ]
RParadise wrote:
Show of hands: How many of you used to dance in your living rooms with American Bandstand on the TV? (mine's up)
American Bandstand's "Spotlight Dance" and the Soul Train line even though I can't dance a lick. Never stopped me from trying though.
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
RParadise wrote:
Show of hands: How many of you used to dance in your living rooms with American Bandstand on the TV? (mine's up)
( Does Australian Bandstand count?)
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
StellarSwarm wrote:
Here comes the hotstepper (murderer) I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer) Excuse me mister officer (murderer) Still love you like that (murderer) Anybody remember that song? Anybody?!
God yes. I hated it but it wouldn't leave my brain. It's like the audio equivalent of monosodium glutamate.
Posted 18 years ago by serinde    [ Reply ]
Show of hands: How many of you used to dance in your living rooms with American Bandstand on the TV? (mine's up)
Posted 18 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
Art_Carnage wrote:
Posted 18 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
StellarSwarm wrote:
Here comes the hotstepper (murderer) I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer) Excuse me mister officer (murderer) Still love you like that (murderer) Anybody remember that song? Anybody?!
I do! Had to look up the singer though, couldn't remember his name... Ini Kamoze.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
Here comes the hotstepper (murderer) I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer) Excuse me mister officer (murderer) Still love you like that (murderer) Anybody remember that song? Anybody?!
Posted 18 years ago by StellarSwarm    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
Where's the go-go girls! Hullabaloo.....
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
algrif wrote:
More Pickett pick it Pickett
I agree !!!. And good use of the bananas....
Posted 18 years ago by Luna2    [ Reply ]
Without this, where would we be???
Posted 18 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
More Pickett pick it Pickett
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Cellocaster_Paul wrote:
Please save this song for pro athletic events and play some other Wilson Pickett. Great artist, but this song really bugs me, makes me want to change the station (but I don't cuz I LOVE the Stewart Copeland that follows!) Ahhh....patience.
Now...Stewart Copeland makes me want to change the station
Posted 18 years ago by rixtar99    [ Reply ]
Cellocaster_Paul wrote:
Please save this song for pro athletic events
you are thinking of Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
Posted 18 years ago by tammaye    [ Reply ]
meghan89 wrote:
How'd you KNOW?
OK, I'll give you that one. there are better W P songs to choose from. But still love him
Posted 18 years ago by Luna2    [ Reply ]
tony620d wrote:
aw this is what im talking about!!! OLDIES RULE!
now if we could keep this level of intesity throughout the day, that would be great!!!..
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
Cellocaster_Paul wrote:
Please save this song for pro athletic events and play some other Wilson Pickett. Great artist, but this song really bugs me, makes me want to change the station (but I don't cuz I LOVE the Stewart Copeland that follows!) Ahhh....patience.
How'd you KNOW?
Posted 18 years ago by meghan89    [ Reply ]
All hail the Wicked One!
Posted 18 years ago by mistatebird    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by El_Penguino    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by meghan89    [ Reply ]
aw this is what im talking about!!! OLDIES RULE!
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
Wilson good. And god said it was good. And the people rejoiced
Posted 18 years ago by Luna2    [ Reply ]
folks, Mr. Pickett passed away 01/19/06. the obit says he called his brand of Southern soul 'grits music'. love that... (click here)
Posted 18 years ago by tammaye    [ Reply ]
Please save this song for pro athletic events and play some other Wilson Pickett. Great artist, but this song really bugs me, makes me want to change the station (but I don't cuz I LOVE the Stewart Copeland that follows!) Ahhh....patience.
Posted 18 years ago by Cellocaster_Paul    [ Reply ]
thanks RP ! i don't think i knew before we all met that what i loved was called 'soul' - helps clear up that R&B confusion
Posted 18 years ago by tammaye    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
unparalled.. the best soulman ever...
Posted 19 years ago by Timboy49    [ Reply ]
brilliant soulman, unparrelled This is the ONLY Wilson Picket on the playlist? Try a little tenderness, mustang sally, more, more, more
Posted 19 years ago by Orphan    [ Reply ]
WICKED! You know, this song (music & lyrics) really isn't that great on its own merits. But you don't realize that because Wilson Pickett is raw power embodied. What a man. Come on y'all, let's say it one more time NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Posted 19 years ago by Vogelfrei    [ Reply ]
the intro to this one will forever remind me of the audition scene from The Full Monty...
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
I like it like that! \:D/
Posted 19 years ago by lostindetroit    [ Reply ]
Pickett, Wilson!
Posted 19 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
:D i miss john candy (is that how you spell his name?) damn he was funny
Posted 19 years ago by dragonfish    [ Reply ]
Do the mash potato, dammit. I'm bookmarking this for the next time I need to get my schwerve on and am having a hard time doing so.
Posted 19 years ago by Schmackdown    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by rolf    [ Reply ]
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA! NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA!
Posted 19 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]