How to Dance explained

How to Dance
Cover:	How to Dance single.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Bingoboys featuring Princessa
Album:	The Best of Bingoboys
Released:	1990
Genre:	Dance hip house^[1]
Length:	3:46
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Martin Neumayer
Chronology:	Bingoboys
Next Title:	Borrowed Love
Next Year:	1991

"How to Dance" is a song by Austrian house music trio Bingoboys from their debut studio album, The Best of Bingoboys. The song features American female rapper Princessa. The song was first released in the United States in 1990 and was given a European release in March 1991. "How to Dance" peaked at number two in Austria and reached the top 10 in Australia, Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands. In the US, it climbed to number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in March 1991.

The music video for the song was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category of "Best Dance Video", but it lost out to "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by the C+C Music Factory.

Composition

The song borrows heavily from a number of earlier recordings, including "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" by the band Chic, "Dance (Disco Heat)" by the disco singer Sylvester, "Kiss" by Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones, the popular James Brown "Yeah! Woo!" sample loop, the bassline motif from Mantronix's single "Got to Have Your Love", and a synth motif from The Whispers' "And the Beat Goes On". In addition, the song contains audio samples from an instructional recording from the 1970s that attempted to teach people "how to dance" (for example, Step left, around, and together with the right).

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Denmark (IFPI)^[2]	8
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	24
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	25
US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)^[6]	4
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[8]	53
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[9]	17
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)^[10]	18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[11]	84

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United States	1990		Atlantic
United Kingdom	11 March 1991			^[12]

See also

• List of number-one dance singles of 1991 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Janet Jackson’s “When I Think Of You. . January 8, 2021. The Austrian dance group Bingo Boys sampled “When I Think Of You” on the breakdown of their extremely entertaining 1991 hip-house single “How To Dance".... September 30, 2023.
2. Top 10 Sales in Europe. Music & Media. 8. 32. 19. 10 August 1991. 8 April 2020.
3. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 8. 23. 21. 8 June 1991. 8 April 2020.
4. Book: Nyman, Jake. 2005. Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja. 1st. Tammi. Helsinki. 951-31-2503-3. fi.
5. Billboard Hot 100. Billboard. 13 April 1991. 16 September 2023.
6. Dance Singles Sales. Billboard. 30 March 1991. subscription. 16 September 2023.
7. Dance Club Songs. Billboard. 30 March 1991. 16 September 2023.
8. Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
9. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 1991. de. 8 April 2020.
10. RPM Dance Tracks of 1991. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 8 April 2020.
11. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991. MegaCharts. nl. 8 April 2020.
12. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 19. 9 March 1991.