"Cha-Cha Slide" | |
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Single by DJ Casper | |
Released | August 2, 2000 (US) 2003 (12” vinyl promo & 12” vinyl) March 1, 2004 (CD single) |
Recorded | 1998–1999 (original version) 2003 (Hardino’s arrangement) |
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Label | Universal (US) All Around The World (UK) |
Songwriter(s) | Willie Perry Jr. |
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"Cha-Cha Slide" on YouTube |
"Cha-Cha Slide" (or "Casper Slide Part 2") is a song by American musician Mr. C the Slide Man (also known as DJ Casper). The song was released as a single in August 2000 and spent five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 83. Four years later, it became a hit in Europe and Australia, topping the UK Singles Chart in March 2004.
As a line dance song, "Cha-Cha Slide" is often played at dance clubs, school dances and gym classes, prom nights, birthday parties, ice-skating rinks and roller rinks, B’nai Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, weddings, and sporting events in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and other countries.