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	\| recorded = 1998–1999		\| recorded = 1998–1999 (original versions)
			* 2003 (Hardino’s arrangement)
	\| studio =		\| studio =
	\| length = * 6:26 (original version)		\| length = * 6:26 (original version)
	* 3:46 (original radio edit)		* 3:46 (original radio edit)
	* 3:41 (Hardino version)		* 3:41 (Hardino version)
	\| label = [[Universal Records (1995−2006)\|Universal]]		\| label = [[Universal Records (1995−2006)\|Universal]] (US)
			* All Around The World (UK)
	\| writer = Willie Perry Jr.		\| writer = Willie Perry Jr.
	\| producer = * Willie Perry & the Platinum Band		\| producer = * Willie Perry & the Platinum Band

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{{Short description|2000 single by DJ Casper}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Cha-Cha Slide
| cover = Cha-Cha-Slide3.jpg
| type = single
| artist = [[DJ Casper]]
| album =
| released = August 2, 2000
| recorded = 1998–1999
| studio =
| length = * 6:26 (original version)
* 3:46 (original radio edit)
* 3:41 (Hardino version)
| label = [[Universal Records (1995−2006)|Universal]]
| writer = Willie Perry Jr.
| producer = * Willie Perry & the Platinum Band
* Frederick Johnson<ref name="thompson"/>
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|wZv62ShoStY|"Cha-Cha Slide"}}}}
}}
"'''Cha-Cha Slide'''" (or "'''Casper Slide Part 2'''") is a [[line dance]] 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|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, peaking at number 83. Four years later, "Cha-Cha Slide" became a hit in Europe and Australia, especially in the United Kingdom, where it topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] in March 2004.

==History==
==="Casper Slide" Parts 1 & 2===
DJ Casper (Willie Perry Jr.) originally wrote "The Cha-Cha Slide" as a [[step aerobics]] routine for his nephew, David Wilson, who was working at the time as a fitness trainer at [[Bally Total Fitness]] Health Club in [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Chicago's Hyde Park]] neighborhood. In its original form, the song was just a set of instructrmance of the original version of the song, titled "Casper Slide Part 1" in January 1998 using "[[Plastic Dreams]]" by [[Jaydee]] as the musical track.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite web|title=The Cha-Cha Slide And More: Which Dances Were Invented In Chicago?|url=https://www.npr.org/local/309/2019/09/02/756031354/the-cha-cha-slide-and-more-which-dances-were-invented-in-chicago|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref>

The song was inspired by the [[Chicago stepping]] movement, where DJ Casper cut a notable figure in the clubs. Wilson went so far as to compare his uncle's dancing prowess to [[MC Hammer]].<ref name="NPR" /> Because Casper did not own "Plastic Dreams", he hired a band to record an instrumental track at the home studio of Fred Johnson with the help of Hollywood Scott, band leader for the Platinum Band. He called this version of the song "Casper Slide Part 2."<ref name="Suit" />{{rp|3}}

Musically, the song utilizes a [[Four on the floor (music)|four-on-the-floor]] [[House music|house]] rhythm.

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. It was publicly released August 2, 2000.

==="Cha-Cha Slide"===
DJ Casper enlisted the help of M.O.B. Music Publishing 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''. DJ Casper and Men On Business licensed the ''Slide Album'' to [[Universal Records]], and it was released on September 19, 2000.

Universal's Senior VP of Urban Promotion Michael Horton recalled, "we made some instructional 'Cha-Cha Slide' dance videos and distributed them to clubs...We also promoted the song at various black functions, such as homecoming events at [[historically black college|black colleges]]." Horton claimed many radio stations initial response to the song was, "There's no way we're playing it," but Universal's promotion department was persistent and finally got it on the air. The song then made its way to [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[Hip hop music|hip hop]] station [[WGCI-FM]], in DJ Casper's hometown of Chicago, the first radio station to play the song. Horton accurately predicted the future of the song: "It's like a novelty that will eventually die down, but it will never go away completely—just like the [[Electric Slide|electric slide]] and the [[Bus Stop (dance)|bus stop]] are still around."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hay |first=Carla |date=February 10, 2001 |title=Mr. C the Slide Man Sets Off a Dance Craze on M.O.B. |pages=9 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=michael%20horton%20we%20made%20some%20instructional%20'Cha-Cha%20Slide'%20dance%20videos%20and%20distributed%20them%20to%20clubs&pg=PA9 |access-date=August 3, 2023}}</ref>

In 2001, the following year, the dance caught on around Canada and the United States, where [[urban contemporary]] [[radio station]]s (and later mobile DJs) played the song continuously.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 11, 2023 |title=He was the 1st to play the 'Cha-Cha Slide' on the radio. He's 'still mesmerized' by the hit. |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cha-cha-slide-dj-casper-160958607.html |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2004, "Cha Cha Slide" was released in the United Kingdom and went on to top the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3511022.stm | work=BBC News | title=DJ Casper tops UK singles chart | date=March 14, 2004 | access-date=April 28, 2010}}</ref> Its success in the United Kingdom was helped by [[Scott Mills]] of [[BBC Radio 1]], who promoted the song on his weekday afternoon radio show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Every Little Thing |date=September 3, 2018 |title=The Cha-Cha Slide: How One Uncle Changed Weddings Forever |url=https://gimletmedia.com/shows/every-little-thing/dvheek |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=Gimlet Media}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
In August 2020, in honor of the 20th anniversary, [[Google]] added an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] where, when "Cha Cha Slide" is searched for, a microphone appears next to the music video. Some lyrics from the song are played when the button is clicked.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google gets funky with 'Cha Cha Slide' Easter egg in search |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-gets-funky-with-cha-cha-slide-easter-egg-in-search/ |access-date=May 4, 2024 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>

"Cha Cha Slide" is also played during the eighth inning of [[San Francisco Giants]] home games at [[Oracle Park]] to ward off seagulls.

==Music video==
The music video was shot in downtown Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gunderson |first=Erica |date=May 29, 2018 |title=Nearly 20 Years Later, 'Cha-Cha Slide' Still Gets People Moving |url=https://news.wttw.com/2018/05/29/nearly-20-years-later-cha-cha-slide-still-gets-people-moving |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=WTTW}}</ref> At the beginning of the video, a news van arrives in front of a crowd of people doing the dance on a sidewalk. After that, the reporter reports on the dance. Then, the video transitions to several scenes, including DJ Casper dancing with a group of people on a white background and different people in various locations doing said dance. Near the end of the video, the news camera crew begins dancing a bit. In the last scene, the reporter dances with them.

==Controversy==
In 2011, Willie Perry Jr. and Jerome Haywood filed a lawsuit against M.O.B. Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2, 2011 |title=DJ Casper in Court over Royalties from Cha-Cha Slide |url=https://afro.com/dj-casper-in-court-over-royalties-from-cha-cha-slide/ |access-date=August 3, 2023 |website=Afro News}}</ref> The suit alleged that M.O.B. obtained a false copyright registration under the title "Casper Cha-Cha Slide (Live Platinum Band)".<ref name="Suit">{{cite court |litigants=Perry & Haywood v. M.O.B. Music|pinpoint=1:11-cv-2198 |court=[[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois|N.D. Ill]] |date=2011}}</ref>{{rp|5}}

==Album==
The song was also part of an 11-track album, ''Cha-Cha Slide: The Original Slide Album'', released in September 2000.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006 |title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |page=696}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| title1 = Cha-Cha Slide
| note1 = radio edit
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = Cha-Cha Slide
| note2 = club edit
| length2 = 7:44
| title3 = Bus Stop/Electric Slide
| length3 = 4:45
| writer3 = Charles Green Hudson Beaudy
| title4 = Casper Slide Part 2
| length4 = 6:27
| writer4 = With Live Platinum Band
| title5 = Step To This
| length5 = 5:29
| writer5 = Colta / Ken Uchida
| title6 = Unworthy
| length6 = 4:47
| writer6 = Colta
| title7 = Unworthy
| length7 = 4:25
| writer7 = Colta
| title8 = Bus Stop/Electric Slide
| note8 = original
| length8 = 7:55
| writer8 = Charles Green Hudson Beaudy
| title9 = DJ Eric-B Slide
| length9 = 9:45
| writer9 = DJ Eric-B
| title10 = Step To This
| length10 = 5:29
| writer10 = Colta / Ken Uchida
| title11 = R-U-Here
| writer11 = Colta
}}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2000–2004)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australiapandora|64|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040606140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040607-0000/issue743.pdf|urltitle=Issue 743|rowheader=true|access-date=September 24, 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|20|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-03-27.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=116|issue=13|page=53|date=March 27, 2004|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{single chart|France|14|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|83|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|songid=6163|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|3|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true|access-date=January 15, 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| Ireland Dance ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240004&arch=t&lyr=2004&year=2004&week=11|title=Top 10 Dance Singles, Week Ending 11 March 2004|publisher=[[GfK Chart-Track]]|access-date=June 17, 2019}}{{dead link|date=May 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{single chart|Italy|17|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|14|year=2004|week=18|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|12|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
! scope="row"| Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10120.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 21, saptamina 24.05 – 30.05, 2004|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221112859/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10120.html|archive-date=February 21, 2005|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
| 36
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20040314|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|86|artist=DJ Casper|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20040314|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|83|artist=Mr C the Slide Man|rowheader=true|access-date=June 17, 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2001-02-10/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=February 10, 2001|access-date=February 9, 2025}}</ref>
| 24
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Maxi-Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/mr-c-the-slide-man/chart-history/DSA|title=Mr. C the Slide Man Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)|magazine=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116021409/https://www.billboard.com/music/mr-c-the-slide-man/chart-history/DSA|archive-date=January 16, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020}}</ref>
| 24
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2004)
! Position
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2004|title=Jaaroverzichten 2004|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2004|title=Rapports annuels 2004|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
| 75
|-
! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2004|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2004|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]]|language=fr|access-date=May 16, 2021}}</ref>
| 82
|-
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2004&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2004|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref>
| 80
|-
! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2004.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2004|work=[[UKChartsPlus]]|access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
| 3
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Cha-Cha Slide|artist=DJ Casper|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2019|salesamount=760,000|salesref=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/dj-casper-creator-of-uk-number-1-single-cha-cha-slide-has-died-aged-58/|title=DJ Casper creator of UK Number 1 single Cha Cha Slide, has died aged 58 | Official Charts|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>|id=9925-2932-1|access-date=May 16, 2020}}
{{end}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label(s)
! scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| August 2, 2000
| {{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Universal Records (1995−2006)|Universal]]
|align="center"|{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
|-
| September 19, 2000
| {{hlist|[[Rhythmic contemporary]]|[[urban radio]]}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds / AddVance Notice|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1368|pages=146, 152|date=September 16, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin Top 40/Rhythm Crossover: Impact Dates|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2322|page=10|date=September 15, 2000}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| March 1, 2004
| {{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD}}
| [[All Around the World Productions|All Around the World]]
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=February 21, 2004}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| April 26, 2004
| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
| rowspan="2"| Universal
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-04-23.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1552|page=24|date=April 23, 2004|access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| May 17, 2004
| CD
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue742.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 17th May 2004|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|page=27|date=May 17, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222436/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040607-0000/issue742.pdf|archive-date=February 22, 2008|access-date=January 8, 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|}

==Crazy Frog version==
{{Infobox song
| name = Cha Cha Slide
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Crazy Frog]]
| album = [[Everybody Dance Now (Crazy Frog album)|Everybody Dance Now]]
| released = August 25, 2009
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Dance music|Dance]]
| length = 3:03
| label = MOB Music Publishing
| writer = William Perry Jr.<ref name="thompson">{{cite web|url=http://www.copyright.gov/records/|title=US Copyright Office|work=Recording Industry Association of America|publisher=RIAA|access-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>
| producer = M. Thompson<ref name=thompson/>
| prev_title = [[Daddy DJ (song)#Crazy Frog version|Daddy DJ]]
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|10HwmvvxlEw|"Cha Cha Slide"}}}}
}}
On August 25, 2009, [[Crazy Frog]] released "Cha Cha Slide" for the album ''[[Everybody Dance Now (Crazy Frog album)|Everybody Dance Now]]''.

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2009)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|France|18|artist=Crazy Frog|song=Cha Cha Slide|rowheader=true}}
|}
{{clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|id=LI64R1bjN7U|title=Mr. C The Slide Man – "Cha-Cha Slide Part 2"}}

{{Crazy Frog}}

{{Authority control}}

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