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The revolution known as The Jump On It Dance was a hip thrusting craze that swept the nation from Bel Air to Philly. When the Fresh Prince and his whitewashed cousin Carlton busted their sweet moves on stage, we all knew, no junior high dance would ever be the same. You remember the moment, awkwardly shuffling your feet to the latest Boyz II Men ballad, you’re probably considering this the best possible moment for butt grope-age.

the class clown is always stag

Alas, your plans to finally reach first base are thwarted as the infamous class clown makes his way to the DJ booth. He’s fashioned his neck tie around his forehead in a MacGyver-type farce and as he leans over and shouts, the too-old-to-be-doing-this-for-a-real-job DJ is laughing knowingly while he cuts the music. Having jumped atop the nearest speaker, our beloved clown throws his arms in the air, victorious, as the first few beats of Sir-Mix-A-Lot cause the greatest middle school frenzy known to man.

With the kind of flawless skill that only comes from practicing it over and over in the bathroom mirror, he ignites chaos, the gymnasium erupts and all in attendance chant “JUMP ON IT!” You are happy in your awareness that this is the only time it is appropriate to gyrate awkwardly, turn 180 degrees and repeat, for a full five minutes; or at least the only time a date will consider you cool for doing so. Fear not babies of the eighties, you have plenty of weddings to look forward to, where the drunken Jump On It dance lives on in infamy.

The song is “Jump On It” by Sir-Mix-A-Lot (just in case you need to request it to the DJ), a remix from a 70′s song “Apache” by Tommy Seebach…which I would argue has WAY better dancing than the Jump On It dance.