Walk the Dinosaur - wikipedia Walk the Dinosaur `` Walk the Dinosaur '' Single by Was ( Not Was ) from the album What Up, Dog ? Released September 1987 Genre Funk Length 4 : 22 Label Chrysalis ( US ) Fontana / Phonogram ( UK ) Songwriter ( s ) David Was Don Was Randy Jacobs Producer ( s ) David Was Don Was Was ( Not Was ) singles chronology `` Spy in the House of Love '' ( 1987 ) `` Walk the Dinosaur '' ( 1987 ) `` The Boy 's Gone Crazy '' ( 1987 ) `` Spy in the House of Love '' ( 1987 ) `` Walk the Dinosaur '' ( 1987 ) `` The Boy 's Gone Crazy '' ( 1987 ) `` Walk the Dinosaur '' is a song by Was ( Not Was ), released in 1987, from their 1988 album, What Up, Dog ?. Contents 1 Song info 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External links Song info The song features a tight, funky sound, punctuated by horns and a cowbell, along with what sounds like cavepeople chanting in the background. When released in the UK in 1987, the song reached No. 10 on the singles chart, becoming the group 's first UK top 10 hit. The music video featured four scantily clad ' cavewomen ' dancing to the song while a Flintstones style TV played clips from Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur. Modern people danced to the song in the `` Everybody kill the dinosaur '' part. The video received heavy rotation on MTV. The song reached No. 7 on the US chart in 1989, two years after its UK success. The song became the band 's biggest hit single in their home country. According to an interview with co-writer Randy Jacobs, it `` was an infectious sing - along with a Flintstonesque video that probably got played on MTV way too much. But even that seemingly good - time anthem had a dark side. (... ) The song 's about nuclear Armageddon. It became a dance ( anthem ) because of the video. They connected it with the girls in the little Pebbles and Bam - Bam outfits. All the sudden it became, like, ' do the mashed potato ' or ' the twist. ' '' Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1987 -- 1989 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 9 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 16 Belgium ( VRT Top 30 Flanders ) 16 Canada ( RPM 100 Singles ) 6 Canada ( RPM 30 Retail Singles ) 5 France ( SNEP ) 49 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 48 Ireland ( IRMA ) 11 Italy ( FIMI ) 27 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 11 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 10 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 16 Norway ( VG - lista ) 6 South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) 10 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 9 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 10 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 11 US Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi - Singles Sales 36 US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 30 US Cash Box 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1988 ) Position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 72 Chart ( 1989 ) Position Canada ( RPM Top 100 Singles ) 70 In Popular culture `` Walk the Dinosaur '' appeared on the soundtrack of the 1994 film The Flintstones. A remade version, performed by George Clinton, was also on the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack in 1993. References Jump up ^ Larkin, Colin ( 2011 ). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music ( 5th ed. ). Omnibus Press. p. 3810. ( Was ( Not Was ) ) international breakthrough came several years later with the sublime funk of the US / UK Top 10 hit ' Walk The Dinosaur '. Jump up ^ Bowe, Brian J. ( December 29, 2004 ). `` Out come the freaks ''. Metro Times. Retrieved June 19, 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts -- 1980s ''. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Radio 2 Top 30 : 21 november 1987 '' ( in Dutch ). Top 30. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 50, No. 1, May 01 1989 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Retail Sales -- Volume 50, No. 2, May 08 1989 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 18, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Walk the Dinosaur ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Indice per Interprete : W '' ( in Italian ). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Was ( Not Was ) - Walk The Dinosaur '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur ''. VG - lista. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 -- 1989 Acts ( W ) ''. Rock.co.za. Retrieved June 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Was ( Not Was ) -- Walk The Dinosaur ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 12, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` What Up Dog -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 1, 2013. Jump up ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending APRIL 1, 1989 at the Wayback Machine ( archived October 7, 2012 ). Cash Box magazine. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 51, No. 8, December 23 1989 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 19, 2014. Jump up ^ Demalon, Tom. `` Original Soundtrack -- The Flintstones ( Original Soundtrack ) ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 12 July 2013. Jump up ^ Greenberg, Adam. `` Original Soundtrack -- Super Mario Brothers ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2018. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Was ( Not Was ) David Was Don Was `` Sweet Pea '' Atkinson Harry Bowens Studio albums Was ( Not Was ) Born to Laugh at Tornadoes What Up, Dog ? Are You Okay ? Boo ! Singles `` Wheel Me Out '' `` Out Come the Freaks '' `` Where Did Your Heart Go ? '' `` Tell Me That I 'm Dreaming '' `` Smile '' `` Knocked Down, Made Small ( Treated Like a Rubber Ball ) '' `` ( Return to the Valley of ) Out Come the Freaks '' `` Robot Girl '' `` Spy in the House of Love '' `` Walk the Dinosaur '' `` Out Come the Freaks ( Again ) '' `` Anything Can Happen '' `` Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone '' `` How the Heart Behaves '' `` I Feel Better Than James Brown '' `` Listen Like Thieves '' `` Shake Your Head '' `` Somewhere in America ( There 's a Street Named after My Dad ) '' Contributions A Christmas Record That 's The Way I Feel Now : A Tribute to Thelonious Monk Stay Awake : Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walk_the_Dinosaur&oldid=823738135 '' Categories : 1987 songs 1987 singles 1989 singles Chrysalis Records singles Fontana Records singles Funk songs George Clinton ( musician ) songs Queen Latifah songs Song recordings produced by Don Was Songs written by David Was Songs written by Don Was Was ( Not Was ) songs Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UK Talk Contributions Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 February 2018, at 02 : 28. 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Question: who sings the song everybody walk the dinosaur
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