Walk the Dinosaur
"Walk the Dinosaur" is a song by Was (Not Was), released in 1987, from their album "What Up, Dog?" Song info. The tune features a tight, funky sound, punctuated by horns and a cowbell. 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 while a "Flintstones"-style TV played clips from "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur". Modern people danced to the song during the "Everybody walk 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 and 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.'" In popular culture. The original recording of "Walk the Dinosaur" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1994 film "The Flintstones". A version performed by George Clinton appeared on the "Super Mario Bros." soundtrack in 1993.