Judson Laipply

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Judson (Jud) Laipply is a motivational speaker and comedian from Cleveland.^[1] He is best known for his performance in the Evolution of Dance clip, which is the #1 Most Viewed All Time Video, #1 Top Favorites Video and #1 Most Discussed Video on YouTube.com.^[2]

"Evolution of Dance" is the finale to Laipply's show called "Inspirational Comedy".^[3] His website describes the show as "combining his thoughts about life and change with humor".^[4] In 2002, he began closing many of his college, high school and corporate appearances with his unusual dance medley. It soon became a "crowd favorite".^[5]

In the video, Laipply dances to a soundtrack that plays through various popular songs ranging from Elvis Presley to MC Hammer and Michael Jackson. During its initial rise in popularity, it amassed over 10 millions views in under two weeks and was featured on CNN, MSN, E!, USA Today, Good Morning America, The Today Show, AOL, and Google.^{[citation needed]} As of March 29, 2007, the number of views on YouTube.com was greater than 45 million.^[6] A recent revision of the dance is three minutes longer including songs such as "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira, but no public video of it currently exists.

1 List of songs from "Evolution of Dance"
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] List of songs from "Evolution of Dance"

Thirty songs are played consecutively in the video with two of the same songs played twice (Duration in minutes of any particular song-clip played in that original video are shown in brackets).^[7]

"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley (00.00 - 00.14)
"The Twist" - Chubby Checker (00.14 - 00.31)
"Stayin' Alive" - The Bee Gees (00.31 - 00.38)
"Y.M.C.A." - The Village People (00.38 - 00.56)
"Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (00.56 - 01.03)
"Keep on Groovin'" - The Brady Bunch (01.03 - 01.17)
"Greased Lightnin'" - John Travolta (01.17 - 01.28)
"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC (01.28 - 01.42)
"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (01.42 - 01.50)
"Thriller" - Michael Jackson (01.50 - 01.58)
"Oompa Loompa" - Willy Wonka, a soundtrack of the film: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (01.58 - 02.04)
"Mr. Roboto" - Styx (02.04 - 02.14)
"Break Dance (Electric Boogie)" - West Street Mob (02.14 - 02.28)
"Walk Like an Egyptian" - The Bangles (02.28 - 02.36)
"The Chicken Dance" - Bob Kames (02.36 - 02.42)
"Mony Mony" - Billy Idol (02.42 - 02.57)
"Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice (02.57 - 03.11)
"U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer (03.12 - 03.42)
"Love Shack" - B-52's (03.42 - 03.46)
"Apache (Jump on it)" - Sugar Hill Gang (3.46 - 4.02)
"Jump Around" - House of Pain (04.02 - 04.15)
"Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot (04.15 - 04.22)
"Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba (04.22 - 04.32)
"What Is Love" - Haddaway (04.32 - 04.40)
"Cotton Eyed Joe" - Rednex (04.40 - 05.01)
"Macarena" - Los Del Rio (05.01 - 05.06)
"Bye Bye Bye" - N'Sync (05.06 - 05.29)
"Lose Yourself" - Eminem (05.29 - 05.33)
"Hey Ya!" - Outkast (05.33 - 05.39)
"Dirt Off Your Shoulder" - Jay-Z (05.39 - 05.49)
"Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice (Lyrics played: "Yo, let's get outta here. Word to your mother".) (05.49 - 05.52)
"Bye Bye Bye" - N'Sync (Lyrics played: "Bye, bye, bye".) (05.52 - 06.00)

[edit] References

^ "Dance medley becomes a web hit wonder", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-06-06.
^ "About The Video", www.evolutionofdance.com - The Official Website of Judson Laipply and The Evolution of Dance
^ "Judson Laipply", Nationwide Speakers Bureau website
^ "About Jud Laipply", www.evolutionofdance.com - The Official Website of Judson Laipply and The Evolution of Dance
^ "Dance medley becomes a web hit wonder", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006-06-06.
^ "Evolution of Dance", YouTube.com website
^ "The Songs", www.evolutionofdance.com - The Official Website of Judson Laipply and The Evolution of Dance