Baroque Hoedown

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Baroque Hoedown was created by early synthesizer pioneers (and frequent collaborators) Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley (Perrey-Kingsley). The composition was once described as being a "harpsichord gone country". It is the theme song for Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade and the original Electrical Water Pageant theme song. It was also incorporated into Tokyo Disneyland Electrical Parade: DreamLights and into Light Magic and Remember... Dreams Come True as a tribute to the Main Street Electrical Parade.

“	In the 1970s, Walt Disney Productions chose this tune to be the theme for the Electrical Parade. It was extraordinary, I didn't know about it because the publishers said nothing to me. It was by chance, in 1980, that I went there and was so surprised to hear Baroque Hoedown arranged for a full orchestra.	„
—Jean-Jacques Perrey, text from English subtitle

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The Baroque Hoedown melody is used in many songs, including:

• "Main Street Electrical Parade (Retro Future Mix)" from the Dance Dance Revolution Disney Rave game
• "The Theme from Rock to the Future" and "starship.6" by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box as well as their remix of Naivepop or Petitfool's "Bicycle Race"
• "Baroque Hoedown" by They Might Be Giants and Reel Big Fish (both recorded for Disney cover albums)
• Film pioneer Mike Jittlov uses a variation of the song as the soundtrack of his 1978 Disney-themed short film, "Mouse Mania", which debuted as part of the prime time Mickey Mouse 50th Anniversary Special.
• a version of the song by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
• Baroque Hoedown is used in the ending theme of El Chapulín Colorado
• The Beatles sampled Baroque Hoedown in their 1968 Beatles Fan Club Christmas record, prior to its use in the Electrical Parade.

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