The Wah-Watusi

Album

Nutbush City Limits

Label

Cameo

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Dave Appel,;Kal Mann

Entered Chart

Jun 9, 1962

Peak Date

Jul 21, 1962

Released

May 1962

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Cameo 218

B-Side

Holiday Hill

This song was one of the many dance-craze songs of the early '60s. It was the follow-up to Dee Dee Sharp's dance-craze hit "Mashed Potato Time." This was the Orlons' first national hit. Their two previous singles failed to chart. There were three songs about the Watusi dance. This was the second song and biggest hit about the dance. The first was "The Watusi" (by the Vibrations, US #25), and the third was "El Watusi" (by Ray Barretto, US #17). >>

Wah-wah-a-Watusi
Come on and take a chance and get a with this dance
Wah-wah-a-Watusi
Oh baby, it's the dance made for romance
(Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, ahh)
Baby, baby, when you do the twist
Never, never do you get yourself kissed
'Cause you're always dancing far apart
Watusi girl is a really smart

Wah-wah-a-Watusi
Come on and take a chance and get a with this dance
(Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, ahh)
Baby, baby, when you do the fly
Your arms are wasting waving in the sky
Come on and hold me like a lover should
Watusi makes you feel so good
Wah-a-wah, wah-a-Watusi
Oh baby, it's the dance made for romance
Yea!

(Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, ahh)
Baby, baby, that's the way it goes
Nothin' happens when you mash potatoes
I just gotta fall in love with you
Watusi is the dance to do
Wah-a-wah, wah-a-Watusi
Come on and take a chance and get-a with this dance
Wah, wah-a Watusi
Oh baby, it's the dance made for romance