How to Do Soulja Boy's "Crank That" Dance
Teen rapper Soulja Boy scored a massive hit in 2007 with "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," reaching the #1 position on the Billboard charts and spawning perhaps the biggest dance craze since the Macarena. The dance requires a little practice but is easy enough to do.
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Instructions
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Start with your feet at shoulder width and your knees slightly bent.
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Jump and land with your legs crossed.
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Jump again and land with your feet back at shoulder width.
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Lift your left foot behind your right leg and slap the sole of your left foot with your right hand.
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Return to the starting position.
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Twist your body slightly to the right and shimmy your shoulders to the right and then to the left.
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Dip your body at the knees and tap your left foot on the ground to the left .
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Take your right foot and tap it on the floor in front of your left foot, then move it towards the left and tap it again.
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Raise your right knee and tap it with your right hand.
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Turn to the left and extend your hands in front of you with your palms together as if praying.
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As you lean forward on your left foot, raise your right leg behind you and turn your palms, which are still in a prayer position, outward. Pull your arms backward toward your sides as if you're swimming. This is the "Superman."
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Hop three times to the left while extending your arms across your body to the right in a hula-like pose.
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Hop three times back to the right while extending your arms across your body the left.
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Repeat the three hops to the left and then to the right.
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Repeat all of the steps in the other direction. For instance, if you lifted your left foot behind you and slapped the sole with your right hand, this time lift your right foot behind you and slap it with your left hand. If you Supermanned to the left the first time, this time Superman to the right.
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Practice so that you get the timing right. You should be doing the Superman maneuver as the song mentions Superman and you should be hopping with your arms extended as the song says, "Yuuuuuaaaa!", whatever that means.
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Resources
- Photo Credit Interscope Records
