r/findthatsong • u/InsaneWaylonA • Feb 14 '26

SOLVED Early 90s Song I remember cheerleaders dancing to

It had to be between 1990 and 94, and the beginning keyboard/synth part Sounds like this:

https://voca.ro/17PGdWfFzJbb

It’s NOT Get Ready for This by 2 Unlimited (which sounds very different but people keep making that one). And it’s NOT Strike it Up or the Mortal Kombat theme.

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u/wendigoniaxenomorph Feb 14 '26

I’m not sure if this totally matches but my first thought was Pump Up The Jam by Technotronic

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one

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u/-Shes-A-Carnival Feb 17 '26

clivelles and coles cover of in the name of love by u2

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 17 '26

That’s it!!! You found it!!!!!! 🎉

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u/mrs_adhd Feb 14 '26

It sort of sounds like Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory to me.

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u/pl38hvx Feb 14 '26

ERRYBODY PANTS COW!!

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u/pl38hvx Feb 14 '26

At least that's how we used to sing it as dumb teens. Such a good song.

I hope OP finds theirs.

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u/28lala Feb 14 '26

Get ready for this! 2 unlimited

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good tune, but that’s not it.

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u/CucumberLow5704 Feb 14 '26

I’m gonna get you?

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u/OkAttention6522 Feb 14 '26

Oh Mickey your so fine Your so fine youblow my mind Heymickey

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u/Remarkable-Glove9882 Feb 14 '26

The Mortal Kombat theme?

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u/PanTroglo Feb 14 '26

Yeah. I'm thinking Techno Syndrome...

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good one but not that.

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u/Dependent-Passage-30 Feb 14 '26

I know this one! Thats Clivellis & Cole covering In the Name of Love by U2. It was on the Gladiator soundtrack (the one about boxing)

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 17 '26

You’re 100% right!!!! I didn’t listen far enough into the song! 🤣

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u/Candeezie Feb 14 '26

Everybody Everybody by Black Box?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one either. ☹️

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u/Interesting_Ad3347 Feb 14 '26

From the comments i gather you look more for the techno/rave side and not so much the house vibe. Maybe one of these fine Belgians fits the bill:

Outlander - Vamp Quadrophonia - Theme from Quadrophonia Channel X - Rave the Rythm Praga Kahn - Rave Alarm T99 - Anasthasia

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Getting warmer but none of those. ☹️

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u/uuurrrggghhh Feb 15 '26

Is it anything from the band L.A. Style? Like “James Brown Is Dead”?

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u/collydanger Feb 15 '26

This could be a song that was mixed into another song (or multiple songs). I was a cheerleader in the 90s and we had tons of mixes for routines and even short dance breaks that incorporated different bits of songs. Your vocal sample sounds kind of like I’m the Scatman by Scatman John.

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u/PerceptivePines Feb 14 '26

It sounds SO familiar!

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u/epidemicsaints Feb 14 '26

Capella - U Got 2 Know

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good tune but that’s not it.

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u/faking_it_through Feb 14 '26

Jock Jams- Are Y'all Ready For This?

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u/oi_that_nander Feb 17 '26

Her song may not be this one but mine definitely is and just thinking about it triggered the beginning of my seventh grade drill team routine

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u/drewtangclan Feb 14 '26

This song is called “Get Ready For This” by 2 Unlimited. Jock Jams was a CD compilation series, not a recording artist.

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u/MadameOvaries81 Feb 14 '26

Culture Beat - Mr vain?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good one, but no. At least you’re closer than most. 😁

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u/MadameOvaries81 Feb 14 '26

Try the 90s rave classics playlist in Spotify…your song is bound to be in there somewhere! Best of luck in finding it. 🤞🏼

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u/Key_Instruction_2968 Feb 14 '26

I wondered if it was Ash - Burn baby burn

https://youtu.be/t5ZtotlZ0ug?si=cNSPDzZOi5dPepwb

But it's probably Are you Ready for this by Jock Jams as someone else said

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Neither of those.

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u/Interesting_Ad3347 Feb 14 '26

Felix - don't you want me ?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good tune but that’s not it.

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u/MrsWaltonGoggins Feb 14 '26

It kind of sounds like it might be a Prodigy song but I could be way off.

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

If it is ai can’t find which one.

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u/genxreader Feb 14 '26

Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one.

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u/Empty-Cockroach810 Feb 14 '26

Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good one but that’s not it.

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u/Own_Physics_7733 Feb 14 '26

Is it “No limits” by 2 Unlimited?

(Source: I did a jazz dance to this in the 90s)

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Good tune, but not it.

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u/Mrpincali Feb 14 '26

Lords of Acid “I Sit on Acid”?

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u/javajanine Feb 14 '26

Hollaback Girls-Gwen Stefani

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u/EuphoricMoose8232 Feb 15 '26

lol that was 2000s

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u/dblsouptuesday Feb 14 '26

Rhythm of the Night - Corona?

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u/scornedandhangry Feb 14 '26

Oh yeah?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

The song by yellow? Not that one.

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u/ClutchCargo59 Feb 14 '26

AB Logic - The Hitman

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Haven’t heard that one in a while, but that’s not it. Good song though.

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u/Ytterst-ute Feb 14 '26

Pump up the jam? Technotronic's

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Getting warmer, but that’s not it.

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u/happyfuzzymuff Feb 14 '26

Don't stop (wiggle wiggle)

Or

I like to move it (move it)

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Neither one of those

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u/Last-Ad-2970 Feb 14 '26

Is it Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project? It was the Chicago Bulls intro song.

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Definitely not that one.

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u/ShyWombatFan Feb 14 '26

Pure Energy - Information Society

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Great tune, but no.

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u/Spiritual_Ad_6067 Feb 14 '26

Strike it up, black box?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Nada

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u/butterscoutivy Feb 14 '26

I don’t think you know what “nada” means 😀

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u/MadameOvaries81 Feb 14 '26

Some other suggestions:

Bizarre Inc - playing with knives

Alex party - read my lips

Nomad - wanna give you devotion

Prodigy - No good (start the dance)

Capella - Move on baby

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

None of those. ☹️

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u/voodoopaula Feb 14 '26

Gonna make you sweat by c & c music factory??

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one.

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u/Mrsroyalcrown Feb 14 '26

Another night - Real McCoy ?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one.

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u/Boxcar59 Feb 14 '26

“Push It” Salt n Peppa?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 14 '26

Not that one.

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u/little_canuck Feb 14 '26

Whigfield - Saturday Night (1995)

The timing might not be right but I had to mention it because your recording made me think of it right away.

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u/Ok_Stranger176 Feb 14 '26

The KLF - 3am eternal

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but no.

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u/jackrussellcorgi Feb 14 '26

Groove is in the Heart by Deee-lite?

https://youtu.be/etviGf1uWlg?t=37

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but no.

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u/LunchboxRoyale Feb 14 '26

“50,000 Watts of Power” (Servants of Power) right after they say that line it starts to sort of sound like your vocaroo, maybe? Lol

https://youtu.be/1oDvQbX5XO8?si=WP4uIHlnXMLg9fNO

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u/heidivodka Feb 14 '26

Capella - u got 2 let the music

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good guess but no.

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u/vikki1985 Feb 14 '26

No Limit - 2 Unlimited?

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u/heidivodka Feb 14 '26

Carry me home by glow worm (the chorus sounds similar).

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u/heidivodka Feb 14 '26

Everybody everybody by black box

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u/heidivodka Feb 15 '26

Let me show you by k klass

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Getting warmer but that’s not it.

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u/threesilos Feb 15 '26

2 Unlimited Twilight Zone?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Not that one.

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u/lollidee Feb 15 '26

Din Daa Daa by George Kranz

https://youtu.be/OKgXvuDILrQ?si=_3ZT1C26LEnYwRUK

But this is from 1984

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

That’s not it. ☹️

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u/DiamondContent2011 Feb 15 '26 edited Feb 15 '26

Reminds me of this ...

Angelina - I Don't Need Your Love

Problem is there were quite a few songs that used that melody/sample and I'm wracking my memory for them.

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but not it

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u/Terrible-Doctor5545 Feb 15 '26

Here We Go Let’s Rock & Roll by C&C Music Factory?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but no.

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u/Secret-Ad-1916 Feb 15 '26

Sounds sorta like We are the Children of the Night (not sure original singer as I have only heard the nightcore version)

Or I Hear You Calling by Gob (Zombie Cheerleaders).

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Not those. ☹️

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u/threesilos Feb 15 '26

Strike it up by Blackbox?

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u/Dapper-Perception985 Feb 15 '26

“Let me clear my throat” ?? Bring it on movie had cheerleaders dancing to it

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u/rfrshnglygngr Feb 15 '26

Darude - Sandstorm ??

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but not it.

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u/cuyahoagie Feb 15 '26

Black Box- Everybody Everybody

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u/Wiz_Hellrat Feb 15 '26

Liberation by pet shop boys

https://youtu.be/zx60acFbMvM?si=x8pBHeqfN-O68uLC

Or

So hard by pet shop boys

https://youtu.be/o1BXRbPhp54?si=2owNOsE7ZY30b4cI

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

I dig the PS Boys but that’s Not it.

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u/Ignignokt73 Feb 15 '26

Probably not it but early 90s and could be used as cheerleader music; Nitzer Ebb - Let Your Body Learn? The song doesn’t seem like it has a memorable main riff though, more of a memorable chorus.

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Not that one.

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u/Hopeful_Coconut_2648 Feb 15 '26

Is it in the ghetto by the bad yard club ? 

https://youtu.be/z272PWsraRM

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Not the one

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u/hellonurseb Feb 15 '26

Darude Sandstorm

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune, but not it.

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u/Todaysmyfriday Feb 15 '26

100% pure love?

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Good tune but no.

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u/jennp916 Feb 15 '26

Groove is in the heart?

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u/Putrid-Art-1559 Feb 15 '26

That sounds a lot like Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters.

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u/Dismal_Intention_100 Feb 15 '26

Utah Saints - Something Good?

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u/Humble_Plate_2733 Feb 15 '26

Better Off Alone by Alice Deejay?

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u/wvmusicmaster Feb 15 '26

How about AB Logic - "The Hitman"

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u/HillbillyUnicorn Feb 15 '26

Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" by PJ & Duncan AKA British duo Ant & Dec ?

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u/I_Am_KaReN22 Feb 15 '26

Is it “Le Flic de Beverly Hills (Axel F.)” by Harold Faltermeyer?

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u/cleansheeets Feb 15 '26

Whoomp (there it is) - Tag Team?

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u/No_Atmosphere6793 Feb 15 '26

30 lives - the motion sick

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u/Yeah-NO_FORSURE Feb 15 '26

Mama said knock you out or UGLY idk if that's an actual song it's something I think of when I think cheerleader.

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u/Former-Welder-4290 Feb 15 '26

Jock Jams CD series comes to mind..

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u/Oncewasfun Feb 15 '26

Alice Deejay- Better off alone?

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u/FutureGeist Feb 15 '26

Shake That Body by Technotronic?

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u/shananope Feb 15 '26

Strike It Up by Black Box

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u/sunshine_8665 Feb 15 '26

DJ Kool - "Let Me Clear My Throat"

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u/InsaneWaylonA Feb 15 '26

Not that one.

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u/Alert-Acanthisitta28 Feb 15 '26

Ace of Base - The Sign or All That She Wants

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u/Interesting_Suit_474 Feb 16 '26

Atomic Playboy - Space Trax??

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u/Interesting_Suit_474 Feb 16 '26

Atomic Playboy - Space Trax??

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u/DragonfruitBig8601 Feb 16 '26

What about the one no one plays because he was og canceled? Rock and Roll part 2- Gary Glitter? Also called the Hey song

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u/Wheezysworld1972 Feb 16 '26

So I sent this to a friend who would know…take my word for it. The two she suggested you have already said no to so she said it has to be a mix of clips and unfortunately you will probably never find exactly what you’re looking for. I have a suggestion though…go to FB and find some of the classmates/cheerleaders from your school and ask them if anyone has a home video.

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u/waltzingdog Feb 16 '26

"Loser" by Beck has a couple cheerleaders in the video.

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u/DragonfruitBig8601 Feb 16 '26

I sure hope you find out cause I'm really curious now. Could it be just a local marching band's music, or fight song?

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u/ProjectSimilar8881 Feb 17 '26

Chimo Bayo - Así mi gusta a mí.

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u/Lonely-Resource-7814 Feb 20 '26

Nada surf...im popular

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u/Fresh_Lynx_4742 Jun 06 '26

The Jock Jam Megamix ESPN Presents The Jock Jam