JAQUEL KNIGHT (Choreographer): Oh, my God. Beyonce saw this clip and an early YouTube takeoff set to the hip song 'Walk It Out,' so the pop star decided to channel the spirit of Gwen Vedon with a sexy updated style. SEABROOK: Mexican Breakfast, that's the name of a 1960s Bob Fosse dance routine, broadway's Gwen Verdon flanked by two saucy ladies in pant suits on stage at the Ed Sullivan show. SEABROOK: So, how did Beyonce come up with these infectious steps? At a Mexican Breakfast. Like, the moves were just like when we have football games, and the dance girls will come out. PATRICE PHILIPS (Math Teacher, Ronald Brown Middle School): It kind of reminds me of my college dance girls. SEABROOK: She's dancing at Ronald Brown Middle School where math teacher Patrice Philips works. She rewinds the video again and again, working on her moves. SEABROOK: 17-year-old Jasmine Burrow is a high school student here in Washington. JASMINE BURROW (High School Student): Whatever, whatever I can find on demand. Everybody, it seems, is stealing her moves and doing them everywhere. A veritable chorus line of homemade bootie-shakers. You'll find a whole lot more than just Beyonce video.

SEABROOK: But just try searching for 'Single Ladies' on YouTube. If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it. You can't get mad at me, 'Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it.

KNOWLES: (Singing) Cried my tears for three good years.

There's no set, there's no club, no Cristal, not guys - just three chicks tossing their hair in almost perfect sync. Beyonce and two other women dancing in a void. SEABROOK: The video is in black and white. KNOWLES: (Singing) Now put your hands up. BEYONCE KNOWLES: (Singing) All the single ladies, All the single ladies, All the single ladies, All the single ladies,īeyonce Knowles' inescapable hit song 'Single Ladies.'

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