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“Walk The Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was)

Released 1992

“Walk The Dinosaur” by Was (Not Was) appears on 15 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2021. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #898 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,016 alternative song of all time.

15countdowns
2stations
#898best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2021years charted

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"Walk the Dinosaur" is Was (Not Was) at their most gleefully daft, a 1987 cut from the album What Up, Dog? that David Was and Don Was wrote with guitarist Randy Jacobs. The groove is tight and funky, jabbed along by horns and a clanking cowbell, and it gave the band their first top 10 hit in the UK, where it reached No. 10.

America took its time. The video, with four 'cavewomen' dancing while a Flintstones-style TV plays cartoon clips, went into heavy rotation on MTV, and in 1989 the song climbed to No. 7 in the US, their biggest hit at home. The joke is that the goofy dance craze hides something darker: Jacobs has said the song is really about nuclear Armageddon, and that it only turned into a dance because of the video.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1058 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1058 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1061 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1060 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1045 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1045 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1046 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1633 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1591 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1605 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1649 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1713 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1776 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1838 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 898 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909

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