The popularity of “Walk It Out, Fosse” is dependent on the schism between the hip-hop soundtrack and the historical image of white female bodies performing to that sound. 7 Unlike “Get Me Bodied,” however, “Single Ladies” was widely circulated and reached the height of its popularity when it was spoofed on Saturday Night Live by Beyoncé, Andy Samburg, and Justin Timberlake (November 2008). 6 6 Beyoncé had previously featured Fosse material in her videos, the most obvious example being her video for “Get Me Bodied” (2007), modeled on “The Rich Man’s Frug” from the film version of Sweet Charity (Fosse 1969). 5Ĭut to October 2008: One year after “Walk It Out, Fosse” emerged – and nearly forty years after the original piece aired on CBS – Beyoncé debuted her own Fosse-inspired music video for her single release, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).” The video, shot in black and white and cut to appear as a singular shot of an energetic dance performance, featured Beyoncé dancing with two female performers and quoting choreography from the Fosse piece. 4 After a month of submitting the video to blogs, the clip gained momentum when Perez Hilton mentions the clip soon USA Today’s blog mentions the video and NPR interviews its creator.
Dubbed “Walk It Out, Fosse,” 3 a Diamond Creative employee posted the remix on YouTube in June 2007. The unadulterated “Mexican Breakfast” 2 clip featured Gwen Verdon performing on the Ed Sullivan show with a pair of backup dancers the clip had its own YouTube presence before Diamond Creative replaced the clip’s original soundtrack, an upbeat instrumental, with the hip-hop beat. In 2007, a Los Angeles-based design company called Diamond Creative entered the viral video hall of fame when they merged a clip of American choreographer Bob Fosse‘s “Mexican Breakfast” 1 (1969) with an audio track of Unk’s hip-hop hit and debut single “Walk it Out” (2006). Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”
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