"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" is a calypso song composed by Lord Kitchener and best known from a version recorded by vocalist

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in 1961.

Later renditions

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and his Third Herd recorded Kitchener's song in 1952 for Mars Records; Herman's band recorded it live that same year with the title "Jump in Line."

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released a cover of the song on the Folkways Label in 1955, titled "Labor Day (Jump in the Line)". His rendition reached

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, who in turn recorded a version based on Lord Invader's interpretation. It was released on August 1, 1958, by Capitol Records. Flea's version inspired

, who released his own take on November 17, 1961 (credited to his pseudonym Raymond Bell on the disc label). It was included on the album ''

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'', and was later recorded by Lord Fly and Joseph Spence in 1958. Perhaps its most memorable appearance is in the 1988

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comedy horror film ''

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'' during the movie's end. This occurrence would later resurface in the

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stage adaptation in 2019 as the finale. In 1998, the song was covered by American swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies for the soundtrack to

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's comedy film ''

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''. A decade later, the song was performed by Samuel E. Wright, Kevin Michael Richardson, Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings, Alvin Chea,

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, Rick Logan and Chris Garcia in '' The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning''. The song was sampled by

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" off the 2011 album '' Planet Pit''. That same year, a 2004 recording of the song by Karl Zero and

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(released on Zero's album, ''

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'') was used in '' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules''. The track appears in ''

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'' from its original artist. This song was also featured in Uncle Dane's return video Impractical Engineering. This song would also appear in Paddington 2's end credits. Harry Belafonte's rendition of the song went viral on video-sharing app

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in August 2019. The song inspired the 1962 Gary U.S. Bonds hit single " Twist, Twist Senora". In 2009, in season 8 of ''Dancing with the Stars'', Steve Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff danced a Samba with this song, that got a 10 out of 30, the second lowest score in the history of the show. It was the only dance that got 3s or less and was not the celebrity's final dance. Other celebrities and professionals danced a Samba to this song in other seasons, such as

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in 2011 who got a 30.

Certifications and sales

References

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