Meredith, Sid, Devo and Tammie react to a video of the Minnesota Timberwolves trying to score while the ‘Chicken Dance’ song plays. More for You.

By the 1990s, “The Chicken Dance” had reached critical mass, as noted in a 2001 page-one Wall Street Journal story. Mills sold his publishing firms to Memory Lane Music in 2015.

An article on mentalfloss.com delves into a brief history of the chicken dance. Turns out the song was written, not by a German, but by a Swiss musician in the mid-1950s.

If you’ve ever done “The Chicken Dance” at a party, you have Stanley Mills to thank. The music publisher promoted the polka ditty until it became a ubiquitous number at weddings and other ...

The song, originally known as "Der Ententanz," or "The Duck Dance" in English, had a quiet beginning, but when Electronica, a Dutch band, produced a 1981 version called the "Chicken Dance," it ...

The Chicken Banana song is a dance-pop track by Crazy Music Channel. They released the song on Youtube 3 February 2025, and the simplicity mixed with infectious rhythm have made it popular on ...

Former music publisher Stanley Mills, best known for popularising “The Chicken Dance,” died on 29 December in New Hyde Park, New York at the age of 91, according to reports. A cause of death ...

Stanley Mills, part of the prosperous Mills Music family publishing dynasty who popularized “The Chicken Dance” as a wedding and party staple, died Dec. 29 at a hospital in New Hyde Park, N.Y.