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The Milly: Chicago's 2001 Macarena Rip-offThe Milly: Chicago's 2001 Macarena Rip-off

Back in 1999, Richard M. Daley, the Mayor of Chicago, was so excited about the incoming new millenium, he launched a three-year celebration leading up to and all through 2001.

This included a now defunct chicago2001.org website, a 2000-Minute Party (from 9am 12/31/99 to 6:20pm 1/1/2000) and release of The Milly, a CD-single of the city-sanctioned official dance of the millenium.

Entitled Do The Milly, the Macarena-esque dance by "The Millie Makers" had nine dance moves (that were even painted on the streets of Chicago in an effort to get people to randomly break into dance on their way to work). It was a soulful, jazzy and horribly ironic song that finds its only worth as a snapshot of just how out-of-hand new millenium celebrations got back in the day.

In case you were slow there was an extended seven-minute Instructional Mix included, which just repeated the dance section over and over and over. For those who didn't want the lyrics to distract them while they were using it as studying music, there was also an Instrumental Mix.

Lyrics after the jump!

Lyrics

Do the Milly, do the Milly
Come on, do the Milly
Come on, hey, hey Chicago

Listen to the music
All along Lake Shore Drive
Come on now and feel it
All the way to the Sears Tower
Walk, walk to the John Hancock
It's called the Milly
Come on now it's easy
Move it back now, it's the Jordan attack
Everybody's dancing

Listen to the music
Along Magnificent Mile
Come on now and move it
Home town millennium style

Walk, walk to the John Hancock
Count down the millennium clock
Move it back, it's the Jordan attack
Move to the music now, don't hold back
Shuffle just a little to the left
Shuffle just a little to the right
Walk on down to Magnificent Mile
Boogie to the beat with that Sosa style

[spoken]
Oh, here's the time to shake it up
In all the neighborhoods and around the
world
'Cause we got folks from every place around
the planet
Joining us in celebration of the dawning of
the new millennium
Chicago is the only place to be
If you want to be where it's at with everyone
Because Chicago is the hometown of the
new millennium

Everybody dance
Especially in Chicago
Come on and do the Milly tonight
Everybody's dancing
People of the world are feeling alright
Especially in Chicago

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