And while Beyonce has addressed the similarities between the two videos in the past, the Internet has a way of reminding us of what we forgot-or have been clueless about all along.
The tweet, shared by has 22,000 likes and 18,000 retweets. "Mexican Breakfast" has resurfaced again thanks to a mashup set to Future's "Mask Off" that's gone viral on Twitter. That nonstop dance video was "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)," the epic black-and-white dance party that won Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Just to see a nonstop dance video, one take, all the way through." I thought, 'Wow, how amazing would that be now?' The video has so many different cuts and different takes.
Nearly 40 years later, Beyonce appeared on 106 & Park to talk about the inspiration for her latest hit video: "I saw on YouTube-It's these three ladies, and one of them is Bob Fosse's wife, who's this choreographer, and they're doing 'Walk it Out.'. The lead dancer was Gwen Verdon, whose husband, the iconic Broadway director Bob Fosse, had choreographed the routine. In 1969, three women appeared on the "Ed Sullivan Show" to perform a dance routine called "Mexican Breakfast." Dressed in pastel pantsuits, with sunglasses nestled on top of their bountiful bobs, they kicked their legs, pumped their arms and ground their hips to a bubblicious Sixties tune.
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