Moment entire street performs socially distant version of Whigfield’s Saturday Night
Residents in Ringsend, Dublin, showed off their moves as 90s pop anthem Saturday Night was blasted outside a block of flats.
This video shows the incredible moment an entire street came together (while staying two meters apart) to perform one of the most iconic dance routines of all time.
Residents in Ringsend, Dublin, showed off their moves as 90s pop anthem Saturday Night was blasted outside a block of flats.
The cheesy tune has had somewhat of a revival in Ireland thanks to its memorable appearance on an episode of the hit comedy Derry Girls.
Crowds of people young and old can be seen performing the famous synchronised routine while sticking to social distancing rules. A clip taken from one of the flats shows dozens of people dancing on the road while others can be seen enjoying the performance from their balconies.
The video has been shared over tens of thousands of times on social media, including by Derry Girls star Nicola Coughlan. Many people praised the ‘community spirit’ aIreland enters its fifth week of lockdown in its battle against coronavirus.
Communities across the UK and Europe have been taking part in exercise classes and dance classes in the streets as a way to boost morale.
Last month, quarantined Italians banded together to ‘warm their hearts’ by belting out patriotic songs from their balconies, while police in Spain got out their guitars for fed up residents in a hard-hit area of Mallorca.
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