Mashed Potato dance
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The Mashed Potato dance is a popular 1960s novelty dance characterized by a twisting, shuffling foot motion that became widely associated with early soul and R&B music.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mashed Potato dance canonical | 1 |
| Mashed Potato dance craze | 1 |
| the Mashed Potato | 1 |
| “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Dee Sharp | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5288776 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mashed Potato dance Context triple: [Mashed Potato Time, hasSubject, Mashed Potato dance]
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A.
Sweet Sucker Dance
"Sweet Sucker Dance" is a jazz composition by bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus, noted for its rich orchestration and emotionally expressive, blues-inflected style.
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B.
Jump Dance
Jump Dance is a traditional Yurok ceremonial dance central to spiritual renewal, world balance, and cultural identity in northwestern California.
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C.
Bear Dance
Bear Dance is a traditional Ute ceremonial dance that honors the bear and marks seasonal renewal through music, ritual, and community gathering.
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D.
Bomba dance
Bomba dance is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance form characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational dialogue between dancer and drummer.
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E.
The Fish-Slapping Dance
The Fish-Slapping Dance is a brief, absurdly choreographed comedy sketch by Monty Python in which two men in safari gear engage in a mock dance that culminates in one being knocked into a canal with a large fish.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mashed Potato dance Target entity description: The Mashed Potato dance is a popular 1960s novelty dance characterized by a twisting, shuffling foot motion that became widely associated with early soul and R&B music.
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A.
Sweet Sucker Dance
"Sweet Sucker Dance" is a jazz composition by bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus, noted for its rich orchestration and emotionally expressive, blues-inflected style.
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B.
Jump Dance
Jump Dance is a traditional Yurok ceremonial dance central to spiritual renewal, world balance, and cultural identity in northwestern California.
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C.
Bear Dance
Bear Dance is a traditional Ute ceremonial dance that honors the bear and marks seasonal renewal through music, ritual, and community gathering.
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D.
Bomba dance
Bomba dance is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical and dance form characterized by call-and-response singing, barrel drums, and improvisational dialogue between dancer and drummer.
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E.
The Fish-Slapping Dance
The Fish-Slapping Dance is a brief, absurdly choreographed comedy sketch by Monty Python in which two men in safari gear engage in a mock dance that culminates in one being knocked into a canal with a large fish.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1960s dance craze
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novelty dance ⓘ social dance ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| associatedWithCulture |
African-American popular culture
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linked to:
African-American culture
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| associatedWithEra | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedWithGenre |
early Motown sound
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rhythm and blues ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
heel-toe action
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shuffling foot motion ⓘ twisting foot motion ⓘ weight shifting from one foot to the other ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Mashed Potatoes
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The Mashed Potato ⓘ
linked to:
Mashed Potato Time
|
| hasCulturalRole |
teen dance craze
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television dance show staple ⓘ |
| hasDanceStep |
alternating inward and outward swiveling of feet
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bent knees while dancing ⓘ sliding or gliding steps ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later line dances
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retro dance revivals ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
The Twist
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linked to:
the Twist
|
| movementFocus |
feet
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legs ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
can be danced solo
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does not require a partner ⓘ simple repetitive steps suitable for beginners ⓘ |
| peakPopularity | 1962 ⓘ |
| performedAt |
dance clubs
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school dances ⓘ sock hops ⓘ |
| performedTo |
R&B records
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dance-oriented pop songs ⓘ up-tempo soul songs ⓘ |
| popularizedIn | early 1960s ⓘ |
| referencedByArtist |
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
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Dee Dee Sharp ⓘ James Brown ⓘ The Contours ⓘ |
| referencedInSong |
"(Do the) Mashed Potatoes"
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linked to:
Mashed Potato Time
"Do You Love Me" ⓘ
linked to:
Do You Love Me
"Land of a Thousand Dances" ⓘ
linked to:
Land of 1000 Dances
"Mashed Potato Time" ⓘ
linked to:
Mashed Potato Time
"Monster Mash" ⓘ
linked to:
Monster Mash
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| relatedToDance |
The Jerk
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The Pony ⓘ The Twist ⓘ
linked to:
the Twist
The Watusi ⓘ
linked to:
the Watusi
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| typicalUpperBody |
relatively still torso
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relaxed arms ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Mashed Potato dance Description of subject: The Mashed Potato dance is a popular 1960s novelty dance characterized by a twisting, shuffling foot motion that became widely associated with early soul and R&B music.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mashed Potato dance
Dee Dee Ramone – Standing in the Spotlight
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hasCoverVersionOf
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“Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Dee Sharp
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linked to: Mashed Potato dance
linked to: Mashed Potato dance