"Stepping out of airplanes and having photographers following you was always pretty crazy.
What was the most memorable moment of the 'Saturday Night' craze for you? I was in Portugal about six months later when I had a phone call from the BBC asking me to come over because it was about to get to number one in the UK." It was a very social event every time the song came on. A radio station in Madrid started playing the song every Saturday night and people started doing the dance routine on the beach and in the clubs. "We tried to get the song released through many different labels in 1993, but eventually found a company in Spain who took it up. How did your success with 'Saturday Night' come about? As part of a new weekly feature, we called up Sannie Carlson - as Whigfield's known to her friends - to find out what happened to her. She notched up four further top 40 hits, but then it all went disappointingly hush-hush. With your hands still on your bum, jump forward and then back.Uniting the world with its feelgood Euro beats and memorable dance routine, 'Saturday Night' shot straight to number one in 1994, making Denmark's Whigfield a star overnight. Then put your right hand on your right buttock then your left hand on your left buttock. Slightly flex your knees then put your right hand just above your right knee, then your left hand just above your left knee. With both forearms horizontal, roll your forearms around each other with your bum (butt) stuck out repeat the arm motion again but you hips thrust forward.
Put your left leg forward and with your arms pointing upwards rest your right elbow on the palm of left hand and move your right arm round and round, repeat the same with your right leg forward and your left elbow in your right palm. When the lyrics kick in, move your arms to the right then the left in a wave-like motion. When the music starts move your legs to the rhythm and clap your hands in the air. There are a number of steps in the dance (which is a variation on the routine performed to 'Apache' or 'The Locomotion' in the 1960s) and they go something like this: Legend has it that the dance to this song was created as an aerobic exercise routine that was taught at a holiday resort in some sunny clime or another, the people who had learnt the routine performed it when they next went to a disco that was playing the song and it kind of caught on, the effect of which was to thrust what in itself is not a great song to the top of charts around Europe.
'Saturday Night' by Whigfield 1 is one of those magical cheesy songs that, although they aren't usually that great musically, are almost guaranteed to get people up on the dance floor performing the moves that go with the song.
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