The Loco-Motion

E77434

single song

"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song first recorded by Little Eva that became a major hit and later a widely covered dance classic.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single → song →
associatedWith	Brill Building sound → early 1960s American pop music →
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 →
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100Year	1962 →
composer	Carole King NERFINISHED → Gerry Goffin →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
describes	locomotion dance →
genre	dance pop → pop →
hasChoreography	simple line dance steps →
hasMusicalFeature	catchy chorus → upbeat rhythm →
hasRecognition	considered a classic pop song of the 1960s → widely covered by multiple artists →
hasType	dance craze song → novelty dance song →
hasVersion	The Loco-Motion (Grand Funk Railroad version) → The Loco-Motion (Kylie Minogue version) →
language	English →
lyricist	Carole King NERFINISHED → Gerry Goffin →
notableCoverArtist	Grand Funk Railroad → Kylie Minogue → Sylvie Vartan →
originalArtist	Little Eva →
performer	Little Eva →
producer	Carole King NERFINISHED → Gerry Goffin →
publicationDate	1962 →
recordingDate	1962 →
recordLabel	Dimension Records →
significantEvent	sparked a popular dance craze in the 1960s →
theme	dance instructions →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Loco-Motion ("The Loco-Motion (Grand Funk Railroad version)") → The Loco-Motion ("The Loco-Motion (Kylie Minogue version)") →	hasVersion
Gerry Goffin → Gerry Goffin ("The Loco-Motion (Little Eva hit)") →	notableWork
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King →	includesTrack
Carole King →	notableSongWritten