Pingu-Dance is a song produced/written by Vic Vergeat and performed by David Hasselhoff. Despite only being released in Switzerland, it is sung in English. It was later used for Seasons 3 & 4's intro and outro, and the redubbed version of Seasons 1 & 2.
Lyrics[]
Pingu
Pingu
Ok Everybody
This is the Pingu prance. I want everybody up to do
The Pingu Dance
My name is Pingu come on dance to the beat, it's easy if you try just watch my feet
Let's all be happy and have some fun, let's count to 10 and start with 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 let's go to 11
Stomp your feet and turn around, reach for the sky now touch the ground
Yeah
Do the Pingu
Do The Pingu Dance
Do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, Pingu, Pingu
Now we may look different but were all the same, just different bodies with different names
We all have Mommies and we all have Dads, sometimes we're happy, sometimes we're sad
But if you smile and dance with me, you'll be happy, just wait and see
Stomp your feet and turn around, reach for the sky now touch the ground
Do the Pingu
Do the Pingu, come on kids!
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Ok kids, come on! And dance to the beat
It's easy if you try
Just watch my feet
Let's all be happy
And have some fun
Let's count to 10
and start, with 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 let's go to 11
Stomp your feet and turn around, reach for the sky now touch the ground
Do the Pingu
Oh yeah
Do the Pingu
Do the Pingu Dance
Come on Kids!
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu, Pingu
Pi Pi Pi, Pi Pi Pi, do the Pingu
Trivia[]
- Throughout the song, dialogue from the show can be heard.
- David Hasselhoff made this song because of his love for Pingu.
- A Flemish Dutch version of the Pingu Dance (Pingu Dans) also exists, sang by Chris Van Tongelen and exclusively released for the Flandern region of Belgium in 1995. This version was included in the remastered version of Pingu Looks After the Egg, replacing Woodpeckers from Space, albeit with most of the vocals save for the female singer and main chorus removed.
- It's unknown why this version was utilized rather than the original, though it can be assumed it was easier to pay royalties to Van Tongelen than Hasselhoff.
- The instrumental version was released on a Single CD to Switzerland in 1993 and Belgium in 1995.
- A rare exclusive music video was created at the end of the 1993 Swiss/German VHS release of Pingu de Entdecker (Pingu the Explorer) which features clips from various episodes of the first season. However, this music video wasn’t included on the 1994 Australian VHS release of Pingu the Explorer.
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