Walk the Dinosaur
"Walk the Dinosaur" is a funk and soul styled song featured on the Super Mario Bros. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, released by Capitol Records. It is a cover of the song "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was), this time performed by George Clinton and an uncredited female vocal. The song is humorously credited to "The Goombas featuring George Clinton" on track listings. Aside from being the third track on the official soundtrack, it was also released as a stand-alone CD, cassette, and vinyl single. Vinyl releases were made available as either a standard 7" record, a 12" record, or a picture disc depicting Yoshi. The song is the second song played in the Super Mario Bros. film credits, after "Almost Unreal" by Roxette, and is also played on the main menu for the Umbrella Blu-Ray release. The lyrics are slightly reworked from the original, with the part "Acka lacka boom boom" being changed to "Acka lacka Goomba" and other similar variations.
The music video features George Clinton and a female back-up dancer in a leopard print outfit dancing in front of flashing colors, scenes from the movie and an animated picture of an iguana.
Single Tracklisting
- Walk The Dinosaur (Single Version) (3:48)
- Walk The Dinosaur (Club Remix Edit) (3:42)
- Walk The Dinosaur (Funky Goomba Remix) (6:14)
- Walk The Dinosaur (Goomba Dub Mix) (4:14)
Credits
- Engineer-Steve Beltran
- Keyboards, Bass – D'LaVance
- Mixed By-Chris Lord-Alge
- Producer-Don Was
- Producer-Peter Afterman, Tim Devine
- Programmed By–Tom Daugherty
- Remix Producer–Keith "K.C." Cohen*
- Written-By–David Was, Don Was, Randy Jacobs
Lyrics
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!
Goom! Goom!
Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!I walked the dinosaur (woo)...
I walked the dinosaur (yeah)...Open the door,
Get on the floor...
Open the door,
Get on the floor...
Open the door,
Get on the floor...
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!It was a night like this forty million years ago
I lit a cigarette, picked up a monkey skull to go
The sun was spittin' fire, the sky was blue as ice
I felt a little tired, so I watched Miami ViceI walked the dinosaur (woo)...
I walked the dinosaur (uhuh uhunh)...Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka lacka goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!I met you in a cave, you were painting buffalo
I said I would be your slave, follow you wherever you go
That night we split a rattlesnake and danced beneath the stars
You fell asleep, I stayed awake and watched the passing cars!I walked the dinosaur (woo)...
I walked the dinosaur (yeah)...Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!Shadows from the sky, much too big to be a bird
A screaming crashing noise, louder than I've ever heard
It looked like two big silver trees that somehow learned to soar
Suddenly a summer breeze and a mighty lion's roar
I walked the dinosaur (woo)...
I walked the dinosaur (uhuh uhunh)...Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!
Open the door,
Get on the floor,
Everybody walk the dinosaur!Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom!
Goom! Goom! Acka lacka Goomba!Open the door,
Get on the floorOpen the door,
Get on the floorUhh huh hunh huh
Gallery
Back of single case
CD
Picture disc
Links
| Super Mario Bros. film | |
|---|---|
| Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Toad • Princess Daisy • The King • Daniella • Yoshi |
| Antagonists | President Koopa • Lena • Iggy • Spike • Sergeant Simon • Big Bertha • Anthony Scapelli |
| Minor characters | Angelica • Daisy's mother • Egon • Hat Check Girl • James • Old lady • Pizza Delivery Boy |
| Species | Dinohattanite • Fungus Unit • Goombas • Snifits |
| Locations | Dinohattan • Devo 4 • Devo Chamber • Koopa Square • Boom Boom Bar • Koopa's Tower • Koopahari Desert |
| Companies | Mario Brothers Plumbing • Scapelli Construction |
| Objects, items, etc. | Bob-ombs • De-evolution • Devolution Gun • Fireball gun • Meteorite piece • Sludge Gulper • Thwomp Stompers |
| Music | Original Motion Picture Soundtrack • Almost Unreal • Walk the Dinosaur |
| Manga | Super Mario: Makai Teikoku no Megami • Bakudan Kinoko |
| Miscellaneous | Deleted scenes • ERTL Merchandise • Gallery • The Making of... Super Mario Bros. • Staff • Trading Cards |
