But it wasn't until 1984 that boogaloo, or at least the way we think of it now, had its defining moment thanks to a movie - actually, the sequel to a movie about breakdancing. I used to get dizzy doing it.ĪLLAM: Over the decades, the word came in and out of use. JAMES BROWN: The boogaloo is probably one of the hardest dances in the world. It bounced around from New York's Spanish Harlem to R&B artists in Chicago and other cities. I said I like it like that.ĪLLAM: Boogaloo began as a sound and a dance. PETE RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) I like it like that. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I LIKE IT LIKE THAT") We're talking boogaloo tactics right now.ĪLLAM: How did the word end up on the YouTube channels of armed and angry white guys? UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: All right, so we're hot. Now it refers to their coming apart, civil war - in some quarters, a race war. It once represented a fusion of people and cultures. Some 50 years later, the word is still part of American pop culture but with a very different meaning. Let's do the boogaloo.ĪLLAM: Boogaloo emerged as a mash-up of black and Latin American influences. TOM AND JERRIO: (Singing) Papa choo (ph). It also introduced America to a new word - boogaloo. HANNAH ALLAM, BYLINE: In 1965, this song by Tom and Jerrio was a hit. TOM AND JERRIO: (Singing) Hey, hey, boogaloo.
Now the story about the strange journey of a word that's popular in far-right corners of the internet.
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