You walk into the exam room, you’ve studied all night for the Australian citizenship test. You look around, there’s no desks, no chairs, only a speaker. Your group stands around the room, ready to start. Just as you start to wonder if anything will happen the song begins, and the whole group breaks into the Nutbush
There are two things you can count on to be passed down from generation to generation in the school in Australia and that's Nutbush city limits Tina Turner and Angels - Am I ever going to see your face again 🎵🎶🎵🎶❤
Flight attendant: Welcome to Australia! It is home to a lot of people and of course...... NUTBUSH!!!! Passengers: She's mad, right? Passengers hear Nutbush and see people dancing in unison Passengers: Oh heck no she is right. Dancers: G'day mate! Nutbush is our own tradition of the macarena! Passengers: Oh no they're all crazy, run away!!
Bro at my formal. Not many people were dancing to the music, everyone was just talking, taking pictures and shit. Then this came on. *EVERYONE* came to the dance floor and did this is unison. This song and dance unites all Aussies
Want a bigger shock? It's not done in the center of ice skating rinks either!!! Got me some real weird looks when I suggested it in the UK and US :) Couldn't go skating in the 70's without doing this
I remember when I first moved to Aus and went to the local pub. This song came out and everyone on the dance floor done this, meanwhile I didnt know what the hell was going on.
I'm American but was just at an Australian/American wedding... this song broke out and all the Aussies started doing this. Wife and I looked at each other like "uhh is this a thing", then we joined in
Seriously, the fact that you are not CLAPPING after you turn is doing my head in. the clap is even in the bloody song! I don't care about the fancy footwork, or the weird thing with the elbow going to the knee, but for all that is Madison Holy CLAP!
Ummm. I’m sorry. I’m American and this is new to me. You guys jam to Tina Turner in Australia, because that’s amazing. I love this. You guys gave me another reason to love Australia. This dance is immaculate.
I honestly thought this was a worldwide thing because of how instantly the dance floor has performed the nutbush at every party, school fun event, wedding, heck even the city nightclubs will turn into a sparkly cowboy bar full of organised line dancers if this song comes on.
I learnt how to do this dance at the age of 14 at my brothers 21st party and now at the age of 61 I saw it again last night at my Nieces wedding reception.. It still gets a crowd dancing anywhere.. So much fun and great memories
I'm 52, and i remember doing this when I was 10. In the late 70's this was actually a lot of fun, so i'm kind of surprised that anyone would still be doing this.
Twenty years ago when I was in Tamworth they taught me this dance, and I thought it was neat... But I didn't realize it was like a staple of Australian music culture. I can't believe it's still going strong. Also here in the US nobody does this dance.
This has made my week. I've got 5 days off work, nothing holding me back from doing what I want. Hey I am choosing to watch this. And loving every second of it. Kudos to the 3 of you there, that must have been draining, especially in the mud. And of course, the reason I, and others are here right now - RIP Tina.
Lol saw a snippet of this on the project tonight so decided to look it up and watch the entire version. May I add it wasn’t disappointing. The dedicAtion to nut bush city limits is outstanding and awe inspiring. Thank you for making me rock at midnight while my two boys are fast asleep xx
At Tina Turner concerts in the US, this was always one of those songs she would throw somewhere in the middle of her set, mainly to cater to really old school fans who recognize it. I wonder if she's ever performed in Australia and knows enough about The Nutbush dance to save Nutbush City Limits for an encore. It would probably drive the audience wild.
OMG such memories. My 4th grade teacher took us out once a week and we learned this. So much fun. My mum was so impressed...so was I at the time, she knew it too after learning it in Adelaide. Lol.
People might think its a joke that this is in our curriculum, but I can confirm. From prep to high school, we are graded on this dance. I am in y8 now and this is my assessment this term
God I remember doing this in a huge line at a disco those were the fun days. No matter who you were everyone would get up and dance as soon as it came on as well as the Macarena it would just be lines and lines of people dancing in sync.
As somebody from Nutbush this is intensely strange to see. One, Nutbush is mostly black, black americans (for the most part) don't linedance, that's a very whyte southern thing. Second, Nutbush is a very little known, backwater town here in the U.S. and to see an entire linedance based on us... very surreal. Much love yo y'all, from Nutbush city limits
But I do like that aus took a dance style associated with white Americans from the southern states who can be, dare I say it, racist, and then made a line dance to a song by a black woman about a predominantly black town and made it a deeply beloved, ingrained part of our culture. To the point that every man woman and child in this country knows this song and dance. It is done at school dances, it is done at weddings. It’s just BECOME a part of being australian. It wasn’t planned or anything it just sort of happened. I think that’s pretty neat lol. I’d love to see the real Nutbush someday 💖☀️ much love to Nutbush from all of Australia 🇦🇺
A trade both parties couldn't resist: We Americans must teach Aussies the cupid shuffle or the cha cha slide, and Aussies must teach us Nutbush City Limits
Love seeing Aussies ‘doing the Nutbush’… they are mad lol. I think they should play it over the PA at Old Trafford for the upcoming Ashes match & get the audience & teams dancing… OK, it’s not cricket, but it would be a whole lot of fun!
This dance is a tradition at our school. We did it at every school dance, presentation night, athletics carnival, swimming carnival, and "founder's day" XD we also did the nutbush at our 10-year reunion last year.
The highlight of Australian school discos when everyone didn’t have a clue how to do the dance or forgot how to and just watched the teachers do it and copy it
Ahhh the good old Aussie war dance. If we go to war with other countries and we pull out these moves it will confuse and intimidate the other countries, no doubts we would win.
Even listening to this song right now I jump up and start dancing When this song starts playing at a dance there is no one sitting down every one is on the dance floor It's our favourite line dancing 💃 song 🎵
I am an American here because I learned about it on Tik Tok this week after it went viral. SO FASCINATED, CAN’T LOOK AWAY. How have you been hiding it all this time? Y’all gotta leave your country more often and spread the Nutbush gospel.
Here in the states I’m a huge Tina fan and didn’t even know this song. The three main line dances still done in 2024 are the Cupid shuffle, the cha cha slide, and cotton eyed joe.
I had no idea this was a thing. I remember the song when it was new, hearing it on the radio a few times, but it was never a hit. And now for the first time I see it’s a beloved Australian national tradition that’s existed for decades.
Ha ha love it ... always loved this gem of a tuuune since my wee nipperony years of hearing it, although the first time I witnessed the group dance was when I stumbled upon it being played in a club in the blue mntn's of all places with a gang of festive Irish buddies and the whole dance floor broke out with locals knowing the dance group line groove off by heart and managed to fumble along to it ... thx for the reminder prompt ... will have to brush up on it
You walk into the exam room, you’ve studied all night for the Australian citizenship test. You look around, there’s no desks, no chairs, only a speaker. Your group stands around the room, ready to start. Just as you start to wonder if anything will happen the song begins, and the whole group breaks into the Nutbush
The alternative is The Angels' 'Am I ever going to see your face again' comes on and you're expected to add the additional lyrics.
Wait fr? Or r u trippin 🤡🤡
There are two things you can count on to be passed down from generation to generation in the school in Australia and that's Nutbush city limits Tina Turner and Angels - Am I ever going to see your face again 🎵🎶🎵🎶❤
@@jungokhyeon1237 ofc not
@@jungokhyeon1237 Bruh really? its a joke
Ah yes, the Australian Macarena. Truly, a tradition to remember.
Flight attendant: Welcome to Australia! It is home to a lot of people and of course...... NUTBUSH!!!!
Passengers: She's mad, right?
Passengers hear Nutbush and see people dancing in unison
Passengers: Oh heck no she is right.
Dancers: G'day mate! Nutbush is our own tradition of the macarena!
Passengers: Oh no they're all crazy, run away!!
@@philyrakwan687 tru🤣
and a tradition to be continued
Omg its sad how accurate this comment is XD
i think this is actually closer to the cotton eye joe
You know you are in Australia when part of the school curriculum is to master this dance
Ligit bro we were forced to master this dance in year 5
Doing that rn in class lol
@Lake Yeah I had to do it for primary graduation dance
Yea I did it I was good 😌
Yes
Bro at my formal. Not many people were dancing to the music, everyone was just talking, taking pictures and shit.
Then this came on.
*EVERYONE* came to the dance floor and did this is unison.
This song and dance unites all Aussies
Peepee Train looooove it!!! My grade 6 teacher loved this and had us memorise this and do it at one of our school assemblies 😂😂👏🏽
Not me
Year 6 formals be like I remember mine miss primary I have my year 10 one this year
I remember every Thursday or something before our formal we had to practice dances and this is one we all had to learn
The Holy Yeet omg same here
You want to know the biggest culture shock of living outside of Australia?
This isn't done at weddings.
I just found out... the world has changed forever
Thank god
being an aussie yes it is done at weddings parties etc lol
actually yeah it is o.o
Want a bigger shock? It's not done in the center of ice skating rinks either!!! Got me some real weird looks when I suggested it in the UK and US :) Couldn't go skating in the 70's without doing this
This is one of the most Australian things I've ever seen on UA-cam. LOL
Try a didgeridoo,this is American
DazDeluxe Us Aussies made the dance though😂
THAT'S SO TRUE XD
It's so AUSSIE but I love it
My school made us do this
I remember when I first moved to Aus and went to the local pub. This song came out and everyone on the dance floor done this, meanwhile I didnt know what the hell was going on.
that must have been confusing and quite terrifying- like, have i walked i on a cult?
I learnt this dance when I was young 😂 Welcome to straya!
🤣🤣🤣 sorry! Do you know it now?
You’d think we had all been possessed
😂
Doesn't get more Australian than this.
It's an American song
@@reefermadnice it's an Australian dance lol
Yes
Too right cobber
Getta sausage in bread a beer and then ya done. You can add... spag
From the first note, every Australian has the instant primal instinct to dance the Nutbush
Even for the ones that hate dancing get up and do this dance.
Absolutely!
It puts you under a spell.....
This is the most Aussie thing I’ve ever seen.
The scenery, the tractor, the clothes..
Thank you, Australia.
But not the song itself; 100% USA.
They forgot the bunnings umbrella and snag
@@hebneh who cares! Oh yeah only Americans lol
@@Mav_F The "most Aussie thing" is performed to an American song. Yeah, that's not an odd contradiction or anything.
@@hebneh And Americans don't do it to Aussie Songs. Who Cares!! Gees.
If you aren't exhausted by the end of this song, you didn't go hard enough and thats just facts.
Am from Uganda, East Africa, but I took time and leant these Aussie nutbush dances because it's my dream country. I really enjoy it
That's fantastic, hope you get to come here soon
@@DoctorXander some day I will come there, go to places like Perth
@@ColebAsiimwe2958 Visit South Australia too.
@@ColebAsiimwe2958 Perth is nice very busy though
visit the gold coast! the beaches are lovely!!
Remember when yr 6 onwards they taught all these dances. I remember each week for 2 hrs we would learn these types of dances
ahahhaah same
Yepp true facts right here
Mate down at Holsworthy we done this from kinde and i still cant match the beat
😭😭 SAMEEE except I didn't know it until yr 5.... uncultured me
I'm getting married to an Aussie (I'm US) and I'm gonna learn this for her and then teach her Cotton Eye Joe dance
Perfect unity
That's already known in Aus.
@@2bobaf What?
Most of us already know it, we do it for dance in highschool
@@wren7465 u did it for dance I had to do it for aerobics in hpe
really? are u telling me the whole world doesnt do this? this is just australia WTF MATE UR MISSIN OUT
I have never seen this in my life, but clearly I have to learn it now. (USA)
I'm from Argentina and really didn't hear of this NEVER. But i liked it haha
There was a lot of stuff I thought was normal when I was a kid but then I learnt about the internet and now it seems all weird.
The UK does it too, a lot of people know the dance. Thank you Aussies for this masterpiece of a dance
I have never heard of this, but this is basicly macarena, and I want to learn this. Also I'm from finland :3
I'm American but was just at an Australian/American wedding... this song broke out and all the Aussies started doing this. Wife and I looked at each other like "uhh is this a thing", then we joined in
Imagine being an Australian and you go to another country to hear this song and realise you are the only one doing the dance lol!
Your not a real Aussie until this dance is drilled into you in primary school.
It's pretty much a right of passage at this point, ain't it?
YO FR
Oh my god, yes. I had to do this almost every year.
I just assumed the rest of the world knew of this dance. Also Rest in Peace Tina
No the world never knew the dance. It was the Aussies who invented it 🤣🤣🤣
I’m not Australian and I literally just learned about this. I feel uncultured
Bro, I’m the most insecure person when it comes to dancing but when this comes on, I’m a new person😂
I AM Australian and I only just learned about this, I feel uncultured to my own culture.
MysticEye lmaoo
MysticEye rest in peace to you bro
@@mysticeye4525 where have you been??
Seriously, the fact that you are not CLAPPING after you turn is doing my head in. the clap is even in the bloody song! I don't care about the fancy footwork, or the weird thing with the elbow going to the knee, but for all that is Madison Holy CLAP!
Ummm. I’m sorry. I’m American and this is new to me. You guys jam to Tina Turner in Australia, because that’s amazing. I love this. You guys gave me another reason to love Australia. This dance is immaculate.
Literally every kid in Australia dances to this at school discos Lol
its in the curriculum to learn this dance
I honestly thought this was a worldwide thing because of how instantly the dance floor has performed the nutbush at every party, school fun event, wedding, heck even the city nightclubs will turn into a sparkly cowboy bar full of organised line dancers if this song comes on.
I've only heard about the Nutbush dance after Tina passed away. I'm way too American for this. 😂
I learnt how to do this dance at the age of 14 at my brothers 21st party and now at the age of 61 I saw it again last night at my Nieces wedding reception.. It still gets a crowd dancing anywhere.. So much fun and great memories
I learnt at 12
I'm 52, and i remember doing this when I was 10. In the late 70's this was actually a lot of fun, so i'm kind of surprised that anyone would still be doing this.
Really good, but you didn't do the clap at the turn.
Agreed lol
We didn’t learn the clap part
I learnt the clap part, my teacher literaly tought us how to do it at lunch and recess.
I learned it by watching
I never learnt the clap in it.
This is literally my new morning workout during the Coronavirus lock down...
Heather Blah I had to do this in a plank at netball dam that was hard
Genius 🎖
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Twenty years ago when I was in Tamworth they taught me this dance, and I thought it was neat...
But I didn't realize it was like a staple of Australian music culture. I can't believe it's still going strong. Also here in the US nobody does this dance.
This is the most Australian dance I *EVER* seen in my whole entire life.
The Nutbush dance, doesn’t matter what state of Australia you are from, we all know the dance.
This has made my week.
I've got 5 days off work, nothing holding me back from doing what I want.
Hey I am choosing to watch this.
And loving every second of it.
Kudos to the 3 of you there, that must have been draining, especially in the mud.
And of course, the reason I, and others are here right now - RIP Tina.
You guys make me hella proud to be Australian :D
Fax
😅 🤣 😂 😆 😁 😄 😀 🤠
Wish I wasn’t forced to move to Europe 😔
Fr
same
can you imagine the audience doing this at a Tine Turner concert
I would give my soul to see that
Can you imagine TINA TURNER doing this dance on stage!!!!!
Who knew a song about some rinky-dink little town in Tennesee would become so important in Australia?
Lol saw a snippet of this on the project tonight so decided to look it up and watch the entire version. May I add it wasn’t disappointing. The dedicAtion to nut bush city limits is outstanding and awe inspiring.
Thank you for making me rock at midnight while my two boys are fast asleep xx
i feel so special having such a gorgeous piece a sacred part of my culture
At Tina Turner concerts in the US, this was always one of those songs she would throw somewhere in the middle of her set, mainly to cater to really old school fans who recognize it.
I wonder if she's ever performed in Australia and knows enough about The Nutbush dance to save Nutbush City Limits for an encore. It would probably drive the audience wild.
She knew and she always sang the song in Australia because of this. We loved her and she loved us.
the fact that this is part of the australian music curriculum means you know it’s special
OMG such memories. My 4th grade teacher took us out once a week and we learned this. So much fun. My mum was so impressed...so was I at the time, she knew it too after learning it in Adelaide. Lol.
People might think its a joke that this is in our curriculum, but I can confirm. From prep to high school, we are graded on this dance. I am in y8 now and this is my assessment this term
God I remember doing this in a huge line at a disco those were the fun days. No matter who you were everyone would get up and dance as soon as it came on as well as the Macarena it would just be lines and lines of people dancing in sync.
Truly a staple diet of any primary schooled Aussie out there haha love it!
There should be a new rule to become fully Australian citizen - *do the nutbush* 😌
even though Tina Turner is not with us anymore, this will live on for eternity
As somebody from Nutbush this is intensely strange to see. One, Nutbush is mostly black, black americans (for the most part) don't linedance, that's a very whyte southern thing. Second, Nutbush is a very little known, backwater town here in the U.S. and to see an entire linedance based on us... very surreal. Much love yo y'all, from Nutbush city limits
In Australia this is a very popular wedding dance. We love Tina
If we didn’t already have one this would probably be our national anthem, everyone in aus knows this song and dance, it’s a jam
But I do like that aus took a dance style associated with white Americans from the southern states who can be, dare I say it, racist, and then made a line dance to a song by a black woman about a predominantly black town and made it a deeply beloved, ingrained part of our culture. To the point that every man woman and child in this country knows this song and dance. It is done at school dances, it is done at weddings. It’s just BECOME a part of being australian.
It wasn’t planned or anything it just sort of happened. I think that’s pretty neat lol.
I’d love to see the real Nutbush someday 💖☀️ much love to Nutbush from all of Australia 🇦🇺
@@naomibobrige5517 and school dance, basically anywhere there is loud music playing, there'll be Aussies dancing when Nutbush City Limits comes on!!
A trade both parties couldn't resist: We Americans must teach Aussies the cupid shuffle or the cha cha slide, and Aussies must teach us Nutbush City Limits
Beardy guy is cute and moves well - a rare combo in Oz! Well done!
Used to line dance at Barton village hall in the uk to songs like this , spirit in the sky and green onions.Nice video .
Thank you Tina Turner, may you be made an honourary citizen of this wide brown land.
RIP Tina 💔 Thanks for all of it 💐💐💐💐💐
My daughter wanted to copy the Nutbush today and it was HILARIOUS!
Love seeing Aussies ‘doing the Nutbush’… they are mad lol. I think they should play it over the PA at Old Trafford for the upcoming Ashes match & get the audience & teams dancing… OK, it’s not cricket, but it would be a whole lot of fun!
This dance is a tradition at our school. We did it at every school dance, presentation night, athletics carnival, swimming carnival, and "founder's day" XD we also did the nutbush at our 10-year reunion last year.
Nothing like cranking up this sort of music, in the bush and having a good old fashioned dance!!
Every Juke Box in Australia has Nut Bush in the selection ... guaranteed .... love the dancing !!
"What the hell is going on downstairs" "I AM TRYING TO MAINTAIN MY AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP"
I spent 6 months in Nyngan in 1956. Who would have thought it would become UA-cam Famous?
Oh my god the amount of times I have had herd this song at weddings 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Learned this on our transpacific cruise this October, made myself an honorary aussie conquering this dance!
Well done Bob and team. Just watching you on The Chase 🙂
Me too
The highlight of Australian school discos when everyone didn’t have a clue how to do the dance or forgot how to and just watched the teachers do it and copy it
Dancing looks easy. But it's not a farmer's bread and butter, so I don't blame the guy in the middle for feeling absolutely bushed after that jig!!
Oh mates!
So well done. I doff me akubra to you.
Love the Aussie spirit.
Ahhh the good old Aussie war dance. If we go to war with other countries and we pull out these moves it will confuse and intimidate the other countries, no doubts we would win.
Maybe it should be our Haka!
Even listening to this song right now I jump up and start dancing
When this song starts playing at a dance there is no one sitting down every one is on the dance floor
It's our favourite line dancing 💃 song 🎵
THAT was a class act! Very, very, very impressed.
I am an American here because I learned about it on Tik Tok this week after it went viral. SO FASCINATED, CAN’T LOOK AWAY. How have you been hiding it all this time? Y’all gotta leave your country more often and spread the Nutbush gospel.
You couldn't pay me to go to your country. Seriously!
Thank you Tina turner for the nut bush Australia dance now
Here in the states I’m a huge Tina fan and didn’t even know this song. The three main line dances still done in 2024 are the Cupid shuffle, the cha cha slide, and cotton eyed joe.
Loved it guys. Aussie all the way.
The Chase Australia brought me here! Great job! Love the video 😀
Hey Bob just watching you on The Chase, thought I would check out ur dance moves.....WOOHOO u nailed it
Me too. That's why I came to check it out! He won $11K😊😎
@@user23491 my daughter said Bob should have been given it all
@@jillbuchanan8204 True. He answered most of the questions right. 👍. The two women just collected a cool 11K each for doing zip! 0️⃣!😐
Everyone has to do the Nutbush at least once today ❤️
I had no idea this was a thing. I remember the song when it was new, hearing it on the radio a few times, but it was never a hit. And now for the first time I see it’s a beloved Australian national tradition that’s existed for decades.
the Australian flashmob song. it summons us.
QUALITY!! Ive used this to teach my UK friends what the Nutbush/ dance is!
I think Tina Turner would be chuffed that we made an icon out of her in our own way. Live on Tina, we definitely took you to heart.
Ha ha love it ... always loved this gem of a tuuune since my wee nipperony years of hearing it, although the first time I witnessed the group dance was when I stumbled upon it being played in a club in the blue mntn's of all places with a gang of festive Irish buddies and the whole dance floor broke out with locals knowing the dance group line groove off by heart and managed to fumble along to it ... thx for the reminder prompt ... will have to brush up on it
R.I.P Tina Turner. This was the dance.
This song unites anyone Australian😂😂😂😂
Gonna share this video with my US radio friends.
I'm amazed nobody outside of Aus knows about this thing.
😂this had been a tradition for 40+years😂😂😂...
I used to put this song on, 7 am on a school day, full blast...to get the kids up and ready for school. It worked.
As an American I am convinced this is a national Australian conspiracy to trick the world into dancing the nut bush. This is amazing lol :)
This was taught to us as kids in Aussie primary schools in the 2000s a lot
Oh man, my aunt taught me a similar square-dance. I need to show them this one
I think I'm ready to go to Straya ❤️ I'm bringing Payaso de Rodeo line dance you guys 😉😉
I did not know this song was so popular in Australia I'm American never knew this I found out in the comments and decided to see what the dance was
Can’t get more Australian than this
Oh, the 70s. Best time of my life and anyone who could of experienced it! Freedom, casual life! Worked hard. but partied hard too!
Wasn't around when I was in school, I don't even know this song.
Born in Australia, lived here my whole life.
Started in the seventies, all kids knew it in the 80's. Blue light discos etc.
I just want you to know that I used this video to learn this dance and then teach it to hundreds of people on cruise ships so thank you!! ❤
This reminds me of my 1980's aerobics classes. We used to have some Tina Turner tunes in those classes too.
And they say that Aussies don’t have culture, this is culture
Saw you on The Chase. Well done on both occasions.
i'm very proud to say i will be doing this at my wedding
Congratulations!!
Sweet thanks, going to do this at the clubs
I have discovered my roommates have no idea what this dance is - thank you for letting me educate them with this video
Playing this at my disco tonight
Thanks for the lesson, I forgot. My niece started grade prep. I would like to be sure she is ahead of the class, Aussie education style.
When I was a kid I thought this was done by everybody around the world...but to unique for us Aussies only, hell yes