Tik Tok Remix Of Michael Jackson's "Rockin' Robin" (video, information, and comments)

Tik Toc Mail, April 24, 2020

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides some information about the R&B song "Rockin Robin" and showcases a video compilation of Tik Tok clips of the 2020 Rockin Robin remix. 

This post also presents an excerpt from an online article about this Tik Tok remix as well as selected comments about that remix from this video's discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to  Leon René (also known as Jimmie Thomas) for composing the song "Rockin Robin". Thanks also to Bobby Day for his 1958 "Rockin Robin" record and thanks to Michael Jackson for his 1972 "Rockin Robin" record. Thanks to all those who are featured in this video and all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROCKIN ROBIN SONG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_Robin_(song)

"Rockin' Robin" (originally released as "Rock-In Robin" on the Class Records 45 single) is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's biggest hit single, becoming a number two hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent one week at the top of the charts (number one hit) in R&B sales.[2] Michael Jackson recorded his own version of the song in 1972, which achieved greater success.

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"Rockin' Robin" is in the public domain, as the owners never renewed the copyright.^[6]"

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
For the historical record, all of these men who were associated with the "Rockin Robin" record were African American:
composer Leon René [also known as Jimmy Thomas], February 6, 1902 – May 30, 1982),  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ren%C3%A9 

singer Bobby Day (Robert James Byrd) (July 1, 1930^[1] – July 27, 
1990) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Day, 

and singer Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson

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ARTICLE EXCERPT ABOUT THE 2020 TIK TOK REMIX OF "ROCKIN ROBIN"
From  https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/04/27/tiktoks-rockin-robin-dance-explained-where-did-it-come-from/ TIKTOK’S ROCKIN ROBIN DANCE EXPLAINED – WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

by Ella Kipling, April 2020
"TikTok users are no strangers to the dances which dominate the app, changing every few days. However, the newest one to to go viral has left some users puzzled, and some pleasantly surprised.

Most dances on the app are set to hip hop music or pop remixes, but this dance challenge has taken on a completely new genre: 1950s rock and roll. Jackson 5’s ‘Rockin’ Robin’ is the soundtrack to the new ‘Rockin’ Robin’ dance and everyone who’s anyone on TikTok has taken it on.

While many users happily accept this twist to TikTok dances, which often are a never ending stream of seemingly identical dances and songs, many are wondering where this trend came from. Find out here.

WHAT IS THE ROCKIN’ ROBIN DANCE?

The Rockin’ Robin dance is set to Jackson 5’s hit song ‘Rockin’ Robin’*, however the song has been remixed and has a hip hop twist to it. The song was made by @savage_soundss and the challenge has been taken on by TikTok royalty, Charli d’Amelio and Addison Rae as well as thousands of other TikTokkers, and the song itself has been used 2.0 million times on the app.

WHERE DID THE ROCKIN’ ROBIN DANCE COME FROM?

While the most watched video of this dance is by Charli d’Amelio, she did not create this dance, and in fact gives credit to @hailey_litten who choreographed the dance in February, though it didn’t properly take off until last week. Hailey captioned the video ‘lets see if my dance can become the new trend on TikTok’.

 The comments could almost predict the future with one fan commenting ‘this will definitely become a trend’ and another writing ‘it will be now’. Now, nearly all the comments on Hailey’s video say something along the lines of ‘I’m here from Charli’s video’ and ‘it worked!’, which no doubt conveys Charli’s influence on TikTok, and the importance of crediting the original creator of dances."...
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*The author of this article wrote that "The Rockin’ Robin dance is set to Jackson 5’s hit song ‘Rockin’ Robin’". Actually, Michael Jackson recorded "Rockin Robin" as a solo.   “Rockin’ Robin” was Michael’s second solo single, although he subsequently sang the song with the rest of the Jackson 5". https://classic.motown.com/story/michael-jackson-rockin-robin/.

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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-OteAgvINc&ab_channel=GoldSong for a YouTube video of the Jackson 5 performing the song "Rockin Robin" .

The summary for that video includes the lyrics to the song "Rockin Robin" as well as some biographical information about Michael Jackson.  

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THE EMBEDDED VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGS3tOWzyA&ab_channel=TikTokMail

(Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.)

1. Coaster Boy, April 2020
"Hey tiktok do us a favor, stop stealing classic songs you dont deserve them"

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2. Lynnette Fisher, April 2020
"HOW DARE THE PERSON WHO REMIXED THIS PERFECT SONG 👿"

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3. Kaaahtjaaa !, April 2020

"This is disrespectful and they are ruining all good songs. Why don't use the ones everyone's now listening to but doesn't make tiktoks with"

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4. Suzette Bartels, April 2020
"Exactly its meant for jamming to not some teenagers do horrible dances"

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5. Kaili Lewis, April 2020
"Why one black tho but go to one challenge so people  that dance better than Charlie"

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6. Azizi Powell,  October 2020
"@Kaile Lewis, here are the time stamps for three clips of Black people dancing in this compilation: two Black men at 4:25 to 4:34, a Black woman dancing at 4:46 to 4:55

and a Black woman dancing at 7:07- 7:16  

 

I prefer the dancing in these particular clips as these dancers added their own interpretations to those standardized choreographed moves. (i.e. they "added their own flavor to the mix")."

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7. Lady Glasgow, April 2020

"Luv this song"

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8. callmehfaith, April 2020

"rip michael jackson this ruined my childhood of singing this song why does tik tok have to make a dance out of this and remix the song im so upset"

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9. Coaster Boy, April 2020
"Yeah i think of it as disrespectful"

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10. callmehfaith, April 2020
"@Coaster Boy Exactly why remix and inappropriately dance to a song and the owner of it died it's just so messed up I don't mind others though."

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11. Fłüffÿ, 2020
"Think of it this way, younger generations finding old beautiful songs in new ways, and the world remembering that said artists beautiful music, and his/her legacy 🌟 but I get where your coming from ngl"

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12. Fluffy, April 2020
RIP Michael ❤️👑

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13. Isabel Muñoz, April 2020
"Ikr"

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14. Grace Freeman, May 2020
"I know, it disgusts me"

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15. bill_nye_ the_russian_spy, May 2020
"Then how would people find the song. Everybody is on tik tok at least more people are probably listening to it. But just how they dance I hate it"

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16. anyhoo, June 2020
"callmehfaith most of these aren’t even “inappropriate.” Also, I’m not sure how it could ruin your childhood. They just added sound effects and are dancing to it. It’s not that serious, and if it is to you then why would you search for this or even watch it in all?"

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17. Work Phone, June 2020
"Dude calm down mj would be happy of a young generation dancing to his song he made when he was young"

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18, Marina Gamer Enriquez, April 2020

"I came here coz im a fan of michael,, i loveee itt when people started to dance using michael's music on tiktok💖"

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19. SB 4LIFE, April 2020

"They all killed that"

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20. Bjjjhbggb Gctftfuv uh uybncg, April 2020
"SB 4LIFE there are some that twerk I say no"

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21. exo bless, April 2020
"It’s horrible"

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22. Queen_Ryder_Noni, April 2020
"Destroyed the vibe of original song"

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Ashley Reddin, April 2020
23. "I bet you most of these people don’t even know rocket robin (the song in real life)"

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24. ChrissuRoll, April 2020

"this is a very good sound but when u hear it for the 90000000000000 time it gets a lil annoying"

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25. Halie Maxine, April 2020

"Okay, but like they could have atLEAST incoorperated some of mj's moves into this trend... This just seems....wrong.lol. But i mean, at least good music mightbbe coming back! This song comes from a time when music was MUSIC! Not just some kids screamin into a mic. Dont come at me abiut how new music is soooo good please cause im not havin it. Only a very small majority of modern music is good and real."

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26. SekkaiRaimu, April 2020
"okay boomer"

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27.Micah Bell, May 2020
"Why did they have to add Michael Jackson to TikTok. I honestly have no words. I really think this is a terrible way to honor MJ"  

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28. casey mariana, May 2020

"my little sister didn’t know this was a real song 💀 whew this next gen 😭"

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29. Kid Bob, May 2020
"My teacher played this song at the end of the day I never knew the name of it now I do"

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30. 
Graceeexxiaa, May 2020
"Why does TickTock ruin These songs  we don't want a remix 😞 If MJ was still alive hope he wold like this ❤ you honestly don't have to make a dance/remix all the time

if I offend anyone im srry its just what I think c:"

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31. jason winfield, July 2020
"He probaly wouldnt bc most of the girls are just twerking to it"

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32. Gaming with Lex, April 2020
"this is my first time hearing the song and once i saw the tutorial to this i actually did it correctly"

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33. Christopher Sideratos, May 2020

"Bruh y'all gotta stop ruining MJ's name"

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34. Gxbby Nxra, June 2020

"Some people are saying MJ won't be happy but cmon I'm pretty sure if he was still here, instead of being upset he would teach them how to actually dance."

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35. Riley McMillan, June 2020
"Okay I know MJ is famous and all but tiktok kinda made this song kinda like popular so I don’t really know why some people are complaining. But I could see why they were, I just personally think that tiktok made this song more popular but idk 🤷‍♀️"

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36. Erenyeagertheplug101, June 2020
"No tik tok ruined this song u kid"

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37. ******** [These asterisks are the commenter's name], July 2020

"After all the spanking that Little MJ received from Joe just to perfect this song , Tiktok just remix it and come up with some weird dance moves 😅"

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38. Queen_Ryder_Noni, July 2020

"Tik tok destroyed so many beautiful songs 😭"

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39. abby mendez, July 2020

"why tik tok be taking MJ music... leave it alone, its golden"

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40. Quintin Evans, August 2020
"It's not his song they just sung it again in a different way"

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41. Caleb Donahuem August, 2020

"I dont Think MJ would Approve Teenagers Twerking to His Music.."

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42. Caleb Donahue, August 2020

"Bro now the Songs Ruined now Future Children are gonna think this songs from TikTok Im actually Pretty Excited for TikTok to get banned in October Because they are Stealing Music That they did not get Permission From"
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trump threatened to ban Tik Tik in the United States. However, as of October 2020, that ap. hasn't been banned in the USA . Click https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/tech/tiktok-ban-judge/index.html for information about this topic. 

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43. ꧁༒itz_wøølfy ༒꧂, September 2020
"Its sad how this is a tik tok dance now..."

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