Cha Cha Slide (Dakota Fanning song)

"Cha Cha Slide" is a song written by actress Dakota Fanning, from upcoming film North Pole Elementary: The Sequel. It will be relesed on March 9, 2010. A music video for the song was released online and Fanning's MySpace page on February 6, 2010. It will be avaliable for Disney Channel on February 15, 2010. The song also premiered on Radio Disney on February 5, 2010, just before the music video for the song released.

Development
Chris Turner and Alex Wilkerson asks DJ Casper if he can borrow one of his song for the new film adaptation for the TV series North Pole Elementary, and he agrees. Turner, Wilkerson and DJ Caster starts written a song in a different version. On May 29, 2009, it was announced that Dakota Fanning is singing this song, and she agrees.

According to the song, it was basically a dancing music that "anyone can start dance for". This song is much dramatic than the original, but very different musical tone. This song has a rap, hip-hop, country, remix, R&B and dance moves. The song begins with Fanning repeating "Funky" and "Clap Your Hands" twice at each time, as four times as a song's beginning.

Singer
The song Chris Turner and Alex Wilkerson has borrowed, was remade and was written and sung by actress Dakota Fanning for her new movie North Pole Elementary: The Sequel. The song begins with her talking in 8 seconds, and saids "Let's Get Funky" and than "Clap You Hands" twice. This version of the music background has dramatically changed to get a different beat than the original. Fanning stated "Cha Cha Slide" is one of the music "that has everyone doing dance moves, and having showing us how we can do some moves."

Music Video
The song's music video, was released online February 6, 2010, and is scheduled to release on Disney Channel on February 15, 2010 during comercial breaks. It begins with the black background and word in pink spelled "Up", as Dakota Fanning said "Here We Go!" before the world pops up. The song was written short as it skips the whole song. Fanning was than seen dancing "Cha Cha Slide". After she says "Cha Cha Right Now", now Keke Palmer, Mitchel Musso, Taylor Horn, Shanica Knowles, Alyson Stoner and Dylan Patton were doing the "Cha Cha Slide".

After that, Fanning was off stage dancing as the crowd joins with her. The pink lyrics attempts to make Fanning to let the crowd to start a dance. The song ends with Fanning finishes singing as the crowd cheered. The "Here We Go!" pharse and the dance movie is similar to "Hoedown Throwdown" from Hannah Montana: The Movie written by Miley Cyrus. Fanning has also release her music video on her MySpace page on the same day it released online.