Mystery solved? This could be how Tina Turner's Nutbush became our unofficial national anthem.
Tina Turner's Nutbush City Limits was released 50 years ago but remains well known to Australians.
It’s a song about a “little old town in Tennessee”; yet to many Australians, it appears to have become something more.has had Australians dancing to her 1973 hit Nutbush City Limits in her honour. But she didn't create the moves and as far as anyone knows, she never gave the line dancing steps a go. In videos of her performing the song, Turner moves energetically across the stage to the rhythm, a far cry from the moves Australians associate with it.It has somehow managed to permeate through generations, becoming recognisable by a huge cross section of people.
He found that the NSW education department — either someone within it or working closely with it — likely came up with the dance that has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon. "In NSW there seemed to be some kind of committee trying to work out what kinds of dances primary school kids in particular should do as part of physical education," Professor Stratton said."Some people suggest that what actually happened was that somebody couldn't remember how the Madison went properly; so you end up with the Nutbush."
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