--- description: He looks like a miniature MC Hammer title: Watch Ryan Gosling's Sick Dance Move From Middle School image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Turns Out Ryan Gosling Had Some Sick Dance Moves in Middle School  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2015 2:56 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 9, 2015 2:56 PM CUT [Hey girl,](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/12/after-a-brief-hiatus-the-hey-girl-its-paul-ryan-meme-is-back/ "undefined") did you realize you can now watch videos of Ryan Gosling dancing as a middle schooler? One appears to show the Canadian movie star dancing like Elvis Presley to a “Hound Dog” routine. Another appears to be of Gosling moving and shaking to “Do You Love Me” by The Contours. And this one seems to be getting the most laughs because his shiny silver pants resemble the kind MC Hammer would wear. The clips seem to have been first posted on Facebook, and later on YouTube, by Ottawa, Canada, resident and owner of Kiwi Kraze frozen yogurt shop Shaun Swire. They were [reportedly filmed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/hound-dog-ryan?utm%5Fterm=4ldqpia#.qxR95bBy "undefined") at his dance studio, about a year before he joined Disney’s _The Mickey Mouse Club._ Gosling tweeted confirmation that the videos are real: Obviously I peaked early. Thank you @JaneChupick and twitter for the check up from the neck up. — Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) [March 7, 2015](https://twitter.com/RyanGosling/status/574305775721447424?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") ### See Photos of Celebrities When They Were Kids  Scarlett Johansson Getty Images; AP  Leonardo DiCaprio Getty Images (2)  Christian Bale Getty Images (2)  Emma Watson Getty Images (2)  Daniel Radcliffe Getty Images (2)  Rupert Grint Getty Images (2)  Kristen Stewart Getty Images (2)  Neil Patrick Harris Getty Images (2)  Kirsten Dunst Getty Images (2)  Dakota Fanning Getty Images (2)  Elijah Wood Getty Images (2)  Shia LaBeouf Getty Images (2)  Sean Astin Getty Images (2)  Drew Barrymore Getty Images (2)  Christina Ricci Getty Images (2)  Shailene Woodley Getty Images (2)  Wil Wheaton Getty Images (2)  Zac Efron Getty Images (2)  Michelle Trachtenberg Getty Images (2)  Taylor Lautner Getty Images (2)  Haley Joel Osment Getty Images (2) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3737132/ryan-gosling-dance-moves-1992/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3737132/ryan-gosling-dance-moves-1992/"},"headline":"Turns Out Ryan Gosling Had Some Sick Dance Moves in Middle School","datePublished":"2015-03-09T14:56:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:55.649Z","description":"He looks like a miniature MC Hammer","url":"https://time.com/3737132/ryan-gosling-dance-moves-1992/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3737132/ryan-gosling-dance-moves-1992/","name":"Turns Out Ryan Gosling Had Some Sick Dance Moves in Middle School"}}]}] ```