--- title: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Video Set to New Song description: In the wake of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's college dance video going viral, Twitter is expanding the New York representative's songbook. canonical: https://time.com/5493960/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dancing-song/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-04T15:31:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:19:03.490Z og:title: Someone Put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Dance With Iconic Songs og:description: The congresswoman broke it down og:url: https://time.com/5493960/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dancing-song/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e9a08ef7d51a128/698942a386f68e47ec6eb179/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Put Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Dance With Iconic Songs twitter:description: The congresswoman broke it down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5e9a08ef7d51a128/698942a386f68e47ec6eb179/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Dance Is So Popular Someone Is Already Putting It With Iconic Songs > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=6755089b-daba-4c98-863c-01e72ef5105d&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018 [Watch (HLS stream): How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulled Off the Biggest Upset of 2018](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4EBaH0mm.m3u8) (2:22)  _Published 2018-06-27. In the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far, the chair of the House Democratic caucus lost his primary race on Tuesday to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist who rode an insurgent campaign to an unlikely victory._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 4, 2019 3:31 PM UTC In the biggest upset of the 2018 elections so far, the chair of the House Democratic caucus lost his primary race on Tuesday to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist who rode an insurgent campaign to an unlikely victory.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 4, 2019 3:31 PM UTC In the wake of [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s college dance video](http://time.com/5493430/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-dancing-video/) going viral on Thursday, Twitter is expanding the [Democratic New York representative’s songbook](http://time.com/5456871/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-memes/). In the original video, which was made when Ocasio-Cortez was a student at Boston University, the newly-elected congresswoman can be seen breaking it down to Phoenix’s “Lisztomania” in a recreation of the iconic group dance scene from [_The Breakfast Club_](http://time.com/5081204/breakfast-club-never-before-seen-clip/). Although the Twitter account that first shared the video seemed to do so in an attempt to shame Ocasio-Cortez, many on social media were quick to rally behind her. “Cannot wait for my enemies to post a video of me spinning around looking super hot with the shiny hair of youth and act like they just caught me breaking into the Watergate Hotel,” tweeted one supporter in response to the clip. > [](https://twitter.com/Nicole%5FCliffe/status/1080909707726938112) Now, there’s even a [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances) dedicated entirely to remixing the video with new songs for Ocasio-Cortez to dance to, including Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5” and Smash Mouth’s “All Star.” > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081104976946970624) > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081081811587874816) See some of the new videos below. > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081057160392368128) > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081062818063953921) > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081067790306439168) > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081076918990954496) > [](https://twitter.com/aoc%5Fdances/status/1081093251468148736) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ MUSIC PLAYING ]. 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