The Loco-Motion

"The Loco-Motion"
A-side of U.S. vinyl release
Single by Little Eva
from the album Llllloco-Motion
B-side	"He Is the Boy"
Released	June 1962
Recorded	1961
Genre	Pop, rhythm and blues
Length	2:27
Label	Dimension 1000
Songwriter(s)	Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Producer(s)	Gerry Goffin
Little Eva singles chronology
"The Loco-Motion" (1962) "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" (1962)
Audio video
"The Loco-Motion" on YouTube

"The Loco-Motion" (or "Locomotion") is a 1962 pop song written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King. "The Loco-Motion" was originally written for R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down.^[1]

The song is especially notable for making three appearances in the American Top 3, each in a different decade: in 1962 by Little Eva (U.S. No. 1);^[2] in 1974 by Grand Funk Railroad (also U.S. No. 1);^[3] and in 1988 by Kylie Minogue (U.S. No. 3).^[4]

The song is an enduring example of the dance-song genre; much of the lyric is devoted to a description of the dance itself, usually performed as a type of line dance. However, the song pre-dates the dance.

"The Loco-Motion" was also the second song to reach No. 1 by two different musical acts in America. The earlier song to do this was "Go Away Little Girl", also written by Goffin and King. It is one of only nine songs to achieve this feat.^{[citation needed]}