What is the greatest dance move in pop music?

A few were invented on live television; the rest crawled out of clubs into every school disco. Sixty years of dance floors, one argument.

1

The Moonwalk

The backward glide Michael Jackson took to television on Motown 25 in 1983.

2

The Thriller zombie dance

Michael Peters' undead choreography from the 1983 Thriller video, still copied at weddings.

3

Voguing

The ballroom poses Madonna took mainstream with the 1990 single Vogue.

4

The Twist

The hip-swivelling craze Chubby Checker set off in 1960.

5

Single Ladies choreography

The three-dancer routine from Beyonce's 2008 video, filmed in one black-and-white take.

6

The anti-gravity lean

The forward tilt from Smooth Criminal, patented in 1993 with special stage shoes.

7

Elvis's hip swivel

The leg-shaking that got Presley filmed from the waist up in 1956.

8

James Brown's splits and spin

The drop-into-splits and pivot back up that closed his shows for decades.

9

The Gangnam Style horse

Psy's invisible-reins gallop from the 2012 video that first passed a billion views.

10

The Hammer dance

The scuttling side-step MC Hammer set to U Can't Touch This in 1990.

11

The Macarena

The arm-sequence-and-hop that Los del Rio turned into a global 1996 wedding standard.

12

Breakdancing windmill

The floor spin from 1970s Bronx b-boying, now an Olympic event.

13

The Charleston

The kicking, swinging step that defined dance floors in the 1920s.