The chipmunks dance trend is three friends in a row taking turns dancing at the front to a sped-up, high-pitched "You Spin Me Round". People also call it the Alvin and the Chipmunks dance trend, because the three match Alvin, Simon and Theodore and the voice is the Chipmunks' version of the song.
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive came out in 1984, and the Chipmunks' version arrived on the soundtrack of The Squeakquel in 2009. The trend's sound is a sped-up DJ mashup with "Big and Chunky", first posted on TikTok on August 22, 2026. On October 10, 2026, a TikTok post of three friends in Nashville passed 14.4 million views. On October 27, 2026, a TikTok post of a Halloween costume trio reached 19 million views, the most-watched one, and by November 1, 2026, the sound was in about 69,000 videos.
The routine runs on the beat from start to finish. The three dancers begin frozen in a row, hands on hips, grinning into the lens. The lead bounces to the front to dance, then spins round to dance with their back to the camera. The dancer on the left pops to the front next, followed by the dancer on the right. The lead jumps back to the front with a cheeky gasp, and the routine ends with all three standing in a row, grinning into the lens.
People make their own videos with two friends, often wearing trio costumes around Halloween where the colours mark the roles. Friends wear red, blue and green for Alvin, Simon and Theodore, or pink, purple and green for the Chipettes, along with round ear headbands and a big yellow letter A on the lead. Under a TikTok post of a costume trio, the top comment reads "Finally someone who only puts the letter on Alvin" (46,721 likes), and under another, "wait i love a good dual purpose costume" (52,130 likes).
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