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After [[Boney M.]] topped the UK charts in 1978 with ''[[Rivers of Babylon]]'' followed by ''[[Brown Girl in the Ring (song)|Brown Girl In The Ring]],'' Creole Records re-issued ''Baby Do You Wanna Bump'' as a 12" single in the UK. As many British people were emigrating to Australia at the time, or had releatives there, the track made its way to Australia were water sprinklers were far more common due to the arid climate.
Listening to Prince Busters original version, where he uses an original and water-sprinkler like rhythmic vocal accompaniment;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDx6_-WbLs|title=Al Capone|author=Prince Buster|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref> and also trying to imitate Boney M. lead singer [[Bobby Farrell]] dance moves;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWtw62LoVY|title=Baby Do You Wanna Bump|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref> led to the invention of the Sprinkler dance, in part now associated with the Australina [[BBQ]] culture.
The dance later made apperances in films ''[[House Party (film)|House Party]]'' and ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'' (performed by [[Lochlyn Munro]] as Craig).
As part of the build up and coverage of the 2010-11 Ashe series, the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] gave cricketer [[Graeme Swann]] a video camera, through which he recorded and relased a [[video diary]] on the ECB webiste.▼
In episode three, Swan claimed that the team had begun a dance that was introduced by colleague [[Paul Collingwood]], which the whole team had now copied as a bonding exercise, called the Sprinkler dance. The video diary then continued to show the rest of the England team doing the dance move at an indoor "meet the press" media event in [[Tasmania]], with video footage showing [[Tim Bresnan]], [[Monty Panesar]], [[Stuart Broad]], [[James Anderson]] and Collingwood doing the dance move.▼
After the dance went viral, England captain [[Andrew Strauss]] described the Sprinkler dance as their version of the "[[Haka (sports)|Haka]]", a version of the [[Māori]] traditional dance performed immediately prior to sport matches, primarily associated with [[New Zealand national rugby union team]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/8230385/The-Sprinkler-Dance-from-locker-room-to-dance-floor.html|title=The Sprinkler Dance – from locker room to dance floor|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=29 Dec 2010|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref>▼
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Standing with legs slightly apart and knees slightly bent, the dancer then bends their left elbow to enable them to place their left hand behind the their head. They then outstretch their right arm inline with their right shoulder, hand flat in a vertical position. The dancer then rotates around the waist in a 180 degree sweep, pulling back three times as you move your arm to the left, and then in one motion swing right arm back to the right. The move is then repeated. The dancer may then swap arms and reverse the move.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inthe80s.com/80sdance.shtml|title=Eighties Dances: Sprinkler dance|publisher=inthe80s.com|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref>
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▲As part of the build up and coverage of the 2010-11 Ashe series, the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] gave cricketer [[Graeme Swann]] a video camera, through which he recorded and relased a [[video diary]] on the ECB webiste.
▲In episode three, Swan claimed that the team had begun a dance that was introduced by colleague [[Paul Collingwood]], which the whole team had now copied as a bonding exercise, called the Sprinkler dance. The video diary then continued to show the rest of the England team doing the dance move at an indoor "meet the press" media event in [[Tasmania]], with video footage showing [[Tim Bresnan]], [[Monty Panesar]], [[Stuart Broad]], [[James Anderson]] and Collingwood doing the dance move.
▲After the dance went viral, England captain [[Andrew Strauss]] described the Sprinkler dance as their version of the "[[Haka (sports)|Haka]]", a version of the [[Māori]] traditional dance performed immediately prior to sport matches, primarily associated with [[New Zealand national rugby union team]].
The Sprinkler dance made its first public appearance on the cricket field, when Tim Bresnan used it in the field against Australia A in England's last warm-up match.
After its clear popularity, Swann then appealed via his video diary for fan-
Injured bowler [[Stuart Broad]] then had to deny that his injury was as a result of an over enthusiastic version of the dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9297695.stm|title=Ashes: Stuart Broad talks sprinkler dancing to TMS|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 December, 2011|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref>
It became so popular that when England secured victory in the fourth test at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], that the crowd demanded a rendition, and the team led by Strauss duly obliged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/theashes/8235233/Ashes-2010-The-Sprinkler-Dance-It-really-isnt-cricket....html|title=Ashes 2010: The Sprinkler Dance? It really isn’t cricket...|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=1 Jan 2011|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref> [[BBC Radio]] commentator [[Jonathan Agnew]] then promised to perform the Sprinkler dance,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/9346871.stm|title=Ashes: Jonathan Agnew column|author=[[Jonathan Agnew]]|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 December, 2011|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref> with him eventually fulfilling the promise after the final test win in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/9347739.stm|title=Ashes: Jonathan Agnew fulfils sprinkler dance promise|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 December, 2011|accessdate=2011-01-07}}</ref>
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