Would you like this or find it unbearably cringe?

[TheEnterainer]

We have a friend with a birthday in a few weeks.

The number one song when he was born was ‘Cinderella Rockafella.’

As you’ve possibly guessed - if this was his birthday number one - he’s still a young lad and might be a bit shy and self conscious when it comes ti things like showy displays ! 🙌

His birthday’s at the beginning of March.

What my partner and I would love to do is an impromptu dance to this song when we all visit the local social club in a few weeks to celebrate his birthday.

I’m busy learning the exact lyrics for this song already!

i personally LOVE this song although some people apparently find it a bit twee

SO -

YANBU - it’s a lovely, gesture and great to take initiative at a time when most people are busy scrolling their phones and CBA to make an effort for anyone or anything!

YABU - ‘Cinderella Rockafella’ is a novelty record sung by seasoned performers and the ‘Average Joes’ of this world can’t carry off such a performance without it looking extremely naff!

Ridiculous idea, but sure, make his day all about you.

Lucky you. It's a dreadful song from a one hit wonder.

I agree - feel free to sing and dance at my birthday OP (sorry, you'll have to travel to the other side of the world to do it though!).

I can't believe some of the negative reactions on here, but I grew up with a singing father, and worked with people who were happy to make fools of themselves to entertain the other staff at an annual function. So many boring people on MN 😆

Incidentally, I recently watched Lewis Collins and Rachel Davies sing the song on The Cuckoo Waltz - it was gorgeous.

I had ‘friends’ who tried to secretly plan a dance routine at my wedding reception. Thankfully I found out beforehand and was able to put a stop to it as I would’ve been bloody livid if it’d gone ahead as it just felt like trying to make it about themselves and playing themselves in the centre of attention. Although I think they’d have made more of a show of themselves than me and DH (who they’d actually never met at the time so would’ve wondered what the heck was going on)

Dear God.

If you wanted him to have a more entertaining birthday, you could just punch him repeatedly in the balls.

At one of my young birthday parties, my mother lead everybody in a sing song of Black Lace's The Music Man. I was mortified and honestly wanted to die.

But this would be worse than that.

@TheEnterainer , I think referring to the birthday boy as a "young lad" in your opening post gave lots of people the idea that he was in his teens or possibly twenties.

The man is nearly 60.

Do your turn. He'll be fine.

I guess if it wasn’t in public and you are all drunk, it —could— be fun. Or not…

@EnjoythemoneyJane
"sphincter spasms" 😂😂

If I'd been born 2 days earlier it would have been Buddy Holly's It doesn't matter anymore- which is pretty cool. Now that being played and sung in a straight forward way by someone who can play guitar and sing who actually be fine.

The actual one is a terrible Elvis Presley song.

The negative reactions are because it's a rubbish song which will mean nothing to the birthday person.

Why on earth would you want to do this to someone?! It’s psychotic. That poor man. If someone did something like this to me I swear I’d jump out the fucking window

@TheEnterainer dont make his bday about you, if he asked you to then great but don’t take over and make it all about you…

OP, I may be wrong, but it does seem like you are allowing your own enthusiasm for the song cloud your judgement. 93% of people so far are telling you this would be really a big mistake. As others have suggested, you could do it at your own birthday, or another occasion where the focus really is you, and not someone else?

You'd have to do an explainer on how it's relevant to the birthday chap, which is a giant clue that it's not relevant enough! It's you and DP performing a novelty love song to one another. If you want to do that, have an anniversary party and do it there.

No

Spot on! I was just thinking the same. What are you both thinking? An impromptu dance at someone else's birthday is so tone deaf and wrong. It's 'wedding-dance level' focus and attention on the dancing couple. Make it about your friend - not you.

What my partner and I would love to do is an impromptu dance to this song when we all visit the local social club in a few weeks to celebrate his birthday.
I’m busy learning the exact lyrics for this song already!

going to be thinking about this for ages.

Sorry this is extremely cringeworthy.

even if he wasn’t shy, it would be cringe - because you are making this about yourself and what you want to do, rather than him. I’m not even considering the level of dancing skills because it doesn’t matter

if you need attention and praise for your dance performance surely you can find some other outlet, like dance groups or competition.

It's giving Amanda's tik tok dance from Motherland vibes

i can’t decide whether this is awful or strangely brilliant 😄

For my 21st birthday my boyfriend of the time got the DJ to play Madonna - Like a Virgin. I’m 60 now and I’m still not over it. Thankfully no one decided to serenade me with at my 60th. I don’t think it’s a good idea.

Cringe de la cringe, sorry.

I would dig myself a hole, crawl into it and die if someone did this to me.

My husband is 57 and would absolutely die of embarrassment and confusion if someone did this to him. He would also be horrified at being described as young at heart, he was at a heavy metal gig the other night in the mosh pit carrying on like a twenty year old! (The Cavaleras/ Sepultura brothers)