Took my baby to the hop last night
What to my surprise
When we got there, she hit me with the news
Right between the eyes

She said she couldn't do the cha cha cha
My baby couldn't do the cha cha cha
She couldn't cha cha cha
No she couldn't cha cha cha
My baby couldn't do the cha cha cha

I told her not to worry no
They'd play some other dance
But we sat there for an hour and a half
And we never got a chance

For every song they played was the cha cha cha
They played nothing but the cha cha cha
All night long, gimme the midnight hour (all night)
Every number was a cha cha cha

I told her not to worry
There's still one thing we can do
Let me take you by your hand tonight
I wanna teach this dance to you
Come on baby ha (baby)
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha that time
Right there right on
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha

Kept on dancing for an hour or two
What do you think I'd see
We hadn't practiced for a time or two around
She was doing it better than me

You know my baby loves the cha cha cha
Oh oh yeah now every night every day
Taught my baby how to cha cha cha

Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Little children love the cha cha cha oh whoa
Come on cha cha cha
Baby loves the cha cha cha
Everybody loves the cha cha cha
Come on yourself come on come on now
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (come on)
Every now every one
They love the cha cha cha
Every night every night
Everybody loves the cha cha cha (ay)
Everyone ooh
Sam Cooke himself in the midnight hour
Everybody loves the cha cha cha oh whoa