The " Dancing Baby ", also called " Baby Cha-Cha " or " the Oogachacka Baby ", is an internet meme of a 3D-rendered animation of a baby performing a cha-cha type dance. It quickly became a media phenomenon in the United States and one of the first viral videos in the mid-late 1990s.

Dancing Baby, also known as Baby Cha-Cha and Oogachacka Baby, is a viral video of a 3D-rendered baby dancing to the intro of “Hooked on a Feeling” by the Swedish rock band Blue Swede. Widely cited as one of the earliest examples of an Internet phenomenon, the Dancing Baby became globally popular via e-mail chains in 1996.

Also known as “baby cha-cha,” the original dancing baby was a 3D rendered animation that became the first viral internet meme back in 1996.nnThe original sample source file was produced and prepared by Character Studio, which released the file to the public. nnIn 1996 and 1997, the dancing baby animation appeared on various local television broadcasts, including news and tech editorials, and CBS syndicated stations. nn”