If you don’t know Shirley Ellis’s work, all her songs are great. The wonderful dancers from Judy Garland’s problematic variety show did an amazing routine to Ellis’s Nitty Gritty, I linked it in the last BB thread about songs with special dances:
Well, they do tell you to “go like this”.
This is the version that I’m familiar with.
The Mighty Sparrow’s “Pepper Seed Dance” is a classic:
Some “Samba:”
Students begin with “Da Butt”…
“Soca Kingdom” is more grad level:
She said she would teach me, she did not teach me 
One song that’s about a dance that only exists in the song, but that dance is never actually described, so you can’t actually learn it: Monster Mash.
Dunno if this counts, since it’s a parody…
Also, this NSFW video by Lonely Planet, mocking people blindly following the instructions of singers in clubs:
There was a time my mom was obsessed with the Cha Cha Slide. Every family gathering involved her forcing it to get played. Fortunately, it is fun.
I enjoy this parody, though. I think many people have reached their saturation point with John Mulaney, but the dance instructions are still worth it.
The Freddy has to be one of the, if not the, silliest songs that teach you a dance.
Brad Majors: Say, do any of you guys know how to Madison?
No, see, that song just TALKS about the monster mash song… it’s not the ACTUAL monster mash song!
You can switch to the other leg.
Sam Cooke’s cha-cha-cha instructions are a little vague, but it seems to work for his girlfriend. Sam Cooke-Everybody loves to Cha Cha Cha - YouTube
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