The Chicken Dance!

The name of the original song was Der Ententanz (The Duck Dance). Since 1963 he played it in restaurants and hotels. On one of those performances, Belgian producer Louis van Rijmenant heard the song. Van Rijmenant made some lyrics and in 1970 released it to the public, without much succes. In 1977, Dutch local band "De Electronica's" released an instrumental version, which became a hit, and started the international succes of the song. On some recorded releases of the music Werner Thomas is listed as the composer, while on others other authors are listed, e.g., as "Thomas/Rendall/Hose", probably including the authors of the particular arrangement. Since then the song has become known under numerous other "birdie" names, including "Vogerltanz" (Bird Dance), "Danse des Canards", "Chicken Dance" and "Dance Little Bird". Over 140 versions of it are recorded worldwide, including Walt Disney Records, together making over 40,000,000 records.
It was introduced to the USA nationwide as the "Chicken Dance" by Norm Edlebeck, a bandleader from Wisconsin, on TV's "PM Magazine" show produced by Group W Productions of San Francisco, CA, in early 1982, and repeated the following year. PM Magazine productions titled the 11 minute segment, "The World's Stupidest Dance". The 45 rpm record label was "End of The Trail Records", and the label listed Norm Edlebeck's nickname "Whoopee" as the artist. His version was recorded in a Bluegrass format and included the four different steps and instructions on the record jacket.
So, contrary to some misconceptions, it is not an Austrian folk dance.
In the United States, the publishing rights for the song were acquired by a New York publisher Stanley Mills.
It has become popular in the USA as a German heritage song, and has been likewise adopted by people worldwide of many cultures since its creation. It has become a staple dance at weddings and at Oktoberfests.