what was the first song to say "put your hands in the air like you don't care"?

Question

I think it dates from the 70's but has been stolen into other songs a number of times since then.

Answer 1

Cameo's "Word up", not sure what year though.....

Answer 2

Word Up by Cameo. (Actually it's "Wave your hands..."

Cameo
Word Up
Oh
Ooh

Yo’, pretty ladies around the world
Got a weird thing to show you, so tell all the boys and girls
Tell your brother, your sister and your mamma too
‘Cause we’re about to throw down and you know just what to do

Wave your hands in the air like you don’t care
Glide by the people as they start to look and stare
Do your dance, do your dance, do your dance quick mama
Come on, baby, tell me what’s the word

Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call you’ve got to get it under way
Word up, it’s the code word
No matter where you say it you know that you’ll be heard

Now all you sucker deejays who think you’re fly
There’s got to be a reason and we know the reason why
You try to put on those heirs and you act real cool
But you got to realize that you’re acting like fools

Give us music we can use it, we need to dance
We don’t have the time for psychological romance
No romance, no romance, no romance for me mama
Come on, baby, tell me what’s the word

Word up, everybody say
When you hear the call you’ve got to get it under way, ooh

Oh
Dial “L” for love
Oh... [Ey, hey]
Ooh, ooh
Oh, ooh, ooh

Come on all you people, sing
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up [Hey...]
W-O-R-D up
W-O-R-D up [Woo]
W-O-R-D up [Hey, hey] (Can’t you see)
W-O-R-D up [Hey]

Hey...yeah...hey...
Yeah
Hey...
Love, [Ooh...hoo, hoo, yeah]
Said I like that [I like that]
Said I like that [I like that]
Come on, here
Everybody’s got to know the word

Oh
Take me real low
Oh...
Lo-lo-love

P.S. It was 1986 - when I was 25 so I remember well!

Answer 3

You can dance You can dance
You can dance if you want to