Hairspray: "You Can't Stop The Beat"

The best song out of Hairspray, the wonderful musical set in the 60's, is undeniably You Can't Stop the Beat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HtvO4-Y-x0

The above version, curiously, does not have Seaweed (Elijah Kelly) and Penny's (purr-ty Amanda Bynes) parts before Motormouth Maybelle (Queen Latifah) starts to sing, but its visuals are the best of Youtube.

An alternate version is here, albeit with less interesting visuals but the song is complete...

[Note: This video replaces the original one which is no longer available (thanks Beve for informing). This one is captured straight from the movie.]

TRACY (Nikki Blonsky)
You can't stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But you know you never will
And you could try to stop my dancin' feet
But I just cannot stand still

Cause the world keeps spinnin'
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost till I heard the drums
And I found my way

TRACY & LINK (Zac Efron)
Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that I can today

'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But I never ask why

And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!

PENNY (purr-ty Amanda Bynes)
You can't stop a river
As it rushes to the sea

SEAWEED (Elijah Kelly)
You can try to stop the hands of time
But you know it just can't be

PENNY
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed
I'll call the N Double A C P
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost till I heard the drums
Then I found my way

PENNY & SEAWEED
Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all of my might today

'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreamin' of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you can't stop the beat!

EDNA (John Travolta)
You can't stop my happiness
Cause I like the way I am
And ya just can't stop my knife and fork
When I see a Christmas ham
So if you don't like the way I look
Well, I just don't give a damn!

EDNA & ENSEMBLE
Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost till I heard the drums
Then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that I can today

Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But I never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!

(instrumental)

MOTORMOUTH (Queen Latifah)
Oh oh oh
You can't stop today (No!)
As it comes speeding down the track
Child, yesterday is hist'ry (Be gone!)
And it's never coming back (Coming back!)

MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE
'Cause tomorrow is a brand new day

MOTORMOUTH
And it don't know white from black

ENSEMBLE
Yeah!

MOTORMOUTH & ENSEMBLE
'Cause the world keeps spinning
Round and round
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost till I heard the drums
Then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat

ALL
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman liked to shake it
On a Saturday night
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
With all of my might today

'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
They can try to stop the paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you can't stop the beat!

Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah
Aah, aah, aah

Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman liked to shake it when the day is done
So we're gonna shake and shimmy it
And have some fun
For today!

You can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise
We're dreaming of
But you cannot stop the rhythm
Of two hearts in love to stay
You can't stop the beat! (You can't stop the beat!)
You can't stop the beat! (You can't stop the beat!)
You can't stop the beat!

credits to stlyrics.com, with some corrections

Despite having watched Hairspray twice in the cinema, I have not yet found the words to satisfactorily review it. Yes, I have watched it twice -- dragging my parents to watch it after enjoying the first time with my pals. But really, that's all that needs to be said!