Intermediate

Walk Like Rihanna

Choreographed by Peter Metelnick🇬🇧 & Alison Metelnick🇬🇧
Music: Walks Like Rihanna by The Wanted
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Created: May 1, 2013
Step Sheet
64 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Start after 16 count intro on verse vocal – [126 bpm – 3mins 23 secs]
 
[1-8] R /L apart, R back ball step, R forward, L fwd rock/recover, ½ L shuffle
1-2
Step R forward and out, step L apart
&3-4
R back, L together, R forward
5-6
Rock L forward, recover weight on R
7&8
Turning ½ left step L forward, step R together, step L forward (6 o’clock)
 
[9-16] ½ L & walk back 2, R coaster, walk fwd 2, L fwd shuffle
1-2
Turning ½ left step R back, step L back (12 o‘clock)
3&4
Step R back, step L together, step R forward
5-6
Step L forward, step R forward (walk like Rihanna)
7&8
Step L forward, step R together, step L forward
 
[17-24] R side, L back rock/recover, L ball cross, L side, R back rock/recover, R ball cross
1-3
Step R side, rock L back (opening up with body to left diagonal), recover weight on R
&4
Step L side, cross step R over L
5-7
Squaring to front wall step L side, rock R back (opening up with body to right diagonal), recover weight on L
&8
Step R side, cross step L over R
 
[25-32] ¼ L, ½ L, R fwd, ½ L pivot turn, walk fwd 2, R kick ball step
1-4
Turning ¼ left step R back, turning ½ step L forward, step R forward, pivot ½ left (9 o’clock)
5-6
Step R forward, step L forward (walk like Rihanna)
7&8
Kick R forward, step R back, step L forward
WALL 2 RESTART: During wall 2 dance up to here and restart facing back wall
 
[33-40] R & L syncopated cross rock/recover/side, L weave 2, R behind/side/cross
1-2&
Cross rock R over L, recover weight on L, step R side
3-4&
Cross rock L over R, recover weight on R, step L side
5-6
Cross step R over L, step L side
7&8
Cross step R behind L, step L side, cross step R over L
 
[41-48] L side touch/hold/together, R fwd, ¼ L pivot turn, walk fwd 2, R fwd, ¼ L pivot turn
1-2&
Touch L side, hold, step L together
3-4
Step R forward, pivot ¼ left (6 o’clock)
5-8
Step R forward, step L forward, step R forward, pivot ¼ left (3 o’clock)
 
[49-56] L weave 2, R behind/side/cross, L side, R coaster, L fwd
1-2
Cross step R over L, step L side
3&4-5
Cross step R behind L, step L side, cross step R over L, step L side
6&7-8
Step R back, step L together, step R forward, step L forward
 
[57-64] R fwd, ½ L pivot turn, R fwd shuffle, L fwd rock/recover, L coaster
1-2
Step R forward, pivot ½ left (9 o’clock)
3&4
Step R forward, step L together, step R forward
5-6
Rock L forward, recover weight on R (rock like Rihanna)
7&8
Step L back, step R together, step L forward
 
BIG ENDING: Dance to count 46, walk forward 3 steps R, L, R (walk like Rihanna) and strike a pose on 3rd step….. ta da!... end of dance!
 
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