Written by American songwriters Gerry Goffin and Carole King, The Loco Motion was a 1962 U.S. No. 1 hit, recorded by "Little Eva" Boyd.

Boyd was Carole King's babysitter, having been introduced to King and King's husband Gerry Goffin by The Cookies, a local girl group who would also record for the songwriters.

"The Loco-Motion" was the first release by the new Dimension Records company, whose releases were mostly penned and produced by Goffin and King. There are two common versions of the song in circulation: one includes handclaps during the verses; the other has no handclaps. King performed the backup vocals in the recording.

The song has also twice since topped the US charts, in 1974 by Grand Funk Railroad (also U.S. No. 1), and in 1988 by Kylie Minogue (U.S. No. 3).

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