# Beans Greens Potatoes Tomatoes Dance: Your Thanksgiving Bend > The Thanksgiving bend is the 2026 TikTok dance to a new remix of the old beans greens potatoes tomatoes chant, posted on 5 November as "Is that Thanksgiving I hear". Canonical: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend Updated: 2026-11-09 Published: 2026-11-09 Author: MakeViral Team (https://www.makeviral.ai/about) Publisher: MakeViral (https://www.makeviral.ai) The **Thanksgiving bend** is the 2026 TikTok dance to a new remix of the old **beans greens potatoes tomatoes** chant, posted on 5 November as "Is that Thanksgiving I hear". Dancers freestyle a bouncy party routine to it. Add one clear photo, and you or your pet dance a real take of it, with the song. "Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes ... you name it!" Add one photo, and you or your pet dance the Thanksgiving bend from a real take of the trend, with the remix on. Also called: Thanksgiving bend, Is that Thanksgiving I hear, You name it Thanksgiving song, UNameIt Challenge. **Make it now:** [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/create). 1 photo · 15 s · 9:16 with sound · 228 credits, charged once · ready in up to several minutes · no prompt to write. Keyword: beans greens potatoes tomatoes. 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In November 2016 a remix of that chant started the #UNameItChallenge, also called the U Name It Challenge, and people danced to it in their kitchens before Thanksgiving. Ten years later it came back. On 5 November 2026 @djsaucedup, a DJ from Austin, Texas, posted a new dance edit of the chant with the line "Is that Thanksgiving I hear". His post had 351,000 views and 49,000 likes four days later. Dancers across the US picked it up at once and posted their own routines as a "Thanksgiving bend", most with "dc: me" (their own dance credit), so there is no single set routine. By 9 November the sound was in 641 TikTok videos, with about 32 new ones a day. ### Thanksgiving Bend trend timeline - **2016-11-14**: The #UNameItChallenge, a dance challenge to a remix of Shirley Caesar's "beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes" chant, spreads before Thanksgiving. Source: [The Fader](https://www.thefader.com/2016/11/14/shirley-caesar-unameitchallenge-beans-greans-thanksgiving). - **2026-11-05**: @djsaucedup posts a new dance edit of the chant, "Is that Thanksgiving I hear". It has 351,000 views and 49,000 likes on 9 November. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@djsaucedup/video/7704494622302588190). - **2026-11-06**: @ssipp74 posts his Thanksgiving bend to the new sound in his living room, the take this template copies. It has 7,200 views on 9 November. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@ssipp74/video/7704857126098799902). - **2026-11-08**: A group take, "Thanksgiving function ready", has 165,000 views by 9 November, the biggest dance take of the sound so far. - **2026-11-09**: The sound is in 641 TikTok videos, with about 32 new ones a day, up from 18 the day before. The older #beansgreenspotatoestomatoes hashtag holds 2,264 videos and 8.3 million views. Source: [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beansgreenspotatoestomatoes). ## What the Thanksgiving Bend video looks like Made from the prompts on this page. The people and pets are AI-made, not real persons, and the sound is original. Your result will differ from run to run. - **Example 1** (41 s, 9:16 MP4 with sound): The original reel by @ssipp74: his Thanksgiving bend to the beans greens potatoes tomatoes remix, from the first bounce to the close-up grins at the camera. Human puts you in his place, Pet puts your pet there. Shown: his whole clip without its caption line. - Video: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/original-full-v2.mp4 - Poster: https://www.makeviral.ai/media/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/original-full-v1.jpg ## How to make the Thanksgiving Bend video on MakeViral Everything runs in the browser. No editing app, no watermark. ### The one-tap way (no prompt to write) 1. **Add your photo.** Press "Make yours" and add you, face clear. Take it with the camera or pick it from your library. Start here: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/create 2. **Press Generate.** The button shows the price. Seedance 2.5 puts your photos into the Thanksgiving Bend Dance trend clip and copies it shot by shot for 15 seconds, with the reel's original song. You write no prompt. 3. **Download or share.** The video is ready in up to several minutes as a 9:16 MP4. Download it, share it from your phone, or find it later in My videos. ### The by-hand way, with the exact prompts The one-tap flow runs this prompt for you. The video prompt animates your own photo directly. To change it, copy it and edit it in AI Video. #### Variant: Human Settings: 1 photo (you, face clear) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 228 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same living room with light gray walls, the black leather sofas, the shoe rack and the framed poster, the same indoor light, the same handheld phone camera at chest height, the same framing, timing and moves, one continuous take with no cuts. The ONLY change: the young man in the dark beanie, the black sleeveless top with a big white skull print and the black shorts who dances toward the camera is now the person in [Image 1]. [Image 1] replaces the dancer in EVERY frame, also when he dances right up close to the lens: copy the exact face from [Image 1] (the face shape, eye color and eye shape, eyebrows, nose, mouth, skin tone, age, hair color, hair length and hairstyle, and any beard, moustache, glasses or freckles). They wear the clothes from [Image 1]. The same real person from the first second to the last, so their friends recognize them at once. Never morph, never drift back to the original dancer's face. NO dark beanie, no black sleeveless top, no skull print, no printed letters on the clothes, no black shorts with white side stripes and no tattoos unless [Image 1] shows them. The person reproduces the dancer's full performance frame by frame with the same timing: a loose, bouncy, playful freestyle party dance, every step, bounce, shoulder roll, arm swing and hand move, and his big happy grins at the camera. Matching the reference second by second: 0-3 s: seen from the knees up, bouncing side to side with loose arm swings and small fist pumps. 3-5 s: a step closer to the camera, both hands go up onto the head, the bounce goes on. 5-8.5 s: waist up, close to the lens: arm rolls across the chest, elbows out, shoulder bounces. 8.5-12 s: big arm swings over the head and a twist of the upper body. 12-15 s: hands behind the head with a hip sway, then forearm rolls in front of the chest and a big grin into the camera. The person keeps natural human anatomy: one head on the shoulders, two arms and two hands with five fingers each, also in the fast arm moves. Exactly one person, no extra people. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions on screen, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/create #### Variant: Pet Settings: 1 photo (your pet, whole body) · Seedance 2.5 · 15 s · 720p · 9:16 · no sound · 228 credits in one tap. 1. The video prompt is filled in. Settings: Seedance 2.5, 15 s, 720p, 9:16, sound off. The video prompt: ```text Recreate the reference video [Video 1] shot for shot: the same living room with light gray walls, the black leather sofas, the shoe rack and the framed poster, the same indoor light, the same handheld phone camera at chest height, the same framing, timing and moves, one continuous take with no cuts. The ONLY change: the young man who dances toward the camera is now the pet in [Image 1], standing upright on its hind legs like a person and dancing. The dancer = the pet in [Image 1], in every frame: the same species and breed, head shape, muzzle, eyes, ears, fur colors, fur length, markings and body shape as in [Image 1], with the natural body volume and proportions of that animal: never flattened, squashed, stretched or merged with anything, so its owner instantly recognizes it, also when it dances right up close to the lens. It stands upright on its hind legs the whole time. No human face, no human body, no clothes, no beanie and no skull print: only the pet with its own fur. If [Image 1] shows a cat or another animal, that animal dances in the same place with the same moves. The pet reproduces the dancer's full performance frame by frame with the same timing: a loose, bouncy, playful freestyle party dance, every step, bounce, shoulder roll and foreleg swing, with a happy face. Matching the reference second by second: 0-3 s: seen from the hind legs up, bouncing side to side with loose swings of the front paws. 3-5 s: a step closer to the camera, both front paws go up by its ears, the bounce goes on. 5-8.5 s: close to the lens: paw rolls in front of the chest, shoulder bounces. 8.5-12 s: big swings of the front legs over the head and a twist of the body. 12-15 s: front paws up behind the head with a hip sway, then paw rolls and a look right into the camera. The pet keeps real animal anatomy: furry forelegs ending in round fluffy paws covered in its own fur, never human hands, no bare skin, no fingers, also in the fast moves. One head only, two hind legs and two front legs, its own tail. Exactly one animal, no people, no extra animals. No dialogue throughout the entire video. No background music. No text, no captions on screen, no logos, no watermark. ``` 2. Press Generate, then download the 9:16 MP4. One-tap version of this variant: https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/create?variant=pet ### Which photo works best? Upload **one photo**: of yourself for Human, of your pet for Pet. - **Human:** face to the camera, sharp and in good light, head to waist or head to knees in view. The dancer comes right up close to the camera, so a clear face matters most. - Your clothes come from the photo. A cozy sweater or a fall outfit fits the Thanksgiving mood. - No sunglasses, no cap that hides the face and no beauty filter. - **Pet:** one animal, head and body in view, eyes open, in daylight. The fur colors, ears and markings come from your photo, and it dances standing up on its hind legs. - Any background works: the room, the moves and the camera come from the clip. - Use your own photo, a friend who said yes, or your own pet. Never a celebrity or a stranger. ## How many credits does it cost? You pay per video in credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. The one-tap price covers the scene photo and the video, charged once. The cheaper models are there if you run the prompts by hand in AI Video. | Video model | Settings | Credits | | --- | --- | --- | | Seedance 2.5 (this template) | 15 s, 720p, copies the trend clip, one tap | 228 | Credits come with a plan; see [pricing](https://www.makeviral.ai/pricing). A failed video gives its credits back. ## What happens in the Thanksgiving bend dance video? Each version copies the last 15 seconds of @ssipp74's take, one continuous phone shot in a living room. The room, the camera and the moves come from his clip; your photo takes his place: | Time | Human | Pet | |---|---|---| | 0 to 3 s | Seen from the knees up, you bounce side to side with loose arm swings. | Your pet bounces on its hind legs and swings its front paws. | | 3 to 5 s | You step closer and put both hands up on your head. | It steps closer, both paws up by its ears. | | 5 to 8.5 s | Waist up, close to the lens: arm rolls across the chest and shoulder bounces. | Close up: paw rolls and shoulder bounces. | | 8.5 to 12 s | Big arm swings over the head and a twist. | Paws swing over its head. | | 12 to 15 s | Hands behind the head, then arm rolls and a big grin at the camera. | A last paw roll and a look right into the camera. | **How it works:** the best AI video models available, including Seedance 2.5, edit the clip itself: they swap the dancer for the person or pet in your photo and keep everything else. You get 15 seconds, upright, at 720p, with the beans greens potatoes tomatoes remix put back on after the run. A run takes 5 to 15 minutes, and the exact price shows on the Generate button before you spend anything. Every run is a new take, so results differ. ## Human or Pet: which Thanksgiving dance meme should you make? - **Human** puts your face and your clothes on the dancer in every frame, from the bounces to the close-up grins. The original dancer never shows in your video. - **Pet** turns your dog, cat or other pet into the dancer: it stands on its hind legs and does the same routine with its own fur and paws. A calm, serious-looking pet dancing to "you name it!" is the funniest take. **Caption ideas:** "Me when I smell the mac and cheese", "Is that Thanksgiving I hear?", "POV: the plates are ready", "My dog when the turkey comes out". Or write your own. Want a Thanksgiving profile picture too? Make one with the [Thanksgiving PFP trend](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-pfp-ai-trend). For more dances, try the [Bad Times dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/bad-times-ai-trend) or the [Gangnam Style dance](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/gangnam-style-ai-dance). ## What goes wrong, and how do you fix it? | Problem | Fix | |---|---| | You get a dark beanie or a skull print shirt (Human) | Those come from the dancer in the clip. The prompt bans them unless your photo shows them. Use a sharp photo and run it again. | | The face looks less like you in the fast moves | Fast arm moves blur the frame, as in the real clip. A front-facing, well-lit photo helps most. | | A paw looks like a hand (Pet) | The prompt asks for real paws. Run it again. | | Your pet looks squashed or stretched | Use a photo where the whole pet is in view, then run it again. | | The model refuses a photo | Some photos get refused. The credits come back; try another photo. | ## Which sound and hashtags should you post it with? Your clip comes with the same 15 seconds of the "Is that Thanksgiving I hear" remix, so it is ready to post. You can turn it off on the result screen. The sound belongs to its owners, and MakeViral gives you no rights to it. On TikTok you can also post it with the original sound by @djsaucedup. **Hashtags:** #thanksgiving, #bend and #beansgreenspotatoestomatoes (2,264 TikTok videos and 8.3 million views on 9 November 2026). #thanksgivingdance is an older yearly tag with 1,407 videos and 10 million views. Keep the platform's AI label on. ## Thanksgiving Bend trend questions ### What is the beans greens potatoes tomatoes dance? It is the Thanksgiving bend, a TikTok dance trend from November 2026. On 5 November @djsaucedup posted a dance remix of the beans greens potatoes tomatoes chant called "Is that Thanksgiving I hear", and dancers across the US answered with their own freestyle routines. By 9 November it was in 641 videos. ### Where did beans greens potatoes tomatoes come from? From the gospel singer Shirley Caesar. The original is the spoken part of a live recording of her song "Hold My Mule", where she lists the food: "beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, rams, hogs, dogs ... you name it". A remix of it went viral in November 2016 as the U Name It Challenge. ### What are the beans greens potatoes tomatoes lyrics? The chant goes "I got beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, lamb, rams, hogs, dogs, chicken, turkey ... you name it". The 2026 remix by @djsaucedup loops the food list over a dance beat. ### Which beans greens potatoes tomatoes song is the Thanksgiving dance TikTok trend using? The 2026 Thanksgiving dance trend uses "Is that Thanksgiving I hear", an original sound by @djsaucedup, a dance remix of the beans greens potatoes tomatoes chant. It is not the same as the "Gobble Gobble" Thanksgiving dance, which uses another song. ### Is this the you name it Thanksgiving song? Yes. "You name it" is the end of the same chant, and many people call it the you name it Thanksgiving song, the you name it Thanksgiving meme or the beans greens potatoes tomatoes meme. The 2026 remix brings it back as a dance sound. ### Is there one set Thanksgiving bend dance? No. Most dancers post their own routine to the sound and write "dc: me". This template copies one full take, by @ssipp74, so your video has a clear routine from start to end. ### How do I make a Thanksgiving dance AI video with my photo? Press "Create your own", pick Human or Pet and add one clear photo. Press Generate; the button shows the price first. You get a 15-second Thanksgiving dance video with the song, and it waits in My videos when it is ready. You write no prompt. ### Can my dog or cat do the Thanksgiving bend? Yes. Pick Pet. Your pet stands on its hind legs in the same living room and does the same moves, with its own fur, ears and markings and real paws, while the remix plays. ### Which prompt does this template use? No creator of the trend shared a prompt, and no AI version of it existed when we made this page. This template uses its own prompt: it copies the real take second by second and keeps your face from the photo, or your pet's fur, ears and markings. ### How long is the video and what format is it? 15 seconds as an MP4 at 720p, upright 9:16, with the remix on. It plays on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and there is no watermark. ### Does the Thanksgiving dance video cost credits? Yes. Each video costs credits, and the create page shows the exact price on the Generate button before you spend anything. If a video fails, the credits come back. ### Is the video real? No. The person or pet is put into the clip by AI from one still photo, and nobody filmed it. Keep the AI label on when you post it. ### Who is the guy dancing in the beans greens potatoes tomatoes video? Many dancers posted takes. The one on this page is @ssipp74, who posted his on 6 November 2026, and the template copies the end of his clip. In your video your photo takes his place, and he does not appear. ### Is there a beans greens potatoes tomatoes remix dance video for TikTok? Yes, this template makes one: a 15-second beans greens potatoes tomatoes TikTok video with the remix on and you or your pet as the dancer. Post it to the original sound to join the trend. ### Where can I watch a Thanksgiving dance video of the trend? The example on this page is a full real take of the trend by @ssipp74, with the sound. On TikTok, open the "Is that Thanksgiving I hear" sound by @djsaucedup to see every video that uses it. ## Other AI video templates and tools - [Thanksgiving PFP: Turn Your Selfie Into a Thanksgiving Profile Picture](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-pfp-ai-trend): Add one selfie or one pet photo. MakeViral turns it into a cozy Thanksgiving profile picture: an early-2000s flash photo with a pumpkin pie, autumn leaves, or a turkey dinner, with your face in the middle for the profile picture circle. - [Bad Times AI Trend: Argue With the Camera From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/bad-times-ai-trend): Hands on the head, a hand on the hip, stop palms and a long stare at whoever is filming: the viral routine to Imael Angel's "Bad Times". Add one photo of you or your pet and get the clip with the song. - [Gangnam Style Dance AI: Put Your Face in the Viral Trio Reel](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/gangnam-style-ai-dance): Three friends, one selfie camera, a sunset street in Seoul: the 2026 Gangnam Style trend, where each friend gets a solo to the chorus. Add one photo to take the middle, or bring one or two friends. - [AI TikTok Video](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-tiktok-video-generator): Eight native TikTok formats, one prompt or product URL, a finished 9:16 video with captions burned in. - [AI Reels](https://www.makeviral.ai/tools/ai-reels-generator): Pick a format, give it a topic or a product link, and get a finished vertical reel with voice and captions. Nothing to film, nothing to edit. - [AI photo generator](https://www.makeviral.ai/ai-photo-generator) - [All AI video templates](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates) ## New AI video trends this week - [Dog Pool Party AI Dance: Your Pet Owns the Pool Party](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/dog-pool-party-ai-dance): Your dog or cat puts on pink swim goggles, a ruffled pink bikini and arm floaties and dances on its hind legs at a glowing night pool party: hops, a spin, then a hip shake under a phone flashlight. One photo in, a 13-second clip with the song out. - [Husband Emporium: Put Your Partner on Display in the Retro Ad](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/husband-emporium-ai-trend): "Welcome to the Emporium, madam. Looking for a husband?" Add a photo, and your partner goes on display as a husband model in the viral 1950s shop ad, or your pet becomes "the good boy". The ad's own dialogue plays on your video. - [La Mujer del Pelotero Dance: Do the Trend From One Photo](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/la-mujer-del-pelotero-ai-dance): Hands by the head, the forearm roll, a hip sway and a finger to the sky: the La Mujer del Pelotero TikTok routine. Add one photo of you or your pet, or two photos for you and a friend, and get the clip with the song. - [Iconic By Mistake Dance AI: Do the Viral Challenge With a Friend](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/iconic-by-mistake-ai-dance): The Iconic By Mistake TikTok dance, from your photos: peace signs over the eyes, wide-knee squats, hip pops, prayer hands and a strut to the camera, side by side. Add a photo of you and one of a friend, one of you alone, or one of your pet, and get the dance with the song. - [Kiat Jud Dai Cat: Turn Your Pet Into the Kitten Parade](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/kiat-jud-dai-kitten-parade-ai): A whole line of kittens walks upright down a night road and dances past the camera to "Kiat Jud Dai". Add one photo of your pet, and every dancer in the parade becomes your cat or your dog, with the song on the video. - [Hey Boo Come Slide With Me AI: Slide With Your Boo From Two Photos](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/hey-boo-come-slide-with-me-ai): Hand in hand, two steps to the side, a step back and a smooth slide close, in a ballroom full of line dancers in denim. Add a photo of you and one of your partner, or one of you alone, or two of your pets, and get the dance with the song. ## Make your own Thanksgiving Bend video Add one photo and press Generate. No prompt to write. 228 credits, charged once. [Make this video](https://www.makeviral.ai/templates/thanksgiving-dance-ai-trend/create)