“Dance like no one is watching. Because they are not. They’re checking their phones”

The song “Come from the Heart” (1987) by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh contains the lyrics:
 
“Sing like no one is listening.
Love like you’ve never been hurt.
Dance like nobody’s watching,
and live like it’s heaven on earth.”
   
“Dance like no one is watching. Because they’re not. They’re checking their phones” is a jocular comment on technology that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on July 4, 2014.
   
“I danced like no one was watching, but someone was watching and he thought I was having a seizure and called an ambulance” is a related joke.
   
     
Twitter
Rachel Marcelin‏
@rachelescandell
Dance like no one is watching because they are checking their phone. 󾌩
8:31 AM - 4 Jul 2014
 
Twitter
Kamil Karadeniz‏
@KaradenizKamil
Dance like no one is watching.. Because they are not.. They are checking their phone
#livelife #happiness
8:31 AM - 4 Jul 2014
 
Twitter
Louani Idar‏
@LouaniIdar
Dance like no one is watching…
because they are not…
They are checking their phone.
Brian Tracy
#Smartphone http://fb.me/6NsBoKIl8
9:43 AM - 4 Jul 2014
 
Twitter
ben‏
@coolknifeguy
dance like nobody is watching, bc they aren’t, they’re busy checking their twitter
11:18 AM - 21 Jul 2014
 
Twitter
Sara‏
@outofcoverages
Dance like nobody is watching coz they don’t ,they are checking their mobiles😂
3:58 PM - 11 Aug 2014
 
Twitter
Men’s Humor‏
@MensHumor
Dance like nobody is watching!!! ...because they’re not…they’re checking their phone.
4:00 PM - 20 Aug 2014
 
Funny Status
Dance like nobody is watching!!! …because they’re…
August 20, 2014 Phone Status Updates
Dance like nobody is watching!!! …because they’re not…they’re checking their phone.
 
Google Books
Aunty Acid Laugh ‘Til You Leak!
By Ged Backland
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith
2014
Pg. ?:
Dance like there’s no one watching…
because they’re not.
They’re checking their phone.
 
28 March 2015, Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia), “Devil’s in the device” by Scott Pape, pg. 65:
Today, you really can dance like nobody’s watching ... because they’re not, they’re checking their phones.
 
Twitter
FunnyOneLiners‏
@Funnyoneliners
Dance like no one is watching.
Because they’re not.
They’re all checking their phones.
7:03 AM - 23 May 2015
 
Google Books
Dealing with the Elephant in the Room:
Moving from Tough Conversations to Healthy Communication
By Dr. Mike Bechtle
Grand Rapids, MI: Revell
2015
Pg. ?:
Dance like no one is watching . . . because they’re not ... they are checking their phone.
Anonymous.
 
askIDEAS
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6. Dance like no one is watching. Because they’re not. They’re Checking their phones
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Twitter
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