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The challenge is set to the film's theme song of the same name by Kenny Loggins.

It's unclear when the dance sequence became a popular trend on the platform but fans loved Bacon's attempt at it.

\"Just like that, I’m back in high school in 1984,\" one user commented. Bacon himself liked the comment.

The actor has reflected on his time filming \"Footloose\" many times throughout the past decades.

For the film's 30th anniversary in 2014, he recreated a famous dance scene from the film on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\"

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