Seaside Shuffle

{{Infobox song

| name = Seaside Shuffle

| cover = Seaside Shuffle.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs

| album =

| B-side = Ball and Chain

| released = 1971 and 1972

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Folk rock

| length = 2.41

| label = UK Records

| writer = John Lewis

| producer =

| prev_title = On a Saturday Night

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = She Left, I Died

| next_year = 1973

}}

"Seaside Shuffle" is a song and single by British group Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs written by Jona Lewie under his real name John Lewis.{{cite book |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUYhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2317|date=1973 |publisher=Library of Congress|via=Google Books}}{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgwKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA291 |page=201|date=2006 |publisher=Muze|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4 |via=Google Books}} The song was licensed for released on Jonathan King's UK Records, and was included in the Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts's album Alias Terry Dactyl.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52 |title=From the Music Capital of the World|magazine=Billboard |date=12 August 1972 |page=52}}

First released in 1971, it was re-released in 1972 and entered the UK chart in July, reaching number 2 in August and staying for 12 weeks in the chart.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| page= 133

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}} The song was the first single released on UK Records to become a hit.{{cite book|title=The A-Z of Record Labels|first=Brian|last= Southall |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezk5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA291 |page=201|date=2003 |publisher=Sanctuary|via=Google Books|isbn=9781860744921 }}