Lest anyone think Tomlinson intended this to be his own version of the “Super Bowl Shuffle” — which the Chicago Bears famously (and confidently) put out during their postseason run to the NFL title in January 1986 — know that the “Electric Glide” originally was designed to be a Nike commercial and was shot before training camp in 2007. Tomlinson was the league’s reigning Most Valuable Player at the time.
“Doing TV and commercials and stuff, that was one of the more fun times I had,” Tomlinson said yesterday of the video shoot. “I had, like, less than 30 minutes to learn the moves.”
The video never appeared in a commercial, or anywhere else, until it hit the Internet over the weekend.