The OptuMotion (2019)

Sung to The Locomotion

When I was working for healthcare giant Optum, I submitted this parody to Optum’s Corporate Communications Department. 2019. I hoped they would perform it at their next Optum Day. They didn’t.

First, a video of the original song, the 1962 hit written by Gerry Goffin and Carol King, as performed by Kylie Minogue in 1987.

And now, my lyrics. Unfortunately, I never captioned a video.

The OptuMotion (Lyrics)

Lyrics ©2019 Paul Stregevsky

Verse 1

Ev’rybody’s promisin’ a transformation,
(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

But Optum has the mee-eans and imagination.

(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

Bridge 1

And `trann-nz forming health care is what we do

For payers and providers and their patients, too,

So come on, come on, do the OptuMotion with me.

Chorus 1

I’m talkin’ OptumHealth, now, 

Come on, Baby:

Jump up! Oooh,

Jump baa-aa-`ACK;

Well I see you’re right on track!

Whoa, whoa--

Verse 2

They’re-CALLin’ “All-a-boar-rr-rrd-for Innovation,”

(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

But Optum is the engine and it’s left the station.

(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

Bridge 2

It’s-up-to-you-and-`me-ee, now, to steer her through,

From-`Southern Califor-ni-a to Timbuktu--
Come on, come on:
Do-ooo the OptuMotion with me.

Vamp 1

The OptuMotion;

Come on, come on:

The OptuMotion; 

Come on, come on:

The OptuMotion; 

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on--

Verse 3

We-GOT the motivation and we GOT the moxie

(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

To break through the babble and the orthodoxy. 

(Come on Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

Bridge 3

It’s full-ll steam ahead, you’re the engineer,
The whiss-sstle is callin’ your caboose in gear.
So come on, come on:

Do-ooo the OptuMotion with me.

Chorus 2

I’m talkin’ OptumRX, now,

Come on, Baby.

Jump up! 

Yeah, jump traa-aack:

OptumInsight’s got your back!

Whoah, whoah--

Vamp 2

Doo-duh-DUP doo-DUH-dup doo-duh-DUP you got the motion.

(Come on, Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

Doo-duh-DUP doo-DUH-dup doo-duh-DUP you got the motion.

(Come on, Baby, do the OptuMotion.)

Bridge 4

We have an eager engine and an able crew,

But how and where you lee-aad us is up to you:
Come on, come on,

Mo-o-ooove to do the Optum,

Come on, come on,

Opt, to do the Motion,

Come on, come on,

Do-ooo the OptuMotion with me!

Fade Out

(The OptuMotion)

Come on, come on!

(The OptuMotion)

Come on, come on!
(The OptuMotion)

Come on, come on!
(The OptuMotion)

Come on, come on …