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{{short description|1964 single performed by Martha and the Vandellas}}
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{{distinguish|Street dance}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| cover      = Martha-vandellas-dancing-street.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Martha and the Vandellas]]
| album      = [[Dance Party (album)|Dance Party]]
| B-side     = [[There He Is (At My Door)|There He Is]]
| released   = July 31, 1964 <small>(US)</small>
| recorded   = June 19, 1964, [[Hitsville U.S.A.]] (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rhythm and Blues|R&B]], [[Northern soul]]
}}
| length     = 2:40
| label      = [[Motown|Gordy]] <br><small>G 7033</small>
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]
* [[Ivy Jo Hunter]]
}}
| producer   = [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]
| prev_title = [[In My Lonely Room]]
| prev_year  = 1964
| next_title = [[Wild One (Martha and the Vandellas song)|Wild One]]
| next_year  = 1964
}}

"'''Dancing in the Street'''" is a song written by [[Marvin Gaye]], [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]] and [[Ivy Jo Hunter]]. It first became popular in 1964 when recorded by [[Martha and the Vandellas]] whose version reached No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart and peaked at No. 4 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It is one of [[Motown]]'s signature songs and is the group's premier signature song. A 1966 cover by [[the Mamas & the Papas]] was a minor hit on the Hot 100 reaching No. 73. In 1982, the rock group [[Van Halen]] took their cover of "Dancing in the Street" to No. 38 on the Hot 100 chart and No. 15 in Canada on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' chart. A 1985 duet cover by [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]] charted at No. 1 in the UK and reached No. 7 in the US. The song has been covered by many other artists, including [[The Kinks]], [[Tages (band)|Tages]], [[Black Oak Arkansas]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Little Richard]], [[Myra (singer)|Myra]] and [[Karen Carpenter]].

==Martha and the Vandellas original version==

===Background===
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The original version of "Dancing in the Street" by [[Martha and the Vandellas]] was produced in 1964 by [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]] and released as a single on the [[Gordy Records]] label. The song was written by Stevenson, [[Ivy Jo Hunter]], and [[Marvin Gaye]]. The song highlighted the concept of having a good time in whatever city the listener lived. The idea for dancing came to Stevenson from watching people on the streets of Detroit cool off in the summer in water from opened [[fire hydrant]]s. They appeared to be dancing in the water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3313 |title=Dancing in the Street by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> The song was conceived by Stevenson who was showing a rough draft of the lyrics to Gaye disguised as a ballad. When Gaye read the original lyrics, however, he said the song sounded more danceable. With Gaye and Stevenson collaborating, the duo composed the single with [[Kim Weston]] in mind to record the song. Weston passed on the song and when [[Martha Reeves]] came to Motown's Hitsville USA studios, the duo presented the song to Reeves.

Reeves recounted that she initially regarded the song as too repetitive.<ref name=pc26>{{cite web|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19781/m1/ |title=Show 26 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 5&#93; : UNT Digital Library |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=March 22, 2014 |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> Gaye and Stevenson agreed and including new Motown songwriter [[Ivy Jo Hunter]] added in musical composition. Martha Reeves remembered Marvin Gaye recorded the song first and sang it as though singing to a lover. Reeves, envisioning block parties and Mardi Gras, asked the producers to sing it her way. The song was recorded in two takes. The song's writers made sure to include Detroit as one of the cities mentioned with the lyric: "Can't forget the Motor City".
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}}

===Civil rights anthem===
The song took on a different meaning when [[riots]] in [[inner-city]] America led to many young [[Black people|black demonstrators]] citing the song as a [[civil rights]] [[anthem]] to [[social change]] which also led to some radio stations taking the song off its play list because certain black advocates such as [[H. Rap Brown]] began playing the song while organising demonstrations.
The anxiety elicited in parts of the dominant American society, by a dance "movement" inspiring a racial minority via this song, recalls the way in which the American government came to view the [[Ghost Dance]] religious movement among Native Americans in the 1890s.{{cn|date=August 2023}}{{dubious|date=August 2023}}

"Dancing in the Street" had two meanings. The first is the one [[Martha Reeves]] asserted to reporters in England. "The British press aggravated Reeves when someone put a microphone in her face and asked her if she was a [[militant (word)|militant]] leader. The British journalist wanted to know if Reeves agreed, as many people had claimed, that "Dancing in the Street" was a call to riot. To Reeves, the query was patently absurd. 'My Lord, it was a party song,' she remarked in retrospect" (Smith 221). While [[Berry Gordy]] had created the Black Forum label to preserve black thought and creative writing, he kept the [[Motown]] record label and the popular hits it produced from being too political. "Berry Gordy Jr. was extremely wary about affiliating his business with any organization of movement that might negatively influence his company's commercial success" (Smith 230).

"Motown records had a distinct role to play in the city's black community, and that community—as diverse as it was—articulated and promoted its own social, cultural, and political agendas. These local agendas, which reflected the unique concerns of African Americans living in the urban north, both responded to and reconfigured the national civil rights campaign" (Smith 227). The movement lent the song its secondary meaning and the song with its second meaning fanned the flames of unrest. This song (and others like it) and its associated political meanings did not exist in a vacuum. It was a partner with its social environment and they both played upon each other creating meaning that could not have been brought on by one or the other alone. The song therefore became a call to reject peace for the chance that unified unrest could bring about the freedom that suppressed [[minorities]] all across the United States so craved.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/dancing-in-the-street-detroits-radical-anthem ''"Dancing in the Street": Detroit’s Radical Anthem'']</ref>

===Reception===
"Dancing in the Street" peaked at No. 2 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart when it was originally released as the group's third album [[Dance Party (album)|''Dance Party'']]'s first single in 1964 (see [[1964 in music]]), with "[[There He Is (At My Door)]]" included as a [[B-side]]. "Dancing in the Street" also reached the Top 5 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] peaking at No. 4 in a 1969 release after initially peaking at No. 28 on the chart and helped to revive the Vandellas' success in the UK.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=398}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=378}}</ref>  ''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as "an infectious romp that drops names of various locales as it declares that dancing is sweeping the country," stating that it is "one of those sure-fire sock-rock productions."<ref name="cb">{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=August 15, 1964 |page=158 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohstory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-08-15.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>

On April 12, 2006, it was announced that Martha and the Vandellas' version of "Dancing in the Street" would be one of 50 sound recordings preserved by the [[Library of Congress]] to the [[National Recording Registry]]. Lead singer [[Martha Reeves]] said she was thrilled about the song's perseverance, saying "It's a song that just makes you want to get up and dance".

In 2013, the original Motown recording was remixed for club and summer celebration airplay by Minneapolis' Billboard charting producer/remixer Joel Dickinson as well as Danny Shaffer.

''Billboard'' named the song No. 29 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref>

"Dancing in the Street" by Martha and The Vandellas was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#d |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>

===Personnel===
* Lead vocals by [[Martha Reeves]]
* Background vocals by [[Betty Kelly]], [[Rosalind Ashford]], [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]], and [[Ivy Jo Hunter]]
* Instrumentation by [[the Funk Brothers]]<ref>Liner notes. ''The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 4: 1964'', Hip-O Select – B0005946-02, USA, 24 Feb 2006</ref>
**[[Robert White (guitarist)|Robert White]]: guitar
** [[Eddie Willis]]: guitar
** [[Joe Messina]]: guitar
** [[James Jamerson]]: bass guitar
** [[Marvin Gaye]]: drums
** [[Jack Ashford]]: percussion, tambourine, [[Vibraphone|vibes]] 
** Ivy Jo Hunter: percussion (tire iron)
** [[Henry Cosby]]: tenor saxophone
** Thomas "Beans" Bowles: baritone saxophone
** Russ Conway: trumpet
** Herbert Williams: trumpet
** [[Paul Riser]]: trombone
** [[George Bohanon]]: trombone

===Chart performance===
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====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1964)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row" | Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2013/02/every-amr-top-100-single-in-1964.html#show|title=Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1964|website=Top 100 Singles|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"| 71
|-
!scope="row" {{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|3|artist=Martha/Vandellas|song=Dancing in the Street|chartid=4684|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row" | New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=400#n_view_location |title=flavour of new zealand – search lever|work=Lever Hit Parades |via=Flavour of New Zealand|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"| 3
|-
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=13162|28|artist=Martha and the Vandellas|song=Dancing in the Street|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Martha Reeves The Vandellas|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Cash Box]]'' R&B Singles
|align="center"| 8
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/19641017.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles|date=October 17, 1964|work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |via=tropicalglen.com|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
!Chart (1969)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechart|Germany|36|artist=Martha & the Vandellas|song=Dancing in the Street|songid=23040|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|12|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=September 24, 2018|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|45|artist=Martha and the Vandellas|song=Dancing in the Street|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=13162|4|artist=Martha and the Vandellas|song=Dancing in the Street|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}
|-
|}

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====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1964)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1964.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1964/Top 100 Songs of 1964|website=musicoutfitters.com|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|17
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1964YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1964|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601014249/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1964YESP.html|archive-date=June 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1969)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
!scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uk-charts.co.uk/index.php/charts/1960-s/187-1969 |title=Top 100 1969 |website=UK-Charts|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|62
|}
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===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}} 
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Martha and the Vandellas|title=Dancing In The Street|award=Platinum|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=1671-4945-1|note=Sales since 14 November 2004|access-date=July 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Martha and the Vandellas|title=Dancing in the Street|award=Gold|relyear=1964|certyear=1994|id=|salesamount=|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

== The Kinks version ==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| alt        =
| type       = song
| artist     = [[the Kinks]]
| album      = [[Kinda Kinks]]
| released   = March 5, 1965
| recorded   = February 15–17, 1965
| studio     = [[Pye Studios|Pye]], London
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rhythm and blues]]
| length     = 2:59
| label      = [[Pye Records|Pye]]
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
*Gaye
*Stevenson
*Hunter
}}
| producer   = [[Shel Talmy]]
}}
British rock band [[the Kinks]] recorded "Dancing in the Street" for their second studio album ''[[Kinda Kinks]]'' in 1965.<ref>{{Citation|title=Kinda Kinks – The Kinks {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kinda-kinks-mw0000196154|language=en-us|access-date=2020-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=The Kinks Reissue First Three Albums|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/41943-the-kinks-reissue-first-three-albums/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Pitchfork|date=March 28, 2011 |language=en-us}}</ref> It was one of only two cover songs on the album, and was recorded on February 15–17, 1965 at Pye Studios Number 2 in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hasted|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eDv_AgAAQBAJ&q=%22the+kinks%22+%22dancing+in+the+street%22+%22kinda+kinks%22&pg=PT42|title=You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks|date=2017-10-01|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-991-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kinda Kinks|url=https://www.kindakinks.net/discography/showrelease.php?release=28|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.kindakinks.net}}</ref> The song was rush-recorded, along with most of ''Kinda Kinks'' in order to get a quicker release date.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Gallucci|first=Michael|title=When the Kinks Rush-Released Their Second Album, 'Kinda Kinks'|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kinks-kinda-kinks/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=March 5, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> The album was released on March 5, 1965 and reached number 3 in the UK, and number 60 in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Kinks {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11246/kinks/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>

Nonetheless, "Dancing in the Street" was panned by critics for being too boring. In his book ''Ready For a Brand New Beat: How 'Dancing In The Street' Became the Anthem for a Changing America,'' [[Mark Kurlansky]] states that the song contained no particular interpretation or a distinct rhythmic groove.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kurlansky|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9MW5QuVob8gC&q=%22the+kinks%22+%22dancing+in+the+street%22+%22kinda+kinks%22&pg=PT98|title=Ready For a Brand New Beat: How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America|date=2013-07-11|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-101-61626-0|language=en}}</ref> Thomas M. Kitts states it as weak in his biography about [[Ray Davies]], and [[Johnny Rogan]] calls it colorless in his book, ''Ray Davies: A Complicated Life''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kitts|first=Thomas M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RICQAgAAQBAJ&q=%22the+kinks%22+%22dancing+in+the+street%22+%22kinda+kinks%22&pg=PA50|title=Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else|date=2008-01-23|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-86795-9|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rogan|first=Johnny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RewtBQAAQBAJ&q=%22the+kinks%22+%22dancing+in+the+street%22+%22kinda+kinks%22&pg=PA184|title=Ray Davies: A Complicated Life|date=2015-03-05|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-84792-331-8|language=en}}</ref> [[Ultimate Classic Rock]] considered the track a "barely awake cover of the Motown standard".<ref name=":5" />

=== Personnel ===
'''The Kinks'''

* [[Ray Davies]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* [[Dave Davies]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
* [[Pete Quaife]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Mick Avory]] – drums

'''Other personnel'''

* Rasa Davies – backing vocals

==The Mamas and the Papas version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| alt        =
| cover      = MamasPapasDancing.png
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Mamas and the Papas]]
| album      = [[The Mamas & the Papas (album)|The Mamas & the Papas]]
| A-side     = [[Words of Love (The Mamas & the Papas song)|Words of Love]]
| released   = November 1966
| recorded   = 1966
| venue      =
| genre      = 
* [[Sunshine pop]]
* [[folk rock]]<ref name= "RS 2004">{{cite book |chapter=The Mamas and the Papas|last=Evans|first=Paul|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page= 511}}</ref>
| length     = 2:59
| label      = [[Dunhill Records|Dunhill]]
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
*Gaye
*Stevenson
*Hunter
}}
| producer   = [[Lou Adler]]
| prev_title = [[Look Through My Window]]
| prev_year  = 1966
| next_title = [[Dedicated to the One I Love#The Mamas & The Papas version|Dedicated to the One I Love]]
| next_year  = 1967
}}

===Background===
In 1966, the folk rock group, [[the Mamas & the Papas]], recorded a cover version of the song "Dancing in the Street," which was taken from their second studio album ''[[The Mamas & the Papas (album)|The Mamas and the Papas]]''.<ref name="AM">{{cite web|title=The Mamas & the Papas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-mamas-the-papas-mw0000855442|work=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> [[Cass Elliot]] sang the lead vocal, while the other members did their harmonies in the background. This version featured an instrumental section. The song's ending is humorous, which featured Elliot and Papa [[Denny Doherty]] having a dialogue listing the cities in both the United States, as well as Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where Doherty was from, before the song's fade. At the [[Monterey Pop Festival]] in 1967, the Mamas and the Papas ended their set with "Dancing in the Street" before Elliot told the audience at the festival: "You're on your own, 'cause we're sure on ours." This was the last time that the group performed live in concert.

"Dancing in the Street" was produced by [[Lou Adler]] and issued as the B-side of the single "[[Words of Love (The Mamas & the Papas song)|Words of Love]]" on the [[Dunhill Records]] label. It reached No. 73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Warner|first=Jay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aO8ZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22dancing+in+the+street%22+%22the+mamas+and+the+papas%22|title=The Da Capo Book Of American Singing Groups|date=2000-04-06|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-80923-1|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Cash Box]]'' said it was a "a powerful reading of the Motown sound with [[Cass Elliot]] singing a powerful lead."<ref name="cb66">{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=November 26, 1966 |page=26 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-11-26.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>

In 1969, Elliot covered the song on her television special, ''The Mama Cass Television Program''.

=== Personnel ===
'''The Mamas and the Papas'''

* [[Cass Elliot]] – lead vocals
* [[Denny Doherty]] – harmony and backing vocals
* [[Michelle Phillips]] – harmony and backing vocals
* [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] – guitar, harmony and backing vocals

'''Other personnel'''

* [[Hal Blaine]] – drums, tambourine
* [[Joe Osborn]] – bass guitar
* [[Larry Knechtel]] – electric piano
* "Doctor" Eric Hord – guitar
* [[Lou Adler]] – producer

=== Charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1964)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="auto">''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' – {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |73
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|U.S.]] [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Frank W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djbaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dancing+in+the+street%22|title=The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950–1981|last2=Hoffmann|first2=Lee Ann|date=1983|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1595-7|language=en}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |86
|}

==Tages version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| cover      = TagesDancingInTheStreet.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Tages (band)|Tages]]
| album      = [[Tages 2]]
| B-side     = Those Rumours
| released   = October 31, 1967<ref name="Premium Publishing">{{Cite book|last1=Brandels|first1=Göran|title=Boken om Tages: från Avenyn till Abbey Road|last2=Wrigholm|first2=Lennart|publisher=Premium Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9789189136885|location=|pages=287}}</ref>
| recorded   = May–June 1966
| studio     = [[Europafilm|Europafilm Studios]] Studios, [[Stockholm]]
| venue      =
| genre      = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rhythm and blues]]
* [[Pop music|pop]]
}}
| length     = 2:32
| label      = [[Platina Records|Platina]]
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
* Gaye
* Hunter
* Stevenson
}}
| producer   = Anders Henriksson
| prev_title = Treat Her Like A Lady
| prev_year  = 1967
| next_title = Mohair Sam
| next_year  = 1967
}}

=== Background ===
Swedish rock group [[Tages (band)|Tages]] incorporated "Dancing in the Street" into their setlist during either December 1965 or January 1966. This rendition was performed with original drummer Freddie Skantze, who did not sing lead vocals on the performances. Tages rendition of the song removes the brass parts for optimization during live performances, instead incorporating them into licks by lead guitarist [[Anders Töpel]] or organ parts played by rhythm guitarist [[Danne Larsson]], who started learning the instrument in mid-1965.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tages – Popgruppens Historia|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/info2.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Tages (EP)|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup24_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref> Following the success of their rendition of [[Marvin Gaye|Marvin Gaye's]] "[[I'll Be Doggone#Tages version|I'll Be Doggone]]", which reached number 10 on [[Kvällstoppen]] and number 7 on ''[[Tio i Topp]]'' in late May-early June 1966,<ref>{{Cite web|title=I'LL BE DOGGONE av TAGES|url=https://www.nostalgilistan.se/tages-14131/ill-be-doggone-39416|access-date=2020-07-05|website=NostalgiListan|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Tio i Topp|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/TioiTopp.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref> Tages decided to record "Dancing in the Street" for their upcoming album ''[[Tages 2]]''.

However, prior to recording the song, Skantze had left the band. He was swiftly replaced by Tommy Tausis, whose drumming talents and vocal skills fit the band perfectly.<ref name=":0" /> With Tausis now in the band, bassist [[Göran Lagerberg]] had started harmonizing with him on various songs, further minimizing [[Tommy Blom|Tommy Blom's]] role as lead singer in the band. The band had now also finalized the arrangement of "Dancing in the Street", with Lagerberg and Tausis sharing lead vocals on the track, with Larsson playing both the electric organ and piano to compensate for the lack of brass instruments.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Tages – Dancing in the Street|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup15_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref> During sporadic sessions at [[Europafilm|Europafilm Studios]], [[Bromma]] between May and June 1966, The group recorded "Dancing in the Street."<ref name="Premium Publishing">{{Cite book|last1=Brandels|first1=Göran|title=Boken om Tages: från Avenyn till Abbey Road|last2=Wrigholm|first2=Lennart|publisher=Premium Publishing|year=2012|isbn=9789189136885|location=|pages=287}}</ref>

=== Release ===
"Dancing in the Street" was first released by [[Platina Records]] on August 4, 1966 when it was included as the opening track on ''[[Tages 2]]'', the group's second studio album.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Tages – Tages 2|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup38_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Tages – 2|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tages-2/release/3049473|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Discogs|date=August 4, 1966 |language=en}}</ref> It was one of three [[rhythm and blues]] covers on the album, along with "[[I Got You (I Feel Good)]]" and "[[Leaving Here]]". The album sold over 10000 copies in Sweden alone, becoming their second and final album to be certified gold.<ref name=":4" /> The liner notes of the album states that "Dancing in the Street" is "the compact rhythmic opening with a new singing pair consisting of Göran Lagerberg and Tommy Tausis."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Tages 2 liner notes|url=https://img.discogs.com/Ijru3F5DaakZqEEj-le38Sd7sro=/fit-in/600x598/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3049473-1464347316-2395.jpeg.jpg|access-date=2020-07-05|website=discogs|language=sv}}</ref> The group would go on to record another album for Platina, [[Extra Extra (album)|''Extra Extra'']] before their contract expired, enabling them to sign with [[Parlophone|Parlophone Records]] instead. It was also at around this time that Tausis left the band to join [[the Spotnicks]]. He was replaced by Lasse Svensson.<ref name=":0" />

After signing with Parlophone, Platina decided to issue several songs from ''Extra Extra'' as singles in order to capitalize on their success, starting with "Secret Room" in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Diskografi|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/Diskografi.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Secret Room|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup11_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref> Following several singles from ''Extra Extra'', Platina managed to extract "Dancing in the Street" for single release, almost one and a half years after it was recorded.<ref name=":1" /> It was the third single from ''Tages 2'', following "In My Dreams" and "[[Crazy 'Bout My Baby#Tages version|Crazy 'Bout My Baby]]", but was the only single from that album released in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – In My Dreams|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup8_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Crazy 'Bout My Baby|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup9_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – In My Dreams / Leaving Here|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tages-In-My-Dreams-Leaving-Here/release/3375312|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Discogs|date=July 14, 1966 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Crazy 'Bout My Baby / Go|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tages-Crazy-Bout-My-Baby-Go/release/2825466|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Discogs|date=October 21, 1966 |language=en}}</ref> The b-side was "Those Rumours", a song which was written by the band and also appeared on ''Tages 2.<ref name=":2" />'' Due to the lack of advertising regarding the single, and the release of the contemporary single "Treat Her Like A Lady", which reached number 7 on Kvällstoppen and 3 on ''Tio i Topp,<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=Hallberg, Eric.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/165178200|title=Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3 : Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962-19. 8. 1975.|date=1993|publisher=Drift Musik|isbn=91-630-2140-4|location=Värmdö|oclc=165178200}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite book|last=Hallberg|first=Eric|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/186200204|title=Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök 1961-74.|date=1998|publisher=Premium|others=Henningsson, Ulf, 1965–, Kristianstads boktr.|isbn=91-972712-5-X|edition=1. uppl|location=Stockholm|oclc=186200204}}</ref>'' "Dancing in the Street" failed to chart on Kvällstoppen, but entered ''Tio i Topp'' on December 9, 1967 for a week before being voted off.<ref name=":3"/>

The Swedish single sleeve is a photograph, which is an alternate take of the one which previously appeared on "[[Miss Mac Baren]]" in November 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages - Miss Mac Baren|url=http://www.svenskpophistoria.se/tages/popup10_window.html|access-date=2020-07-05|website=www.svenskpophistoria.se|language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Miss Mac Baren / Get Up An' Get Goin'|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tages-Miss-Mac-Baren-Get-Up-An-Get-Goin/release/2726187|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Discogs|date=November 28, 1966 |language=en}}</ref> Curiously, the Norwegian single sleeve shows Freddie Skantze, who did not participate in the recording.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tages – Dancing In The Street / Those Rumours|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tages-Dancing-In-The-Street-Those-Rumours-/release/8455320|access-date=2020-07-05|website=Discogs|date=November 1967 |language=en}}</ref> Tages performed the song on an episode of Swedish pop show ''Popsan'' on October 7, 1966.<ref>{{Citation|title=Popsan – Avsnitt 1 av 10|url=https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2270075/popsan-avsnitt-1-av-10|language=sv|access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref>

=== Personnel ===
'''Tages'''
* [[Göran Lagerberg]] – co-lead vocals, bass guitar
* Tommy Tausis – co-lead vocals, drums
* [[Tommy Blom]] – percussion, backing vocals
* [[Anders Töpel]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
* [[Danne Larsson]] – organ, piano, backing vocals
'''Other personnel'''
* Anders "Henkan" Henriksson – studio engineer
* Björn Almstedt – studio engineer

=== Charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! align="left" |Chart (1967)
! style="text-align:center;" |Peak<br />position
|-
| align="left" |[[Sweden]] (''[[Tio i Topp]]'')<ref name="Premium Publishing"/>
| style="text-align:center;" |15
|}

==Grateful Dead version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Streets
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Grateful Dead]]
| album      = [[Terrapin Station]]
| B-side     = Terrapin Station
| released   = October 1977
| recorded   = 1977
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rock and roll]], [[Dance-rock]], [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]]
}}
| length     = 3:16
| label      = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* Ivy Hunter
* William Stevenson
}}
| producer   = [[Keith Olsen]]
| prev_title = Franklin's Tower
| prev_year  = 1975
| next_title = [[Good Lovin]]
| next_year  = 1978
}}

The rock band [[Grateful Dead]] began performing "Dancing in the Street" live in 1966, and through 1971 played the song about 40 times,<ref name="Grateful Dead Family Discography 2003">{{cite web|date=June 18, 2003|title=Grateful Dead Family Discography: Dancing In The Street|url=http://www.deaddisc.com/songs/Dancing_In_The_Street.htm|access-date=July 27, 2019|website=Grateful Dead Family Discography}}</ref> with [[Bob Weir]] singing lead before the song was shelved for several years. The song returned to their rotation in 1976, and was played about 80 more times before being retired in 1987. Live recordings from both periods have been released. In that second period, the group recorded a cover version of the song in the studio, and released it as a single taken from their 1977 album ''[[Terrapin Station]]''. This version is credited to Stevenson, Gaye, and Hunter, but is titled "Dancin' in the Streets" rather than "Dancing in the Street".

Bassist Phil Lesh has described "Dancing in the Street" as the first song the band stretched out in the live setting from a short pop song into drawn out improvisational jam piece, a practice that would become a Grateful Dead signature.<ref name="Grateful Dead Family Discography 2003"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Grateful-Dead-Terrapin-Station/release/654013|title=The Grateful Dead – Terrapin Station|date=August 1977 |publisher=discogs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/Dancing_Terrapin.htm|title=Grateful Dead Family Discography: Dancing In The Streets / Terrapin Station}}</ref>

=== Personnel ===
'''Grateful Dead'''

* [[Bob Weir]] – co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*[[Jerry Garcia]] – lead guitar
*[[Donna Jean Godchaux|Donna Godchaux]] – co-lead vocals
* [[Keith Godchaux]] – keyboards, backing vocals
* [[Phil Lesh]] – bass guitar
* [[Mickey Hart]] – drums
*[[Bill Kreutzmann]]-drums
'''Additional personnel'''
* The [[Martyn Ford]] Orchestra – brass instruments
* Rick Collins – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]]
* [[Greg Fulginiti]] – mastering
* [[Keith Olsen]] – [[Record producer|production]], [[Audio engineer|engineering]]

== Little Richard version ==

Little Richard's version of the song was released in 1971, both on a single and on the album [[The King of Rock and Roll]].

==Van Halen version==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| cover      = Van Halen - Dancing in the Street.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Van Halen]]
| album      = [[Diver Down]]
| B-side     = "The Full Bug"
| released   = May 1982<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/866/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=866 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
| recorded   = 1982
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rock music|Rock]], [[dance-rock]]
}}
| length     = 3:43
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* Ivy Hunter
* William Stevenson
}}
| producer   = [[Ted Templeman]]
| prev_title = [[Oh, Pretty Woman|(Oh) Pretty Woman]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Secrets (Van Halen song)|Secrets]]
| next_year  = 1982
}}

===Background===
{{unreferenced section|date = July 2016}}
The American rock band [[Van Halen]] recorded a cover version of "Dancing in the Street" in 1982. This version features heavy use of the electric guitar, played by [[Eddie Van Halen]]. Speaking about the cover, group member [[David Lee Roth]] said: "It sounds like more than four people are playing, when in actuality there are almost zero overdubs—that's why it takes us such a short amount of time [to record]." Group member [[Eddie Van Halen]], discussing the cover and discussing his synthesizer part in the track, said: "It takes almost as much time to make a cover song sound original as it does writing a song. I spent a lot of time arranging and playing synthesizer on 'Dancing in the Streets,' and they [critics] just wrote it off as, 'Oh, it's just like the original.' So forget the critics! These are good songs. Why shouldn't we redo them for the new generation of people?"

===Reception===
Van Halen released "Dancing in the Street" as the second single from their 1982 studio album ''[[Diver Down]]''. Their version attracted decent commercial success, reaching the top 40 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and becoming a top 15 hit on the Canadian Singles Chart.

===Track listing===

====7" single (Germany)====
# "Dancing in the Street" – 3:43
# "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" – 3:02

====7" single (U.S.)====
# "Dancing in the Street" – 3:43
# "The Full Bug" – 3:18

===Personnel===
* [[David Lee Roth]] – lead vocals
* [[Eddie Van Halen]] – guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
* [[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]] – bass, backing vocals
* [[Alex Van Halen]] – drums

===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1982–1983)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|}

==David Bowie and Mick Jagger version==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Dancing in the Street
| cover      = BowieJagger DancingInTheStreet.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]
| album      =
| released   = {{start date|1985|8|27}}<ref>{{cite web |title=British single certifications - David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1671-31-1 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
| recorded   = June 29, 1985
| studio     = Westside Studios, London
| venue      =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Pop rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/12/break-yo-tv-david-bowie-and-mick-jagger-dancing-in-the-street/ | title=Break Yo TV: David Bowie and Mick Jagger – Dancing in the Street| website=[[Consequence of Sound]] | date=December 9, 2010 | access-date=January 29, 2016 | last=Mojica |first=Frank}}</ref>|[[dance-rock]]}}
| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=12}}
| label      = [[EMI]] <br><small>EA204</small>
| writer     = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]
* [[Ivy Jo Hunter]]
}}
| producer   = {{Flatlist|
* [[Alan Winstanley]]
* [[Clive Langer]]
}}
| chronology = [[David Bowie]]
| prev_title = [[Loving the Alien]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]
| next_year  = 1986
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Mick Jagger]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[Just Another Night (Mick Jagger song)|Just Another Night]]
 | prev_year  = 1985
 | title      = Dancing in the Street
 | year       = 1985
 | next_title = [[Let's Work (Mick Jagger song)|Let's Work]]
 | next_year  = 1987
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|HasaQvHCv4w|"Dancing in the Street"}}}}
}}

===Background===
A hit cover version of "Dancing in the Street" was recorded by the English rock icons [[Mick Jagger]] and [[David Bowie]] as a duo in 1985, to raise money for the [[Live Aid]] famine relief cause. The original plan was to perform a track together live, with Bowie performing at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] and Jagger at [[John F. Kennedy Stadium]], until it was realized that the [[Satellite television|satellite]] link-up would cause a half-second delay that would make this impossible unless either Bowie or Jagger mimed their contribution, something neither artist was willing to do.

In June 1985, Bowie was recording his contributions to the ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' soundtrack at Westside Studios with Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley, and so Jagger arranged to fly in to record the track there. A rough mix of the track was completed in just four hours on June 29, 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-29|title=On This Date In Music – "Dancing in the Streets" by David Bowie & Mick Jagger|url=https://jdprodj.com/2019/06/on-this-date-in-music-dancing-in-the-streets-by-david-bowie-mick-jagger/|access-date=2020-07-03|website=JD Productions|language=en-US}}</ref>
Thirteen hours after the start of recording, the song and video were completed. Jagger arranged for some minor musical [[Overdubbing|overdubs]] with [[Steve Thompson (musician)|Steve Thompson]] and [[Michael Barbiero]] in New York City.

The single version ([[Bob Clearmountain]] mix) is slightly different from the version used on David Bowie's ''[[Best of Bowie]]'' compilation and others, with the vocals and guitar brought out more and a slightly shorter intro.

===Reception===
The David Bowie and Mick Jagger recording of "Dancing in the Street" was issued as a single on [[EMI]], with all profits going to the charity. The song topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] for four weeks, and reached No. 7 in the United States on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, making it the seventh and last top ten hit for Bowie and the only one for Jagger. Bowie and Jagger would perform the song once more, at the [[Prince's Trust]] Concert on June 20, 1986. The song has been featured since on several Bowie [[compilation album|compilations]] and the Jagger compilation ''[[The Very Best of Mick Jagger]]''. In 1988, U.S. television network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] used a sample of this song, to promote their 1988–1989 campaign, but under the name ''"Something's Happening"'', which is the second year they used the same name, the first time being for the 1987–1988 campaign.<ref>{{Cite web| title=ABC 1988 / Something's Happening on ABC| via=YouTube| date=May 13, 2017| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q86jbS2t3Rk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Q86jbS2t3Rk |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live| access-date=May 24, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2011, it was voted the eighth-best collaboration of all time in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' readers poll.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/readers-poll-best-collaborations-of-all-time-20110810|title=Readers Poll: Best Collaborations of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 10, 2011|access-date=March 4, 2018}}</ref> In a survey conducted by [[PRS for Music]], the song was voted as the top song the British public would play at street parties in celebration of the [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|2011 Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=TDancing in the street for Royal Wedding| website=ITV Jersey| date=March 22, 2011| url=http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_jerseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=493520| access-date=April 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928033855/http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_jerseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=493520| archive-date=September 28, 2011| url-status=dead}}</ref>

"Dancing in the Street" was sixth best selling single of 1985 with 661,000 sold copies in United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1985__32861/|title=Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1985|magazine=[[Official Charts]]|first=Rob|last=Copsey|date=9 April 2021|accessdate=13 April 2021}}</ref>
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===Music video===
The pair went to [[Millennium Mills|Spillers Millennium Mills]] in London to film a video with [[Music video director|director]] [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]]. The music video was shown twice at the Live Aid event. It was also shown in movie theaters before showings of ''[[Ruthless People]]'', for which Jagger had recorded the theme song.<ref>{{cite web |last= Kaiser |first= Rowan |title= "Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang": S2011 / E18, 21, 12, 17, 21 |url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/flirting-with-disaster500-keyslobsterfestforeign-a%2C56074/ |work= A.V. Club |date= May 16, 2011 |access-date= March 14, 2013 |archive-date= November 5, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105073010/http://www.avclub.com/articles/flirting-with-disaster500-keyslobsterfestforeign-a,56074/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>

===Track listings===

====7": EMI America / EA 204 United Kingdom====
# "Dancing in the Street" ([[Bob Clearmountain|Clearmountain]] Mix) – 3:12
# "Dancing in the Street" (instrumental) – 3:17

====12": EMI America / 12EA 204 United Kingdom====
# "Dancing in the Street" ([[Steve Thompson (musician)|Steve Thompson]] and [[Michael Barbiero]] Mix) – 4:40
# "Dancing in the Street" (dub version) – 4:41
# "Dancing in the Street" (edit) – 3:24

===Personnel===
According to Chris O'Leary:{{sfn|O'Leary|2019|pp=230–233}}
*[[David Bowie]], [[Mick Jagger]] – lead vocal
*[[Kevin Armstrong (guitarist)|Kevin Armstrong]], [[G. E. Smith]], [[Earl Slick]] – guitar
*[[Steve Nieve]] – [[Electronic keyboard|keyboards]] 
*[[Matthew Seligman]], [[John Regan (bassist)|John Regan]] – bass
*[[Neil Conti]] – drums
*Pedro Ortiz, [[Jimmy Maelen]] – percussion
*[[Mac Gollehon]] – trumpet
*[[Stan Harrison]] – alto and tenor saxophone
*[[Lenny Pickett]] – tenor and baritone saxophone
*[[Helena Springs]], [[Tessa Niles]] – backing vocals

===Charts===
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1985–86)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br/>position
|-
| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Kent">{{cite Kent|page=153}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
{{singlechart|Austria|6|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders|2|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=September 28, 2020}}
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0585|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1985.htm |title=MusicSeek.info – UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits |access-date=June 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052216/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1985.htm |archive-date=June 14, 2006 }}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
|align="center"|1
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| Finland ([[Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book | first= Timo | last= Pennanen |year= 2006 | title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 | publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava | location= Helsinki | language= fi }}</ref> 
|style="text-align:center;"| 1
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{{singlechart|France|34|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Germany|6|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|songid=1317|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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|{{singlechart|Ireland2|1|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=September 24, 2018}}
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{{singlechart|Dutch40|1|year=1985|week=42|access-date=31 December 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Dutch100|1|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=31 December 2017}}
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{{singlechart|New Zealand|2|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Norway|3|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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|align="left"|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (Q) |publisher= Rock.co.za |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(B).html|access-date= January 29, 2017}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
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|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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|align="left"|Spain ([[Los 40 Principales]])
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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{{singlechart|Sweden|4|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Switzerland|9|artist=David Bowie And Mick Jagger|song=Dancing in the Street|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|UK|1|date=19850901|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=David Bowie|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|4|artist=David Bowie|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=David Bowie|access-date=December 20, 2017}}
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|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19851019.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 10/19/85|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806221451/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19851019.html|archive-date=August 6, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|align="center"|8
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|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1985)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus85">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/SN2evHp.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985|publisher=[[Kent Music Report]]|via=[[Imgur]]|access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=David |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |date=1993 |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St. Ives, N.S.W. |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
|Canada<ref>{{cite magazine|title= RPM's Top 100 Singles of 1985 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 43 |issue= 16 |date= December 28, 1985 |access-date= July 30, 2017 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0619&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0619.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0619}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|New Zealand<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1985 |publisher= [[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date= July 16, 2017 |url= http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3874}}</ref>
|align="center"|13
|-
|UK<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music Week]] |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=24 |date=January 24, 1987}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|U.S. ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1985YESP.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308125620/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1985YESP.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2021|title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1985|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|72
|-
|}
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===Certifications===
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{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=David Bowie & Mick Jagger|title=Dancing In The Street|award=Gold|relyear=1985|certyear=1985|id=1671-31-1}}
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== Myra version ==
{{Infobox song
| name       =
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Myra (singer)|Myra]]
| album      = [[Recess: School's Out#Music|Recess: School's Out (Original Movie Soundtrack)]]
| released   = 2001
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = Pop, [[teen pop]], [[dance-pop]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Buena Vista Records|Buena Vista]]<br>[[Walt Disney Records]]<br>[[Avex Trax]]
| composer   =
| lyricist   =
| producer   = Keith "K.C." Cohen / Executive Producers: Jay Landers
and Matt Walker
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Miracles Happen (When You Believe)]]
| next_year  = 2001
}}
It was [[Myra (singer)|Myra]]'s cover of "Dancing in the Street" for the 2001 [[Disney]] film ''[[Recess: School's Out]]'' that resulted in her becoming the first Latina Pop singer signed to [[Walt Disney Records]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2890051/myra-miracles-happen-princess-diaries/|title=15 Years Ago, Myra Made 'Miracles Happen' In The Princess Diaries|publisher=MTV News|access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> She would then re-record the song in Spanish, titled "Bailando en la Ciudad", in 2002 for the [[Disney Channel]] original movie, ''[[Gotta Kick It Up!]]'' This version was also included on the Spanish edition of her debut album, ''Milagros''.

The English version of the cover song was accompanied by a music video directed by [[Scott Marshall (director)|Scott Marshall]] and choreographed by [[Darrin Henson]]. The music video was shot against a black and white studio background in Los Angeles, California, with Myra and her background dancers dancing with a disc jockey playing music with records. Another version was made in which the video is interlaced with clips of the "Green Tambourine" closing sequence of the movie and Myra performing against a bluescreen displaying clips of the film; this version was featured at the end of the [[VHS]] release of the film.

==Legacy==
"[[Street Fighting Man]]", a 1968 song from [[the Rolling Stones]], slightly modifies a signature line from "Dancing in the Street" to be: "Summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Peraino |first1=Judith A. |title=Mick Jagger as Mother |journal=[[Social Text]] |date=September 2015 |volume=33 |issue=3 |page=94 |doi=10.1215/01642472-3125707 |url=https://music.cornell.edu/sites/people/files/Social-Text-2015-Peraino-75-113.pdf |access-date=January 19, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last=Kurlansky |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kurlansky |date=2013 |title=Ready for A Brand New Beat: How 'Dancing in the Street' Became the Anthem for a Changing America |url=http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594487224,00.html |location=New York |publisher=Riverhead Books |isbn=9781594487224 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012544/http://www.us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594487224,00.html |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite book |last=O'Leary |first=Chris |year=2019 |title=Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2016 |location=London |publisher=Repeater |isbn=978-1912248308}}
* Pegg, Nicholas (2000). ''The Complete David Bowie''. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. {{ISBN|1-903111-14-5}}.
* Smith, Suzanne E. (2003). ''Dancing in the Street''. Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|0-674-00063-3}}
*{{cite book|title=Van Halen Guitar Anthology|pages=113–21|publisher=Alfred|location=Van Nuys, California|year=2006|isbn=9780897246729|oclc=605214049}}

== External links ==
* [https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2947/versions List of cover versions of "Dancing in the Street"] at SecondHandSongs.com
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq3V2AfD9ec Karen Carpenter (with the Dick Carpenter Trio) sings "Dancing in the Street] on ''Your All American College Show'' (1968)

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