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Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)
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"Dancing in the Dark"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Born in the U.S.A.
B-side
"Pink Cadillac"
Released
May 3, 1984
Format
7-inch single
12-inch single
Recorded
March 1984
Length
3:59
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)
Jon Landau
Chuck Plotkin
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Fade Away"
(1980) "Dancing in the Dark"
(1984) "Cover Me"
(1984)
"Fade Away"
(1980) "Dancing in the Dark"
(1984) "Cover Me"
(1984)
Born in the U.S.A. track listing
12 tracks [show]
Side one
"Born in the U.S.A."
"Cover Me"
"Darlington County"
"Working on the Highway"
"Downbound Train"
"I'm on Fire"
Side two
"No Surrender"
"Bobby Jean"
"I'm Goin' Down"
"Glory Days"
"Dancing in the Dark"
"My Hometown"
"Dancing in the Dark" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. With added uptempo synthesizer riffs and some syncopation to his sound for the first time, the song spent four weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and sold over one million singles in the U.S. alone. As the first single released from his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A., it became his biggest hit and propelled the album to become the best-selling album of his career.
Contents
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1 Composition
2 Remixes
3 Live performance history
4 Music video
5 Chart performance
6 Track listings
6.1 7": Columbia / 38-04463
6.2 12": Columbia / 44-05028
6.3 12": Epic / TA4436
7 Charts and certifications
7.1 Weekly charts
7.2 Year-end charts
7.3 Certifications
8 See also
9 Cover versions
10 Footnotes
11 References
Composition[edit]
The song is written in the key of B major with a tempo of 149 beats per minute[2] in common time. Springsteen's vocals span from G♯4 to G♯5.[3]
Remixes[edit]
In a first-for-Springsteen effort to gain dance and club play for his music, Arthur Baker[4] created the 12-inch "Blaster Mix" of "Dancing in the Dark", wherein he reworked the album version. The remix was released on July 2, 1984. The result generated a lot of media buzz for Springsteen, as well as actual club play; the remix went to #7 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart,[5] and had the most sales of any 12-inch single in the United States in 1984.[4]
Live performance history[edit]
On the 2009 Working on a Dream Tour, the song appeared intermittently during the encores. However, Springsteen for the first time played a number of music festivals during the routing, and "Dancing in the Dark" closed all of them: Pinkpop Festival, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and Hard Rock Calling. When played live in recent years, the song features a harder, guitar-driven sound, with the distinctive synthesizer riff being supplied by Soozie Tyrell's violin.[citation needed]
During the 2012 tour the song again became a regular at live shows with audience members selected to dance not just with Bruce, but with other band members too, especially new band member Jake Clemons. Springsteen family members appeared on stage for this song on occasion, with mother Adele doing the 'Courteney Cox' dance at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia at the start of the tour,[6] and daughter Jessica dancing on stage with Bruce in Paris on July 5.[7]
Music video[edit]
Directed by Brian De Palma, the video was shot at the Saint Paul Civic Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on June 28 and 29, 1984. The first night was a pure video shot, the second was on the opening date of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed the song twice during that show to allow Brian De Palma to get all the footage he needed. The video is a straight performance video, with Springsteen not playing a guitar, allowing him to invite a young woman from the audience, performed by Courteney Cox, to dance along with him on the stage at the end.[8] In September 1985, the video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance.[9]
Chart performance[edit]
Released as a single prior to the album's release, the song spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (his highest charting song to date) in June–July 1984 (it was kept off the No. 1 spot by two songs, Duran Duran's "The Reflex" and Prince's "When Doves Cry").[10] It did reach No. 1 on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart.[11] It was also the first of a record-tying seven top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A. "Dancing in the Dark" also held the No. 1 spot for six weeks on Billboard's Top Tracks chart.[12] The song reached No. 1 on the Radio & Records CHR and AOR airplay charts.[13]
In the UK, "Dancing in the Dark" originally reached number 28 in the UK Singles Chart when released in May 1984.[14] However, the song re-entered the chart in January 1985 and subsequently reached number 4,[15] becoming the 29th best-selling single of the year.[16]
The recording also won Springsteen his first Grammy Award, picking up the prize for Best Rock Vocal Performance in 1985.[17] In the 1984 Rolling Stone readers poll, "Dancing in the Dark" was voted "Single of the Year".[18] The track has since gone on to earn further recognition and is as such listed one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[19]
Track listings[edit]
7": Columbia / 38-04463[edit]
"Dancing in the Dark" - 3:59
"Pink Cadillac" - 3:33
12": Columbia / 44-05028[edit]
"Dancing in the Dark" (Blaster Mix) - 6:09
"Dancing in the Dark" (Radio) - 4:50
"Dancing in the Dark" (Dub) - 5:30
12": Epic / TA4436[edit]
"Dancing in the Dark" (Extended Remix) - 6:09
"Pink Cadillac" - 3:33
The B-side of the single, "Pink Cadillac", was a comic rockabilly tale about the virtues (and vices) of a colourful Cadillac; in 1988 it became a #5 hit for Natalie Cole.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21] 3
Canada (CHUM)[22] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] 11
France (IFOP)[24] 36
Ireland (IRMA)[25] 2
Italy (FIMI)[26] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[28] 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[29] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[14] 28
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[31] 1
US Dance/Disco Top 80 (Billboard)[5] 7
US Cash Box[11] 1
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[32][13] 1
Chart (1985)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[33] 1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[34] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[35] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[36] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1984)
Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[37] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[38] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[39] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[40] 14
US Cash Box Top 100[41] 3
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[42] 15
Chart (1985)
Rank
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[43] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[44] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[45] 3
UK Singles (Official Single Charts)[16] 29
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[46]
3× Platinum 210,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[47]
Platinum 10,000^
Italy (FIMI)[48]
Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[49]
Silver 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[50]
Platinum 1,000,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
See also[edit]
List of number-one hits of 1985 (Flanders)
List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1985
List of Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one songs of 1984
List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1984
Cover versions[edit]
1985: Big Daddy[51]
1985: Tina Turner (Live version)[52]
1986: The Shadows[53]
1989: London Philharmonic Orchestra[54][55]
1993: Zip Code Rapists (Live version at CBGB, released on CD in 2006)[56]
1997: Kermit the Frog (Muppets Tonight episode)[57]
1998: Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers (Rock the Party!)[58]
1999: Mary Chapin Carpenter[59]
2001: Pete Yorn[60]
2006: Tegan and Sara[61]
2009: Nat and Alex Wolff (Live Version)[62]
2009: Amy MacDonald (Live version)[63]
2009: White Lies (Live Version)[64]
2010: Dan Black (named "Drowning in the Dark Drake")[65][66]
2011: Sara Beck (Sara Lyn Beck) 2nd track from "A Simple Thing"[67]
2013: Ruth Moody[68]
2013: Editors (Live version)[69]
2013: Eddie Berman and Laura Marling[70]
2013: Dowsing[71]
2013: The South African trio Mark Haze (from Idols South Africa season seven), Dozi and Ghapi recorded a version on their album "Rocking Buddies".[72]
2013: Kathryn Williams[73]
2014: Morgan James[74]
2015: Downtown Boys[75]
2015: Hot Chip (live)[76](mixed with LCD Soundsystem's 'All My Friends and Purple Rain by Prince)
2016: Marit Larsen[77]
2016: Jackie Greene at The Stone Pony[78]
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Preceded by
"The Reflex" by Duran Duran Canadian CHUM Chart number-one single
June 30, 1984 – July 21, 1984 (4 weeks) Succeeded by
"When Doves Cry" by Prince
Cash Box Top 100 number-one single
June 30, 1984 – July 7, 1984 (2 weeks)
Preceded by
"Magic" by The Cars Billboard Top Tracks number-one single
June 9, 1984 – July 14, 1984 (6 weeks) Succeeded by
"No Way Out" by Jefferson Starship
Preceded by
"19" by Paul Hardcastle Ultratop 50 Flanders number-one single
July 6, 1985 – August 3, 1985 (5 weeks) Succeeded by
"I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen
VRT Top 30 Flanders number-one single
July 6, 1985 (1 week)
July 27, 1985 – August 3, 1985 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran
Succeeded by
"Tarzan Boy" by Baltimora
Preceded by
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds Dutch Top 40 number-one single
June 22, 1985 (1 week) Succeeded by
"19" by Paul Hardcastle
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Bruce Springsteen
Garry Tallent
Roy Bittan
Max Weinberg
Steven Van Zandt
Nils Lofgren
Patti Scialfa
Jake Clemons
Charles Giordano
Soozie Tyrell
Former members
Ernest Carter
Clarence Clemons
Danny Federici
Vini Lopez
David Sancious
Former touring musicians
Everett Bradley
Barry Danielian
Clark Gayton
Curtis King
Suki Lahav
Ed Manion
The Miami Horns
Cindy Mizelle
Michelle Moore
Tom Morello
Curt Ramm
Jay Weinberg
Studio albums
Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
Born to Run (1975)
Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
The River (1980)
Nebraska (1982)
Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
Tunnel of Love (1987)
Human Touch (1992)
Lucky Town (1992)
The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
The Rising (2002)
Devils & Dust (2005)
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)
Magic (2007)
Working on a Dream (2009)
Wrecking Ball (2012)
High Hopes (2014)
Live albums & Bruce Springsteen Archives
Live 1975–85 (1986)
In Concert/MTV Plugged (1993)
Live in New York City (2001)
Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (2006)
Live in Dublin (2007)
Live from the Carousel (2011)
Apollo Theater 3/09/12 (2014)
The Agora, Cleveland 1978 (2015)
Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 (2015)
Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 (2015)
Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 (2015)
LA Sports Arena, California 1988 (2015)
Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (2015)
Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 (2015)
Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 (2015)
The Christic Shows 1990 (2016)
HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11/22/09 (2016)
Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8/23/08 (2017)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012 (2017)
Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10/20/09 (2017)
Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 (2017)
Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977 (2017)
King's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 (2017)
The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 (2017)
Compilations
Greatest Hits (1995)
18 Tracks (1999)
The Essential Bruce Springsteen (2003)
Greatest Hits (2009)
The Promise (2010)
Collection: 1973–2012 (2013)
Chapter and Verse (2016)
Box sets
The Born in the U.S.A. 12" Single Collection (1985)
Tracks (1998)
The Collection (2004)
Born to Run: 30th Anniversary Edition (2005)
The Collection 1973–1984 (2010)
The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010)
The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984 (2014)
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015)
EPs
Live Collection (1987)
Chimes of Freedom (1988)
Blood Brothers (1996)
PBS Exclusive (2007)
Magic Tour Highlights (2008)
American Beauty (2014)
Singles
"Blinded by the Light" (1973)
"Spirit in the Night" (1973)
"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (1974)
"Born to Run" (1975)
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" (1976)
"Prove It All Night" (1978)
"Badlands" (1978)
"The Promised Land" (1978)
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (1979)
"Hungry Heart" (1980)
"Fade Away" (1981)
"Sherry Darling" (1981)
"The River" (1981)
"Cadillac Ranch" (1981)
"Point Blank" (1981)
"Atlantic City" (1982)
"Open All Night" (1982)
"Dancing in the Dark" (1984)
"Cover Me" (1984)
"Born in the U.S.A." (1984)
"I'm on Fire" (1985)
"Glory Days" (1985)
"I'm Goin' Down" (1985)
"My Hometown" (1985)
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (1985)
"War" (1986)
"Fire" (1987)
"Brilliant Disguise" (1987)
"Tunnel of Love" (1987)
"One Step Up" (1988)
"Tougher Than the Rest" (1988)
"Spare Parts" (1988)
"Human Touch" (1992)
"57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992)
"Streets of Philadelphia" (1994)
"Secret Garden" (1995)
"The Ghost of Tom Joad" (1996)
"Sad Eyes" (1999)
"The Rising" (2002)
"Lonesome Day" (2002)
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day" (2003)
"Devils & Dust" (2005)
"Radio Nowhere" (2007)
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (2008)
"Working on a Dream" (2008)
"My Lucky Day" (2008)
"The Wrestler" (2009)
"We Take Care of Our Own" (2012)
"Death to My Hometown" (2012)
"High Hopes" (2013)
"Just Like Fire Would" (2014)
Charting songs
"Be True" (1981)
"Ramrod" (1981)
"Johnny 99" (1982)
"No Surrender" (1984)
"Stand on It" (1985)
"Trapped" (live) (1985)
"Because the Night" (live) (1986)
"Chimes of Freedom" (live) (1988)
"Youngstown" (1995)
"American Skin (41 Shots)" (2001)
"Pay Me My Money Down" (2006)
"Long Walk Home" (2006)
"My City of Ruins" (2011)
"Rocky Ground" (2012)
Other notable songs
"Growin' Up" (1973)
"For You" (1973)
"Incident on 57th Street" (1973)
"The Fever" (1973)
"Thunder Road" (1975)
"Night" (1975)
"Backstreets" (1975)
"She's the One" (1975)
"Meeting Across the River" (1975)
"Jungleland" (1975)
"Adam Raised a Cain" (1978)
"Racing in the Street" (1978)
"Stay" (1979)
"The Ties That Bind" (1980)
"Independence Day" (1980)
"Out in the Street" (1980)
"Stolen Car" (1980)
"Wreck on the Highway" (1980)
"Nebraska" (1982)
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