Dancing in the City

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"Dancing in the City"
Single by Marshall Hain
from the album Free Ride
B-side"Take My Number"
ReleasedMay 1978[1]
GenrePop[1]
Length3:47
LabelHarvest[1]
Songwriter(s)Julian Marshall
Kit Hain[1]
Producer(s)Christopher Neil[1]
Marshall Hain singles chronology
"Dancing in the City"
(1978) 		"Coming Home"
(1978)
Music video
"Dancing in the City" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"Dancing in the City" is a song by British pop-rock duo Marshall Hain, which was a number-three hit in the UK in 1978. On its first release it spent fifteen weeks in the UK charts.[2] It was a massive hit in South Africa, reaching the No. 1 position on 3 November 1978, and holding that position for three weeks on the Springbok Charts. A re-mixed version released in 1987 reached number 81 on the UK charts.

Charts[]

Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 33
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 43
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 3
South Africa (EMA)[7] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 1

"Dancin' in the City '87"[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 81

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City / Take My Number (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  2. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/dancin'-in-the-city/
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 192. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Dancing in the City Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  5. ^ "Dancing in the City Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  7. ^ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 19780709". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  8. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dancing in the City" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

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