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{{Infobox single
|Name          = Dancing in the Street
|Cover         = Martha-vandellas-dancing-street.jpg
|Artist        = [[Martha and the Vandellas]]
|Album         = [[Dance Party (album)|Dance Party]]
|B-side        = "[[There He Is (At My Door)]]"
|Released      = July 31, 1964 <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small>
|Format        = [[Gramophone record|Vinyl record]] (7" 45 RPM)
|Recorded      = June 19, 1964, [[Hitsville U.S.A.]] (Studio A), [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
|Genre         = {{Flatlist|
*[[Rhythm and blues]]
*[[Soul music|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]]
|Last single   = "[[In My Lonely Room]]" <br />(1964)
|This single   = "'''Dancing in the Street'''" <br />(1964)
|Next single   = "[[Wild One (Martha and the Vandellas song)|Wild One]]" <br />(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 was also covered by [[The Kinks]], [[The Everly Brothers]], [[Grateful Dead]] and [[Black Oak Arkansas]].

==Martha and the Vandellas original version==

===Background===
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 & the Vandellas Songfacts |publisher=Songfacts.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</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.

Hearing Gaye's demo of it, Reeves asked if she could arrange her own vocals to fit the song's message.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} Reeves recounted that she initially regarded the song as too repetitive.<ref name=pc26>{{cite web|url=http://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=2014-03-22 |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref> Gaye and Stevenson agreed and including new Motown songwriter [[Ivy Jo Hunter]] adding in musical composition, 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".

===Civil rights anthem===
While produced as an innocent dance [[single (music)|single]] (it became the precursor to the [[disco]] movement of the 1970s), 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 organizing demonstrations.

"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.

===Reception===
"Dancing in the Street" peaked at No. 2 on the US [[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]]. The song 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 England.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=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 |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=378}}</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.

===Personnel===
*[[Singer|Lead vocals]] by [[Martha Reeves]]
*[[Backing vocalist|Background vocals]] by [[Betty Kelly]], [[Rosalind Ashford]], [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]], and [[Ivy Jo Hunter]]
*Instrumentation by [[The Funk Brothers]]
**[[Marvin Gaye]]: [[Drum kit|drums]]
**[[James Jamerson]]: [[bass guitar]]
**[[Jack Ashford]]: [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
**[[Ivy Jo Hunter]]: [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
**[[Henry Cosby]]: [[saxophone]]
**[[Thomas "Beans" Bowles]]: [[saxophone]]
**Russ Conway: [[trumpet]]
**Herbert Williams: [[trumpet]]
**[[Paul Riser]]: [[trombone]]
**George Bohannon: [[trombone]]
**[[Robert White (guitarist)|Robert White]]: [[guitar]]
**[[Eddie "Chank" Willis]]: [[guitar]]
**[[Joe Messina]]: [[guitar]]

===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1964)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==The Mamas and the Papas version==

===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]]''. Mama [[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."  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)]] on the [[Dunhill Records]] label. It reached No. 73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.

==Grateful Dead version==
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name           = Dancing in the Street
| Cover          = 
| Artist         = [[Grateful Dead]]
| Album          = [[Terrapin Station]]
| A-side         = "Dancing In the Streets"
| B-side         = "Terrapin Station"
| Released       = 1977
| Format         = [[7"]]
| Recorded       = 1977
| Genre          = {{Flatlist|
* [[Rock & Roll]]
* [[disco-rock]]
* [[Psychedelic music|psychedelic]]
}}
| Length         = 3:16
| Label          = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| Writer         = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* Ivy Hunter
* William Stevenson
}}
| Producer       = [[Keith Olsen]]
| Last single    = 
| This single    = 
| Next single    = 
}}

===Background===
The [[psychedelic rock]] band [[Grateful Dead]] began performing "Dancing in the Street" live in 1966, and through 1971 played the song about 40 times. 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]]'', with the title track on the B-side. 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>{{cite web|url=http://www.deaddisc.com/songs/Dancing_In_The_Street.htm|title=Grateful Dead Family Discography: Dancing In The Street|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Grateful-Dead-Terrapin-Station/release/654013|title=The Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station|work=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|publisher=}}</ref>

==Black Oak Arkansas version==
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name           = Dancing in the Street
| Cover          = 
| Artist         = [[Black Oak Arkansas]]
| Album          = "Street Party"
| A-side         = "Dancing in the Street"
| B-side         = "Dixie"
| Released       = 1974
| Format         = [[7"]]
| Recorded       = 1974
| Genre          = [[Southern Rock]], [[disco-rock]]
| Length         = 2:34
| Label          = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]/[[Atco Records|Atco]]
| Writer         = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* Ivy Hunter
* William Stevenson
}}
| Producer       = [[Tom Dowd]]
| Last single    = 
| This single    = "'''Dancing in the Street'''"<br/>(1974)
| Next single    = 
}}

The American [[southern rock]] band [[Black Oak Arkansas]] recorded a cover version of "Dancing in the Street", and released it as a single in 1974, taken from their 1974 studio album ''Street Party''.

===Track listings===

====7" single (UK)====
# "Dancing in the Street" - 2:34
# "Dixie" - 3:38

====7" single (US)====
# "Dancing in the Street" - 2:34
# "Dixie" - 3:38
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Black-Oak-Arkansas-Dancing-In-The-Street/release/4640189 |title=Black Oak Arkansas - Dancing In The Street (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Black-Oak-Arkansas-Street-Party/release/380938 |title=Black Oak Arkansas - Street Party (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref>

==Van Halen version==
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name           = Dancing in the Street
| Cover          = Van Halen - Dancing in the Street.jpg
| Artist         = [[Van Halen]]
| Album          = [[Diver Down]]
| A-side         =
| B-side         = "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" and "The Full Bug"
| Released       = 1982
| Format         = [[7"]]
| Recorded       = 1982
| Genre          = {{Flatlist|
* Rock
* [[dance-rock]]
}}
| Length         = 3:43
| Label          = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Writer         = {{Flatlist|
* [[Marvin Gaye]]
* Ivy Hunter
* William Stevenson
}}
| Producer       = [[Ted Templeman]]
| Last single    = "[[Oh, Pretty Woman|(Oh) Pretty Woman]]"<br/>(1982)
| This single    = "'''Dancing in the Street'''"<br/>(1982)
| Next single    = "[[Secrets (Van Halen song)|Secrets]]"<br/>(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.

===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]]
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|}

===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

===Track listings===

====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

==David Bowie and Mick Jagger version==
{{Refimprove section|date=July 2011}}
{{Infobox single
| Name = Dancing in the Street
| Cover = BowieJagger DancingInTheStreet.jpg
| Artist = [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]
| Released = August 12, 1985
| Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]], [[12-inch single|12"]]
| Recorded = [[Abbey Road Studios]], [[London]]; June 1985
| Genre = [[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| publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]] | date=9 December 2010 | accessdate=29 January 2016 | author=Mojica, Frank}}</ref> [[dance-rock]]
| Length = 2:58
| 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]] singles
| Last single = "[[Loving the Alien]]" <br />(1985)
| This single = "'''Dancing in the Street'''" <br />(1985)
| Next single = "[[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]" <br />(1986)
| Misc        = {{Extra chronology
| Artist      = [[Mick Jagger]] singles
| Type        = single
| Last single = "[[Just Another Night (Mick Jagger song)|Just Another Night]]" <br />(1985)
| This single = "'''Dancing in the Street'''" <br />(1985)
| Next single = "[[Let's Work (Mick Jagger song)|Let's Work]]"<br />(1987)
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|9G4jnaznUoQ|"Dancing in the Street"}}}}
}}

===Background===
A hit cover version of "Dancing in the Street" was recorded by the English rock singers [[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 1968, Jagger and Keith Richards had already "borrowed" a line from the song in "[[Street Fighting Man]]" - "'Cause summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy."

In June 1985, Bowie was recording his contributions to the ''[[Absolute Beginners (film)|Absolute Beginners]]'' [[soundtrack]] at [[Abbey Road Studios]], and so Jagger arranged to fly in to record the track there. A rough mix of the track was completed in just four hours.
Thirteen hours after the start of recording, the song and video was completed. Jagger arranged for some minor musical [[Overdubbing|overdubs]] with [[Steve Thompson (musician)|Steve Thompson]] and [[Michael Barbiero]] in [[New York City|New York]].

===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. 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]]. 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 [[Royal Wedding 2011|2011 Royal Wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William]].<ref>{{Cite web| title=TDancing in the street for Royal Wedding| website=ITV Jersey| date=22 March 2011| url=http://www.channelonline.tv/channelonline_jerseynews/displayarticle.asp?id=493520| accessdate=22 April 2011| postscript=<!-- Bot inserted parameter. Either remove it; or change its value to "." for the cite to end in a ".", as necessary. -->&#123;&#123;inconsistent citations&#125;&#125;}}</ref>

===Music video===
The pair went to [[London Docklands]] to film a [[Music video|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>{{Citation|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 |accessdate= March 14, 2013}}</ref>

===Track listings===

====7": EMI America / EA 204 United Kingdom====
# "Dancing in the Street" ([[Bob Clearmountain|Clearmountain]] Mix) – 3:07
# "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===
*[[Singer|Lead vocals]]: [[David Bowie]] and [[Mick Jagger]]
*[[Guitar]]: [[Kevin Armstrong (guitarist)|Kevin Armstrong]], [[G.E. Smith]] and [[Earl Slick]]
*[[Bass guitar|Bass]]: [[Matthew Seligman]] and [[John Regan (bassist)|John Regan]]
*[[Drum]]s: [[Neil Conti]]
*[[Percussion instrument|Percussion]]: Pedro Ortiz and Jimmy Maclean
*[[Trumpet]]: Mac Gollehon
*[[Saxophone]]: [[Stan Harrison]] and [[Lenny Pickett]]
*[[Electronic keyboard|Keyboard]]s: [[Steve Nieve]]
*[[Backing vocalist|Backing vocals]]: Helena Springs and [[Tessa Niles]]

===Chart performance===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1985-1986)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|[[Kent Report|Australian Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Canadian Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1<ref name=CCDIDO>{{citation | url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0585&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0585.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0585#mnu-3
| title=Library and Archives Canada: Top Singles – October 12, 1985 | date=12 October 1985 | accessdate=12 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
|align="left"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{webarchive|title= MusicSeek.info – UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits |date=2006-06-14 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052216/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1985.htm}}. [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'' magazine]].</ref>
|align="center"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|34
|-
|align="left"|[[Media Control|German Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[New Zealand Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|align="left"|[[VG-lista|Norwegian Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|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|accessdate= 29 January 2017}}</ref>
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|Spain ([[Los 40 Principales]])
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|align="left"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|align="left"|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Singles Chart]]
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 453}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|}

==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 City|New York]] |publisher= [[Riverhead Books]]|isbn=9781594487224 |accessdate= }}
*Pegg, Nicholas. ''The Complete David Bowie'' (2000). Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-14-5.
*Smith, Suzanne E. ''Dancing in the Street'' (2003). Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-00063-3

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{{Succession box
  | before = "[[I Got You Babe]]" by [[UB40]] and [[Chrissie Hynde]]
  | title  = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]] (Bowie & Jagger version)
  | years  = September 7, 1985 - September 28, 1985
  | after  = "[[If I Was]]" by [[Midge Ure]]
}}
{{succession box
  | before = "[[St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)|St. Elmo's Fire]]" by [[John Parr]]
  | title  = [[RPM (magazine)|Canadian ''RPM'' Singles Chart]] [[list of RPM number-one singles of 1985|number-one single]] (Bowie & Jagger version)
  | years  = October 5, 1985 – October 12, 1985
  | after  = "[[Cherish (Kool & the Gang song)|Cherish]]" by [[Kool & the Gang]]
}}
{{S-end}}

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