Dancing in the Street

Dancing in the Street

Song Information

 
Dancing in the Street's jacket.

Artist: Martha and the Vandellas
Composition/Lyrics: Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter
Album: Dance Party (1965)
BPM: 126
Length: 1:37
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution (2010)
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

Calling out around the world,
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the street.
They're dancing in Chicago,
Down in New Orleans,
In New York City.

All we need is music, sweet music.
There'll be music everywhere.
There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing,
Dancing in the street.
Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear,
Just as long as you are there.
So come on, every guy, grab a girl.
Everywhere around the world
They'll be dancing.
They're dancing in the street.

Way down in L.A. ev'ry day,
They're dancing in the street.
Let's form a big, strong line, get in time,
We're dancing in the street.
Across the ocean blue, me and you,
We're dancing in the street...

Song Connections / Remixes

  • Dancing in the Street has been covered by many artists, including David Bowie.
  • An electro remix of Dancing in the Street by 8#Prince, titled Dancing In The Street (8#Prince Remix), appears in the album LOVE MOTOWN Remixed.

Trivia

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 38 / 0 86 / 6 153 / 0 209 / 0 - / - / - - / - - / - - / - - / - / -
DanceDanceRevolution (2010) / hottest party 4 1 2 4 6