Dancing in the City
1978 single by Marshall Hain
"Dancing in the City" | ||||
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Single by Marshall Hain | ||||
from the album Free Ride | ||||
B-side | "Take My Number" | |||
Released | May 1978[1] | |||
Genre | Pop[1] | |||
Length | 3:47 | |||
Label | Harvest[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Julian Marshall Kit Hain[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Christopher Neil[1] | |||
Marshall Hain singles chronology | ||||
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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 No.3 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 No.81 on the UK charts.
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1978–1979) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 3 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] | 6 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] | 7 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] | 7 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 14 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 15 |
South Africa (EMA)[9] | 1 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] | 7 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 4 |
UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 3 |
US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 43 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] | 33 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[15] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1978) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[16] | 26 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 60 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] | 61 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 29 |
West Germany (Official German Charts)[20] | 29 |
"Dancin' in the City '87"
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[21] | 81 |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City / Take My Number (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Dancin' in the city | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1978" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 19780709". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Marshall Hain". 21 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Marshall Hain Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dancing in the City" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1978". Ultratop. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1978". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
External links
- "Dancing in the City" at Discogs (list of releases)