Dancing in the Street

E298290

single song

"Dancing in the Street" is a classic 1964 Motown hit and enduring civil rights-era anthem originally recorded by Martha and the Vandellas.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Dancing in the Street canonical	9
Dancin’ in the Streets	2
"Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas	1
Dancing in the Street (David Bowie and Mick Jagger version)	1
“Dancing in the Street” by Martha and the Vandellas	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	civil rights era ⓘ
associatedWithMovement	civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
backingVocalists	Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ surface form: The Vandellas
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coveredBy	David Bowie and Mick Jagger ⓘ The Mamas & the Papas ⓘ surface form: The Mamas and the Papas Van Halen ⓘ
describedAs	civil rights-era anthem ⓘ
era	1960s popular music ⓘ
featuresInstrumentation	bass ⓘ drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ piano ⓘ
genre	Motown ⓘ R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	dance anthem of the 1960s ⓘ symbol of social change in popular music ⓘ
hasFormat	7-inch single ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme	celebration ⓘ community gathering ⓘ dance ⓘ
hasRhythm	uptempo ⓘ
includedIn	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll ⓘ surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ surface form: The Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	Martha Reeves ⓘ
notableCoverVersion	Dancing in the Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dancing in the Street (David Bowie and Mick Jagger version)
originalArtist	Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ
partOf	Motown catalog ⓘ
performer	Martha and the Vandellas ⓘ
placeOfRecording	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
producer	William "Mickey" Stevenson ⓘ
recordedAt	Motown Studio A ⓘ surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio
recordingDate	1964 ⓘ
recordLabel	Gordy ⓘ
releaseDate	1964 ⓘ
side	A-side ⓘ
vocalStyle	lead and backing vocals ⓘ
writer	Ivy Jo Hunter ⓘ Marvin Gaye ⓘ William "Mickey" Stevenson ⓘ
yearOfNotableCover	1985 ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martha and the Vandellas → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Martha and the Vandellas → signatureSong → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Terrapin Station → hasPart → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dancin’ in the Streets

Terrapin Station → includesCover → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dancin’ in the Streets

The Funk Brothers → playedOnHit → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas

Martha Reeves → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Motown: The Musical → featuresSong → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Dancing in the Street → notableCoverVersion → Dancing in the Street self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dancing in the Street (David Bowie and Mick Jagger version)

Gordy → notableRelease → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Dancing in the Street” by Martha and the Vandellas

William Stevenson → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

subject surface form: William "Mickey" Stevenson

Mickey Stevenson → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Betty Kelly → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Rosalind Ashford → notableWork → Dancing in the Street ⓘ

Annette Beard → notableSongPerformed → Dancing in the Street ⓘ