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Dancing in the City

"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.

"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

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
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 (GfK)[15] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1978) Position
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"

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[21] 81

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City / Take My Number (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dancin' in the city | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  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. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1978" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  9. ^ "EMA Top 10 Airplay: Week Ending 19780709". Entertainment Monitoring Africa. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Marshall Hain". 21 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Marshall Hain Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dancing in the City" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1978". Ultratop. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1978". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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