Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)
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"Dancing in the Dark" is an 1984 song, written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in July 1984 (it was kept out of the #1 spot by Prince's When Doves Cry, the first single from his movie debut (Purple Rain). It was also the first of seven hit singles to be released from his huge hit album Born in the U.S.A..
Music video
The video included the part in which Springsteen sang "Hey, Baby!", and took Courteney Cox (who later went on to be one of the stars of NBC's hit comedy Friends) on stage.
Remixes
Track listing
- Dancing in the Dark - 3:59
- Pink Cadillac - 3.33
The B-side of the single, "Pink Cadillac", was a comic rockabilly tale about the virtues (and vices) of a colorful Cadillac; in 1988 it became a #5 hit for Natalie Cole.
Live performance history
Cover versions
Pete Yorn did his take on the song on his 2002 album Musicforthemorningafter.
In the fifth season of American Idol, eventual winner Taylor Hicks performed the song in the "final three" show, after Idol-related record executive Clive Davis personally asked Springsteen for permission to use it in the show.