Dancing in the City
"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]
SongwritersJulian MarshallKit Hain[1]
ProducerChristopher Neil[1]
Marshall Hain singles chronology
"Dancing in the City" (1978) "Coming Home" (1978)
Music video
"Dancing in the City" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"Dancing in the City" is a song by the British pop rock duo Marshall Hain, which reached No.3 in the UK charts in 1978. On its first release it spent fifteen weeks in the UK charts.[2] In South Africa, reached 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) Peakposition
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
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9]7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]4
UK Singles (OCC)[11]3
US Billboard Hot 100[12]43
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[13]33
West Germany (GfK)[14]1

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[15]26
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[16]60
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17]61
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18]29
West Germany (Official German Charts)[19]29

"Dancin' in the City '87"

Chart (1987) Peakposition
UK Singles (OCC)[20]81

"Dancin' in the City '92"

Chart (1992) Peakposition
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[21]24

References

  1. ^ abcde"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. ^"Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  10. ^"Marshall, Hain – Dancing in the City". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ^"Official Singles Chart on 9/7/1978 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  12. ^"Marshall Hain". 21 December 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  13. ^"Marshall Hain Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  14. ^"Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  15. ^"Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  16. ^"Jaaroverzichten 1978". Ultratop. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  17. ^"Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  18. ^"Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1978". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  19. ^"Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  20. ^"Official Singles Chart on 6/9/1987 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  21. ^"The Record Mirror Club Chart"(PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 29 August 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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