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"Dancing In The Street" became a 1964 smash for Motown girl group Martha & the Vandellas. Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter, and produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song depicted of having a good time no matter what city you represented. While it was produced as an innocent dance single (it became the precursor to the disco movement of the 1970s), the song took on a different meaning when riots in inner-city America led to many young angry Blacks naming the song as a civil rights anthem to social change naming Gaye, Stevenson and Hunter as three of the most important writers for social change.

The song peaked at #2 on both the Billboard Pop Singles chart when it was originally released in 1964. The song has since taken a life of its own, with covers from Dusty Springfield, The Mamas & The Papas, The Who, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks, Van Halen. A second hit version was done by Mick Jagger and David Bowie as a duo in 1985, and became a #1 hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

Credits

Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
Background vocals by Gloria Williamson and Rosalind Ashford
Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Ivy Joe Hunter
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

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