Dancing in the City

1978 single by Marshall Hain

"Dancing in the City"

Single by Marshall Hain
from the album  Free Ride
B-side| "Take My Number"
Released| May 1978[1]
Genre| Pop[1]
Length| 3:47
Label| Harvest[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)

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Music video
"Dancing in the City" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"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.

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (1978–1979)  | Peak
position

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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

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Chart (1978)  | Position

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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"

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Chart (1987)  | Peak
position

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UK Singles (OCC)[20] | 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. ^ "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 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. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dancing in the City" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. 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 Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

## External links

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* "Dancing in the City" at Discogs (list of releases)