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Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)
"Dancing in the Dark" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single released from his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A., and became its biggest hit, helping the album become the best-selling of his career.
Springsteen wrote "Dancing In the Dark" overnight, after Jon Landau convinced him that the album needed a single. According to journalist Dave Marsh in the book Glory Days, Springsteen was not impressed with Landau's approach. "Look", he snarled, "I've written seventy songs. You want another one, you write it." Despite this reaction, Springsteen sat in his hotel room and wrote the song in a single night. It sums up his state of mind, his feeling of isolation after the success of his album The River, and his frustrations of trying to write a hit single. Six takes of "Dancing in the Dark" were recorded on February 14, 1984, at The Hit Factory, and after 58 mixes, work was completed on March 8, 1984. The 12-inch single was released May 9, 1984, and was the highest-selling 12-inch single in the US that year.
Cash Box said that the song "is classic Springsteen: gutsy vocals set to a hard-driving backbeat" and "an added surprise is the addition of the synthesizer to the inspired playing of the E-Street Band."
Released as a single prior to the album's release, the song entered both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100 charts on May 26, 1984, at No. 36 and No. 25 respectively. On June 30, 1984, it began its four week stay at No. 2 on Billboard, behind "The Reflex" by Duran Duran and "When Doves Cry" by Prince, which was 1984's song of the summer. That same week, it reached No. 1 on Cash Box, where it stayed for two weeks. It was also the first of a record-tying seven top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A. "Dancing in the Dark" also held the No. 1 spot for six weeks on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. The song reached No. 1 on the Radio & Records CHR and AOR airplay charts.
"Dancing in the Dark" also had worldwide success. It became Australia's highest-selling single of 1984 (despite peaking at number five on the Kent Music Report), peaking at No. 1 in Belgium and the Netherlands, and charting within the top 10 in seven other countries.
In the UK, the song peaked at No. 4. It was the 29th-best-selling single of the year.
The recording also won Springsteen his first Grammy Award, picking up the prize for Best Rock Vocal Performance in 1985. In the 1984 Rolling Stone readers poll, "Dancing in the Dark" was voted "Single of the Year". The track has since gone on to earn further recognition and is as such listed one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
In 2024, the song was re-popularized by English football fans during the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament who sang it with adapted lyrics paying tribute to midfielder Phil Foden. As a result, Springsteen's original recording returned to the UK singles chart, reaching No. 36.
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Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)
"Dancing in the Dark" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single released from his 1984 album, Born in the U.S.A., and became its biggest hit, helping the album become the best-selling of his career.
Springsteen wrote "Dancing In the Dark" overnight, after Jon Landau convinced him that the album needed a single. According to journalist Dave Marsh in the book Glory Days, Springsteen was not impressed with Landau's approach. "Look", he snarled, "I've written seventy songs. You want another one, you write it." Despite this reaction, Springsteen sat in his hotel room and wrote the song in a single night. It sums up his state of mind, his feeling of isolation after the success of his album The River, and his frustrations of trying to write a hit single. Six takes of "Dancing in the Dark" were recorded on February 14, 1984, at The Hit Factory, and after 58 mixes, work was completed on March 8, 1984. The 12-inch single was released May 9, 1984, and was the highest-selling 12-inch single in the US that year.
Cash Box said that the song "is classic Springsteen: gutsy vocals set to a hard-driving backbeat" and "an added surprise is the addition of the synthesizer to the inspired playing of the E-Street Band."
Released as a single prior to the album's release, the song entered both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100 charts on May 26, 1984, at No. 36 and No. 25 respectively. On June 30, 1984, it began its four week stay at No. 2 on Billboard, behind "The Reflex" by Duran Duran and "When Doves Cry" by Prince, which was 1984's song of the summer. That same week, it reached No. 1 on Cash Box, where it stayed for two weeks. It was also the first of a record-tying seven top 10 hit singles to be released from Born in the U.S.A. "Dancing in the Dark" also held the No. 1 spot for six weeks on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. The song reached No. 1 on the Radio & Records CHR and AOR airplay charts.
"Dancing in the Dark" also had worldwide success. It became Australia's highest-selling single of 1984 (despite peaking at number five on the Kent Music Report), peaking at No. 1 in Belgium and the Netherlands, and charting within the top 10 in seven other countries.
In the UK, the song peaked at No. 4. It was the 29th-best-selling single of the year.
The recording also won Springsteen his first Grammy Award, picking up the prize for Best Rock Vocal Performance in 1985. In the 1984 Rolling Stone readers poll, "Dancing in the Dark" was voted "Single of the Year". The track has since gone on to earn further recognition and is as such listed one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
In 2024, the song was re-popularized by English football fans during the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament who sang it with adapted lyrics paying tribute to midfielder Phil Foden. As a result, Springsteen's original recording returned to the UK singles chart, reaching No. 36.