dancing in the street

"Dancing in the Street" became a 1964 smash for Motown girl group Martha & the Vandellas. Written by Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Joe 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 and Soul 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 Grateful Dead, Van Halen and was a hit version by Mick Jagger and David Bowie as a duo in 1985 where it hit the top spot on both sides of the Atlantic.

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