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Callin' out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the street
They're dancing in Chicago (chicago echo)
Down in New Orleans (down in New Orleans echo)
In New York City
All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swingin' and swayin' and records playing
Dancing in the street
Oh it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on ev'ry guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
There'll be dancing
Dancing in the street
It's just an invitation across the nation
A chance for folks to meet
There'll be laughing, singing and music swinging
Dancing in the street
Philadelphia, PA
Baltimore and D.C. now
Can't forget the Motor City
All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swingin', swayin' and records playing
And dancing in the street
Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there
So come on, every guy grab a girl
Everywhere around the world
There'll be dancing
Dancing in the street
Way down in L.A., every day
Dancing in the street
Across the ocean too, me an you
Dancing in the street
| hoppin_bob (vancouver BC) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 22:15 Nice segue! Led Zep to Martha in one well thought out jump. |
| Gajdzin (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 11:06 What? Nobody be dancing in their hotel room? |
| max_p | Posted: Nov 28, 2012 - 10:07 stunix wrote: nothing wrong with this. except that Bowie/Jagger cover |
| stunix (Narrowboat nr Caen Locks) | Posted: Sep 26, 2012 - 14:21 nothing wrong with this. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 16:12 Stingray wrote: Did you know that Rihannas Grandma was one Vandella? No, but it makes more sense than her grandma being two Vandellas. |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 16:11 Did you know that Rihannas Grandma was one Vandella? |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 16:14 odd transition |
| ckcotton (Adding snarky comments since 2007) | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 23:33 Any version of this is unbearable.... |
| Stingray (STOP PIPA + SOPA. FOR A FREE INTERNET) | Posted: Jan 17, 2012 - 11:26 KILLER COVER-DESIGN! |
| Lrobby99 (Wisconsin, USA) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 12:21 A sentimental 8. |
| DanFHiggins (Mid Maryland) | Posted: Oct 14, 2011 - 12:21 My sister did, as well as the beatles, chuck berry, temptations, roy orbison, all motown stuff..... Got lucky, I love to dance! |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Sep 03, 2011 - 00:24 my parents did not play this when I was just beginning to listen to music, and they should have. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 05:49 jagdriver wrote: I'll also remind you audiophiles that these mixes were optimized to sound best on that tinny little AM radio speaker in your '64 Falcon, said speaker aimed directly upward at the reflective surface of the windshield. It also had to stand out when listening to a single earpiece connected to your Magnavox transistor radio. For those who don't know, everything was monoaural back then. Stereo LPs didn't appear en masse until about '66, and even then they were hither and yon. They also cost a buck more than their monaural counterparts. This was when a buck bought three gallons of gas, four packs of smokes, eight comic books (or four so-called "annuals"), ten packs of baseball cards with the pink slab of bubble gum, or twenty pieces of "penny candy" at the Country Store in Concord, Mass. Stereo was an investment. |
| Grammarcop (The end of the Pointe) | Posted: Jun 10, 2011 - 13:49 mgoldman wrote: Ms. Reeves is now a member of the Detroit City Council and has been since 2005. Wonder if they are still Dancing in the Streets there? Ms. Reeves is no longer a member of the City Council, which is cause for dancing in the streets. She should have kept her night job. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: May 31, 2011 - 14:13 "Ivory Joe Hunter had a few hits of his own but felt more at home producing records. Hunter liked everything about the song except the drum track - it needed more "bump and grind." An idea hit him and he excused himself, went to his car, and brought back a crow bar. He sat on a concrete floor and said, "Roll tape." They went through the song one more time while Hunter slammed the tire tool against the concrete floor on the downbeat to create one of the most defined and distinctive drum beats in rock and roll history." http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3313 |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Apr 08, 2011 - 08:05 An excellent palette cleanser after Modest Mouse. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 22:45 stevematic wrote: the vandells were 2nd only to the supremes Ronnie Spector and The Ronettes. Fixed it for you. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Feb 04, 2011 - 07:39 Poacher wrote: Still performing. . .  Funny how their heights seem to have equalized since the cover shoot. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Jan 04, 2011 - 05:08 nagsheadlocal wrote: Man, a backbeat that could make a dead man sit up and dance.  ..Yeah..seen that happen ! |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 15:20 countyman wrote:   Holy shit, it would have taken me hours to do that ... |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Nov 23, 2010 - 14:39 HORNS! Woohoo! |
| Mugro (My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Oct 22, 2010 - 22:33 countyman wrote:  Of course, I keed! |
| JamesB (Coastal Carolina) | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 04:51 Is this a great country, or what?  |
| SurfRider | Posted: Aug 20, 2010 - 04:49 To paraphrase Chris Matthews: "We're ALL Vandellas now!" |
| jools (Brighton UK) | Posted: Jun 17, 2010 - 09:37 Music, sweet, music indeed!!! |
| pcerna | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 14:16 ahhh... takes me back to my babysitter playing this record. Loved it then and love it now! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: May 26, 2010 - 14:16 Ages since I've heard this version - the BEST version, IMO. I be dancin'... |
| Zep (The big country) | Posted: May 16, 2010 - 14:47 Baltimore and DC now.... |
| lophrequa (the very edge of the land) | Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 06:36 Poacher wrote: Still performing. . . and still GORGEOUS ! |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 10, 2010 - 16:20 It was great to dance in the streets of Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre), Italy, when we heard this blasting on a bar jukebox. |
| mgoldman (Wherever you Go, There You Are) | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 20:50 Ms. Reeves is now a member of the Detroit City Council and has been since 2005. Wonder if they are still Dancing in the Streets there? |
| gatorade (Ocean Park, WA) | Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 20:48 Makes me feel sooo goood! :) |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 10:18 Still performing. . . |
| finkle007 | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 10:18 Mercy Street —> Shakedown Street —> Dancing in the Street —> ... Where the Streets Have no Name, pls? |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 10:16 Man, a backbeat that could make a dead man sit up and dance. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Nov 08, 2009 - 11:18 One of the best songs from one of the best "girl groups" of the 60s. |
| Zep (Third base) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 10:00 It doesn't matter what you are, just as long as you are there.... |
| suebee3 | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 09:57 She should've stayed a singer - the councilwoman hat just sat crooked on her head - or wait...she DID sing as a government thief, didn't she? |
| sciadodendron | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 09:48 Bill, ok I got the grateful dead link here . . (Shakedown -> Dancing in the streets). Sounds like a good late 70's set |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 09:47 Oh YEAH! |
| stevematic (san diego) | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 09:47 motown rules! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 10:16 This one is not bad, but also others! |
| wbeaver | Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 06:43 I wouldn't go as far to say all the covers of this song suck - but as with many classics the orig is the best - especially it you've not heard it in a while... |
| denmom (Connecticut) | Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 06:41 Fabulous. And don't they look great? |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 06:40 I predict a riot!!!   |
| RParadise (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY) | Posted: Jul 15, 2009 - 06:40 I love the original, of course, but I would also love to hear the Mamas and the Papas version. Their harmonies were terrific on this, and Mama Cass really belted it out in fine style. |
| countyman (09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh) | Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 05:21 Mugro wrote: This is a 9 only because the Grateful Dead made it even better with their cover.... |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 05:18 RobRyan wrote: What?! Even Sonny and Cher's cover?? Sorrry, there aren't any Sonny and Cher (or even Cher solo cuts) on RP's playlist, which does seem a bit harsh. I'd like to hear "Baby Don't Go" or even "Bang Bang" (but most definitely NOT "Half Breed") right about now... |
| stevematic (san diego) | Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 10:17 the vandells were 2nd only to the supremes. 60s motown is pure magic. recommended documentary: STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN |
| RobRyan (Canyon Country, CA) | Posted: May 12, 2009 - 17:14 Smoove_D wrote: The first few notes force a smile onto my face. Every time, without fail. All the covers of it suck. This is a 10. What?! Even Sonny and Cher's cover?? |