Dancing in the City

"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]
Songwriters	Julian Marshall Kit Hain [1]
Producer	Christopher Neil [1]
Marshall Hain singles chronology
"Dancing in the City" (1978) "Coming Home" (1978)
Music video
"Dancing in the City" (TopPop, 1978) on YouTube

"Dancing in the City" is a song by the British pop rock duo Marshall Hain, which reached No.3 in the UK charts in 1978. On its first release it spent fifteen weeks in the UK charts. ^[2] In South Africa, reached 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

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–1979)	Peak position
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

Chart (1978)	Position
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"

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [20]	81

"Dancin' in the City '92"

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [21]	24

References

1. "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.
21. "The Record Mirror Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 29 August 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2025.

External links

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