Dancing in the Dark
~ Song
Annotation
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Annotation last modified on 2020-02-29 10:03 UTC.
Relationships
publisher: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1984) |
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lyricist and composer: | Bruce Springsteen (in 1984) |
publisher: | Bruce Springsteen Music Jonathan Msc. Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing) |
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lyrics page: | https://genius.com/Bruce-springsteen-dancing-in-the-dark-lyrics [info] |
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SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/34283 [info] |
Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0002528045 [info] |
Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=962 [info] |
Wikidata: | Q1159364 [info] |
work list entry: | http://brucebase.wikidot.com/stats:born-in-the-usa-studio-sessions#dancinginthedark [info] |
referred to in medleys: | Born in the USA / Dancing in the Dark (order: 2) |
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later parody versions: | Dancing in My Dick Dancing with the Ark |
Recordings
Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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recordings | ||||
1984-02-14 | Dancing in the Dark (studio, version 1b) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:01 | |
1984-02-14 | Dancing in the Dark (version 1a) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:38 | |
1984-06-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐06‐08: The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 4:57 |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:17 |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 6:04 |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-06-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live rehearsal, 1984‐06‐21: The Village, Lancaster, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (version 2a – blaster mix) | Bruce Springsteen | 6:09 | |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐06‐29: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA; take #1) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (version 2c – dub mix) | Bruce Springsteen | 5:30 | |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (version 2b – radio mix) | Bruce Springsteen | 4:50 | |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐06‐29: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA; take #2) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐06‐29: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA; take #2) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-06-29 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐06‐29: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA; take #1) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-07-01 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐01: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:55 |
1984-07-02 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐02: St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-07-06 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐06: Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-06 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐06: Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-12 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐12: Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:13 |
1984-07-12 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐12: Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:53 |
1984-07-13 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐13: Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-13 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐13: Alpine Valley Music Theater, East Troy, WI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-07-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐21: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐21: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐21: Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-24 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐24: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-07-24 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐24: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 4:54 |
1984-07-24 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐24: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-07-26 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐26: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-07-26 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐07‐26: CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-08-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐05: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:33 |
1984-08-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐05: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:47 |
1984-08-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐05: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:50 |
1984-08-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐05: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-06 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐06: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:37 |
1984-08-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐08: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:24 |
1984-08-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐08: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:22 |
1984-08-11 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐11: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-11 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐11: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:46 |
1984-08-16 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐16: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:23 |
1984-08-16 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐16: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-16 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐16: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:26 |
1984-08-16 | Dancing in the Dark | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-16 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐16: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐19: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:33 |
1984-08-20 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐20: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:33 |
1984-08-20 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐20: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:16 |
1984-08-20 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐20: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-08-20 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐20: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-08-20 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08‐20: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:20 |
1984-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐08: Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-09-18 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:09 |
1984-09-18 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-09-18 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:12 |
1984-09-18 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐09‐18: Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-09-22 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐09‐22: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:58 |
1984-10-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐10‐19: Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-10-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐10‐19: Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:35 |
1984-10-21 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐10‐21: Oakland‐Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:30 |
1984-10-31 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐10‐31: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-11-04 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐04: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-11-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐08: ASU Activity Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-11-18 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐18: Bob Devaney Sports Center, University Of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, KS, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:33 |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 6:32 |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | 5:48 |
1984-11-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐11‐19: Kemper Arena, Kansas City, MO, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1984-12-09 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1984‐12‐09: Murphy Center, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-01-15 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐01‐15: Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:53 |
1985-01-23 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐01‐23: Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-03 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐03: Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-04 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐04: Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:13 |
1985-04-10 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐10: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-10 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐10: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-11 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐11: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-13 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐13: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-15 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐15: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-15 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐15: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-16 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐16: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-19 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐19: Furitsu Taiikukan (Gymnasium), Kyoto, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-22 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐22: Osaka‐jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-22 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐22: Osaka‐jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-23 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐23: Osaka‐jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-04-23 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐23: Osaka‐jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-04-23 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐04‐23: Osaka‐jō Hall, Osaka, Japan) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-06-01 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐01: Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:01 |
1985-06-04 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐04: St James’ Park, Newcastle, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-06-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐05: St James’ Park, Newcastle, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-06-05 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐05: St James’ Park, Newcastle, England, UK) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-06-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐08: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-06-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐08: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-06-08 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐08: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | ?:?? |
1985-06-09 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐09: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | ?:?? |
1985-06-09 | Dancing in the Dark (live, 1985‐06‐09: Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden) | live | Bruce Springsteen | 5:39 |
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