Song · Martha & The Vandellas
“Dancing In The Street” by Martha & The Vandellas
Released 1968
“Dancing In The Street” by Martha & The Vandellas appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2005 and 2026. It was first released in 1968. Its best result is #47 on the WFPK Top 100 Party Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,159 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street" for Martha and the Vandellas in 1964, and the group rode it all the way to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, where it sat for two weeks with Manfred Mann's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" blocking the top spot. Some injustices never get put right.
Not that the song needed the top spot. It has become one of the records Motown is known by, and the Vandellas' calling card above everything else they cut. Britain got a second crack at it when a 1969 reissue climbed to number four on the UK Singles Chart, and in 1998 it went into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 47 | WFPK | WFPK Top 100 Party Songs | 100 |
| 2012 | 460 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2020 | 547 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2025 | 390 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 624 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Dancing In the Streets; Dancing in The Streets; Dancing in the Street.
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