Dancing in the City explained

Dancing in the City
Type:	single
Artist:	Marshall Hain
Album:	Free Ride
B-Side:	Take My Number
Released:	May 1978
Genre:	Pop
Length:	3:47
Label:	Harvest
Producer:	Christopher Neil
Next Title:	Coming Home
Next Year:	1978

"Dancing in the City" is a song by British pop-rock duo Marshall Hain, which was a No.3 hit in the UK in 1978. On its first release it spent fifteen weeks in the UK charts.^[1] It was a massive hit in South Africa, reaching 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)^[2]	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	43

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[4]	26
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	60
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[6]	61
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	29
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[8]	29

"Dancin' in the City '87"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dancin' in the city | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Official Charts.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 192.
3. Web site: Marshall Hain. 21 December 2019 . 3 May 2022.
4. Web site: Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 8 January 2022.
5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1978. Ultratop. 11 October 2021.
6. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978. Dutch Top 40. 11 October 2021.
7. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1978. hitparade.ch. 11 October 2021.
8. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 11 October 2021.