Dancing In the Dark
- Key
- B major
- Camelot
- 1B
- BPM
- 149.0
Key confidence high · relative G# minor (1A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 74.5 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12
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As of 2026-10-28, "Dancing In the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen has charted in 32 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #14 (US) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads B major (1B) at 149.0 BPM.
- Markets
- 32
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #14 us
Started in 2 markets, now in 32.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Springsteen wrote the song overnight after producer Jon Landau pushed him for a hit single, capturing his isolation and frustration following the success of The River. [1] The recording won Springsteen his first Grammy Award, for Best Rock Vocal Performance, and was voted "Single of the Year" in the 1984 Rolling Stone readers poll. [2] The music video, directed by Brian De Palma and shot during the opening night of the Born in the U.S.A. Tour, features Springsteen pulling a young Courteney Cox on stage to dance, a scene that won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Amy Macdonaldsource
- Covered Bob Dylansource
- Written by Bruce Springsteensource
- Covered Bruce, Danny and Nilssource
- Sampled by Girl Talk, Steady Shocksource
- Sampled by Girl Talk, Steady Shocksource
- Covered John Legendsource
- Covered Jon Fratellisource
- Covered London Symphony Orchestrasource
- Covered Manfred Mann’s Earth Bandsource
- Covered Mark Croftsource
- Covered Passengersource
- Covered Savannah Smithsource
- Covered Tegan and Sarasource
- Covered The Temper Trapsource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Irelandie · deezer spotify#158#31#158
- New Zealandnz · shazam spotify#149#90#149
- Swedense · spotify#145#82#145
- United Kingdomgb · deezer spotify#63#38#63
- Netherlandsnl · deezer spotify#95#80#95
- Australiaau · deezer spotify#69#62#69
- United Statesus · deezer shazam · 1 city#14#14#14
- Canadaca · deezer#77#77#77
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Global feedglobal · deezer#56#42#56
- World feedworld · shazam#93#32#93
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 1 city · best #14 orlando
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- USSM18400416
- Slug
- bruce-springsteen__dancing-in-the-dark
- Sources
- deezer, shazam, spotify
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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